大学英语精读第四册Unit 9 The Education of a Physicist.pptVIP

Unit 9 The Education of a Physicist 3. Warm-up Questions Where else can education take place apart from schools? Which do you think is more important for a scientist, book learning or a creative imagination? Vocabulary Study 1. enrich: 1) improve the quality of sth, esp. by adding sth. else eg: We must have sport, drama and music to enrich children’s education. ? We can enrich our vocabulary by reading extensively. 2) make rich or richer eg: The rock music of the 1960s enriched recording companies. ? The development of their oil fields enriched the Arab nations. 2. fascinate: attract or interest sb. greatly eg: Anything about flying and airplanes fascinated the boy. ? I was so fascinated by the majestic eagle gliding the sky in the mountain valley that I could not take my eyes off it. 3. shallow: not deep eg: The stream was quite shallow so we were able to walk across it. 4. dimly: not brightly or clearly; badly; slightly eg: They are sitting in a room which is dimly lit. ? Jack was only dimly aware of Lisa coming down the steps toward him. 5. alien: belonging to another country or race; different and strange eg: According to a secret study completed in 2000, the Earth has not been visited by alien life forms and unidentified flying objects are just natural phenomena. ? When I first went to New Work, it all felt very alien to me. 6. intrigue: arouse the interest or curiosity of eg: Throughout history, people have been intrigued by the question of whether there are alien life forms. ? It has always intrigued me how a Harvard graduate could do such stupid things. 7. barrier: thing that prevents or controls progress or movement eg: Despite the translation barrier, Shakespeare’s plays are known and enjoyed and regularly performed in many countries. 8. parallel: 1) exactly corresponding; similar eg: Parallel experiments are being conducted in Rome, Paris and London. ? My feelings in this matter are parallel to yours. 2