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Unit 3, Understanding Science
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Task 1
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Part I,Pre-Reading Task
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Stephen Hawking
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Questions like,How did the universe begin?
Why is the universe the way it is?
How will the universe end?
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Part I Pre-reading Task
The contrast between the strength of his
mind and the weakness of his body,
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1,In what way is Stephen Hawking like Einstein?
A,He is regarded by all as well-known as Einstein,
B,He works on the same big questions about the universe
as Einstein did,
C,He develops Einstein’s,Theory of Relativity”,
D,He has the same life experience as Einstein did,
A,When he was born,
B,When he was a child,
C,When he was a university student,
2,When did he begin to suffer from a serious disease?
D,When he started research at Cambridge,
C,When he was a university student,
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Task 2,Listen again and choose the best answer,
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3,How did his illness affect him?
A,He lost the ability to move and speak,
B,He lost heart about his future,
C,His mind became more powerful,
D,He found something worth living for,
4,Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A,Stephen Hawking speaks with an American accent,
B,He finally got back the ability to speak normally,
C,He went to settle down in America,
D,He makes his speech by using a computer,
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D,He makes his spe ch by using a computer,
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Script for the recording,
This unit begins with an article on science,Before
you read it,let me tell you something about its author,
Stephen Hawking,
Hawking is perhaps the most well-known scientist
since Einstein,Like Einstein his work tackles the big
questions,questions such as How did the universe begin?
Why is the universe the way it is? and How will it end?
He is now working on what is sometimes known as the
“theory of everything”,Among other things,this
promises to explain what caused the Big Bang that
started the universe,
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But it is not simply the power of Hawking’s mind
that led to his fame,For what many people find most
striking about him is the contrast between the
strength of his mind and the weakness of his body,For
for many years Hawking has suffered from an illness
that has left him unable to move and to speak
normally,
Born in England in 1942,Hawking had a normal
childhood,and it was not until he was a student at
university that his illness started to affect him,
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Hospital tests showed he was suffering from a
disease that weakens control over the muscles,The
disease gets worse with time and there is no known
cure,
But Hawking did not lose heart,As he says,
“although there was a cloud hanging over my future,
I found,to my surprise,that I was enjoying life
more than before,I began to make progress with
my research,and I got engaged to a girl called Jane
Wilde,That engagement changed my life,It gave
me something to live for.”
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Hawking started research at Cambridge and
went on to hold the same post that another great
scientist,Newton,once held,Over the years his
condition has worsened,but even when he finally
lost the ability to speak,he managed to get round
the problem,He now uses a computer that enables
him to select words which are then turned into
speech.,The only trouble,” the English scientist
says,“is that it gives me an American accent.”
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Task 1,
Comprehension and
Language Study
Task 2,
Text Structure
Professor Hawking thinks it important to
keep everything in touch with what science is
about,In this article he explains why,
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1,Whether we like it or not,the world we live in
has changed a great deal in the last hundred years,
and it is likely to change even more in the next
hundred,Some people would like to stop these
changes and go back to what they see as a purer and
simple age,
Stephen Hawking
Public Attitude toward Science
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But as history shows,the past was not that
wonderful,It was not so bad for a privileged
minority,though even they had to do without
modern medicine,and childbirth was highly
risky for women,But for the vast majority of the
population,life was nasty,brutish,and short,
2 Anyway,even if one wanted to,one couldn’t
put the clock back to an earlier age,
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Knowledge and techniques can’t just be
forgotten,Nor can one prevent further advances in
the future,Even if all government money for
research were cut off (and the present government
is doing its best),the force of competition would
still bring about advances in technology,Moreover,
one cannot stop inquiring minds from thinking
about basic science,whether or not they are paid
for it,
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The only way to prevent further developments
would be a global state that suppressed anything
new,and human initiative and inventiveness are
such that even this wouldn’t succeed,All it
would do is slow down the rate of change,
3, If we accept that we cannot prevent science
and technology from changing our world,
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we can at least try to ensure that the changes they
make are in the right directions,In a democratic
society,this means that the public needs to have a
basic understanding of science,so that it can make
informed decisions and not leave them in the
hands of experts,At the moment,the public is in
two minds about science,
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It has come to expect the steady increase in the
standard of living that new developments in science and
technology have brought to continue,but it also distrusts
science because it does not understand it,This distrust is
evident in the cartoon figure of the mad scientist working
in his laboratory to produce a Frankenstein,It is also an
important element behind support for the Green parties,
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But the public also has a great interest in science,
particularly astronomy,as is shown by the large audiences
for television series such as The Sky at Night and for
science fiction,
4,What can be done to harness this interest and give the
public the scientific background it needs to make informed
decisions on subjects like acid rain,the greenhouse effect,
nuclear weapons,and genetic engineering?
