When most people think of rodents(啮齿动物), they either think of pests like mice and rats, or cute animals,like guine a pigs or squirrels. What does not usually come to mind is the grass-chewing, water-loving, dog-sized capybara(水豚). Weighing up to 66 kilograms, the capybar a is...
When most people think of early literacy, they think of the ABCs-but recognizing the letters of the alphabet is ac-tually one of the last steps in preparing to rea d. Just as children must sit up, crawl and stand before they can walk,youngsters go through predictable stages of early lite...
When most people think of robots, the ones from the popular movie I, Robot come to mind.However, not all robots are machine copies(复制品) of people. Although many robots look and act like humans, they come in all shapes and sizes.We use robots in many ways. Scientists and engineers ...
When most people think about travelling around the world, they would think of going by plane but probably never think of going on foot.But one 27-year-old man, Alexander Campbell, Sydney, has started a four-year hike(徒步旅行).He is going to walk 40,000 km across 30 countries in four...
When most people think of robots, the ones from the popular movie I, Robot come to mind.However, not all robots are machine copies of people. Although many robots look and act like humans,they come in all shapes and sizes.The world of robotics is quite broad. Scientists and engineers bui...
He thinks it does not matter what other people think of him. 1. What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “facetious”? A. 友好的 B. 粗鲁的 C. 幽默的 D. 奇怪的 2. What does Donald Duck learn from The Wise Little Hen? A. He can make people laugh. B. It is important...
When most people think of the word, "brand", they think of the Nike Swoosh, Ford "blue oval," McDonalds Golden Arches, or the "State Farm is There" jingle. They know what they will get with a well branded product or service as promised. Think of Volvo, for instance, and your first...
Whenmostpeoplethinkofdrones(无人机),theythinkoftechnologyandfun.Safetosay,fewpeoplewouldthinkaboutfarming.However,agroupofstudentsfromYorkCollegeofPennsylvaniahavebeenbuildingadronethatwillnotonlyhelplocalfarmersbuttheenvironment,aswell.SamanthaGotwaltandBlaydeReich,twoseniorMechanicalEngineeringmajorsatYorkCollegeinth...
Whenmostpeoplethinkoftheword"education",theythinkofapupilasasortofanimatesausagecasing.Intothisemptycasting,theteachersaresupposedtostuff"education". Butgenuineeducation,asSocratesknewmorethantwothousandyearsago,isnotinsertingthestuffingofinformationintoaperson,butratherelicitingknowledgefromhim;itisthedrawingoutofwhati...
2When most people think of the word "education", they think of a pupil as a sort of animate sausage casing. Into this empty casting, the teachers are supposed to stuff "education". But genuine education, as Socrates knew more than two thousand years ago, is not inserting the stuffing of...