1 . Despite an ever-higher bar to grab the attention of students in large lecture hall, Tatiana Erukhimova, who teaches physics at Texas A&M University, has managed to get her students, as well as future generations, excited about the science.
Known as “Dr. Tatiana”, the professor performs physics tricks with boundless energy and enthusiasm in her videos. A range of everyday objects are used in her experiments, from pingpong balls and toilet paper to marshmallows, bicycle wheels and hair dryers. Videos of her dramatic demonstrations have received hundreds of millions of views across social media platforms.
However, things aren’t always easy. When she first started teaching college freshman classes two decades ago, she also struggled to grab the attention of her students. “I did not grab their attention on the first day-that was my mistake.” she says. “I missed this opportunity to bond with them from the very beginning, and then it took me a while to find my voice.”
By the second semester, she found her footing, adjusting her approach to get her students engaged. The key, she says, has been to make herself approachable and her instruction personal. And, of course, add showy demonstrations. “These demonstrations often help students to connect these abstract concepts with real life.” she says.
Physics department head Grigory Rogachev says Erukhimova’s work has helped bring visibility to the department, with about 2. 5 million subscribers on its department’s YouTube page, which has translated to a boost in research funds and physics major applicants.
As a leader in a STEM field in which women are underrepresented, she’s become a role model for some. Afiya Dhanani attended Texas A&M University after seeing Erukhimova’s videos online. “Watching Dr. Tatiana do the experiments online, especially since she was a female leader. Was more inspiring for me to even go into physics.” Dhanani said in an interview with CBS Mornings. That’s all Erakhimova says she can hope for -making physics less forbidding and more exciting.
1. What does Erukhimova’s online videos feature?| A．Rare materials. | B．Energetic presentation. |
| C．Plain demonstration. | D．Professional explanation. |
| A．All that glitters is not gold. |
| B．Sharp tools make good work. |
| C．First impressions are make or break. |
| D．A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. |
| A．It leads more students to change their majors. |
| B．It makes more people to know about the department. |
| C．It helps the department translate more research papers. |
| D．It attracts more physics professors to join the department. |
| A．Inspirational. | B．Underestimated. | C．Cooperative. | D．Ambitious. |
French writer Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday. Ernaux was born in 1940 and
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About the translator (翻译家)
Xu Yuanchong (1921—2021) was a professor of literary translation at Peking University. In 1994, British publishing company Penguin published his 300 Tang Poems.
Drinking Wine
Tao Qian, more widely known for his other name Tao Yuanming (陶渊明), was a Chinese poet (诗人) of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (东晋) (317—420). The poet lived a peaceful life, and is known to have enjoyed country life, farming, reading and drinking wine.
Golden Treasury of Chinese Poetry in Han, Wei and Six Dynasties/Translated by Xu Yuanchong/Published by China Intercontinental Press
Mooring by Maple Bridge at Night
Zhang Ji, a Chinese poet who was born during the Tang Dynasty (唐朝) (618—907). Zhang’s poem Mooring by Maple Bridge at Night was one of his most famous poems and is still known to many readers today.
300 Tang Poems/Translated by Xu Yuanchong/Published by China Intercontinental Press
On the Height
Du Fu, a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. The poet was a good friend with another famous poet of the same time who was called Li Bai.
300 Tang Poems/Translated by Xu Yuanchong/Published by China Intercontinental Press
Lake Dongting Viewed from Afar
Liu Yuxi, a well-known Chinese poet during the Tang Dynasty. The poet was especially interested in writing poetry that reflected (反映) real social problems in common people’s everyday lives.
300 Tang Poems/Translated by Xu Yuanchong/Published by China Intercontinental Press
1. Who enjoyed the country life best?| A．Tao Qian. | B．Zhang Ji. | C．Du Fu. | D．Liu Yuxi. |
| A．Its poet was born in the Tang Dynasty. | B．It is unknown to young readers. |
| C．It was born earliest of the four poems. | D．It is the most popular in China. |
| A．Interesting. | B．Real. | C．Creative. | D．Relaxing. |
4 . Born on 1 July 1948, in the small Italian city of Palmi, Roberto Crea was a gifted <kid. He moved to the Netherlands and majored in Biological Chemistry. It was this university that directed his interest in the synthesis (合成) of nucleotides (核苷酸), the basic units that are required to build DNA. At that time, not many researchers studied the combination of genes (基因), but Roberto’s strong chemistry background made a historical invention possible.
In 1977, he joined the Genentech, Inc. and the gene synthesis team at City of Hope Medical School.The company funded Dr. Crea’s ongoing research on gene synthesis. After working day and night, the brilliant individual finally invented a new procedure that improved the chemical synthesis of genes. Thanks to his rich knowledge and the joint efforts of the excellent Genentech team, he made use of this discovery to produce the human insulin (胰岛素) genes, A and B. It was his invention that allowed Genentech to be labeled as the first producer of human protein. This benefited hundreds of millions of people suffering from diabetes (糖尿病) all over the world.
Today Roberto is known as the father of synthetic insulin and had almost won the Nobel Prize. His efforts did not stop after discovering the synthetic insulin. In fact, he was more than driven and tried to make more contribution to the field of biotechnology. His team of experts discovered Ziconotide under his teachings and guidance. According to leading scientists and researchers, this drug is more powerful and effective than morphine (吗啡), and the best part of this is that it has zero side-effects.
