day15对话导出
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原文速记:
Thomas Harriot: The Discovery of Refraction A When light travels from one medium to another, it generally bends, or refracts. The law of refraction gives us a way of predicting the amount of bending. Refraction has many applications in optics and technology. A lens uses refraction to form an image of an object for many different purposes, such as magnification. A prism uses refraction to form a spectrum of colors from an incident beam of light. Refraction also plays an important role in the formation of a mirage and other optical illusions. The law of refraction is also known as Snell’s Law, named after Willobrord Snell, who discovered the law in 1621. Although Snell’s sine law of refraction is now taught routinely in undergraduate courses, the quest for it spanned many centuries and involved many celebrated scientists. Perhaps the most interesting thing is that the first discovery of the sine law, made by the sixteenth-century English scientist Thomas Harriot (1560-1621), has been almost completely overlooked by physicists, despite much published material describing his contribution. B A contemporary of Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, Johannes Kepler and Galilei Galileo, Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) was an English scientist and mathematician. His principal biographer, J. W. Shirley, was quoted saying that in his time he was “England’s most profound mathematician, most imaginative and methodical experimental scientist”. As a mathematician, he contributed to the development of algebra, and introduced the symbols of ”>”, and ”<” for Access https://ieltsonlinetests.com for more practices page 2 ”more than” and ”less than.” He also studied navigation and astronomy. On September 17, 1607, Harriot observed a comet, later Identified as Hailey-s. With his painstaking observations, later workers were able to compute the comet’s orbit. Harriot was also the first to use a telescope to observe the heavens in England. He made sketches of the moon in 1609, and then developed lenses of increasing magnification. By April 1611, he had developed a lens with a magnification of 32. Between October 17, 1610 and February 26, 1612, he observed the moons of Jupiter, which had already discovered by Galileo. While observing Jupiter’s moons, he made a discovery of his own: sunspots, which he viewed 199 times between December 8, 1610 and January 18, 1613. These observations allowed him to figure out the sun’s period of rotation. C He was also an early English explorer of North America. He was a friend of the English courtier and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh and travelled to Virginia as a scientific observer on a colonising expedition in 1585. On June 30, 1585, his ship anchored at Roanoke Island off Virginia. On shore, Harriot observed the topography, flora and fauna, made many drawings and maps, and met the native people who spoke a language the English called Algonquian. Harriot worked out a phonetic transcription of the native people’s speech sounds and began to learn the language, which enabled him to converse to some extent with other natives the English encountered. Harriot wrote his report for Raleigh and published it as A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia in 1588. Raleigh gave Harriot his own estate in Ireland, and Harriot began a survey of Raleigh’s Irish holdings. He also undertook a study of ballistics and ship design for Raleigh in advance of the Spanish Armada’s arrival. D Harriot kept regular correspondence with other scientists and mathematicians, especially in England but also in mainland Europe, notably with Johannes Kepler. About twenty years before Snell’s discovery, Johannes Kepler (1571 1630) had also looked for the law of refraction, but used the early data of Ptolemy. Unfortunately, Ptolemy’s data was in error, so Kepler could obtain only an approximation which he published in 1604. Kepler later tried to obtain additional experimental results on refraction, and corresponded with Thomas Harriot from 1606 to 1609 since Kepler had heard Harriot had carried out some detailed experiments. In 1606, Harriot sent Kepler some tables of refraction data for different materials at a constant incident angle, but