Unit 1 Section Ⅰ Reading and Thinking—Comprehending(Word教师用书)-【状元桥·优质课堂】2022-2023学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册 （人教版2019）

科学史学家Paula Smith致力于对古代手工技能的研究，她认为科学家如果能够把古代的手工技能和现代的科学方法结合起来，就能够创造更大成就。 Craftsmanship Makes Better Scientists (2020·北京阅读精编)Paula Smith, a historian of science, has devoted herself to1 re­creating long­forgotten techniques. While doing research, she came across a 16th­century French manuscript(手稿) consisting of nearly 1,000 sets of instructions, covering subjects from tool making to2 finding the best sand. The author's intention remains as mysterious as his name; he may have been simply taking notes for his own records. But Smith was struck mainly by ①the fact that she didn't truly grasp any of the skills the author described. “You simply can't get an understanding of that handwork by reading about it，” she says. Reconstructing the work of the craftsmen(工匠) who lived centuries ago can reveal how they viewed the world, what objects filled their homes, and what went on in the workshops that produced them. It can even help solve present­day problems: scientists discovered that a 10th­century English medicine for eye problems could kill a drug­resistant virus. ❶The work has also brought insights for museums. One must know how an object was made in order to preserve it. What's more, reconstructions might be the only way to know what treasures looked like before time wore them down3. Smith has put the manuscript's ideas into practice4. Her final goal is to link the worlds of art and science back together:❷She believes that bringing the old recipes to life can help develop a kind of learning that highlights experimentation, teamwork, and problem solving. Back when science—then called “the new philosophy”—took shape5, academics looked to craftsmen for help in understanding the natural world. Microscopes and telescopes were invented by way of artistic tinkering(修补), as craftsmen experimented with glass to better bend light. ②If we can rediscover the values of hands­on experience and craftwork, Smith says, we can marry the best of our modern insights with6 the handiness