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Clearly,the basis must lie in what is taught in schools,
But in schools science is often presented in a dry and
uninteresting manner,Children learn it by rote to
pass examinations,and they don’t see its relevance to
the world around them,Moreover,science is often
taught in terms of equations,Although equations are a
brief and accurate way of describing mathematical ideas,
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they frighten most people,When I wrote a popular
book recently,I was advised that each equation I
included would halve the sales,I included one equation,
Einstein’s famous equation,E=mc2,Maybe I would
have sold twice as many copies without it,
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5,Scientists and engineers tend to express
their ideas in the form of equations because they
need to know the precise values of quantities,
But for the rest of us,a qualitative grasp of
scientific concepts is sufficient,and this can be
conveyed by words and diagrams,without the
use of equations,
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6,The science people learn in school can provide
the basic framework,But the rate of scientific
progress is now so rapid that there are always new
developments that have occurred since one was at
school or university,I never learned about molecular
biology or transistors at school,but genetic
engineering and computers are two of the
developments most likely to change the way we live in
the future,
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Popular books and magazine articles about
science can help to put across new developments,
but even the most successful popular book is read
by only a small proportion of the population,Only
television can reach a truly mass audience,There
are some very good science programs on TV,but
others present scientific wonders simply as magic,
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without explaining them or showing how they fit into
the framework of scientific ideas,Producers of
television science programs should realize that they
have a responsibility to educate the public,not just
entertain it,
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7,The world today is filled with dangers,hence the
sick joke that the reason we have not been contacted by
an alien civilization is that civilizations tend to
destroy themselves when they reach our stage,But I
have sufficient faith in the good sense of the public to
believe that we might prove this wrong,
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attitude manner or way one thinks or behaves toward
态度；看法
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e.g,The boy has a bad attitude toward his schoolwork,
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他儿子对工作的态度让他生气。
His son’s attitude to his work made him angry,
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他们对新政府采取观望的态度
They take (or adopt) an attitude of wait-and-see
towards the new government,
likely probable 可能的
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e.g,It is likely that my roommate will win the first-class
scholarship,
Translate,
这个地区一、二年内会发生地震。
An earthquake is likely to strike the area in a year
or two,(Or,It is likely that an earthquake will
strike the area in a year or two.)
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经济学家说快速的经济增长在中国可能持续下去。
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他很有可能已经逃跑了。
It is very (highly or most) likely that he has run away,
Or,He is very (highly or most) likely to have run away
Economists say that the quick economic growth is
likely to continue in China,(Or,Economists say that
it is likely that the quick economic growth will continue
in China.)
e.g.You will have to do without dinner if you don’t
come back on time,
我买不起汽车，所以我想我只好将就了。
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I cannot afford a car,so I guess I have to do without,
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do without
manage to continue without
something 设法对付过去；将
就；用不着
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有许多东西人们没有也过得了，但是没有食物不行。
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People can do without many things,but they
cannot do without food,
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do without
manage to continue without
something 设法对付过去；将就；
用不着
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“do” 的常用搭配
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1,do away with,废除
e.g,Slavery has been done away with,
2,do somebody good,对某人有好处
e.g,Morning exercises will do you good,
3,do harm to,对 … 有害
e.g,Smoking does harm to your health,
4,do for,适用于
e.g,The dress will do for Mary at the party,
5,do well in,在 … 做得好
e.g,He did well in the last exam,
e.g,The,revolution” put the clock back ten years,
忘掉这一切，朝前看；你不可能使时光倒流。
Forget all about it and look forward; you cannot
turn the clock back
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put \turn the clock back 倒退；使时光倒流
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e.g,The,revolution” put the clock back ten years,
他们似乎决心要倒退到冷战时期。
They seem determined to turn the clock back to
the days of the,cold war”,
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put \turn the clock back 倒退；使时光倒流
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1,against the clock,争分夺秒
e.g,They are working against the clock,
2,round the clock,连续一整天
e.g,He has been doing the experiment round the
clock for three days,
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e.g,Their phone has been cut off because they
haven’t paid the bill,
Water and electricity supplies in the city have
been cut off because of the American air attacks,
Translate,
由于美国的空中打击，这座城市的水电供应已经切断。
cut off stop providing,切断；停止供应
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“cut” 的常用搭配
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1,cut away:切除；砍掉
e.g,The surgeon cut away the tumor(肿瘤 ),
2,cut down:砍倒；削减
e.g,The boy cut down the tree with an axe(斧头 ),
We must cut down our expenses(开支 ),
3,cut in:插嘴；干涉
e.g,Don’t cut in when other people are talking,
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4,cut into:切入；减少
e.g,The knife easily cuts into the cake,
Unnecessary expenses cut into our profit,
5,cut short:剪短；缩短
e.g,The barber(理发师 ) cut my hair short,
You should cut your writing short,
e.g,Some educators are hoping to bring about major
changes in the educational systems,
这些措施已经带来了很大的提高。
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These measures have brought about many improvements,
bring about make happen; lead to;
cause 带来 ;引起 ;产生
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这样的玩笑会引起误会。
Such a joke may bring about misunderstanding,
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“bring” 的常用搭配
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1,bring down:使下降
The medicine will bring down your fever soon,
2,bring forth:产出 ; 结出
The tree has brought forth many apples this year,
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3,bring up:养育 ; 呕吐
He was brought up by his aunt,
He brought up everything he had eaten,
4,bring through,使脱险 ; 使度过难关
Don’t worry; the doctor is sure to bring the
patient through,
Your help brought us through all the difficulties,
e.g,inquiring minds,爱探索的人 ; 探究求索人士
I rang up to inquire about the train times,
I inquired of the nurse about his health,
Translate,
我向护士询问他的健康情况。
inquire seek information or answers by questioning
打听 ; 询问
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他询问有没有他的信,
He inquired whether there was any letter for him,
e.g,Why don’t you take the initiative and arrange
for a meeting,
The workers are able to solve the problems on the
initiative,
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这些工人门能够主动地解决这些问题
initiative 主动 ; 首创精神
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1,initial a,开始的 ; 最初的
2,initially ad,最初 ; 首先
3,initiate v,开始 ; 发起
4,initiation n,开始 ; 发起
5,initiator n,创始人 ; 发起者
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rate n,速度 ; 比率
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e.g,The rate at which hair grows can be very slow.,
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世界森林正以惊人的速度消失
The world’s forests are disappearing at a surprising rate,
以你目前的工作进度,你半夜前完成不了,
At your present rate of working,you won’t finish before
midnight,
1,birth rate 出生率
2,death rate 死亡率
3,divorce rate 离婚率
4,crime rate 犯罪率
5,insurance rate 保险率
6,success rate 成功率
7,tax rate 税率
8,unemployment rate 失业率
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informed having knowledge 有知识
的 ; 见多识广的 ; 明达的
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e.g,Science is now enabling us to make more
informed choices about how we use common drugs,
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He insisted that the doctor tell him the truth,so
that he could make an informed decision,
他坚持要医生告诉他真相,以便作出明达的决定,
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根据消息灵通人士说,他已经被哈佛大学录取,
According to informed sources,he is enrolled by
Harvard University,
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e.g,The new government informed the public of
its plan through TV,
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inform v,tell 通知 ; 告知
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你通知警察出交通事故了吗?