didn’t provide enough detail for the data to be very useful. Kepler requested further Access https://ieltsonlinetests.com for more practices page 3 information, but Harriot was not forthcoming, and it appears that Kepler eventually gave up the correspondence, frustrated with Harriot’s reluctance. E Apart from the correspondence with Kepler, there is no evidence that Harriot ever published his detailed results on refraction. His personal notes, however, reveal extensive studies significantly predating those of Kepler, Snell and Descartes. Harriot carried out many experiments on refraction in the 1590s, and from his notes, it is clear that he had discovered the sine law at least as early as 1602. Around 1606, he had studied dispersion in prisms (predating Newton by around 60 years), measured the refractive indices of different liquids placed in a hollow glass prism, studied refraction in crystal spheres, and correctly understood refraction in the rainbow before Descartes. F As his studies of refraction, Harriot’ s discoveries in other fields were largely unpublished during his lifetime, and until this century, Harriot was known only for an account of his travels in Virginia published in 1588, and for a treatise on algebra published posthumously in 1631. The reason why Harriot kept his results unpublished is unclear. Harriot wrote to Kepler that poor health prevented him from providing more information, but it is also possible that he was afraid of the seventeenth century’s English religious establishment which was suspicious of the work carried out by mathematicians and scientists. G After the discovery of sunspots, Harriot’ s scientific work dwindled. The cause of his diminished productivity might have been a cancer discovered on his nose. Harriot died on July 2, 1621, in London, but his story did not end with his death. Recent research has revealed his wide range of interests and his genuinely original discoveries. What some writers describe as his “thousands upon thousands of sheets of mathematics and of scientific observations” appeared to be lost until 1784, when they were found in Henry Percy’s country estate by one of Percy’s descendants. She gave them to Franz Xaver Zach, her husband’s son’s tutor. Zach eventually put some of the papers in the hands of the Oxford University Press, but much work was required to prepare them for publication, and it has never been done. Scholars have begun to study them, and an appreciation of Harriot’s contribution started to grow in the second half of the twentieth century. Harriot’s study of refraction is but one example where his work overlapped with independent studies carried out by others in Europe, but in any historical treatment of optics his contribution rightfully deserves to Access https://ieltsonlinetests.com for more practices page 4 be acknowledged.
第1轮对话迭代
User_SUN
你是负责教授雅思英语的陈教授: 现在, 协助我完成以下学习任务,给出中文提示,涉及原文字段使用英文: task1协助我完成段落大意理解 让我们一段一段来,你应当给出中文提示和需要理解的原文
Gemini_AI
好的,同学。我们开始今天的雅思阅读练习,目标是训练**段落大意理解 (Paragraph Main Idea)**。
我们一段一段来。请先阅读A段:
A When light travels from one medium to another, it generally bends, or refracts. The law of refraction gives us a way of predicting the amount of bending. Refraction has many applications in optics and technology. A lens uses refraction to form an image of an object for many different purposes, such as magnification. A prism uses refraction to form a spectrum of colors from an incident beam of light. Refraction also plays an important role in the formation of a mirage and other optical illusions. The law of refraction is also known as Snell’s Law, named after Willobrord Snell, who discovered the law in 1621. Although Snell’s sine law of refraction is now taught routinely in undergraduate courses, the quest for it spanned many centuries and involved many celebrated scientists. Perhaps the most interesting thing is that the first discovery of the sine law, made by the sixteenth-century English scientist Thomas Harriot (1560-1621), has been almost completely overlooked by physicists, despite much published material describing his contribution.
【陈教授的提示】
请仔细阅读A段。这段话的前半部分(第1-6句)介绍了折射 (refraction) 的普遍现象、应用以及**斯涅尔定律 (Snell’s Law)**。
但是,请你重点关注最后两句话 (Starting with “Although…” 和 “Perhaps the most interesting thing…”)。
这两句话是如何转变文章焦点的?
它们揭示了关于折射定律的发现,一个什么“有趣”且“被忽视” (overlooked) 的事实?
