Day 94: Grandma Reviews the Science Fair Report

Dialogue

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   A 할머니, 제 과학 대회 보고서 다 읽으셨어요? 음악을 들려준 콩나물이 일주일 만에 삼 센티미터나 더 컸어요. 대단하죠?

   Halmeoni, je gwahak daehoe bogoseo da ilgeusyeosseoyo? Eumageul deullyeojun kongnamuri iljuil mane sam sentimiteona deo keosseoyo. Daedanhajyo?

   Grandma, have you finished reading my science fair report? The bean sprouts that listened to music grew three centimetres more in just a week. Amazing, right?

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   B 다 읽었지. 할머니가 옛날에 논문 심사하던 식으로 솔직하게 말해 줄까, 아니면 할머니답게 칭찬만 해 줄까?

   Da ilgeotji. Halmeoniga yennare nonmun simsahadeon sigeuro soljikage malhae julkka, animyeon halmeonidapge chingchanman hae julkka?

   I have. Do you want me to be honest, the way I used to review papers, or shall I just praise you like a proper grandma?

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   A 솔직하게요. 저 이번에 꼭 금상 받을 거예요. 선생님도 주제가 재미있다고 하셨어요.

   Soljikageyo. Jeo ibeone kkok geumsang badeul geoyeyo. Seonsaengnimdo jujega jaemiitdago hasyeosseoyo.

   Honestly. I'm definitely getting the gold prize this time. My teacher said the topic was interesting too.

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   B 주제는 좋아. 그런데 콩나물을 몇 통으로 실험했지? 여기 보니까 음악 들은 통 하나, 안 들은 통 하나던데.

   Jujeneun joa. Geureonde kongnamureul myeot tongeuro silheomhaetji? Yeogi bonikka eumak deureun tong hana, an deureun tong hanadeonde.

   The topic's good. But how many pots of bean sprouts did you use? Looking at this, it's one pot with music and one without.

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   A 네, 두 통이요. 똑같은 콩에 똑같이 물을 줬어요. 비교는 두 개면 되잖아요.

   Ne, du tongiyo. Ttokgateun konge ttokgachi mureul jwosseoyo. Bigyoneun du gaemyeon doejanayo.

   Yes, two pots. The same beans, watered the same way. Two is enough to compare, isn't it?

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   B 한 통씩이면 표본이 너무 적어서 우연일 수도 있어. 콩나물 중에는 원래 빨리 자라는 녀석들이 있거든. 그리고 음악 틀어 준 통은 어디에 뒀니?

   Han tongssigimyeon pyoboni neomu jeogeoseo uyeonil sudo isseo. Kongnamul jungeneun wollae ppalli jaraneun nyeoseokdeuri itgeodeun. Geurigo eumak teureo jun tongeun eodie dwonni?

   With one pot each, the sample's too small; it could just be chance. Some sprouts naturally grow faster than others. And where did you put the pot with the music?

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   A 제 방 책상 위에요. 스피커가 거기 있어서요. 안 들은 통은 조용해야 하니까 베란다에 뒀고요.

   Je bang chaeksang wieyo. Seupikeoga geogi isseoseoyo. An deureun tongeun joyonghaeya hanikka berandae dwotgoyo.

   On the desk in my room. That's where the speaker is. The other one had to be somewhere quiet, so I put it on the balcony.

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   B 이것 봐라. 네 방은 바닥이 뜨끈하고, 베란다는 요즘 밤에 얼마나 춥니. 콩나물이 음악 때문에 큰 건지, 따뜻해서 큰 건지 어떻게 알아?

   Igeot bwara. Ne bangeun badagi tteukkeunhago, berandaneun yojeum bame eolmana chumni. Kongnamuri eumak ttaemune keun geonji, ttatteutaeseo keun geonji eotteoke ara?

   There you go. Your room has a nice warm floor, and the balcony gets so cold at night these days. How do you know the sprouts grew because of the music and not because they were warm?

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   A 그건... 음악 때문이에요. 제가 매일 아이돌 노래를 틀어 줬거든요. 걔네가 신나서 큰 거예요.

   Geugeon... eumak ttaemunieyo. Jega maeil Aidol noraereul teureo jwotgeodeunyo. Gyaenega sinnaseo keun geoyeyo.

   That's... because of the music. I played them idol songs every day. They grew because they were having fun.

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    B 신나서 컸다? 과학자는 그렇게 쓰면 안 되지. 할머니가 좀 까다롭지? 이런 보고서를 평생 봤거들랑.

    Sinnaseo keotda? Gwahakjaneun geureoke sseumyeon an doeji. Halmeoniga jom kkadaropji? Ireon bogoseoreul pyeongsaeng bwatgeodeullang.

    They grew because they were having fun? A scientist can't write that. Grandma's a bit fussy, isn't she? Well, she's read reports like this her whole life, you see.

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    A 할머니, 왜 이렇게 꼬치꼬치 캐물으세요? 진짜 심사위원 같으세요. 그럼 진짜 과학자들은 어떻게 하는데요?

    Halmeoni, wae ireoke kkochikkochi kaemureuseyo? Jinjja simsawiwon gateuseyo. Geureom jinjja gwahakjadeureun eotteoke haneundeyo?

    Grandma, why are you grilling me like this? You're just like a real judge. So what do real scientists do, then?

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    B 옛날에 비슷한 연구가 있었어. 그게 몇 년도였던가... 아무튼 식물한테 음악을 들려줬더니 더 잘 자랐다는 논문이 나와서 한동안 떠들썩했지.

    Yennare biseutan yeonguga isseosseo. Geuge myeot nyeondoyeotdeonga... amuteun singmulhante eumageul deullyeojwotdeoni deo jal jaratdaneun nonmuni nawaseo handongan tteodeulsseokaetji.

