新4经典文章学习－词句篇（1）

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Knowledge and progress 知识和进步
Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world? Surely progress of a particular kind is actually taking place around us and is becoming more and more manifest. Although mankind has undergone no general improvement in intelligence or morality, it has made extraordinary progress in the accumulation of knowledge. Knowledge began to increase as soon as the thoughts of one individual could be communicated to another by means of speech. With the invention of writing, a great advance was made, for knowledge could then be not only communicated but also stored. 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. All this was comparatively slow until, with the coming of science, the tempo was suddenly raised. Then knowledge began to be accumulated according to a systematic plan. The trickle became a stream; the stream has now become a torrent. Moreover, as soon as new knowledge is acquired, it is now turned to practical account. What is called 'modern civilization' is not the result of a balanced development of all man's nature. but of accumulated knowledge applied to practical life. The problem now facing humanity is: What is going to be done with all this knowledge? As is so often pointed out, knowledge is a two-edged weapon which can be used equally for good or evil. It is now being used indifferently for both. Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly whimsical than that of gunners using science to kill people while close at hand surgeons use it to cure them. We should ask ourselves very seriously what will happen if this twofold use of knowledge, with its ever-increasing power, continues.



好词：
loom v.  突然出现
manifest adj.明显的
compound  interest 复利
enhance v. 增进
tempo  n. 速率
trickle n. 涓涓细流 torrent n. 滔滔洪流
indifferently adv. 冷漠地
grimly adv. 可怕的 whimsical adj. 怪诞的
twofold adj. 双重的

好句型：
1。make ...possible
e.g.Libraries made education possible, and education in its turn added to libraries
2.what is called... is not the result of..., but of...
e.g.What is called 'modern civilization' is not the result of a balanced development of all man's nature. but of accumulated knowledge applied to practical life.
3.As is so often pointed out
其实说这篇经典 不在于它里面有多少精彩地词或者句型 更多地还是用词用句的贴切 简单的although 啊 as soon as 等等文章在逻辑和上下文衔接上都显得一气呵成 又是常用科技社科题材 确实是背诵佳品

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但是对于大多数第二外语的人来说 他只要能表达出他想说的东西 能够准确交流对他来说就是最重要的。