1.It lets the students show off their creative side and apply some of the physics they know to the weird, the wonderful, or the everyday.
show off卖弄;表现自己
He had been showing off for her at the poker table.
牌桌上他一直在她面前表现自己 。
2.A professor at the university, Mervin Roy, explained why students did research into a zombie apocalypse, even though zombies do not exist.
even though即使,纵然
I still love you even though I'd like to wring your neck.
虽然我想掐死你,但我还是爱你的 。