And my plan was going along fine until something happened, and what happened was that chemistry was just way more interesting than I anticipated.

但我觉得最好在第一学期就把化学课选了,所以我就这么干了,我的计划一直都很顺利,直到我发现化学比我想象中的要有趣的多。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Depending on what kind of chemistry you go in to, you might accidentally memorize parts of the table, which is fine, but what you really want to know how to do is know how to use the periodic table.

取决于你今后从事哪个方向的化学研究，你可能会不经意地记住周期表的某一部分，这就够了，但是要注意,你真正需要知道的是如何使用元素周期表。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选