    There was a similar study a long time ago. What year was that now... Anyway, a paper came out saying plants grew better when music was played to them, and everyone talked about it for a while.

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    A 그 논문에서도 음악이 효과가 있었어요? 그럼 제 말이 맞는 거잖아요!

    Geu nonmuneseodo eumagi hyogwaga isseosseoyo? Geureom je mari manneun geojanayo!

    Did the music work in that paper too? Then I'm right!

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    B 다른 연구자들이 똑같이 해서 검증해 봤더니 그런 결과가 안 나왔어. 그게 첫 논문의 방법이 허술했다는 증거가 된 거고.

    Dareun yeongujadeuri ttokgachi haeseo geomjeunghae bwatdeoni geureon gyeolgwaga an nawasseo. Geuge cheot nonmunui bangbeobi heosulhaetdaneun jeunggeoga doen geogo.

    When other researchers repeated it to check, they didn't get that result. That became the evidence that the first paper's method was sloppy.

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    A 제 방법도 허술하다는 거예요? 저 일주일 동안 매일 아침 자로 쟀단 말이에요.

    Je bangbeopdo heosulhadaneun geoyeyo? Jeo iljuil dongan maeil achim jaro jaetdan marieyo.

    Are you saying my method is sloppy too? I measured them with a ruler every morning for a whole week!

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    B 매일 잰 건 아주 훌륭해. 그런데 잴 때 어느 게 음악 통인지 알고 쟀잖아. 사람은 자기가 바라는 쪽으로 자를 살짝 기울이기 마련이야.

    Maeil jaen geon aju hullyunghae. Geureonde jael ttae eoneu ge eumak tonginji algo jaetjana. Sarameun jagiga baraneun jjogeuro jareul saljjak giurigi maryeoniya.

    Measuring every day is excellent. But you knew which one was the music pot when you measured. People tend to tilt the ruler a little toward what they're hoping for.

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    A 제가 일부러 그랬다는 거예요? 저 그런 거 안 했어요!

    Jega ilbureo geuraetdaneun geoyeyo? Jeo geureon geo an haesseoyo!

    Are you saying I did it on purpose? I didn't do that!

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    B 일부러 그러는 게 아니라 자기도 모르게 그러는 거야. 할머니도 젊을 때 그랬어. 그래서 진짜 실험에서는 재는 사람이 어느 게 어느 건지 모르게 해.

    Ilbureo geureoneun ge anira jagido moreuge geureoneun geoya. Halmeonido jeolmeul ttae geuraesseo. Geuraeseo jinjja silheomeseoneun jaeneun sarami eoneu ge eoneu geonji moreuge hae.

    Not on purpose. People do it without realising. Grandma did it too when she was young. That's why in real experiments, the person measuring doesn't know which is which.

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    A 아... 그럼 할머니가 재 주시면 되겠네요. 할머니는 어느 통이 음악 통인지 모르시게 하고요.

    A... geureom halmeoniga jae jusimyeon doegenneyo. Halmeonineun eoneu tongi eumak tonginji moreusige hagoyo.

    Oh... then you could measure them for me. And we'll make sure you don't know which pot is the music one.

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    B 좋아. 그리고 통은 한 통씩 말고 다섯 통씩. 전부 같은 방에 두고, 헤드폰은 열 통 다 씌우되 음악은 다섯 통에만 틀어 주면 어떨까?

    Joa. Geurigo tongeun han tongssik malgo daseot tongssik. Jeonbu gateun bange dugo, hedeuponeun yeol tong da ssuiudoe eumageun daseot tongeman teureo jumyeon eotteolkka?

    Good. And not one pot each, five each. Put them all in the same room, and what if all ten pots get headphones, but only five get music?

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    A 콩나물한테 헤드폰이요? 하하, 그거 사진 찍어서 보고서에 넣으면 심사위원들이 엄청 좋아하겠어요.

    Kongnamulhante hedeuponiyo? Haha, geugeo sajin jjigeoseo bogoseoe neoeumyeon simsawiwondeuri eomcheong joahagesseoyo.

    Headphones on bean sprouts? Ha ha, if I take a photo of that and put it in the report, the judges will love it.

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    B 사진도 좋지만 결과가 먼저야. 그리고 음악 들은 통이 안 크면 그것도 그대로 써야 돼. 그게 진짜 과학자야.

    Sajindo jochiman gyeolgwaga meonjeoya. Geurigo eumak deureun tongi an keumyeon geugeotdo geudaero sseoya dwae. Geuge jinjja gwahakjaya.

    Photos are nice, but results come first. And if the music pots don't grow more, you have to write that down just as it is. That's what a real scientist does.

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    A 안 크면 금상은 못 받잖아요. 그래도... 알았어요. 대신 할머니, 결과 나오면 제일 먼저 심사해 주세요.

    An keumyeon geumsangeun mot batjanayo. Geuraedo... arasseoyo. Daesin halmeoni, gyeolgwa naomyeon jeil meonjeo simsahae juseyo.

    If they don't grow more, I won't get the gold. Still... okay. But Grandma, when the results are in, you have to review them first.

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    B 물론이지. 금상보다 정직한 결과를 고르다니, 우리 손자 기특하네. 그 논문 쓴 사람이 누구였던가, 그것도 같이 찾아보자.

    Mulloniji. Geumsangboda jeongjikan gyeolgwareul goreudani, uri sonja giteukane. Geu nonmun sseun sarami nuguyeotdeonga, geugeotdo gachi chajaboja.

    Of course. Choosing an honest result over a gold prize, what a good boy you are. And who was it that wrote that paper... let's look that up together too.

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