A Summary of U3

U3.Understanding Science

1.Some important concepts I learned

Nobody can prevent science from developing,as the world we live in has changed a great deal ,whether we like it or not.

2.Some words struck me

1)nasty adj. 令人难受的

2)put/turn the clock back 倒退,开倒车

3)qualitative adj. 定性的,性质上的

3.My favority sentences

1)The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.——Albert Einstein

2)Whether we like it or not,the world we live in has changed a great deal in the last hundred years,and it is likely to change even more in the next hundred.

4.Knowledge points

1)Nor(倒装) can one prevent further advances in the future.

2)All it would do is (to省略) slow down the rate of change.

3)在过去的一百年间 in the last hundred years

4)享有特权的少数人 a privileged minority

5)当今政府 the present government

6)基础科学 basic science

7)全球政府  a global state 联合国 the United Nations

8)民主社会 a democratic society

9)做出明智决定 make informed decisions

10)生活水平  the standard of living

11)卡通人物  cartoon figures

12)科幻小说 science fictions

13)酸雨 acid rain

14)温室效应 greenhouse effect

15)核武器 nuclear weapons

16)基因工程 genetic engineering

17)死记硬背 learn by rote 熟背 learn by heart

18)使销量减半 halve the sales

19)分子生物学 molecular biology

20)外星文明 alien civilization

21)对…充满信心 have sufficient faith in…

22)正如科学家所预言的那样 As is predicted by scientists

23)今年的数量是去年的五倍 five times as the number of sth. this year as sb. did last year./the number of sth. is four times more than last year's./the number of sth. is five times as many as last year's.

24)太费油 burn too much gas

5.The difficulties I meet

1)The paragraph is so abstract that I cannnot grasp the main idea easily.

2)The sentence is so long that I cannot translate it easily.

3)In a long paragraph,I cannot realize what "this"or"it" means here.And I need read the paragraph once again.

4)For some sentences,I can understand the word's common meaning,but don't know the word's meaning in the sentence,which makes me misunderstand the sentences true meaning.

6.My harvest

some new words

some new expression

correct many mispronunciations

7.Advice

1)When teaching,you could use more English and less Chinese,and use Chinese just to explain the meaning of several key words in spoken English.

2)Let's communicate more in English.

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