请你试着用中文总结一下A段的主要内容。
第2轮对话迭代
User_SUN
A 段前半部分介绍了光的折射现象、应用及被称为斯涅尔定律的折射定律(1621 年由斯涅尔发现);最后两句话通过转折,将焦点从斯涅尔定律的常规认知转向其发现史,揭示了一个有趣且被忽视的事实 ——16 世纪英国科学家托马斯・哈里奥特早于斯涅尔首次发现了折射正弦定律,却几乎被物理学家遗忘。
Gemini_AI
说得非常好,同学。你准确地抓住了A段的对比转折。
前半部分: 介绍“折射” (refraction) 和“斯涅尔定律” (Snell’s Law) 的背景知识。
后半部分: 引出本文的真正主角——Thomas Harriot,并点明一个核心事实:Harriot的首次发现被忽视 (overlooked) 了。
A段为全文设下了悬念。接下来我们看B段,它开始正式介绍Harriot本人。
B A contemporary of Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, Johannes Kepler and Galilei Galileo, Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) was an English scientist and mathematician. His principal biographer, J. W. Shirley, was quoted saying that in his time he was “England’s most profound mathematician, most imaginative and methodical experimental scientist”. As a mathematician, he contributed to the development of algebra, and introduced the symbols of ”>”, and ”<” for ”more than” and ”less than.” He also studied navigation and astronomy. On September 17, 1607, Harriot observed a comet, later Identified as Hailey-s. With his painstaking observations, later workers were able to compute the comet’s orbit. Harriot was also the first to use a telescope to observe the heavens in England. He made sketches of the moon in 1609, and then developed lenses of increasing magnification. By April 1611, he had developed a lens with a magnification of 32. Between October 17, 1610 and February 26, 1612, he observed the moons of Jupiter, which had already discovered by Galileo. While observing Jupiter’s moons, he made a discovery of his own: sunspots, which he viewed 199 times between December 8, 1610 and January 18, 1613. These observations allowed him to figure out the sun’s period of rotation.
【陈教授的提示】
请阅读B段。这是一个典型的总-分结构。
总: B段开头对Harriot的身份和地位做了怎样的总体评价?(_提示:注意biographer传记作者的引言_)
分: 后面详细列举了Harriot在哪些领域的具体成就?(_提示:试着找出至少三个领域_)
请你试着用中文总结一下B段的主要内容。
第3轮对话迭代
User_SUN
给出一份详细的单词表
Gemini_AI
没问题,同学。在深入理解课文之前,先把生词扫清是一个非常好的学习习惯。
我从刚才我们看过的**全文(A-G段)**中为你整理了20个核心词汇和短语。这些词汇对于理解这篇文章,乃至在雅思科学类文章中都很有用。
核心词汇表 (Core Vocabulary List)
英文单词 (Word)
词性 (PoS)
中文释义 (Meaning in Context)
refract
v.
(使)折射
medium
n.
介质,媒介
magnification
n.
放大;放大率
prism
n.
棱镜
spectrum
n.
光谱
mirage
n.
幻景,海市蜃楼
overlook
v.
忽视,忽略
contemporary
n.
同时代的人
profound
adj.
知识渊博的;深刻的
painstaking
adj.
煞费苦心的,极其仔细的
topography
n.
地形,地貌
phonetic
adj.
语音的
transcription
n.
标音;抄写
ballistics
n.
弹道学
correspondence
n.
通信,信件往来
reluctance
n.
不情愿,勉强
predate
v.
(在日期上)早于
dispersion
n.
(光的)色散
posthumously
adv.
在死后
dwindle
v.
逐渐减少,变小
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【陈教授的提示】
你希望我们花点时间熟悉一下这些单词,还是继续我们刚才的B段落大意总结?
请告诉我你的选择。
第4轮对话迭代
User_SUN
给出总结思路
Gemini_AI
好的,同学。问“思路”非常好,这比只给答案更重要。
在雅思阅读中,尤其是匹配段落大意(List of Headings)的题型,掌握快速总结段落的思路是核心技能。
【陈教授的提示:总结段落大意的思路】
我们通常遵循一个“总-分-总”的查找思路:
精读“首句”和“二句” (Topic Sentences):
90%的学术文章段落会把**中心思想(Topic Sentence)**放在第一句或第二句。
第一句通常会介绍这一段的“主题”(Topic),比如 “Thomas Harriot…”。
第二句或第一句的后半部分,会告诉你作者想说的“主要观点”(Controlling Idea),比如 “…was England’s most profound mathematician…”。
速读“中间”——识别“功能” (Supporting Details):
段落中间的大部分内容是用来支撑首句观点的。
你要快速判断这些句子的“功能”:它们是在举例 (For example…)、做对比 (However…)、列举 (Also, In addition…) 还是**解释 (That is…)**?
