英语科技文选.pptVIP

参考教材： 李碧嘉主编：《英语科技文选》 　　梁惠茹： 　 《英语科技文选一考通》 串讲方式： I. Affix　（涉及考试第一题） II. Key Words and Phrases　（涉及考试第二和第三题） III. Translation 　（涉及翻译）　 Unit 1 I. Affix unknowableknowable irrelevantrelevant actinteract unpredictablepredictable instinctinstinctively delusiondelusive excelexcellent accelerateaccelerator gamblegambler sightinsight regularirregular conceptionmisconception accessaccessible circulatecirculation counselcounsellor tressdistress downdowncast importimportation mythmythical observeobservatory foundprofound surrectresurrect II. key words and phrases （Part A） 1. That bias can lead to misconceptions about the world around us. 2. The known is pressed on us from the first. 3. The frontiers of knowledge, where it borders on the unknown, seems far away and irrelevant, separated from us by an apparently endless expanse of the known. 4. We do not see that we may be proceeding down a narrow path of knowledge and that if we look slightly left or right we will be staring directly at the unknown. 5. Even when we are right on the edge of the unknown, we may not be aware of it. 6. …the events so vividly described are all based on the writings… 7. …it is unknown and in all probability can never be known. 8. But we did not think of his accounts as fragments of knowledge on the edge of the unknown… 9. Beyond the currently unknown are the things that are inherently unknowable. 10. Few unknowables are consciously recognized as such. 11. …we bump into phenomena that may well be unknowable… 12. Brokers make a living anticipating the fluctuations of stock prices. 13. Presidents run for office based on claims of what they will do… 14. Nor do people try to predict the automobile accidents they will be involved in. 15. The roll of a bowling ball down an alley, for instance, is easier to predict than the motion of an irregular stone tumbling down a rough hillside. 16. It is in creati