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UNIT 1
SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS
Section Ⅳ
Assessing Your Progress
课前预习自检
Ⅰ.重点词汇
1.producing very clear pictures in your mind——adj. _____
2.very intelligent or skilful——adj. _________
3.mutually opposed or inconsistent——adj. _____________
4.in addition; besides (used to introduce a fresh consideration in an argument)——adv. ___________
5.to find or discover sb/sth; to recognize sb/sth and be able to say who or what they are——v. ________
vivid
brilliant
contradictory
furthermore
identify
Ⅱ.教材原句
1.The scientist's main task (是发现) how things work in the universe.
答案:is to discover
2.They must have a (生动的想象力) and a strong intuition in order for new findings to be made.
答案:vivid imagination
3.You see, by doing science, scientists (更好地了解) of the world around them and share that understanding with the whole world.
答案:get a better understanding
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4.What new ideas did you learn about (科学和科学家) from this unit?
答案:science and scientists
5.Most great scientists have the ability to see the world in ways that other people do not, and to (提出新想法) that other people have never thought of.
答案:come up with new ideas
6.In many cases, this has caused other people to (以为他们疯了) at first.
答案:think that they are crazy
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7.However, that thinking ability is (对他们的创作过程很重要).
答案:important to their creative process
8.Does your goldfish suffer from (自信心不足)?
答案:low selfconfidence
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重点合作探究
①To see is to believe.
百闻不如一见。
②To do two things at a time is to do neither.
一次做两件事等于未做。
③His wish is to buy a luxurious car in the near future.
他的希望是在不远的将来买一辆豪华轿车。
④What I would suggest is to start work at once.
我的建议是立刻开始工作。
(1)单句语法填空
①His ambition was (meet) his favorite pop star face to face.
②A possible solution is (set) down effective laws.
(2)单句表达
①下一步是确保你确切地知道需要做什么。
The next step is