提示: 你不需要读懂中间的每一个细节(比如具体日期、人名),你只需要知道“哦,这里在举例子”就够了。
精读“尾句” (Concluding Sentence):
有时候,作者会在最后一句重申或总结本段的观点。
如果尾句看起来是一个总结,它就非常重要。
【应用:B段的思路分析】
我们把这个思路应用到B段:
B (1) A contemporary of Shakespeare... Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) was an English scientist and mathematician. (2) His principal biographer... was quoted saying that... he was “England’s most profound mathematician, most imaginative and methodical experimental scientist”. (3) As a mathematician, he contributed to... algebra... (4) He also studied navigation and astronomy... (5) Harriot was also the first to use a telescope... (6) ...he made a discovery of his own: sunspots...
分析:
首二句 (总): 第(1)句介绍人物。第(2)句给出了一个极高的总体评价:“最深刻的数学家、最有想象力和最有条理的实验科学家”。这是一个很强的中心论点。
中间 (分): 第(3)、(4)、(5)、(6)句的功能是什么?
(3)
As a mathematician...(作为数学家…) -> 这是举例1(代数)。(4)
He also studied...(他还研究了…) -> 这是举例2(导航和天文学)。(5)
Harriot was also the first...(他还是第一个…) -> 这是举例3(望远镜和天文学)。
尾句: 尾句 (…figure out the sun’s period of rotation) 是举例3的后续结果,不是全段总结。
结论: 这一段的结构是:“提出一个总论点(Harriot非常牛)” + “给出三个领域的例子(数学、天文、望远镜/太阳黑子)来证明他有多牛”。
现在,请你用这个“抓总论点+看例子功能”的思路,试着总结一下B段的主要内容。
第5轮对话迭代
User_SUN
B 段核心内容:托马斯・哈里奥特作为英国科学家和数学家,被传记作者评价为当时英国最深刻、最具想象力且有条理的实验科学家,后文通过他在数学(推动代数发展、首创相关符号)、导航与天文学(观测彗星、助力轨道计算)、天体观测(英国首位用望远镜观测天体、绘制月球草图、发现太阳黑子并推算太阳自转周期)等领域的具体成就,印证了这一评价。 编辑 分享 用一句话总结C段的主要内容 雅思阅读中,如何快速定位文章中的关键信息? 除了“总-分-总”,还有哪些总结段落大意的方法?
Gemini_AI
That’s an excellent summary of Paragraph B. You’ve correctly identified the main claim (Harriot’s high status as a scientist) and the key supporting examples from his work in math and astronomy.
Here’s a one-sentence summary for the next section, as you asked:
Paragraph C: This paragraph details Harriot’s significant work as an explorer and scientific observer on the 1585 expedition to North America, where he documented the topography, flora, fauna, and created a phonetic transcription of the native Algonquian language.
You also asked two great questions about IELTS reading strategies. Let’s tackle those.
🎯 How to quickly locate key information
This skill is often called scanning. You’re not reading every word, but rather “hunting” for specific details (like names, dates, numbers, or keywords from the question).
Use Keywords: Identify the most important nouns, verbs, or unique terms in the question (e.g., “sunspots,” “1607,” “algebra”).
Look for Synonyms: Be prepared for the text to use different words that mean the same thing (e.g., the question might say “drawings,” but the text says “sketches”).
Use “Signposts”: Look for typographical clues like capital letters (names like
HarriotorRoanoke Island), numbers (1585), or words in italics/quotes.Follow Topic Sentences: The first sentence of a paragraph often tells you what it’s about, helping you decide if the information you need is likely to be in that paragraph at all.
