研究生学术英语读写教程Unit 4.pptx

Unit4Mathematics研究生学术英语读写教程

Outline1.TextAMagicNumbers:CanMathsEquationsbeBeautiful?2.AcademicReadingSkillsEvaluatingEvidence3.TextBSeeingasUnderstanding:TheImportanceofVisualMathematicsforOurBrainandLearning4.AcademicWritingSkillsChoosingEffectiveEvidencetoSupportaThesis2

1.TextA

MagicNumbers:CanMathsEquationsbeBeautiful?

BeforeYouRead…Howdoyouthinkmathematiciansarecontributingtohumanprogress?Doyouthinkmathematicsisbeautiful?Whyorwhynot?4/3/20254TextA:Lead-inQuestions

SentencecomprehensionThemeandstructureComprehensionquestionsTextA

SentenceTranslation1.Mathsbecomesbeautifulthroughthepowerandeleganceofitsargumentsandformulae;throughthebridgesitbuildsbetweenpreviouslyunconnectedworlds.(Para.2)数学之美，在于其论证和公式的力量与优雅，在于它贯通了原本互不相干的世界。TextA:Sentencecomprehension

SentenceTranslation2.Forthosewholearnthelanguage,mathshasthesamecapacityforbeautyasart,music,afullblanketofstarsonthedarkestnight.(Para.2)对于学习数学这门语言的人而言，数学和艺术、音乐以及漆黑夜空中的满天星斗一样，可以美轮美奂。TextA:Sentencecomprehension

SentenceTranslation3.Brainscansofmathematiciansshowthatgazingatformulaeconsideredbeautifulbythebeholderelicitsactivityinthesameemotionalregionasgreatartandmusic.(Para.4)对数学家的大脑扫描显示，当凝视他们认为美丽的公式时，被激发的大脑情感区域，与欣赏伟大的艺术和音乐时激发的区域相同。TextA:Sentencecomprehension

SentenceTranslation4.Thepowerofanequationtoconnectwhatseemlikecompletelyunrelatedrealmsofmathematicscomesupoften.(Para.8)一个等式常常具有将看似完全无关的数学领域联系起来的力量。TextA:Sentencecomprehension

SentenceTranslation5.Morethan2,000yearsago,theancientGreekmathematician,Euclid,solvedanumericalpuzzlesobeautifullythatitstillmakesNealesmileeverytimeitcomestomind.(Para.10)2000多年前，古希腊数学家欧几里得完美地解决了一个数字难题，尼尔每念及此都会欣然而笑。TextA:Sentencecomprehension

SentenceTranslation6.Withagraspoftheformulae,wecanunderstandbloodflowinthebody,makeboatsglidethroughthe