1. perpetual
adj.
a.continueing for a long period of time without interruption
e.g. the perpetual noise of traffic
b. frequently repeated, in a way that is annoying
2. compelling
adj.
a. that makes you pay attention to it because it is so interesting and exciting
3.simultaneously
adv. 同時(shí)
4.apparatus
n.
a. the tools or other pieces of equipment that are needed for a particular activity or task.
5.electron
n.
a. a small piece of matter with a negative electric charge, found in all atoms
6. vacuum
n.
a. a space that is completely empt of all substances, including all air or other gas
7. crater
n.
a large hole in the top of a volcano
8. fourfold
adj.
four times as great or as numerous
9.immortal
adj.
that lives or lasts for ever
n.
a person who is so famous that they will be remembered for ever
10.irregular
adj.
a. not arranged in an even way; not having an even, smooth pattern or shape
b. not normal
c. not formed in the normal way
n.
a soldier sho is not a memeber of a country's official army
11.magnificent
adj.
very impressive and beautiful, good, or skillful
12. caliphate
n.
a. the territory over which a caliph's ruleextends, or the time for which it lasts
b. the position of a caliph
13. ingenious
adj.
a. an ingenious plan, piece of equipment,etc. uses new and clever ideas
b. sb. who is ingenious is good at
inventing things and solving problems in new ways
14. astrolabe
n.
an early instrument used to observe the position and determine the altitude of the Sun or other astronomical object.
15. exquisite
adj.
a. very beautiful and delicate or intricate
b. perfect and delightful
c. sensitive and capable of detectingsubtle differences
d. felt with a sharp intensity
e. showing excellent judgment
f. felt in an extreme way
16. firmly
adv.
in a strong or definite way
17. overturning
adj.
a. to turn somebody or something upsidedown, or be turned upside down
b. to remove a person or a group of peoplefrom a position of power
c. to reverse a previous decision, ruling,or law by using legal or legislative procedures
d. to say officially that something such as a decision or law is wrong and change it
18. thereby
adv.
a. by means of or because of that
b. in connection with or with reference to that
19. distinct
adj.
a. clearly different and separate fromothers
b. easy to hear, see, smell, or understand
c. definite or undeniable
d. strong enough, large enough, or definite enough to be noticed
20. infinity
n.
a. limitless time, space, or distance
b. an amount or number so great that itcannot be counted
c. the state or quality of being infinite
d.
the concept of being unlimited by always being larger than any imposed
value or boundary. For some purposes this may be considered as being the
same as one divided by zero.
在花了不少于兩小時(shí)骇径，連讀三辕漂、四遍的情況下，我終于把這篇有關(guān)于科學(xué)的文章搞定了界睁。這篇文章通篇是關(guān)于科學(xué)方面的介紹烤蜕，有什么是科學(xué)蚕断、研究科學(xué)的方法、現(xiàn)代科學(xué)等等……文章不算長(zhǎng)主慰，所以有些例子并沒(méi)有詳細(xì)的去講解嚣州，去介紹，在profession of ideas一段中共螺，列舉了很多科學(xué)家的例子该肴，只為了說(shuō)明科學(xué)研究并不是一蹴而就的，而是一個(gè)慢慢建立在前人基礎(chǔ)上發(fā)展的學(xué)科藐不，所謂站在巨人的肩膀上看世界匀哄。
其實(shí)文章并不難，只是我還沒(méi)能夠適應(yīng)看這種學(xué)科類文章佳吞。沒(méi)一段都有一個(gè)明確的中心主題拱雏，有的是寫在第一句，有的在文中底扳，但并不難找铸抑，所以作者的思路是很容易捕捉的。我想唯一的難點(diǎn)就是那些難理解的單詞衷模，那些有關(guān)科學(xué)歷史事件鹊汛，科學(xué)名詞的單詞蒲赂。縱然很難記住刁憋，很難理解滥嘴，但這也是一個(gè)很好的機(jī)會(huì)可以拓展自己的單詞量和視野。
