Vocabulary
empirical adj. 經(jīng)驗主義的，以經(jīng)驗為依據(jù)的；
e.g. There is no empirical evidence to support his thesis.
他的論文缺乏實驗證據(jù)的支持。
falsify v. 篡改，偽造
e.g. The charges against him include fraud, bribery, and falsifying business records.
對他的指控包括詐騙甥桂、行賄和偽造商業(yè)記錄。
deflect v. 轉移邮旷，引開(批評黄选、注意力等)
e.g. It's a maneuver to deflect the attention of the people from what is really happening.
這是為將公眾的注意力從真正發(fā)生的事情上轉移開而耍的花招。
foil n. 箔紙
v. 阻止婶肩，挫敗
e.g. The idea of building a roof terrace was also foiled by the planning authorities.
建造一個帶棚陽臺的想法也被規(guī)劃局否決了办陷。
artillery n. 火槍，大炮
apparatus n. 儀器律歼，機械民镜；機構，組織
e.g. One of the boys had to be rescued by firemen wearing breathing apparatus.
其中一個男孩須由帶著呼吸裝置的消防員才能救出险毁。
e.g. For many years, the country had been buried under the apparatus of the regime.
多年來殃恒，這個國家一直處于該政權機構的高壓統(tǒng)治下植旧。
ingenious adj. 巧妙的，制作精巧的离唐，新穎獨特的
e.g. Gautier's solution to the puzzle is ingenious.
戈蒂埃破解這道難題的方法很巧妙病附。
Expression
Science is an ongoing search for truth - a perpetual struggle to discover how the Universe works that goes back to the earliest civilizations.?
（段首，文首）下定義
go back to 追溯到亥鬓，返回
date back to（定日期）/start off（以...開始）
The best known of the ancient Greek philosophers, Aristotle, wrote widely on scientific subjects and laid foundations for much of the work that has followed.?
widely 廣泛的
lay foundation for 為...奠定基礎
... in which people working in the same or similar field are invited to pick holes in his argument...
pick holes in sth?吹毛求疵
Science rarely proceeds in simple, logical steps.
proceed in ... steps 以...方式發(fā)展
Meanwhile, in India, China, and the Mediterranean, people tried to make sense of the movement of the heavenly bodies.
make sense of : understand
Just 40 years later this led to the human genome project, which seemed a daunting task in prospect, and yet, aided by computing, got faster and faster as it progressed.?
整個長句只用了一個定語從句完沪，一個連詞and和一個后置定語就說清楚了整個流程，一氣呵成嵌戈。
Mindmap
Thought
拓展材料
