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1、全新版大学英语综合教程第一册03Unit3 UnderstandingSciencePartIPre-readingTaskListentotherecordingtwoorthreetimesandthenthinkoverthefollowingquestions:Whoisitabout?2.Whatquestionsinteresthim?3.Whatmakeshisachievementssoremarkable?Thefollowingwordsintherecordingmaybenewto
2、you:universe n.宇宙muscle n.肌肉engage v.与…订婚PartIITextA ProfessorHawkingthinksitimportanttokeepeverybodyintouchwithwhatscienceisabout.Inthisarticleheexplainswhy. PUBLICATTITUDESTOWARDSCIENCE Whetherwelikeitornot,theworldweliveinhaschangedagreatdealinthela
3、sthundredyears,anditislikelytochangeevenmoreinthenexthundred.Somepeoplewouldliketostopthesechangesandgobacktowhattheyseeasapurerandsimplerage.Butashistoryshows,thepastwasnotthatwonderful.Itwasnotsobadforaprivilegedminority,thougheventheyhadtodowithoutmode
4、rnmedicine,andchildbirthwashighlyriskyforwomen.Butforthevastmajorityofthepopulation,lifewasnasty,brutish,andshort.Anyway,evenifonewantedto,onecouldn'tputtheclockbacktoanearlierage.Knowledgeandtechniquescan'tjustbeforgotten.Norcanonepreventfurtheradvancesi
5、nthefuture.Evenifallgovernmentmoneyforresearchwerecutoff(andthepresentgovernmentisdoingitsbest),theforceofcompetitionwouldstillbringaboutadvancesintechnology.Moreover,onecannotstopinquiringmindsfromthinkingaboutbasicscience,whetherornottheyarepaidforit.Th
6、eonlywaytopreventfurtherdevelopmentswouldbeaglobalstatethatsuppressedanythingnew,andhumaninitiativeandinventivenessaresuchthateventhiswouldn'tsucceed.Allitwoulddoisslowdowntherateofchange. Ifweacceptthatwecannotpreventscienceandtechnologyfromchangingourwo
7、rld,wecanatleasttrytoensurethatthechangestheymakeareintherightdirections.Inademocraticsociety,thismeansthatthepublicneedstohaveabasicunderstandingofscience,sothatitcanmakeinformeddecisionsandnotleavetheminthehandsofexperts.Atthemoment,thepublicisintwomind
8、saboutscience.Ithascometoexpectthesteadyincreaseinthestandardoflivingthatnewdevelopmentsinscienceandtechnologyhavebroughttocontinue,butitalsodistrustssciencebecauseitdoesn'tunderstandit.Thisdistrustisevidentinthecar