Have you informed the police that there’s
been a road accident?
e.g,He is busy writing a letter at the moment,
Compare,
at the moment now; at the present time
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at the moment,此时此刻
e.g,I’m rather busy the the moment,
for the moment,暂时 ; 目前
e.g,He is staying with his aunt for the moment,
for a moment,一会儿 ; 片刻
e.g,Let me think about it for a moment,
in a moment,一会儿后
e.g,He will be back in a moment,
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正如大家都知道,他是我们班最聪明的学生,
He is the most intelligent student in our class,as is
known by all,
Or,As is known by all,he is the most intelligent
student in our class,
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正如报纸看到的,公众反对这个项目,
The public is against the project,as is shown in the
newspaper,
正如人们会意识到,中国会更强大,
China will become stronger,as will be realized,
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e.g,His skill lies in his ability to communicate
quite complicated ideas,
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他的失败在于他的懒惰,
His failure lies in his laziness,
lie in exist or be found in 在于
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lie---lay---lain,放 ; 躺 ; 存在
e.g,He lay on the sofa,
The dog is lying in front of the house,
The books lie on the desk,
A lot of difficulties lie ahead of us,
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lay---laid---laid,放 ; 搁 ; 使躺下
e.g,He laid his pen on the desk,
She likes to lay her finger on her lips,
He laid himself heavily on the sofa,
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e.g,In terms of salary,the job is terrible,
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就生意而言,这是非常糟糕的一年,
It has been a very bad year in terms of business,
in terms of as regards; expressed as
就 … 而言 ; 用 … 话说 ; 根据 …
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不要用钱来衡量一切事物的价值,
Don’t measure the value of everything in terms of
money,
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“terms, 的常用搭配
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1,come to terms with,让步 ; 妥协
e.g,We need to come to terms with the reality.(屈服于 )
She has to come to terms with her fate.(听天由命 )
2,keep terms with somebody,与 … 交往 ; 同 … 保持关系
e.g,He has to keep terms with various people in his
walks of life,
All the students should keep good terms with each
other,
e.g,The busy couple tend to buy processed foods
like canned chicken,
Translate,
有些人周末往往很晚起床。
Some people tend to get up late at weekends,
tend to be likely to happen 倾向于 ; 往往
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植物在炎热天气下没水往往会死。
Plants tend to die in hot weather without water,
e.g,The road is in the form of a big,S”,
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in the form of
having the shape of
以 … 形式 (状 )
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以奖学金的形式给予的钱会鼓励学生更努力学习。
Money given in the form of scholarships may
encourage the students to study harder,
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“form, 的常用搭配
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1,application form,申请表 ; 应聘表
2,to fill in a form,填表
3,to be in good(bad) form,状态良好 (不佳 )
4,to be out of (off) form,不在状态
5,to take form,形成 ; 成型
e.g,Their bright eyes and smiling faces conveyed
the impression that they were very excited,
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convey make known to another 传达 ; 表达
2,运送 ; 输送
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语言无法表达我的感激之情。
Words fail to convey my thankfulness,
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Please convey my best wishes to your parents,
请向你的父母转达我最良好的祝愿,
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出租车把我们送到了火车站,
A taxi conveyed us to the train station,
烟囱把烟排放到室外,
A chimney conveys smoke to the outside,
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e.g,Good teachers are the ones who are able to
put things across well,
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put across cause to be understood
使被人理解 ; 使出被人接受
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他非常善于表述自己的意见,
He is very good at putting his ideas across,
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1,put\set aside,省下 ; 留出
e.g,His parents put aside some money for an
emergency.(… 以备急用 )
2,put away,收好 ; 放好
e.g,She put away all the magazines after she had
read them,
3,put down,放下
e.g,The enemy put down their arms,
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4,put forward,提出
e.g,He put forward a plan for the committee to
consider,
5,put off,推迟
e.g,Let’s put off doing the experiment until next
week,
6,put on,穿上 ; 戴上
e.g,Put on more clothes when you go out,
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7,put out,生产 ; 出版
e.g,The new book will be put out in a week,
8,put up,举起 ; 张贴
e.g,Put up your hand when you have a question to
ask,
He put up a message on the door,
e.g,The new college courses must fit into the national
educational plan,
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fit into be part of 相合 ; 适应
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你应该学会去适应新的环境,
You should learn to fit into your new surroundings,
这个软木塞正好塞进瓶子,
The cork fits into the bottle nicely,
e.g,He entertained his friends with stories from his
childhood,
Translate,
电视节目不仅是娱乐,也是教育,
Television programs not only entertain,but also teach,
她读书自娱。
She entertains herself by reading,
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entertain 1,give pleasure to 使快乐 ; 使娱乐
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e.g,According to the school regulations,women
students are allowed to entertain men in their rooms,
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今天晚上我们要招待斯密丝一家,
We are entertaining the Smiths this evening,
他经常在隔壁的餐厅款待他的朋友,。
He often entertains his friends in the next restaurant,
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entertain 2,have as a guest 招待 ; 款待
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e.g,The trade imbalance is likely to rise,Hence new
policies must be made soon,
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这时候一条艰难的路线,因此不太受步行者的欢迎,
It is a difficult route and hence not too popular with
walkers,
民主党已经分裂,因此很弱。
The Democratic Party is divided and hence very weak,
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hence ad,therefore 因此 ; 所以 (often followed by a
clause or a phrase)
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e.g,I will contact the Tourist Information Bureau for
further details,
Translate,
如果你需要帮忙,尽管跟我联系,
Feel free to contact me if you need any help,
在作出最后决定前,我必须和我的律师联系一下,
I must contact my lawyer before I make the final
decisions,
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contact get in touch with 接触 ; 联系
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Stephen Hawking (1942--):a
British scientist who has greatly
influenced people’s ideas on the
origins of the universe,He has
devoted much of his life to the
research about space and time,
He has done most of his work in
Stephen and His Wife
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a wheelchair because he
developed a serious disease at
university,which weakened his
muscles,He is the Lucasian
Professor of Mathematics at
Cambridge,a post once held by
Isaac Newton,He has written
the international bestseller
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In his office
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A Brief History of Time,The
book spent more than four
years on the London Sunday
Times bestseller list—the
longest run for any book in
history,
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Stephen Hawking is making a speech,
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In order to take part
in some of the satellite
conferences of the
International Congress
of Mathematicians,
Professor Hawking
traveled to China in
August,2002,
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Stephen Hawking in China
Stephen Hawking is received by
President Jiang Zhemin,
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He presented public
lectures in Hangzhou on the
15th,and in Beijing on the
18th,He also managed to go
some sightseeing,before
returning to the UK!