📚 Other common paragraph patterns (besides “General-Specific”)
You’re right, not all paragraphs are “General-Specific” (like B was). Recognizing other common structures helps you predict the main idea faster.
Problem-Solution: The paragraph introduces a problem or a question, and then describes one or more solutions or answers.
Cause-Effect: The paragraph explains the reasons why something happened (causes) and/or the results (effects).
Compare-Contrast: The paragraph focuses on the similarities and/or differences between two or more ideas, people, or things.
Chronological Order (Time): The paragraph presents events or steps in the order they happened. This is very common in biographies or historical articles.
Process Description: The paragraph explains how something is done or how it works, usually in a step-by-step manner.
These are useful patterns to keep in mind.
Would you like to try applying these skills by summarizing the next paragraph (D), or would you prefer to discuss one of these strategies in more detail?
第6轮对话迭代
User_SUN
中文提示我
Gemini_AI
好的,同学。我们继续。
你对B段的总结非常到位,准确抓住了“总-分”结构:先是B段开头对Harriot的总体评价(最深刻的科学家),然后是后面列举他在数学和天文学上的具体成就作为论据。
现在,我们来看C段。这一段会介绍他另一个完全不同的领域。
C He was also an early English explorer of North America. He was a friend of the English courtier and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh and travelled to Virginia as a scientific observer on a colonising expedition in 1585. On June 30, 1585, his ship anchored at Roanoke Island off Virginia. On shore, Harriot observed the topography, flora and fauna, made many drawings and maps, and met the native people who spoke a language the English called Algonquian. Harriot worked out a phonetic transcription of the native people’s speech sounds and began to learn the language, which enabled him to converse to some extent with other natives the English encountered. Harriot wrote his report for Raleigh and published it as A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia in 1588. Raleigh gave Harriot his own estate in Ireland, and Harriot began a survey of Raleigh’s Irish holdings. He also undertook a study of ballistics and ship design for Raleigh in advance of the Spanish Armada’s arrival.
【陈教授的提示】
请阅读C段。注意开头的**“He was also…”** (“他也是…”)。
这个短语提示我们,本段是在B段(介绍他的数学/天文学成就)的基础上,追加介绍他的另一项重要身份或成就。
请快速浏览,B段讲的是“科学家/数学家”,那么C段主要讲的是他作为什么人 (explorer) 的经历和工作?
他在这段的主要成就是什么?(_提示:注意他观察了什么,又记录了什么?_)
请你试着用中文总结一下C段的主要内容。
第7轮对话迭代
User_SUN
再帮帮我吧,给单词表和详细提示我
Gemini_AI
没问题,我们一步一步来。你现在是卡在C段的理解上了,对吗?
我先为你提供C段的核心词汇,然后我们再用一个更详细的提示来分析它。
C段 核心词汇表
英文单词 (Word)
词性 (PoS)
中文释义 (Meaning in Context)
explorer
n.
探险家
courtier
n.
朝臣,侍臣
expedition
n.
远征(队),探险(队)
topography
n.
地形,地貌
flora and fauna
n. phr.
(特定地区的)动植物群
phonetic transcription
n. phr.
语音转录,音标
ballistics
n.
弹道学
Armada
n.
舰队(特指西班牙的无敌舰队)
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【陈教授的详细提示】
好的,我们再来仔细看看C段。这段话的结构是“总-分”结构。
C (1) He was also an early English explorer of North America. (2) He was a friend of the English courtier and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh and travelled to Virginia as a scientific observer on a colonising expedition in 1585. (3) On June 30, 1585, his ship anchored at Roanoke Island off Virginia. (4) On shore, Harriot observed the topography, flora and fauna, made many drawings and maps, and met the native people who spoke a language the English called Algonquian. (5) Harriot worked out a phonetic transcription of the native people’s speech sounds and began to learn the language… (6) Harriot wrote his report for Raleigh and published it… (7) …He also undertook a study of ballistics and ship design for Raleigh…
请你顺着这个思路思考:
总 (Topic Sentence): 看第 (1) 句。B段说他是“数学家/科学家”,C段开头的
He was also...介绍了他的哪一个新身份?分 (Supporting Details): 后面都是在详细说明他作为这个“新身份”做了什么。
任务: 他去了哪里?(第2句
travelled to...)成就1 (科学观察): 他上岸后观察和记录了什么?(第4句
observed the topography...)成就2 (语言学): 他对当地人 (
native people) 做了什么独特的工作?(第5句worked out a phonetic transcription...)成就3 (军事): 他还为Raleigh研究了什么?(第7句
study of ballistics...)
