Unit4 Imagination and Creativity

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1、Unit4ImaginationandCreativityDetailedReading I.DifficultSentences1.        Hishairwasamess;hehadforgottentocombitagain.Whatdothewords“mess”and“again”suggestaboutEinstein?(=ThesewordssuggesttwothingsaboutEinstein:1)Einsteinpaidlittleattentiontohisappearance.2)Itwasmorea

2、regularpracticethananaccidentforEinsteintogotoworkwithmessyhair.)TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.(=他的头发凌乱，他又忘了梳头了。) 2.        Withnothingbettertodo,hedevelopedhisTheoryofUniversalGravitation.Whatcanwelearnabouttheauthor’stonefromthepart“Withnothingbettertodo”?(=Thepart

3、isanothervividproofoftheauthor’shumoroustone.Infact,it’sbynomeansapieceofcakeforIsaacNewtontodeveloptheTheoryofUniversalGravitation.)Whatdoyouknowaboutthe“TheoryofUniversalGravitation”?(=ItisanempiricalphysicallawdevelopedbyIsaacNewtondescribingthegravitationalattracti

4、onbetweenbodieswithmass.) 3.        Allofhis1905papersunraveledproblemsbeingworkedon,withmixedsuccess,byotherscientists.Paraphrasethesentence.(=AllofEinstein’s1905paperssolvedproblemsthatotherscientistshadbeenworkingonandmakingsomeprogress.)TranslatethesentenceintoChin

5、ese.(=他所有发表于1905年的那些论文解决了当时其他科学家正多多少少在解决的问题。) 4.        ThischaracterflawwastobeakeyingredientinEinstein’sdiscoveries.Whatdoes“thischaracterflaw”referto?(=ItreferstoEinstein’sdefianceofauthorityandhischaractertraitsofalwaysdoubtingandquestioning.)Translatethesentencein

6、toChinese.(=这种个性缺陷成为日后爱因斯坦作出种种发现的主要因素。) 5.        Disdainingcaution,Einsteinadoptedtheintuitiveleapasabasictool.Paraphrasethesentence.(=AlthoughEinsteinfeltbewilderedbythebizarredualityoflight,hebelievedinhisintuitionandconductedscientificresearchesinsteadofbeingtoocau

7、tioustotakeanyactions.)TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.(=爱因斯坦不屑谨小慎微，他采用直觉跳跃思维作为基本工具。) 6.        NeitherwasEinstein’sbrain.Analyzethegrammaticalstructureofthesentence.(=Thesentenceisintheinvertedorder,thepredicate“was”beingplacedbeforethesubject“Einstein’sbrain”.)Whatis

8、thefunctionofthesentenceinthetext?(=Thesentenceservesasatransitionalsentence,helpingtheauthorshiftfromdiscussiononEin