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Stephen Hawking in China
Stephen Hawking in Zhejiang University
Frankenstein,a novel(1818) by an
English writer Mary
Shelly(1797—1851),It is a story of
a Swiss scientist,Dr,
Frankenstein,who makes a
living creature from pieces of
dead bodies,The creature is like
a man,but stronger,and
although it is gentle
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Mary Shelly
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at first,it later attacks and kills
several people close to
Frankenstein,There have been
many films based on the story
and variations( 版本 ) of it,
Everybody was dressed up as a
ghost,a vampire( 吸 血 鬼 ) or
Frankenstein’s monster,
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Green parties,world-wide
political parties whose main
concern is to protect the
environment,
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The Sky at Night,a popular
British TV program about the
stars and planets,broadcast
every month by the BBC since
1905,It is well-known for the
way in which its presenter,
Patrick Moore,gives scientific
information in an entertaining
way,
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Albert Einstein (1879—
1955),a physicist,born in
Germany,who was possibly
the greatest scientist of the
20th century,In 1905 he
published his theory of
relativity,which is the basis
of atomic energy,
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Einstein suggested how it
could be used for making
weapons,but after World
War II he spoke publicly
against nuclear weapons,He
was given the Nobel Prize for
physics in 1921,When Hitler
came to power,Einstein,who
was Jewish,went to the U.S.,
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becoming a US citizen in 1940,He
became a professor at Princeton
University in 1934,and spent the rest
of his life,looking,without success,
for a theory that combined those of
gravitation and electromagnetism,In
1952,he was offered the presidency of
Israel,but did not accept it,
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Nuclear Reaction?
One day Albert Einstein was introduced to the
eighteen-month-old son of a young friend,The baby
looked into the old physicist's wizened(干瘪的 ) face and
promptly began to cry loudly,
"You're the first person for years," Einstein declared,
patting the child on the head,"who has told me what you
really think of me."
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Stories about Einstein
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Stellar Student?
At a dinner party one evening,Albert Einstein found
himself conversing with a neighbor's daughter,"What are you,
by profession?" she asked,"I devote myself to the study of
physics," Einstein replied,"You mean to say you study
physics at your age?" the girl exclaimed,"I finished mine a
year ago!"
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Stories about Einstein
Einstein's profession
In response to a fellow train
passenger,October 31,1930,who
asked him his occupation,he
answered that he was an artist's
model,reflecting Einstein's feeling
that he was constantly posing for
sculptures and paintings,
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Einstein's Phonebook
When one of Albert Einstein's
colleagues asked the famous physicist for
his telephone number one day,he reached
for a telephone directory and looked it up,
"You don't remember your own number?"
the man asked,understandably surprised,
"No," Einstein replied with a shrug,"Why
should I memorize something I can so
easily get from a book?"
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Stories about Einstein
Marilyn Monroe suggests to Einstein,What do you
say,professor,shouldn't we make a little baby together?
what a baby it would be - my looks and your intelligence!
Einstein,I'm afraid,dear lady,it might be the other way
around,
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Stories about Einstein
By no means could one return to an earlier
age even if he wished to (return),
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The present government is trying hard to completely
stop providing money for scientific research,(Here it
is simply an ironical(讽刺的 ) comment of the author
on government cuts of funds.)
Sentence explanation
…as human initiative and inventiveness do
exist,even this way to suppress anything new
worldwide would fail,
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At the present time,the public cannot decide
whether they need science or not,
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The public’s distrust of science is also an
important factor leading to support for the
political parties whose main concern is to
protect the environment,
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But in schools science is often taught in a
dull and uninteresting way,
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If my popular book had not included
Einstein’s famous equation,maybe I would
have sold twice as many copies,
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Unlike popular books and magazine articles,
television science programs have a really
large audience,
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… therefore there goes the sick joke
that …(or,…therefore the sick joke spreads that …
sick joke,sick jokes deal with death and suffering in
a cruel and unpleasant way,
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Comprehension
According to the text,please decide
whether the following statements are True
(T) or False (F),
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Comprehension
Pair work
One of you asks the first six questions and the
other answers,Starting from question 7,change
roles,When you have finished,the teacher may
want to put some of the questions to you for a
check,
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Part IV
Unit 3, Understanding Science
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College English integrated course 1
Task 1
Task 2
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Stephen Hawking
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Questions like,How did the universe begin?
