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Unit4 Scientists who changed the world
仓颉之初作书盖依类象形故谓之文其形声相益即谓之字文者物象之本字者言孳乳而浸多也著于竹帛谓之仓颉之初作书盖依类象形故谓之文其形声相益即谓之字文者物象之本字者言孳乳而
M3 U4 Scientists who changed the world
Extended reading
The Value of Science
The Value of Science
1. Who is Richard Feynman?
2. Can you predict the main idea of the passage?
Para. 1–2
Find out words or phrases negative in meaning.
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Para. 3 What do these “it” refer to?
the first two referring to “making good things”, the rest three referring to “scientific knowledge”
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Para. 4 Find out words or phrases positive in meaning.
Para. 5–6 In what way did Richard talk about the third value of science?
It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress that is the fruit of freedom of thought, to declare the value of this freedom, to teach how doubt is not to be feared but to be welcomed and discussed, and to demand this freedom as our duty to all coming generations.
Para.7
Find out which point has been mentioned repeatedly? Why?
Tell the class which sentence impresses you most. Why?
Discussion
Possible answer: He used to think that science would make good things, then he had doubts, because of the destruction of people caused by the atomic bomb.
Find out
the author's ideas on the value of science.
① Scientific knowledge enables us to do and make all kinds of things.
② Science provides us the intellectual enjoyment.
③ Science provides us very important experience with ignorance and doubt and uncertainty.
Write a summary of the lecture
When Richard Feynman was young, he thought the only use for science was to make good things for people. However, after he worked on the atomic bomb, he realized that science could also be used for evil. He wondered what the value of science really was and he decided on three values. The first value is that scientific knowledge enables us to do and make all kinds of things. The second is the intellectual enjoyment it can provide us with. And the third value is scientists' freedom to doubt.
How do you understand Feynman’s words?
This belief expresses a similar meaning to this unit's opening quote “The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth. “Only when scientists raise doubts can they open up the opportunity to explore the unknown, which is what leads to scientific achievements. Feynman further emphasizes this value when he says, “Permit us to question-to doubt-to not be sure.” He points out that scientists must always be allowed to question and doubt things, because he knows it is the key to how science is able to progress.
1. go off
2. with a bang
3. devote yourself to sb./sth.
4. let sb. down
5. turn over each new stone
6. take it for granted (that …)
Vital expressions
1. Write a summary of the adaptation of Richard Feynman’s lecture.
2. Finish Part A on Page 54.
Homework
仓颉之初作书盖依类象形故谓之文其形声相益即谓之字文者物象之本字者言孳乳而浸多也著于竹帛谓之仓颉之初作书盖依类象形故谓之文其形声相益即谓之字文者物象之本字者言孳乳而
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