泛读 25课Should We Allow Curiosity

流利掌握英语是她拥有的 最可贵的长处。(asset)
An excellent command of English is the biggest asset she possesses.
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1-6：scientists and our children were doing the same things to satisfy their curiosity.The scientists want to know what the penguins choose between the two alternatives.To draw a conclusion,they had to kill the penguins to do this experiment.
waddle
hypotheses anaesthetise
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英 ['mjuːtɪleɪt] 美 ['mjʊtl'et]
vt. 切断，毁坏；使…残缺不全；使…支离破碎 [ 过去式 mutilated 过去分词 mutilated 现在分 词 mutilating ]
Example： More than 30 horses have been mutilated in the last nine months. 三十多匹马在过去的9个月中受了重伤。
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英 [haɪ'pɒθɪsiːz] 美 [haɪ'pɑθəsiz] n. 假定；臆测（hypothesis的复数）
Example： Because once we know that, we can infer which of the three hypotheses iscorrect. 跟读 因为一旦我们知道，我们可以推断这三个假设是正确的。
anaesthetise
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[ə'nɛsθətaɪz]
vt. 使麻醉 [ 过去式 anaesthetised 过去分词 anaesthetised 现在分词 anaesthetising ]
Example： Researchers revealed that, at least for women, the touch or sight of a partnerseems to anaesthetise them. 跟读 研究人员发现，至少对女性来说，伴侣的抚摸或 眼光可起到麻醉作用。
10~12:Science allow us to adopt dual sandards in our attitude to animal welfare,but killing or mutilating animals for pure intellectual curiosity is not.We must recognize that other forms of life did not evolve merely for our benefit and the most important is to carry a short preface to strengthen the scientific community.
To compare scientists’ motives and children’s motives in animal experiments.
并非所有对人类知识的进 步有益的科学实验都被认 为是有道理的。 (advancement , justify)
Not all the scientific experiments that benefit the advancement of human knowledge are justified.
7~9：The scientific experienment conducted on our behalf in the best tradition of the motive.The advancement of human knowledge .We are all engaged.In the same pursuit , but our motives were not worthy
1999. 1992.Short-listed Runner-up in for the the BBC Royal Wildlife Society Essay Committee Awardsfor forthe Natural Public Understanding History Writingof (Professional Science (COPUS) category). / Aventis Prize for Science Books, for the best science book for under-14 year-old readers (for 1987. Evolve Runner-up or Die!). in the BBC Wildlife Essay Awards for Natural History Writing (Professional category).
• Gates,volve of Die!,In the Scholastic Horrible Science series, has been translated into 14 languages.
mutilate
inquisitive
Is it right that the authors believes that killing animals for curiosity’s sake?
No , it’s wrong.
What is the research in penguin movement intended to?
Phrase： In the best tradition of 最好地传承了
Wear and tear 磨损
Go a long way towards 大大有助于
What is the passage mainly concerned with？
Whether or not scientists should be given the right to kill animals for curiosity’s sake.
• Horticulture • Native flora in land restoration
• Plant breeding
• Plant developmental anatomy • Science Communication • Science journalism
2002 1998. Special Journalist Commendation of the Year, Garden in the Periodical Writer’sPublishers Guild Awards ’ (for Association science articles Awards in The for Garden Editorial (Journal and Publishing of the Royal Excellence, Horticultural in the Society). Specialist Writer of the Year Category, for science and natural history articles published in BBC Wildlife. 1996. Short-listed for the Royal Society Committee for the Public Understanding (COPUS) / Rhône-Poulenc Prize for 1999. Journalist of of Science the Year, Garden Writer ’s Guild awards (for science Sciencearticles Books,in for The theGarden best science (Journal book of the for under Royal -14 year-old Horticultural readers (for Wild Society). Technology). 1992.Winner, Highly Commended in The Mike ‘ Gilligan Prize for ’ Book 1999. Longman History Today New Generation of Environmental the Year, for The Journalism History News: (North Medicine East Press (see Awards), list of books, for below) environmental science articles in the Northern Echo.
• Gates, Phil (2002). Peat, gardeners and conservation. • Gates, Phil (1999). Evolve or Die!
• Gates, Phil (1999). Walking with Dinosaurs: Uprooting the Past (Plant evolution).
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• Phil Gates graduated from Oxford University with a BA in Botany in 1973 . • His subsequent research focussed on plant breeding methods applied to Vicia faba and rice . Other research included studies on desert trees in the Wahiba Sands of Oman. • Phil Gates has applied his science communication skills to undergraduate teaching. In 2000 he was nominated by Durham University for a National Teaching Fellowship award and in 2001 received a Durham University Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award.
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英 ['wɒd(ə)l] 美 ['wɑdl] n. 蹒跚；摇摆的步子 vi. 摇摇摆摆地走；蹒跚而行 n. (Waddle)人名；(英)沃德尔 [ 过去式 waddled 过去分词 waddled 现在分词 waddling ] Example： McGinnis pushed himself laboriously out of the chair and waddled to the window. 麦金尼斯吃力地从椅子上站起来，蹒跚走到了窗前。
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英 ['ɪntɪgr(ə)l; ɪn'tegr(ə)l] 美 ['ɪntɪɡrəl] adj. 积分的；完整的，整体的；必须的 n. 积分；部分；完整 Example： We have to compute the integral for flux. 我们需要计算通量的积分。