Why is the universe the way it is?
How will the universe end?
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Part I Pre-reading Task
The contrast between the strength of his
mind and the weakness of his body,
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1,In what way is Stephen Hawking like Einstein?
A,He is regarded by all as well-known as Einstein,
B,He works on the same big questions about the universe
as Einstein did,
C,He develops Einstein’s,Theory of Relativity”,
D,He has the same life experience as Einstein did,
A,When he was born,
B,When he was a child,
C,When he was a university student,
2,When did he begin to suffer from a serious disease?
D,When he started research at Cambridge,
C,When he was a university student,
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Task 2,Listen again and choose the best answer,
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3,How did his illness affect him?
A,He lost the ability to move and speak,
B,He lost heart about his future,
C,His mind became more powerful,
D,He found something worth living for,
4,Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A,Stephen Hawking speaks with an American accent,
B,He finally got back the ability to speak normally,
C,He went to settle down in America,
D,He makes his speech by using a computer,
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D,He makes his spe ch by using a computer,
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Script for the recording,
This unit begins with an article on science,Before
you read it,let me tell you something about its author,
Stephen Hawking,
Hawking is perhaps the most well-known scientist
since Einstein,Like Einstein his work tackles the big
questions,questions such as How did the universe begin?
Why is the universe the way it is? and How will it end?
He is now working on what is sometimes known as the
“theory of everything”,Among other things,this
promises to explain what caused the Big Bang that
started the universe,
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But it is not simply the power of Hawking’s mind
that led to his fame,For what many people find most
striking about him is the contrast between the
strength of his mind and the weakness of his body,For
for many years Hawking has suffered from an illness
that has left him unable to move and to speak
normally,
Born in England in 1942,Hawking had a normal
childhood,and it was not until he was a student at
university that his illness started to affect him,
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Hospital tests showed he was suffering from a
disease that weakens control over the muscles,The
disease gets worse with time and there is no known
cure,
But Hawking did not lose heart,As he says,
“although there was a cloud hanging over my future,
I found,to my surprise,that I was enjoying life
more than before,I began to make progress with
my research,and I got engaged to a girl called Jane
Wilde,That engagement changed my life,It gave
me something to live for.”
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Hawking started research at Cambridge and
went on to hold the same post that another great
scientist,Newton,once held,Over the years his
condition has worsened,but even when he finally
lost the ability to speak,he managed to get round
the problem,He now uses a computer that enables
him to select words which are then turned into
speech.,The only trouble,” the English scientist
says,“is that it gives me an American accent.”
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Task 1,
Comprehension and
Language Study
Task 2,
Text Structure
Professor Hawking thinks it important to
keep everything in touch with what science is
about,In this article he explains why,
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1,Whether we like it or not,the world we live in
has changed a great deal in the last hundred years,
and it is likely to change even more in the next
hundred,Some people would like to stop these
changes and go back to what they see as a purer and
simple age,
Stephen Hawking
Public Attitude toward Science
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But as history shows,the past was not that
wonderful,It was not so bad for a privileged
minority,though even they had to do without
modern medicine,and childbirth was highly
risky for women,But for the vast majority of the
population,life was nasty,brutish,and short,
2 Anyway,even if one wanted to,one couldn’t
put the clock back to an earlier age,
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Knowledge and techniques can’t just be
forgotten,Nor can one prevent further advances in
the future,Even if all government money for
research were cut off (and the present government
is doing its best),the force of competition would
still bring about advances in technology,Moreover,
one cannot stop inquiring minds from thinking
about basic science,whether or not they are paid
for it,
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The only way to prevent further developments
would be a global state that suppressed anything
new,and human initiative and inventiveness are
such that even this wouldn’t succeed,All it
would do is slow down the rate of change,
3, If we accept that we cannot prevent science
and technology from changing our world,
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we can at least try to ensure that the changes they
make are in the right directions,In a democratic
society,this means that the public needs to have a
basic understanding of science,so that it can make
informed decisions and not leave them in the
hands of experts,At the moment,the public is in
two minds about science,
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It has come to expect the steady increase in the
standard of living that new developments in science and
technology have brought to continue,but it also distrusts
science because it does not understand it,This distrust is
evident in the cartoon figure of the mad scientist working
in his laboratory to produce a Frankenstein,It is also an
important element behind support for the Green parties,
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But the public also has a great interest in science,
particularly astronomy,as is shown by the large audiences
for television series such as The Sky at Night and for
science fiction,
4,What can be done to harness this interest and give the
public the scientific background it needs to make informed
decisions on subjects like acid rain,the greenhouse effect,
nuclear weapons,and genetic engineering?
