(
课件网) Lesson 22 Knowledge and progress 知识和进步 ① Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world loom large (an idiom) 在人的心目中变大，引起担忧 某事变得重要，凸显出来，值得关注 Fear of failure loomed large in his mind. Rising tuition costs loom large in the minds of many parents. The fight against climate change will also loom large in the discussions. Human right issues will continue to loom large in China-U.S. relations. The adverse effects of the Great Leap Forward and of the Cultural Revolution still loom large in the minds of Chinese policy makers. ② Surely because progress of a particular kind is actually taking place around us and is becoming more and more manifest. manifest adj. 明显的 clear; obvious explicit explicit instructions Possible side effects should be made explicit. implicit manifest vt. 使……显露出来 Musical talent usually manifests itself in childhood. a kind of un. / cn. a particular kind of progress a new kind of machine un. / cn.s of a kind progress of a particular kind machines of a new kind a sort of be becoming more and more / increasingly + adj.. So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves, that we are becoming increasingly less dependent on specialized labor. As a result of all these factors, governments are becoming increasingly dependent on biologists and social scientists for planning the appropriate programs and putting them into effect. ③ Although mankind has undergone no general improvement in intelligence or morality, it has made extraordinary progress in the accumulation of knowledge. morality n. 道德 enhance people’s consciousness of public morality moral adj. 道德的；道义的 morals n. 道德标准 the morals and customs of the Victorian period ethics n. 职业道德 medical / commercial / journalistic ethics undergo -underwent - undergone experience go through know / see / witness The bridge has undergone a series of modifications. He has seen / known so much misery. The 1980s witnessed enormous growth in the economy. make an improvement / improvements in... make progress in .... make an advance / advances in... great, enormous, considerable, extraordinary, substantial.... man -- he mankind / the human race -- it Man has his problems. Mankind / The human race has its problems. ④ Knowledge began to increase as soon as the thoughts of one individual could be communicated to another by means of speech. by means of speech 通过语言的方式 ⑤ With the invention of writing, a great advance was made, for knowledge could then be not only communicated but also stored. with the approach of Christmas with the advance of science with the outbreak of war with the coming / arrival / advent of Easter ⑥ Libraries made education possible, and education in its turn added to libraries: the growth of knowledge followed a kind of compound interest law, which was greatly enhanced by the invention of printing. compound adj. 复合的 compound inter ... ...
