【正文】 f his answer?作者認(rèn)為他的答案如何？The author thought the answer was right6. What answers did his 4yearold and 6yearold give?四歲和六歲的孩子又給出了什么樣的答案The author’s 4yearold child said that the right answer was strawberry because the other two were round and a strawberry was not. And his 6yearold child said that answer should be orange because the other two were red7. What did the 9yearold and the middle one add to the answers?作者九歲和六歲的孩子又補(bǔ)充了什么樣的答案？The 9yearold added that it could also be the orange because the other two grew on vines and the middle child said that it could be strawberry because it was the only one they put on ice cream8. Why does the author think Copernicus, Reuben Mattus and Edward Jenner belong in the same group?作者為什么認(rèn)為哥白尼、魯賓馬修斯和愛德華詹納都屬于同一種人？The author thinks that these three famous people belong in the same group because they were doing what every scientist who’s ever made an important discovery throughout history has done, according to Thomas Kuhn, in his book, The Structure of Scientific Revolution :They were shifting old paradigms9. What did the author’s children do to deserve membership in the same group as Copemicus and Edward Jenner?作者的孩子們做了什么使得他們能夠成為和哥白尼和愛德華詹納同一種的人？The children were refocusing the parameters. They were redefining the problems. They were reframing the questions. And these are exactly the same that Copemicus and Edward Jenner have done10. What if the Sesame Street game had been a workbook exercise in school?假如《芝麻街》的游戲是學(xué)校練習(xí)本上的習(xí)題，情況又會如何？If Sesame Street game had been a workbook exercise in school, every kid who framed the question differently than “Which is not a fruit?” would have been wrong, that is to say every kid who didn’t circle tomato would have been marked wrong.11. Why does the author wish to remind us that there are real limits to the value of information?作者為什么希望提醒我們信息的價值是有限的？Because unless we shift our paradigms and refocus our parameters, the super information highway will lead us nowhere. From the examples of those great scientists and inventors, the author tells us that we are not now, nor have we recently been suffering from a lack of information so that what we need as we begin to downshift onto the information highway is not more information but new ways of looking at it.12. What , according to the author, should we bear in mind when begin to downshift onto the information highway?作者認(rèn)為當(dāng)我們駛?cè)胄畔⒏咚俟窌r，我們應(yīng)該牢記的是什么？According to the author, we should bear in mind that what we need as we begin to downshift onto the information highway is not more information but new ways of looking at itUint 31） according to the author, what is the goal most Americans are taught to achieve in life?譯文：在作者看來，大多數(shù)美國人受到要獲取什么生活目標(biāo)的教育？答案：most Americans are taught to manage to achieve money and power when they grow up according to the author.2) Is teaching the easiest way for the author to earn a living? How does he feel about teaching? 譯文：教書是作者最容易的謀生手段嗎？他對教書感覺如何？ 答案：No. he feels that teaching is the most difficult of the various ways he has attempted to earn his living. for him, teaching is a redeye, sweatypalm, and sinkingsto mach profession.3）does the author think he is very knowledgeable? How does he feel he sees his students take notes on what he says in class?作者認(rèn)為自己很有學(xué)問嗎？當(dāng)他看到學(xué)生在他課堂上把他教的內(nèi)容作筆記時他怎么想？ 答案：No .he does not think that he is very knowledgeable. He is amazed to see that his students take notes on what he says in class.4) what does the author think of the pace of the school calendar? What does he do in the summer vacation? 譯文：作者認(rèn)為學(xué)校的生活節(jié)奏安排怎么樣？他在暑假里做什么？ 答案：he likes the pace of the academic calendar. He thinks that the summer vacation offers an opportunity for reflection, research, and writing.5) what does the author mean when he says ‘teaching is a profession built on change ’? 譯文：作者說“教師是一個建立在變化基礎(chǔ)上的職業(yè)”是什么意思？ 答案：he means that when the teaching material is the same he can change his teaching methods, and what’s more, he can teach different students each year.6) what does the author mean when he says “as a t