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1、新东方在线职称英语频道(http://zhicheng.koolearn.com/)分享2016职称英语考试综合类阅读判断训练题 Dopeoplestillimagineaphysicistasabeardedmaninglassesorhastheimageofthemadscientistchanged?TheInstituteofPhysicssetouttofindoutwhetherthestereotypeofaphysics'boffin'(科学家)stillexistsbyconductingasurveyo
2、nshoppersinLondon.Thepeoplewereaskedtoidentifythephysicistfromaphotographofaline-upofpossiblesuspects.98percentofthoseaskedgotitwrong.Themajorityofpeoplepickedawhitemaleofaround60,wearingglassesandwithawhitebeard. Whilethisstereotypemayhavebeentheimageofanaverageph
3、ysicistfiftyyearsago,therealityisnowverydifferent.Since1960thenumberofyoungwomenenteringphysicshasdoubledandtheaverageageofaphysicistisnow31. Thestereotypeoftheabsent-mindedscientisthaslastedalongtimebecausethemediaandHollywoodhelppromotetheimageofmeninwhitelabcoat
4、swithglassessittingbyblackboardsfullofequations(等式)orworkingwithfizzing(嘶嘶响)testtubes.Thesestereotypesarereallydamagingtosociety.Verygoodschoolchildrenareputoffstudyingsciencebecausetheydon'tseepeoplelikethemselvesontelevisionorinmagazinesdoingscience.Theysimplydon'
5、trelatetothemedia'simageofthemadscientist.新东方在线职称英语频道(http://zhicheng.koolearn.com/)分享 Thisisonereasonwhyfeweryoungpeoplearechoosingtodoscienceatuniversity.Ifwewanttoencouragemoreyoungpeopletostudysciencesubjects,weneedtochangethisimageofthescientistandmakesciencec
6、areersmoreattractive.Butwemustalsodevelopchildren'sinterestinscience. Inanattempttochangethisnegativeimage,anincreasingnumberofsciencefestivalsarebeingorganized.Thousandsofpeoplefromsecondaryschoolsarealsoencouragedtotakepartinnationwidesciencecompetitionsofwhichth
7、emostpopulararethenationalscienceOlympiads.WinningnationalteamsthengettheopportunitytotakepartintheInternationalScienceOlympiadswhichareheldinadifferentcountryeveryyear.Theseeventsareallinterestingfortheyoungpeoplewhotakepartbuttheyonlyinvolveasmallproportionofstude
8、ntswhoarealreadyinterestedinscience.Itseemsthatthereisalongwaytogobeforesciencebecomesattractiveassubjectslikecomputerstudiesorfashionandd
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