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1、1Thiswasnoordinaryclass.ThestudentswhocametogetherwereallscienceorengineeringprofessorsatCornellUniversity.Theyhadinterruptedtheirresearchtoacceptaninvitationtotakepartinanunusualexperiment:“aninterestingweekofpoetry”.Thisclasswaspartofastudytoanswerthequestions:Wh

2、yissciencedifficultformanynon-sciencestudents?Thestudentsinthepoetryclasslistenedtolecturesandtooknotes.Theyhadreadingtasksandhadtowritethreeshortpapers.Allstudentsnoticedonething—theimportanceofspokenwords.Inscienceandengineeringclasses,theinstructorsputtablesandd

3、rawingsontheblackboard.Butinthispoetryclass,theinstructorsjusttalked.Theydidn’twriteanythingontheboard.Thescientistsandengineersnoticedonesimilaritybetweenscienceandpoetry.Inbothsubjects,studentsneedtofindlayersofmeaning.Somelayersaresimple,clear,andonthesurface;ot

4、herlayersaredeeperandmoredifficult.Thissearchfordifferentlevelsofmeaningdoesn’thappenmuchinundergraduatescienceclasses,butitisimportantlater,ingraduateschool.Anditisalwaysimportantinhumanities(人文科学).Boththepoetryinstructorsandtheirstudentslearnedsomethingaboutteach

5、ingfromthisexperience.Onepoetryinstructor,forexample,nowseestheimportanceofusinginformationalchartsasheteaches.Mostofthescientistsagreedonseveralpoints.First,humanitiesclassesmighthelpsciencestudentstoseepatternsanddecidewhichinformationisimportant.Second,thepoetry

6、classwasfun.Oneengineerdecided,“Weneedtochangethewayweteachengineeringtomakeitanenjoyableexperienceforstudents.”Butperhapsthemostimportantresultoftheexperiencewasthis:Alloftheprofessorsbegantothinkabouthowtheyteachandhowtheycanteachbetter.（Note：Answerthequestionsor

7、completethestatementsinNOMORETHANTWELVEWORDS.）81.Whywasthisclassveryunusual?82.Theexperimentwasdesignedtohelpteachersfindout________.83.Thepoetryclasswasdifferentfromscienceandengineeringclassesinthat__________.84.Whatinfluencedidtheexperimenthadonthoseprofessors?K

8、ey：81.Thestudentswere(scienceorengineering)professorsfromauniversity.82.whymanynon-science/humanitiesstudentsfindsciencehardtolearn83.theinstruct