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新标准大学英语第二版综合教程2Unit6B篇练****答案及课文翻译
Work in groups and discuss the questions:
How many branches of science can you think of?
anatomy: studying the body
astronomy: studying space
biochemistry: studying chemical processes
botany: studying plants
chemical engineering: studying chemical substances
cosmology: studying the universe
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ecology: studying organisms and their environment
genetics: studying genes and variation
meteorology: studying weather
microbiology: studying viruses etc
nutrition: studying food
oceanography: studying the seas
pharmacology: studying medical drugs
radiology: studying radiant energy such as X-rays
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2. Where did you learn most about science?
3. How much do you remember about your science lessons at school?
4. Who was your best science teacher? Why do you remember him / her?
5. Can you remember any lesson in particular?
6. What would you do to improve science teaching at school?
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Science: fact or fiction?
Science: fact or fiction?
1 Students aren’t what they used to be. These days, it seems, some of them never even open a book. Such is the depressing picture painted by popular science writer Steve Jones in his book The Single Helix, laying the finger of blame on modern communication systems. The message is the medium; once upon a time there were books, but now, Jones says, “the medium is, or so it seems, anything but lines of print on a page.” Many students are just not used to reading books anymore – they’re such an outdated form of communication.
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2 So how do you get them to learn about science? Well, if you go into a campus bookstore you can find out. There are songbooks for biochemists, with chemical formulae set to music to make them easier to remember. Relativity is explained in a video game which is a simulation of a rocket journey through space: You can play tennis on board as the rocket speeds up or slows down. And there are cartoons to ma