SSS 2011-08-29
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(八)月
英语课
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute.
Many scientists draw their concepts."For example, if we look at the work of somebody like Maxwell or Farady—we know they drew as part of their inventing process."
Psychologist Shaaron Ainsworth from the University of Nottingham in the UK co-authored an article on drawing in the journal Science.
She spoke 1 to the Science podcast:
"Our visual system is very adapted to getting information from graphical representation. Drawing as you look through a microscope or reason about evaporation 2 or pollination 3 is also really helpful and when students draw graphical representations, visual representations, for themselves they tend to understand how these work better than when they just interpret the representations of others. If you read then draw what think you've understood from the text and then inspect your drawing, rethink it, reread it, you tend to get a better understanding. You might see that there was a gap in the material, you might generate new inferences about what you've come to understand, you might prompt further constructive 4 strategies."
Turns out that being a better science student may have to be a drawn 5 out process.
Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber.
1 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
2 evaporation
n.蒸发，消失
- Be careful not to lose too much liquid by evaporation.小心不要因蒸发失去太多水分。
- Our bodies can sweat,thereby losing heat by evaporation.我们的身体能出汗，由此可以蒸发散热。
3 pollination
n.授粉
- The flowers get pollination by insects.这些花通过昆虫授粉。
- Without sufficient pollination,the growth of the corn is stunted.没有得到充足的授粉，谷物的长势就会受阻。
4 constructive
adj.建设的，建设性的
- We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
- He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。