Scientific Attitudes

LESSoN TEN      TEXT  A            Scientific Attitudes      Science had its beginning when man started asking questions about his environment. He wondered where the sun went at night and why the sky was blue. He questioned why the wind blew and the leaves fell. He sought answers to these and other questions. Not all(部分否定) his answers were correct, but at least he did want to know. Curiosity1 and Imagination      Science began to develop rapidly when man laid aside his wrong beliefs and began to seek true explanations. Young children are curious about how things work. The child wants to take apart a watch to see what makes it work.           Fail -----succeed     Failure----success     Solve     Solute N \ adj     opinion----thoughts     Adaptation     Adopt     perfection2 -----perfectible     practice makes perfect.     Accept ---- unacceptable     Receive     Accept ---refuse     I received an invitation.     I accepted their invitation.     Completely ----- totally     Frequency-----often     A piece of evidence     Result     Determine to do sth.     Determine on\upon sth.     Determination     Decide to do sth. ----decision     Grow---grew---grown     Grown-up     To set aside     Lay----laid----laid     Lie----lay----lain     Lie----lied----lied carry on     Take no care of     Ahead of     According to     Look down upon     Make fun of sb.   In the evening -----on Monday evening     In the morning ------ on a sunny morning

1 curiosity   

n.好奇心，新奇的事物，珍品

参考例句：

• He gave in to curiosity and opened my letter.他抑制不住好奇心，拆开了我的信。
• The children are dying of curiosity to see what's in the parcel.孩子们出于好奇，迫不及待地想看看包裹中是什么东西。

2 perfection   

n.尽善尽美，无比精确

参考例句：

• Their works reach to a great height of perfection.他们的作品到了极完美的境地。
• The picture wants something of perfection.这幅画还有些不够完美。