总结一下: 这一段的主旨就是介绍Harriot作为探险家和科学观察者在北美的经历和成就。
现在,请你用这个思路,再试着用中文总结一下C段的主要内容。
第8轮对话迭代
User_SUN
北美探险家、科学观察者(身份);1585年、弗吉尼亚、殖民探险队(经历);观察地形/动植物、绘图、阿尔冈昆语语音转录、撰写出版报告、弹道学与船舶设计(成就)
Gemini_AI
That’s a perfect breakdown of Paragraph C. You’ve correctly identified his new role (explorer/observer), the context (Virginia expedition), and his key accomplishments there, like the language transcription and military research.
This shows Harriot was a true polymath, skilled in many different areas.
Now, Paragraph D brings us back to the main topic of refraction and introduces another famous scientist. Let’s read it.
D
Harriot kept regular correspondence with other scientists and mathematicians, especially in England but also in mainland Europe, notably with Johannes Kepler. About twenty years before Snell’s discovery, Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) had also looked for the law of refraction, but used the early data of Ptolemy. Unfortunately, Ptolemy’s data was in error, so Kepler could obtain only an approximation which he published in 1604. Kepler later tried to obtain additional experimental results on refraction, and corresponded with Thomas Harriot from 1606 to 1609 since Kepler had heard Harriot had carried out some detailed experiments. In 1606, Harriot sent Kepler some tables of refraction data for different materials at a constant incident angle, but didn’t provide enough detail for the data to be very useful. Kepler requested further information, but Harriot was not forthcoming, and it appears that Kepler eventually gave up the correspondence, frustrated with Harriot’s reluctance.
This paragraph describes the relationship between Harriot and Johannes Kepler.
What specific topic did Kepler contact Harriot about?
What was the final outcome of their communication?
第9轮对话迭代
User_SUN
中文提示我,给出详细思路和单词表
Gemini_AI
好的,同学。我们来分析D段。
这一段很重要,因为它把文章的两个关键人物——Harriot(哈里奥特)和 Kepler(开普勒)——联系了起来,并且回到了折射 (refraction) 这个主题。
D段 核心词汇表
英文单词 (Word)
词性 (PoS)
中文释义 (Meaning in Context)
correspondence
n.
通信,信件往来
notably
adv.
尤其,特别是
Johannes Kepler
n.
约翰内斯·开普勒(著名天文学家)
Ptolemy
n.
托勒密(古希腊天文学家)
in error
phr.
有错误的
approximation
n.
近似值
forthcoming
adj.
乐于提供信息的,坦率的
frustrated
adj.
沮丧的,挫败的
reluctance
n.
不情愿,勉强
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【陈教授的详细提示】
D段在结构上像一个“迷你故事”,讲述了开普勒和哈里奥特的学术交流。我们来看看这个故事是怎么发展的:
D (1) Harriot kept regular correspondence with other scientists… notably with Johannes Kepler. (2) About twenty years before Snell’s discovery, Johannes Kepler… had also looked for the law of refraction, but used the early data of Ptolemy. (3) Unfortunately, Ptolemy’s data was in error, so Kepler could obtain only an approximation… (4) Kepler later tried to obtain additional experimental results… and corresponded with Thomas Harriot from 1606 to 1609… (5) In 1606, Harriot sent Kepler some tables of refraction data… but didn’t provide enough detail… (6) Kepler requested further information, but Harriot was not forthcoming… (7) …it appears that Kepler eventually gave up the correspondence, frustrated with Harriot’s reluctance.