Dr. Roberto Crea has a long list of creditable discoveries and researches that he has achieved in 65 years of his life. He is an inspiration for many individuals who aim to add value to humanity with the help of science.
1. What may contribute to Roberto’s invention of the human insulin genes?| A．His good luck in his life. |
| B．His curiosity about his study. |
| C．His creative imagination. |
| D．His knowledge of chemistry. |
| A．A special way of producing human protein. |
| B．A reliable method for curing people of diabetes. |
| C．A new procedure for improving gene synthesis. |
| D．A simple technique of separating human genes. |
| A．He won a Nobel Prize. |
| B．He stuck to his scientific research. |
| C．He discovered morphine with his team. |
| D．He retired after making the great discovery. |
| A．Enthusiastic and generous. | B．Courageous and calm. |
| C．Ambitious and patient. | D．Devoted and talented. |
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8 . When drawing scientists. U. S. children now depict (描画) female scientists more often than ever, according to new Northwestern University research, which has analyzed five decades of “Draw-A-Scientist” studies conducted since the 1960s.
This change suggests that children’s stereotypes (刻板印象) linking science with men have weakened over time, said the researchers, consistent with more women becoming scientists and children’s media depicting more female scientists on television shows and other media.
In the first study, conducted between 1968 and 1979, less than one percent of 5,000 children drew an image resembling a woman when asked to draw a scientist. Almost all their artwork depicted men working with laboratory equipment, often with lab coats, glasses and facial hair.
But in later studies (1988 to 2019), 28 percent of children drew a female scientist, on average. In addition, both girls and boys drew female scientists more often over time, though girls overall drew female scientists much more often than boys.
“Our results suggest that children’s stereotypes change as women’s and men’s roles change in society.” said study lead author David Miller. “Children still draw more male than female scientists, but that is expected because women remain a minority in several science fields.”
The researchers also studied how children form stereotypes about scientists across child development. The results suggested children did not associate science with men until grade school; around age 5, they drew roughly equal percentages of male and female scientists. During elementary and middle school, the tendency to draw male scientists increased strongly with age. Older children were also more likely to draw scientists with lab coats and glasses, suggesting that children learn other stereotypes as they mature.
“These changes across children’s age likely reflect that children’s exposure to male scientists accumulates during development, even in recent years.” said Miller.
“To build on cultural changes, teachers and parents should present children with multiple examples of female scientists across many contexts such as science courses, television shows and informal conversations,” Miller said.
1. What is the change in children drawing scientists?| A．Children draw more male scientists. |
| B．Children draw more female scientists. |
| C．Girls draw more scientists than boys. |
| D．Children draw more female than male scientists. |
| A．It’s not surprising. | B．It’s not reasonable. |
| C．It’s unexpected. | D．It’s not acceptable. |
| A．How children develop their drawings. |
| B．How children’s stereotypes change with age. |
| C．Why children draw more male scientists. |
| D．What scientists look like in children’s drawings. |
| A．By encouraging children to attend science courses. |
| B．By encouraging children to become scientists in the future. |
| C．By giving children an example of drawing female scientists. |
| D．By making female scientists known to children in various situations. |
9 . Twenty-five y cars ago an unknown young astronomer with a half-smile on her face walked into my office. She had com cup with an impossible request that my team modify (修改) our thoroughly tested software to make one of our most important scientific instruments do so mc thing it had never been designed for, and risk breaking it. All was to carry out an experiment that was basically a waste of time and couldn’t be done to prove that a massive black hole lay at the center of our Milky Way.
My original “no way” gradually gave way in the face of her cheerful but firm determination. Andrea Ghez, one of the three winners of 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics, impressed me with her work on providing solid evidence of a supermassive black hole with the mass of four million suns living at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
That determination and the willingness to take calculated risks have always characterized Andrea. For 25 years she has focused almost completely on Sagittarius (人马座) A—the name of our own local supermassive black hole. It is remarkable that an entire field of study has grown up in the quarter century of searching for and finding evidence of these monsters thought to lie at the heart of every large galaxy.
Andrea did her work at the W. M. Keck Observatory’s twin telescopes (望远镜) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, in the calm and clear air almost 14, 000 feet above the Pacific Ocean. She started using the very first instrument fixed on Keck Observatory’s Near Infrared Camera(NIRC) (近红外线照相机), now gracing the lobby at our headquarters. Andrea is fond of pointing out that one of the reasons for her success has been this tight and rapid loop(循环) between the needs of the astronomers and the engineers who respond to the challenge.
This is my friend and longtime colleague, the one who refused to take “no” for an answer: Andrea Ghez, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics.
1. Which words best describe Andrea Ghez?| A．Strong-willed and creative. | B．Confident and adaptable. |
| C．Brave and kind. | D．Cooperative and generous. |
| A．It’s demanding. | B．It’s interesting. | C．It’s meaningless. | D．It’s promising. |
| A．Andrea Ghez was one of the three winners of the 2020Nobel Prize in Physiology. |
| B．Andrea’s work was seeking for and finding evidence of white holes in Milky Way galaxy. |
| C．Andrea was the first woman in the world to use the Keck Observatory’s twin telescopes. |
| D．Andrea was working not only as an astronomer but a so an engineer when in need. |
| A．A research paper. | B．A website about scientists. |
| C．A science fiction. | D．A daily newspaper. |
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My favorite scientist
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