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Clearly,the basis must lie in what is taught in schools,
But in schools science is often presented in a dry and
uninteresting manner,Children learn it by rote to
pass examinations,and they don’t see its relevance to
the world around them,Moreover,science is often
taught in terms of equations,Although equations are a
brief and accurate way of describing mathematical ideas,
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they frighten most people,When I wrote a popular
book recently,I was advised that each equation I
included would halve the sales,I included one equation,
Einstein’s famous equation,E=mc2,Maybe I would
have sold twice as many copies without it,
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5,Scientists and engineers tend to express
their ideas in the form of equations because they
need to know the precise values of quantities,
But for the rest of us,a qualitative grasp of
scientific concepts is sufficient,and this can be
conveyed by words and diagrams,without the
use of equations,
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6,The science people learn in school can provide
the basic framework,But the rate of scientific
progress is now so rapid that there are always new
developments that have occurred since one was at
school or university,I never learned about molecular
biology or transistors at school,but genetic
engineering and computers are two of the
developments most likely to change the way we live in
the future,
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Popular books and magazine articles about
science can help to put across new developments,
but even the most successful popular book is read
by only a small proportion of the population,Only
television can reach a truly mass audience,There
are some very good science programs on TV,but
others present scientific wonders simply as magic,
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without explaining them or showing how they fit into
the framework of scientific ideas,Producers of
television science programs should realize that they
have a responsibility to educate the public,not just
entertain it,
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7,The world today is filled with dangers,hence the
sick joke that the reason we have not been contacted by
an alien civilization is that civilizations tend to
destroy themselves when they reach our stage,But I
have sufficient faith in the good sense of the public to
believe that we might prove this wrong,
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attitude manner or way one thinks or behaves toward
态度；看法
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e.g,The boy has a bad attitude toward his schoolwork,
Translate,
他儿子对工作的态度让他生气。
His son’s attitude to his work made him angry,
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他们对新政府采取观望的态度
They take (or adopt) an attitude of wait-and-see
towards the new government,
likely probable 可能的
NCE-B1
e.g,It is likely that my roommate will win the first-class
scholarship,
Translate,
这个地区一、二年内会发生地震。
An earthquake is likely to strike the area in a year
or two,(Or,It is likely that an earthquake will
strike the area in a year or two.)
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经济学家说快速的经济增长在中国可能持续下去。
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他很有可能已经逃跑了。
It is very (highly or most) likely that he has run away,
Or,He is very (highly or most) likely to have run away
Economists say that the quick economic growth is
likely to continue in China,(Or,Economists say that
it is likely that the quick economic growth will continue
in China.)
e.g.You will have to do without dinner if you don’t
come back on time,
我买不起汽车，所以我想我只好将就了。
Translate,
I cannot afford a car,so I guess I have to do without,
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do without
manage to continue without
something 设法对付过去；将
就；用不着
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有许多东西人们没有也过得了，但是没有食物不行。
Translate,
People can do without many things,but they
cannot do without food,
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do without
manage to continue without
something 设法对付过去；将就；
用不着
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“do” 的常用搭配
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1,do away with,废除
e.g,Slavery has been done away with,
2,do somebody good,对某人有好处
e.g,Morning exercises will do you good,
3,do harm to,对 … 有害
e.g,Smoking does harm to your health,
4,do for,适用于
e.g,The dress will do for Mary at the party,
5,do well in,在 … 做得好
e.g,He did well in the last exam,
e.g,The,revolution” put the clock back ten years,
忘掉这一切，朝前看；你不可能使时光倒流。
Forget all about it and look forward; you cannot
turn the clock back
Translate,
put \turn the clock back 倒退；使时光倒流
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e.g,The,revolution” put the clock back ten years,
他们似乎决心要倒退到冷战时期。
They seem determined to turn the clock back to
the days of the,cold war”,
Translate,
put \turn the clock back 倒退；使时光倒流
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1,against the clock,争分夺秒
e.g,They are working against the clock,
2,round the clock,连续一整天
e.g,He has been doing the experiment round the
clock for three days,
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e.g,Their phone has been cut off because they
haven’t paid the bill,
Water and electricity supplies in the city have
been cut off because of the American air attacks,
Translate,
由于美国的空中打击，这座城市的水电供应已经切断。
cut off stop providing,切断；停止供应
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“cut” 的常用搭配
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1,cut away:切除；砍掉
e.g,The surgeon cut away the tumor(肿瘤 ),
2,cut down:砍倒；削减
e.g,The boy cut down the tree with an axe(斧头 ),
We must cut down our expenses(开支 ),
3,cut in:插嘴；干涉
e.g,Don’t cut in when other people are talking,
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4,cut into:切入；减少
e.g,The knife easily cuts into the cake,
Unnecessary expenses cut into our profit,
5,cut short:剪短；缩短
e.g,The barber(理发师 ) cut my hair short,
You should cut your writing short,
e.g,Some educators are hoping to bring about major
changes in the educational systems,
这些措施已经带来了很大的提高。
Translate,
These measures have brought about many improvements,
bring about make happen; lead to;
cause 带来 ;引起 ;产生
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这样的玩笑会引起误会。
Such a joke may bring about misunderstanding,
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“bring” 的常用搭配
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1,bring down:使下降
The medicine will bring down your fever soon,
2,bring forth:产出 ; 结出
The tree has brought forth many apples this year,
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3,bring up:养育 ; 呕吐
He was brought up by his aunt,
He brought up everything he had eaten,
4,bring through,使脱险 ; 使度过难关
Don’t worry; the doctor is sure to bring the
patient through,
Your help brought us through all the difficulties,
e.g,inquiring minds,爱探索的人 ; 探究求索人士
I rang up to inquire about the train times,
I inquired of the nurse about his health,
Translate,
我向护士询问他的健康情况。
inquire seek information or answers by questioning
打听 ; 询问
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他询问有没有他的信,
He inquired whether there was any letter for him,
e.g,Why don’t you take the initiative and arrange
for a meeting,
The workers are able to solve the problems on the
initiative,
Translate,
这些工人门能够主动地解决这些问题
initiative 主动 ; 首创精神
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1,initial a,开始的 ; 最初的
2,initially ad,最初 ; 首先
3,initiate v,开始 ; 发起
4,initiation n,开始 ; 发起
5,initiator n,创始人 ; 发起者
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rate n,速度 ; 比率
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e.g,The rate at which hair grows can be very slow.,
Translate,
世界森林正以惊人的速度消失
The world’s forests are disappearing at a surprising rate,
以你目前的工作进度,你半夜前完成不了,
At your present rate of working,you won’t finish before
midnight,
1,birth rate 出生率
2,death rate 死亡率
3,divorce rate 离婚率
4,crime rate 犯罪率
5,insurance rate 保险率
6,success rate 成功率
7,tax rate 税率
8,unemployment rate 失业率
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informed having knowledge 有知识
的 ; 见多识广的 ; 明达的
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e.g,Science is now enabling us to make more
informed choices about how we use common drugs,
Translate,
He insisted that the doctor tell him the truth,so
that he could make an informed decision,
他坚持要医生告诉他真相,以便作出明达的决定,
Translate,
根据消息灵通人士说,他已经被哈佛大学录取,
According to informed sources,he is enrolled by
Harvard University,
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e.g,The new government informed the public of
its plan through TV,
Translate,
inform v,tell 通知 ; 告知
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你通知警察出交通事故了吗?
