文档介绍：Passage 1 Professor Bumble
Professor Bumble is not only absent-minded but short-sighted as well. /His mind is always busy with learned thoughts and he seldom notices what is going on around him./
On a fine day recently he went for a walk in the countryside. /But as always he read the book as he walked. /He hadn't gone far when he ran into a large cow and fell down./ He had lost his spectacles in the fall, and he thought he had stumbled over a fat lady. /"I beg your pardon, madam," he said politely before searching for his glasses./ As soon as he had put the glasses on,he realized his mistake./
Soon he was concentrating on his book again and paying no attention to anything else./ He had scarcely been walking for five minutes when he fell over again,/ losing both his book and his glasses. /This time he became very angry./ Seizing his umbrellas, he struck the "cow" in anger. /Then, after finding his glasses, he realized with horror that he had made a second mistake. /A large fat woman was running away from him in terror./
Passage 2 Teamwork
Teamwork is just as important in science/ as it is on the playing field or in the gym./ Scientific investigations are almost always carried out by teams of people working together./ Ideas are shared, experiments are designed, data are analyzed, /and results are evaluated and shared with other investigators./ Group work is necessary and is usually more productive than working alone./
Several times throughout the year you may be asked to work with one or more of your classmates. /Whatever the task your group is assigned, /a few rules need to be followed to ensure a productive and essful experience/
es first is to keep an open mind/because everyone's ideas deserve consideration /and each group member can make his or her own contribution./ Secondly, it makes a job easier to divide the group task among all group members./ Thirdly, always work together, take turns, and encourage each other by listening, clarifying and trusting one