新视界大学英语综合教程3-unit-7

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1、TalkingpointWarmingupSkimmingDiggingCriticalthinkingLanguageinuseUnfamiliarwordsInterpretingCanbadluckbeexplained?Warmingup➊Readthereflectionsmadebygreatscientiststhroughtheages.Thenworkinpairsandexplainwhatthequotationsmean.1Thisonlyiscertain,thatthereisnothingcertain.PlinytheElder,1st-centuryRom

2、annaturalistTheonlythingweknowisdefinitelytrueisthatwearenotsureaboutanything.Plinyistakingapositionofscepticism.Warmingup2Experimentalscienceisthequeenofsciencesandthegoalofallspeculation.RogerBacon,13th-centuryEnglishphilosopherandscientistBaconlivedatatimewhenpeoplethoughtitmoreimportanttoreaso

3、nandapproachproblemsthroughtheoryandlogicthanthroughexperiment.Baconisdaringlyturningthisaroundandannouncingthatfindingoutthefactsisfarmoreimportantthantheorizing.Warmingup3IdonotknowwhatImayappeartotheworld;buttomyselfIseemtohavebeenonlylikeaboyplayingontheseashore,anddivertingmyselfinnowandthenf

4、indingasmootherpebbleoraprettiershellthanordinary,whilstthegreatoceanoftruthlayallundiscoveredbeforeme.SirIsaacNewton,17th-centuryEnglishphysicistandmathematician,whodiscoveredthelawsofgravityNewtonisacclaimedasagreatgeniuswhohasopenedupunderstandingofnature,buthehumblypointsouthowverylittlehedoes

5、actuallyknowespeciallywhencomparedwithallthatthereistoknow.Newtonwasveryreligiousaswellasagreatmathematiciansohewouldhavebeenreferringtogreatmysteriesaswellasunderstandingofthecosmos.Warmingup4Themostincomprehensiblethingaboutouruniverseisthatitcanbecomprehended.AlbertEinstein,perhapsthegreatestsc

6、ientisttheworldhaseverknownEinsteinthinksthatthegreatestwonderisthattheuniversedoesoperateonmathematicallawswhichoneofitsby-products–us–canunderstandalittle.Warmingup➋Workinpairsanddiscussthequestions.1Howwouldyoudefinescience?Scienceisthestudyandknowledgeofthephysicalworldanditsbehaviourthatisbas

7、edonexperimentsandfactsthatcanbeproved,andisorganizedintoasystem.Warmingup2Shouldsciencebeacompulsorysubjectuntilthelastyearatschool?•Yes,itissoimportanttoourmodernworld.Itisalsoawayofthinkingthatweneedtodevelopi