10.solution n. 解决方法

solve v. 解决

1)The loan was only a temporary solution to the country's financial difficulties.(借贷只能暂时解决这个国家的经济困难。)

2)After a day's careful thought, he came up with a good solution. (经过一天的仔细考虑,他才想出一个好方法。)

3)We should work together on the solution of our national problems. (大家应该一块解决大家国家的问题。)

4)I really don't know how to solve the problem. (我真不了解怎么办这个问题。)

5)They found a new way of solving the problem. (他们找到知道决这个问题的新方法。)

(请注意用solution这个名词时,一般用a solution to a problem表示问题的解决方法。。)

11.adapt v. 使适应,使合适;改写

1)We should adapt our thinking to the new conditions. (大家应该使我们的思想适应新的状况。)

2)Some animals will modify their behavior to adapt to their environment.

(一些动物改变它们的习性以适应环境。)

3)Can you adapt your way of thinking to the new life-style? (你能使你的思想适应新的生活方法吗?)

4)They adapt a novel for the screen. (他们把小说改编为电影。)

请注意adapt 和adopt有什么区别,adopt意为使用;收留。

1)They are going to adopt new techniques in raising silkworms. (他们筹备使用新的养蚕技术。)

2)A little girl was adopted into the family. (一个小姑娘被收留为家庭一员。)

12. perfect adj. 完美的;完全的 v. 使完美,改变

1)He speaks perfect English. (他说一口地道的英语。)

2)The actor is perfect for the part. (由这位演员担任这一角色再理想不过了。)

3)He is in perfect health. (他身体十分健康。)

4)He is a perfect stranger. (他是个完全陌生的人。)

5)They decided1 to send their son to England to perfect his English.

(他们决定把儿子送到英国去提升他的英语水平。)

13. acceptable adj. 可以同意的

accept v. 同意

1)This proposal is acceptable to all. (这个建议大伙都能同意。)

2)Tom received an acceptable marks on the test. (汤姆在测验中的分数还可以。)

3)Don't accept everything you see on TV as true. (别以为在电视上看到的所有都是真实的。)

4)I didn't expect him to accept my suggestion. (我没指望他同意我的建议。)

5)The plan has won wide acceptance among the people. (这个计划遭到了大家的普通欢迎。)

6)He nodded in delighted acceptance. (他愉快地址头表示同意。)

14. evidence n. 发现;(调查或研究)结果;依据

evident adj. 明显的

1)Do you have any evidence for this statement? (你如此说有任何依据吗?)

2)There are evidences that somebody has been living here. (迹象显示有人一直住在这儿。)

3)It is evident that we do not understand each other. (显然,大家彼此不知道。)

4)He spoke2 with evident disappointment. (他携带明显的失望说话。)

5)We can say with good evidence that their work is one of the best.

(大家有充分的证据了解明他们的工作是最好的。)

15. determine v. 决定;确定

determined3 adj. 下决心的

determination n. 决心;结论

1)He has determined on a course of action. (他已决定了行动计划。)

2)The police wanted to determine all the facts. (警察想查明全部事实。)

3)His father is determined to quit smoking. (他爸爸决心戒烟。)

4)He made his determination after he read the test report. (他在看了化验报告后下了结论。)

5)Mr. Smith is a man of determination. (史密斯先生是个有决断力的人。)

16. growth n. 成长

grow v. 成长

1)The growth in tourism is really astonishing. (旅游业的进步实在让人惊异。)

2)The rapid growth of world population is creating more and more problems.

(世界人口的飞速进步带来了愈加多的问题。)

3)His hair has grown too long. (他的头发长得太长了。)

4)Friendship grew between them. (他们之间产生了友情。)

5)You will grow used to it. (你会日渐对此习惯的。)

本课主要构词法

Affixation4 词缀法

1. 形容词后缀 -able

disagreeable acceptable

2. 副词后缀 -ly

scientifically previously5 entirely6 frequently

3. 名词后缀 -ion

imagination solution

4. 反义词前缀 un-

unknown unpleasant

本课介绍

在Scientific Attitudes这篇课文中,作者指出科学始于人类对周围环境的疑问。当人类具备去伪存真的可以力时,科学也开始迅猛进步。好奇和想像是能够帮助推进科学发现和进步要紧素质。作者还觉得具备科学头脑的人相信因果关系。任何现象的存在必有缘由,只不过有的尚未被发现。思想开放、无偏见;尊重其他人的看法;任何事以事实为依据都是科学的态度。

人物背景

1.Benjamin Franklin:富兰克林(1706-1790年),美国政治家及科学家。美国18世纪名列华盛顿后的最著名的人物,参加起草独立宣言。在科学方面进行过有名的电实验,并对电做了理论说明。只受过极短的合法教育,全靠勤奋自学成才。法国经济学家杜尔哥颂扬他从天空抓到雷电,从专制统治者手中夺回权力。

2.Thomas Edison:爱迪生(1847-1931年),美国创造家。技术历史中显著的天才之一,拥有白炽灯、留声机、电影放映机等1093种创造专利,还创办了世界上第一个工业研究实验室。

3.Galileo:伽利略(1564-1642年),意大利物理学家及天文学家。对现代科学思想的进步作出过重大贡献。最早用望远镜察看天体,并曾用很多事实证明地球环绕太阳转,否定地心说。

4.Louis Pasteur:巴斯德(1822-1895年)法国化学家及微生物学家。证明发酵及传染病是微生物引起的,创始并第一应用疫苗接种以预防狂犬病、鸡霍乱等,挽救了法、英等国的养蚕业和啤酒业。

5.Edward Jenner:金纳(1749-1823年),英国大夫,牛痘接种法开创者。历经周折使牛痘接种法得以公认,并传播到欧美国内及全世界,使天花的病死率大为降低。