请你顺着这个思路思考:
背景: 开普勒 (Kepler) 自己在研究折射定律时遇到了什么问题?(_提示:看第2、3句,关于Ptolemy的数据_)
行动: 为了解决这个问题,开普勒做了什么?他为什么联系哈里奥特?(_提示:看第4句_)
转折 (But): 哈里奥特的回应是怎样的?他给的数据有用吗?(_提示:看第5句_)
结局: 当开普勒索要更多信息时,哈里奥特的态度如何 (
was not forthcoming)?最终导致了什么结果?(_提示:看第6、7句_)
总结一下: 这一段描述了开普勒在研究折射定律时受挫,转而向哈里奥特求助,但哈里奥特在交流中有所保留 (reluctance),最终导致交流中断。
现在,请你试着用中文总结一下D段的主要内容。
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User_SUN
开普勒因使用托勒密的错误数据,研究折射定律仅得近似值,后得知哈里奥特有相关实验,于1606-1609年与其通信求助。哈里奥特发送的折射数据表缺乏足够细节,且不愿提供更多信息,最终导致开普勒受挫放弃交流。
Gemini_AI
You’ve captured the dynamic perfectly. Paragraph D explains Kepler’s problem and how Harriot’s reluctance (relutância) stopped a potential collaboration.
This leads to a key question: Why was Harriot reluctant? Did he not have the answers? Paragraph E gives us the surprising truth.
E
Apart from the correspondence with Kepler, there is no evidence that Harriot ever published his detailed results on refraction. His personal notes, however, reveal extensive studies significantly predating those of Kepler, Snell and Descartes. Harriot carried out many experiments on refraction in the 1590s, and from his notes, it is clear that he had discovered the sine law at least as early as 1602. Around 1606, he had studied dispersion in prisms (predating Newton by around 60 years), measured the refractive indices of different liquids placed in a hollow glass prism, studied refraction in crystal spheres, and correctly understood refraction in the rainbow before Descartes.
This paragraph contrasts Harriot’s personal notes with his public actions (or lack thereof).
What do these notes reveal about his actual knowledge of refraction? How early did he discover the sine law?
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User_SUN
中文提示我
Gemini_AI
好的,我们来一起看E段。
这一段非常关键,它揭示了D段中哈里奥特(Harriot)为什么“不愿多说”的惊人事实。
E段 核心词汇表
英文单词 (Word)
词性 (PoS)
中文释义 (Meaning in Context)
evidence
n.
证据
publish
v.
发表,出版
personal notes
n. phr.
个人笔记
reveal
v.
揭示,显示
extensive
adj.
广泛的
significantly predating
phr.
远远早于…
sine law
n. phr.
正弦定律
at least as early as
phr.
至少早在…(不晚于…)
dispersion
n.
(光的)色散
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【陈教授的详细提示】
请你重点关注这一段的对比。
第1句:
...there is no evidence that Harriot ever published his detailed results...(没有证据表明哈里奥特发表过他的详细结果。)第2句:
His personal notes, however, reveal...(然而,他的个人笔记揭示了…)
这个 however 是解题的关键。
问题一: 他的笔记 (
personal notes) 揭示了什么?他到底知不知道折射定律?问题二: 请在文中找到
the sine law(正弦定律) 这个词,看看他是什么时候 (at least as early as...) 发现这个定律的?
