下载后可任意编辑新概念第四册Lesson22~24课文翻译及学习笔记新概念第四册Lesson22课文翻译及学习笔记【课文】Firstlistenandthenanswerthefollowingquestion.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Inwhattwoareashavepeoplemadeno‘progress’atall?Whydoestheideaofprogressloomsolargeinthemodernworld?Surelybecauseprogressofaparticularkindisactuallytakingplacearoundusandisbecomingmoreandmoremanifest.Althoughmankindhasundergonenogeneralimprovementinintelligenceormorality,ithasmadeextraordinaryprogressintheaccumulationofknowledge.Knowledgebegantoincreaseassoonasthethoughtsofoneindividualcouldbecommunicatedtoanotherbymeansofspeech.Withtheinventionofwriting,下载后可任意编辑agreatadvancewasmade,forknowledgecouldthenbenotonlycommunicatedbutalsostored.Librariesmadeeducationpossible,andeducationinitsturnaddedtolibraries:thegrowthofknowledgefollowedakindofcompoundinterestlaw,whichwasgreatlyenhancedbytheinventionofprinting.Allthiswascomparativelyslowuntil,withthecomingofscience,thetempowassuddenlyraised.Thenknowledgebegantobeaccumulatedaccordingtoasystematicplan.Thetricklebecameastream;thestreamhasnowbecomeatorrent.Moreover,assoonasnewknowledgeisacquired,itisnowturnedtopracticalaccount.Whatiscalled‘moderncivilization’isnottheresultofabalanceddevelopmentofallman’snature,butofaccumulatedknowledgeappliedtopracticallife.Theproblemnowfacinghumanityis:Whatisgoingtobedonewithallthisknowledge?Asissooftenpointedout,knowledgeisatwo-edgedweaponwhichcanbeusedequallyforgoodorevil.Itisnowbeingusedindifferentlyforboth.Couldanyspectacle,forinstance,bemoregrimlywhimsical下载后可任意编辑thanthatofgunnersusingsciencetoshattermen’sbodieswhile,closeathand,surgeonsuseittorestorethem?Wehavetoaskourselvesveryseriouslywhatwillhappenifthistwofolduseofknowledge,withitsever-increasingpower,continues.G.N.M.TYRRELLThePersonalityofMan【Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语】loomv.赫然耸起manifestadj.明显的moralityn.道德communicatev.沟通，交际compoundadj.复合的enhancev.增进tempon.速率tricklen.涓涓细流torrentn.滔滔洪流humanityn.人类indifferentlyadv.不在乎地grimlyadv.可怖地whimsicaladj.怪诞的shatterv.毁坏下载后可任意编辑twofoldadj.双重的【课文注释】1.loom，隐现(常令人生畏);即将发生。①Ifsomethingloomsoveryou,itappearsasalargeorunclearshape,ofteninafrighteningway.例句：Themountainousislandloomedonthehorizon.那座巨大的岛屿隐隐约约出现在地平线上。②Ifaworryingorthreateningsituationoreventislooming,itseemslikelytohappensoon.例句：Theloomingthreatofrecessionmadethemanxious.近在眼前的经济衰退让他们很是焦虑。2.takeplace，发生。takeplace和happen意思相近，都有发生的意思，但takeplace更强调有人为因素参加的某事发生、有计划的使某事发生，而happen多指没有计划的、自然发生的。来看几个例子就知道了^例句：ThefetewilltakeplaceonSunday,rainorshine.游园义卖会定於星期日进行，风雨无阻。这句话用happen就不妥，因为fete是不会无计划、自下载后可任意编辑然而然自己发生的。例句：Theaccidenthappenedatthecornerofthestreet.意外发生在街角。这句话中因为accident不是人为安排的让其发生的，所以用happen更好。3.undergo，经历，遭受。Ifyouundergosomethingnecessaryorunpleasant,ithappenstoyou.例句：Duringthepastfewdecades,thiscityhasundergonegreatchanges.过去的几十年中，这座城市经历了巨大的变化。undergochanges是个比较正式地道的表达。4.withtheinventionofwrinting，短语中的with是“由于”的意思。5.educationinitsturnaddedtolibraries，教育反过来也丰富了藏书。①inturn，反过来，转而。例句：Oneofthe...