Have you informed the police that there’s
been a road accident?
e.g,He is busy writing a letter at the moment,
Compare,
at the moment now; at the present time
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at the moment,此时此刻
e.g,I’m rather busy the the moment,
for the moment,暂时 ; 目前
e.g,He is staying with his aunt for the moment,
for a moment,一会儿 ; 片刻
e.g,Let me think about it for a moment,
in a moment,一会儿后
e.g,He will be back in a moment,
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Translate,
正如大家都知道,他是我们班最聪明的学生,
He is the most intelligent student in our class,as is
known by all,
Or,As is known by all,he is the most intelligent
student in our class,
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Translate,
正如报纸看到的,公众反对这个项目,
The public is against the project,as is shown in the
newspaper,
正如人们会意识到,中国会更强大,
China will become stronger,as will be realized,
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e.g,His skill lies in his ability to communicate
quite complicated ideas,
Translate,
他的失败在于他的懒惰,
His failure lies in his laziness,
lie in exist or be found in 在于
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lie---lay---lain,放 ; 躺 ; 存在
e.g,He lay on the sofa,
The dog is lying in front of the house,
The books lie on the desk,
A lot of difficulties lie ahead of us,
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lay---laid---laid,放 ; 搁 ; 使躺下
e.g,He laid his pen on the desk,
She likes to lay her finger on her lips,
He laid himself heavily on the sofa,
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e.g,In terms of salary,the job is terrible,
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就生意而言,这是非常糟糕的一年,
It has been a very bad year in terms of business,
in terms of as regards; expressed as
就 … 而言 ; 用 … 话说 ; 根据 …
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不要用钱来衡量一切事物的价值,
Don’t measure the value of everything in terms of
money,
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1,come to terms with,让步 ; 妥协
e.g,We need to come to terms with the reality.(屈服于 )
She has to come to terms with her fate.(听天由命 )
2,keep terms with somebody,与 … 交往 ; 同 … 保持关系
e.g,He has to keep terms with various people in his
walks of life,
All the students should keep good terms with each
other,
e.g,The busy couple tend to buy processed foods
like canned chicken,
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有些人周末往往很晚起床。
Some people tend to get up late at weekends,
tend to be likely to happen 倾向于 ; 往往
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植物在炎热天气下没水往往会死。
Plants tend to die in hot weather without water,
e.g,The road is in the form of a big,S”,
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in the form of
having the shape of
以 … 形式 (状 )
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以奖学金的形式给予的钱会鼓励学生更努力学习。
Money given in the form of scholarships may
encourage the students to study harder,
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1,application form,申请表 ; 应聘表
2,to fill in a form,填表
3,to be in good(bad) form,状态良好 (不佳 )
4,to be out of (off) form,不在状态
5,to take form,形成 ; 成型
e.g,Their bright eyes and smiling faces conveyed
the impression that they were very excited,
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convey make known to another 传达 ; 表达
2,运送 ; 输送
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语言无法表达我的感激之情。
Words fail to convey my thankfulness,
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Please convey my best wishes to your parents,
请向你的父母转达我最良好的祝愿,
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出租车把我们送到了火车站,
A taxi conveyed us to the train station,
烟囱把烟排放到室外,
A chimney conveys smoke to the outside,
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e.g,Good teachers are the ones who are able to
put things across well,
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put across cause to be understood
使被人理解 ; 使出被人接受
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他非常善于表述自己的意见,
He is very good at putting his ideas across,
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1,put\set aside,省下 ; 留出
e.g,His parents put aside some money for an
emergency.(… 以备急用 )
2,put away,收好 ; 放好
e.g,She put away all the magazines after she had
read them,
3,put down,放下
e.g,The enemy put down their arms,
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4,put forward,提出
e.g,He put forward a plan for the committee to
consider,
5,put off,推迟
e.g,Let’s put off doing the experiment until next
week,
6,put on,穿上 ; 戴上
e.g,Put on more clothes when you go out,
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7,put out,生产 ; 出版
e.g,The new book will be put out in a week,
8,put up,举起 ; 张贴
e.g,Put up your hand when you have a question to
ask,
He put up a message on the door,
e.g,The new college courses must fit into the national
educational plan,
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fit into be part of 相合 ; 适应
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你应该学会去适应新的环境,
You should learn to fit into your new surroundings,
这个软木塞正好塞进瓶子,
The cork fits into the bottle nicely,
e.g,He entertained his friends with stories from his
childhood,
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电视节目不仅是娱乐,也是教育,
Television programs not only entertain,but also teach,
她读书自娱。
She entertains herself by reading,
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e.g,According to the school regulations,women
students are allowed to entertain men in their rooms,
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今天晚上我们要招待斯密丝一家,
We are entertaining the Smiths this evening,
他经常在隔壁的餐厅款待他的朋友,。
He often entertains his friends in the next restaurant,
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entertain 2,have as a guest 招待 ; 款待
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e.g,The trade imbalance is likely to rise,Hence new
policies must be made soon,
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这时候一条艰难的路线,因此不太受步行者的欢迎,
It is a difficult route and hence not too popular with
walkers,
民主党已经分裂,因此很弱。
The Democratic Party is divided and hence very weak,
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hence ad,therefore 因此 ; 所以 (often followed by a
clause or a phrase)
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e.g,I will contact the Tourist Information Bureau for
further details,
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如果你需要帮忙,尽管跟我联系,
Feel free to contact me if you need any help,
在作出最后决定前,我必须和我的律师联系一下,
I must contact my lawyer before I make the final
decisions,
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contact get in touch with 接触 ; 联系
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Stephen Hawking (1942--):a
British scientist who has greatly
influenced people’s ideas on the
origins of the universe,He has
devoted much of his life to the
research about space and time,
He has done most of his work in
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a wheelchair because he
developed a serious disease at
university,which weakened his
muscles,He is the Lucasian
Professor of Mathematics at
Cambridge,a post once held by
Isaac Newton,He has written
the international bestseller
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A Brief History of Time,The
book spent more than four
years on the London Sunday
Times bestseller list—the
longest run for any book in
history,
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Stephen Hawking is making a speech,
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In order to take part
in some of the satellite
conferences of the
International Congress
of Mathematicians,
Professor Hawking
traveled to China in
August,2002,
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Stephen Hawking in China
Stephen Hawking is received by
President Jiang Zhemin,
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He presented public
lectures in Hangzhou on the
15th,and in Beijing on the
18th,He also managed to go
some sightseeing,before
returning to the UK!
