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er: from bad to worse Answer: loss of hopeAnswer: fuels like petroleum and coal.Answer: very dryAnswer: a movement away from a place(17) 、Answer: 這一舉措在競爭艱難而殘酷的市場上勝過了所有對手。Answer: 機器的發(fā)明使世界進入了一個新紀元——工業(yè)時代,金錢主宰了一切。Answer: 麥肯立博士竭盡全力喚起公眾對嚴峻的環(huán)保問題的關注。Answer: 她在演講中用了許多術語,聽眾聽得莫名其妙。Unit 2 Nobel Prize WinnersListen and TalkAnswer: 1. invitations 2. around the world 3. reach 4. institution 5. specially appointed experts 6. vote 7. diploma 8. medal 9. is followed by 10. including Passage AThink About It: 1. What do you think makes a successful scientist? Answer:1. Curiosity, patience, determination, genius, persistence ... 2. What kind of boy was Einstein in his parents’ eyes? Answer:2. They might have thought him slow because he hardly spoke until he was almost three years old. ?。? Einstein once said: “Curiosity has its own reason for existence.” How do you understand this statement? Answer:2. Einstein was right because he himself was passionately curious when he was young. His curiosity was sparked by wanting to know what controlled the pass needle and this led to his later success.(二)、 答案:Clues of the interview: 1. Pauline’s surprise to Einstein with his new baby sister, and Einstein’s response. 2. Einstein’s recall of the pass. 3. Maja’s recall of the card house built by her brother, and Einstein’s interpretation of his patience and determination to keep at things longer.(3) 、答案:1. the passWhy would the pass always find its way back to pointing in the direction of north? What invisible force controlled the pass needle? (Para. 9) 答案:2. a book on Euclidean plane geometry How could people use Euclidean plane geometry to prove theorems of angles and lines that were in no way obvious? (Para. 6) Could I adopt mathematics as a tool to prove the behavior of the universe? (Para. 6) 答案:3. beauty of simplicity How could I find the beauty of simplicity in the apparently plex nature? (Para. 7) How could I make the essence of my ideas understandable to everyone? (Para. 7) 答案:4. his ultimate quest How did God create this world? (Para. 11) What were His thoughts? (Para. 11)(4) 、Answer: 1. pass 2. inspiration 3. curious 4. persistent 5. stimulated 6. inspired 7. genius 8. Complex(5) 、condensecuriousdevisepersistentconvincedAnswer: 1. fundamental 2. ultimate 3. sparked 4. apparently 5. patience 6. curiosity 7. convince 8. detail 9. responses 10. (has) stirredAnswer: 1. fooled ... into 2. came upon 3. join in 4. e up with 5. up to(press for)(convince)(while)(impression)(interact with)Answer: All things are interrelated and interac