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英语科技文选串讲参考教材：李碧嘉主编：《英语科技文选》串讲方式：I.Affix（涉及考试第一题）II.KeyWordsandPhrases（涉及考试第二和第三题）III.Translation（涉及翻译）Unit1I.Affixunknowable---knowableirrelevant---relevantact---interactunpredictable---predictableinstinct---instinctivelydelusion---delusiveexcel---excellentaccelerate---acceleratorgamble---gamblersight---insightregular---irregularconception---misconceptionaccess---accessiblecirculate---circulationcounsel---counsellortress---distressdown---downcastimport---importationmyth---mythicalobserve---observatoryfound---profoundsurrect---resurrectII.keywordsandphrases（PartA）1.Thatbiascanleadtomisconceptionsabouttheworldaroundus.2.Theknownispressedonusfromthefirst.3.Thefrontiersofknowledge,whereitbordersontheunknown,seemsfarawayandirrelevant,separatedfromusbyanapparentlyendlessexpanseoftheknown.4.Wedonotseethatwemaybeproceedingdownanarrowpathofknowledgeandthatifwelookslightlyleftorrightwewillbestaringdirectlyattheunknown.5.Evenwhenwearerightontheedgeoftheunknown,wemaynotbeawareofit.6.…theeventssovividlydescribedareallbasedonthewritings…7.…itisunknownandinallprobabilitycanneverbeknown.8.Butwedidnotthinkofhisaccountsasfragmentsofknowledgeontheedgeoftheunknown…9.Beyondthecurrentlyunknownarethethingsthatareinherentlyunknowable.10.Fewunknowablesareconsciouslyrecognizedassuch.11.…webumpintophenomenathatmaywellbeunknowable…12.Brokersmakealivinganticipatingthefluctuationsofstockprices.13.Presidentsrunforofficebasedonclaimsofwhattheywilldo…14.Nordopeopletrytopredicttheautomobileaccidentstheywillbeinvolvedin.15.Therollofabowlingballdownanalley,forinstance,iseasiertopredictthanthemotionofanirregularstonetumblingdownaroughhillside.16.Itisincreatingtheartificialandcontrollablethatscienceexcels.17.…repletewithhugebridges,trucks,airplanes…18.Largepiecesofsoftware,astheyareexpandedandamended,candevelopadegreeofcomplexityreminiscentofnaturalobjects…19.Andsecond,embeddedwithinourincreasinglyartificialworldwillbelargenumbersofcomplexandthoroughlyidiosyncratichumans.PartB1.auniquesynthesisof2.reston/upon3.tobeignorantof4.tobeincreasinglydazzledby5.aperiodofamnesia6.awestruck7.theimportationfrom8.tostayonhorseback9.indistress10.bring…toanend11.tobeshatteredby12.take…forgranted13.tofeelinferiorordowncast14.farapart15.tobeinextricablefused16.losesightof17.abiochemistofconsiderabledistinction18.befriendsomeChinesestudents19.passontoherhisunusuallyprofoundknowledgeofthehistoryofChinesescience.20.tobeobsessedwith21.setaboutlearningthelanguage22.withreferenceto23.bynomeans24.haveawidebearingonthegeneralhistoryofthoughtandideas25.embarkon26.cannotafford27.losehisearlyvisionof28.makehisworkmoreaccessibleineverypossibleway29.accomplishhimself30.tobefullyoccupied31.tobeassociatedwithhimIIITranslationIndistinguishingtheknownortheunknownfromtheunknowable,thelevelofdetailcanbedecisive.Thelevelofdetailiswhatseparatesthedelusionofthegamblerfromthewealthofthecasinoowner.Thegamblerattemptstopredicttheindividualandunpredictablespinsoftheroulettewheel;theownerconcernshimselfwiththequitepredictableaverageoutcome.（在把已知的、未知的及不可知的三者区分开的时候，细节的程度起着决定性的作用。细节的程度就是将赌博者的错觉同赌场主任的财富分离开，赌博者企图预测个人的和不可预测的轮盘赌盘的旋转，而赌场主人则关心可预测通常的结果。）Unit2I.Affixdistortion---distortmetric---nonmetricquantitative---nonquantitativeimplausible---plausibleintuitive---intuitionfictitious---fictiondeform---deformedpermanence---impermanencevariant---invariantcelebrate---celebratedcustom---customaryempirical---empiricismsufficient---sufficeover---overlappingpropose---propositiontheory---theoremtransform---transformationcontinue---continuitydifferent---differentialformulate---formulationsect---intersectmeter---perimeterpolygon---polygonalcircular---semicircularinscribe---inscriptionapproximate---approximationcompute---computerlengthy---lengthrefine---refinementextend---extensionII.KeyWordsandPhrases（PartA）1.Itdealswithfundamentalgeometricpropertiesthatareunaffected…2.Itspropositionsholdaswellforobjectsmadeofrubberasfortherigidfiguresencounteredinmetricgeometry3.…itdelvesintostrangeimplausibleshapes…4.Aworldmadeupentirelyoferraticelectricalgyrationsincurvedspacerequiresabizarremathematicstodoitjustice.5.Inordinarygeometrymetricpropertiesaresaidtobeinvariantunderthetransformationofmotion.6.…mypenretainsitsdimensionsasitmovesoverthepaper,thisbookneithershrinksnorexpandsasthereaderturnsitspapers.7.Ifatriangleisstretchedintoacircle,whichofitsgeometricpropertiesareretained?8.Theoriginsoftopologygobacktomajordiscoveries…9.…Vstandsforvertices,Eforedges,Fforfaces.10.Itiseasytoseethatnosmallernumberofcolorswillsufficeforallcases.PartB1.dueinlargepartto…2.serveas3.astrainof4.atarate5.proportionalto6.moreorless7.revolvearound8.nexttoimpossible9tobetransformedinto10.tobecarriedoutIII.TranslationTypologyseemsaqueersubject;itdelvesintostrangeimplausibleshapesanditspropositionsareeitherchildishlyobvious（thatis,untilyoutrytoprovethem）orsodifficultandabstractthatnotevenatopologistcanexplaintheirintuitivemeaning.Buttopologyisnoqueererthanthephysicalworldaswenowinterpretit.（拓扑学表面看来是一门奇特的学问；它探求的都是的难以些奇怪的难以置信的图形，它的定理要么是明显地带股