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1、UnitThreeBookFourPage67TaskOne1)No,hedoesn’t.Hestillfeelsuncertainaboutknowledgeandlife,thoughhehasspent39yearsofhislifeeitherstudyingorteachinginschools.2)Theauthorcomparesknowledgetoadot,oraperiodattheendofasentence.Accordingtotheauthor,thetinycircumferenceoftheperiodrepresentstheinterfaceof
2、theknownwiththeunknown,i.e.theboundarybetweenwhatweknowandwhatwedon’tknow.Astheperiodgrows,sodoesitscircumference.Inotherwords,themoreweknow,themoreweknowhowlittleweknow.3)Theauthorthinksthatreadingratherthanansweringquestions,onlycreatesmoreofthem.Allhisreadinghasmadehimseehowlittlehereallykn
3、owsandhowmuchmoreheneedstoreadandthinkandwrite.Oncehehasfinishedreadingabook,healwaysfeelsthatheneedstoreadthreemoretogainabettergraspofthetopic.4)Theauthorthinksofhiswritingnotasarticlesorascolumnsbutasessays---awordfromFrench,meaning“totry”.Heistryingtofindtruththroughhiswriting.5)Theauthori
4、ntendstotellusthatknowledgeisboundless.Itgrowsandchangeswiththeprogressoftime.Weshouldneverbeconstrainedbywhatwehavelearnedandshouldbereadytoacceptnewideas.2one1—5theauthorpresentsparadoxthatthemoreyouknow,themoreyoudon’tknow.Hegivesanexampleofmodernphysicsinwhichthemorescientistssearchforthet
5、ruthofnature,themoremysteriousandunpredictabletheyfindnatureistow6—9theauthorillustratestheparadoxwithhispersonatexperienceinreading,learningandwriting.ittookhimalongtimetogetridoftheshadowofhisparadoxandnowhehascometorealizethatitisnothisknowledgethatqualifieshimtowritebutratheritishiswriting
6、thatgiveshimtheskillandchancetoacquireknowledgethree10—11theauthorsuggeststhatanunderstandingofthelimitationofone’sknowledgewillencourageonetopursueandchallengetruthpersistently.TaskTwo1)Peoplemightthinkthatwithhis39years’experienceofeitherstudyingorteachinginschools,theauthorshouldfeelconfide
7、ntwhentalkingaboutknowledgeandlife.However,theauthorsaysthathedoesn’thavetheconfidenceatall.2)Unlikeotherpeoplewhoareconfidentaboutwhattheywrite,theauthorwritesjusttoclarifyhisdoubts.Sohiswritingisnottheconclusionofwhatheknows,butarefle