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Text A:2 If children are to keep alive their natural sense of wonder without any such gift from the angels,they need the companionship of at least one adult who can share it,rediscovering with the child the joy,excitement and mystery of the world we live in.Parents often feel inadequate when confronted on the one hand with the eager,sensitive mind of a child and on the other with a world of complex physical nature.In a mood of self-defeat,they exclaim,“How can I possibly teach my child about nature why,I dont even know one bird from another!”3I sincerely believe that for children,and for parents seeking to guide them,it is not half so important to know as it is to feel.If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom,then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow.The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil.Once the emotions have been aroused a sense of the beautiful,the excitement of the new and the unknown,a feeling of sympathy,pity,admiration or love then we wish for knowledge about the object of our emotional response.Once found,such knowledge has far more lasting meaning than mere information.It is more important to pave the way for childrens desire to know than to put them on a diet of facts they are not ready to assimilate.9“He was an incurable romantic,”the son wrote,“intensely in love with life and with the mysteries of the universe.”When he realized he had not much longer to enjoy the earthly scene,Otto Pettersson said to his son:“What will sustain me in my last moments is an infinite curiosity as to what is follow.”n.a feeling of great surprise and admiration caused by seeing or experiencing that is strange and newThe sight of the Great Wall filled them with.The children watched the magician in silent.n.bad luckThey had the to be hit by a violent storm.She bore her bravely.for most of us,that is and even lost before we reach adulthood.untainted outlook for most of us,that is and even lost before we reach adulthood.in apposition to“that clear-eyed vision”,a variation of the phrase“sense of wonder”for most of us,that is and even lost before we reach adulthood.most of us have little or no more sense of wonder as we grow up ability to obtain favorable treatment from sb.,usu.by means of acquaintance,status,wealth,etc.keep alive their natural sense of wonder without any such gift from the angelsa.having material existence;of or relating to material thingsthe worldAll objects occupy space.I dont even know one bird from another!not at allNot half is used in informal English to emphasize an opinion or the truth of a statement.Films these days as good as they used to be.It cold here in winter.wish for knowledge about the object of our emotional responsethink of its long journey from sea to air to earth Comprehension Vocabulary Listening读写教程读写教程 III:Answer the following questions:Answer the following questions:Answer the following questions:Answer the following questions:Answer the following questions:Answer the following questions:Answer the following questions:读写教程读写教程 III:III.Fill in each blank in the following sentences with one of the words given below.Change the form where necessary.symbolicdimmed3.His most recent essay focuses on the problems that people _ in every day lives.4.His failure in business was due not so much to _ as to his own mistakes.III.Fill in each blank in the following sentences with one of the words given below.Change the form where necessary.confrontmisfortuneIII.Fill in each blank in the following sentences with one of the words given below.Change the form where necessary.concerningmoods7.Christy is bright,creative and quick to _ new ideas.8.She loves to sit on the hill alone at night,gazing at the stars and _ their interest in challenging tasks.III.Fill in each blank in the following sentences with one of the words given below.Change the form where necessary.assimilateponderingIII.Fill in each blank in the following sentences with one of the words given below.Change the form where necessary.arousingrecognitionIII.Fill in each blank in the following sentences with one of the words given below.Change the form where necessary.healingkeen读写教程读写教程 III:听说教程听说教程 IIIPart 2.2;p.321.What do we usually think of sense as?2.What is the minds eye?3.What examples does the speaker give to illustrate the minds ear,the minds tongue and the minds nose?4.Why dont we talk or think about the minds ear,the minds taste buds,the minds sense of touch and smell?5.What is synestheia?6.What does the speaker tell us about some lucky people?1.What do we usually think of sense as?2.What is the minds eye?3.What examples does the speaker give to illustrate the minds ear,the minds tongue and the minds nose?4.Why dont we talk or think about the minds ear,the minds taste buds,the minds sense of touch and smell?5.What is synestheia?6.What does the speaker tell us about some lucky people?
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