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Stephen Hawking in China
Stephen Hawking in Zhejiang University
Frankenstein,a novel(1818) by an
English writer Mary
Shelly(1797—1851),It is a story of
a Swiss scientist,Dr,
Frankenstein,who makes a
living creature from pieces of
dead bodies,The creature is like
a man,but stronger,and
although it is gentle
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at first,it later attacks and kills
several people close to
Frankenstein,There have been
many films based on the story
and variations( 版本 ) of it,
Everybody was dressed up as a
ghost,a vampire( 吸 血 鬼 ) or
Frankenstein’s monster,
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Green parties,world-wide
political parties whose main
concern is to protect the
environment,
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The Sky at Night,a popular
British TV program about the
stars and planets,broadcast
every month by the BBC since
1905,It is well-known for the
way in which its presenter,
Patrick Moore,gives scientific
information in an entertaining
way,
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Albert Einstein (1879—
1955),a physicist,born in
Germany,who was possibly
the greatest scientist of the
20th century,In 1905 he
published his theory of
relativity,which is the basis
of atomic energy,
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Einstein suggested how it
could be used for making
weapons,but after World
War II he spoke publicly
against nuclear weapons,He
was given the Nobel Prize for
physics in 1921,When Hitler
came to power,Einstein,who
was Jewish,went to the U.S.,
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becoming a US citizen in 1940,He
became a professor at Princeton
University in 1934,and spent the rest
of his life,looking,without success,
for a theory that combined those of
gravitation and electromagnetism,In
1952,he was offered the presidency of
Israel,but did not accept it,
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Nuclear Reaction?
One day Albert Einstein was introduced to the
eighteen-month-old son of a young friend,The baby
looked into the old physicist's wizened(干瘪的 ) face and
promptly began to cry loudly,
"You're the first person for years," Einstein declared,
patting the child on the head,"who has told me what you
really think of me."
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Stellar Student?
At a dinner party one evening,Albert Einstein found
himself conversing with a neighbor's daughter,"What are you,
by profession?" she asked,"I devote myself to the study of
physics," Einstein replied,"You mean to say you study
physics at your age?" the girl exclaimed,"I finished mine a
year ago!"
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Stories about Einstein
Einstein's profession
In response to a fellow train
passenger,October 31,1930,who
asked him his occupation,he
answered that he was an artist's
model,reflecting Einstein's feeling
that he was constantly posing for
sculptures and paintings,
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Einstein's Phonebook
When one of Albert Einstein's
colleagues asked the famous physicist for
his telephone number one day,he reached
for a telephone directory and looked it up,
"You don't remember your own number?"
the man asked,understandably surprised,
"No," Einstein replied with a shrug,"Why
should I memorize something I can so
easily get from a book?"
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Marilyn Monroe suggests to Einstein,What do you
say,professor,shouldn't we make a little baby together?
what a baby it would be - my looks and your intelligence!
Einstein,I'm afraid,dear lady,it might be the other way
around,
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By no means could one return to an earlier
age even if he wished to (return),
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The present government is trying hard to completely
stop providing money for scientific research,(Here it
is simply an ironical(讽刺的 ) comment of the author
on government cuts of funds.)
Sentence explanation
…as human initiative and inventiveness do
exist,even this way to suppress anything new
worldwide would fail,
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At the present time,the public cannot decide
whether they need science or not,
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The public’s distrust of science is also an
important factor leading to support for the
political parties whose main concern is to
protect the environment,
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But in schools science is often taught in a
dull and uninteresting way,
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If my popular book had not included
Einstein’s famous equation,maybe I would
have sold twice as many copies,
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Unlike popular books and magazine articles,
television science programs have a really
large audience,
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… therefore there goes the sick joke
that …(or,…therefore the sick joke spreads that …
sick joke,sick jokes deal with death and suffering in
a cruel and unpleasant way,
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Comprehension
According to the text,please decide
whether the following statements are True
(T) or False (F),
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Comprehension
Pair work
One of you asks the first six questions and the
other answers,Starting from question 7,change
roles,When you have finished,the teacher may
want to put some of the questions to you for a
check,
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