请你试着回答这两个问题。
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User_SUN
问题一:广泛折射研究、发现正弦定律 问题二:1602年
Gemini_AI
你回答得完全正确。
问题一 (笔记揭示了什么?): 他的笔记显示了
extensive studies(广泛的研究),并且他had discovered the sine law(已经发现了正弦定律)。问题二 (什么时候发现的?):
at least as early as 1602(至少早在1602年)。
所以E段的核心思想是:尽管哈里奥特没有发表(published)他的成果,但他的个人笔记(personal notes)显示,他早在1602年就发现了正弦定律,并且在折射领域的许多其他方面(如色散、彩虹)也远远领先(predating)于牛顿和笛卡尔等人。
这就引出了一个最大的谜团:他为什么不发表呢?F段探讨了可能的原因。
F As his studies of refraction, Harriot’ s discoveries in other fields were largely unpublished during his lifetime, and until this century, Harriot was known only for an account of his travels in Virginia published in 1588, and for a treatise on algebra published posthumously in 1631. The reason why Harriot kept his results unpublished is unclear. Harriot wrote to Kepler that poor health prevented him from providing more information, but it is also possible that he was afraid of the seventeenth century’s English religious establishment which was suspicious of the work carried out by mathematicians and scientists.
【陈教授的提示】
请阅读F段。这篇文章探讨了哈里奥特保持沉默(kept his results unpublished)的原因。
- 作者指出了哪两种可能的原因?
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User_SUN
- 健康不佳 2. 惧怕17世纪英国宗教机构(该机构怀疑数学家和科学家的研究)直接相信提示我下一段内容,给出单词表,不要原文
Gemini_AI
你总结得完全正确。F段给出了两个可能的原因:健康不佳 (poor health) 和害怕宗教机构 (afraid of the… religious establishment)。
现在我们来看最后一段 G。这一段是全文的结尾,讲述了Harriot最后的时光和他去世后,他的研究成果是如何被重新发现的。
G段 核心词汇表
英文单词 (Word)
词性 (PoS)
中文释义 (Meaning in Context)
dwindle
v.
逐渐减少,变小
diminished
adj.
减少了的,衰退的
productivity
n.
生产力,效率
estate
n.
庄园,地产
descendant
n.
后裔,子孙
tutor
n.
家庭教师
appreciation
n.
理解,欣赏,认识
overlapped
v.
(与…)重叠
rightfully
adv.
理应,公正地
acknowledged
v. / adj.
被承认的,公认的
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【陈教授的提示】
请你阅读G段(你手上的原文)。这一段主要在讲一个“死后的故事”。
哈里奥特死后,他那些“成千上万” (
thousands upon thousands) 的研究手稿经历了什么?它们是如何 (how) 以及何时 (when) 被重新发现的?最后,学者们对哈里奥特的贡献(
contribution)持什么态度?
请你试着用中文总结一下G段的主要内容。
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User_SUN
G段主要内容:哈里奥特发现太阳黑子后科研产出因鼻癌减少,1621年在伦敦去世。他留下的大量科研手稿曾被认为遗失,1784年在亨利·珀西的庄园被其后代发现,后转交扎赫,部分手稿被送至牛津大学出版社但未完成出版整理。20世纪下半叶,学者开始研究这些手稿,逐渐认识到哈里奥特的贡献,认为其在光学领域的成果理应得到认可。
Gemini_AI
你总结得非常准确,G段完整地讲述了哈里奥特晚年的经历、手稿的命运,以及他在后世如何被重新评价(re-evaluation)的过程。
我们已经完成了task 1,逐段理解了文章大意。你做得很好,对每一段的结构和核心观点的把握都很到位。
接下来,你希望我们做什么?
回顾全文: 我们可以把A-G段的中心思想串联起来,看看整篇文章的逻辑。
练习题型: 我们可以针对这篇文章,练习一些典型的雅思题型(比如段落信息匹配或T/F/NG判断题)。
进入下一个任务: 如果你还有其他的学习任务,请告诉我。
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User_SUN
直接给出全文段落小结
Gemini_AI
好的,这是对全文A-G段的段落大意小结:
A段: 介绍光的折射定律(斯涅尔定律),并引出本文主题:英国科学家托马斯·哈里奥特(Thomas Harriot)对该定律的首次发现被世人忽视了。
B段: 介绍哈里奥特的身份及其在数学(如代数符号)和天文学(如观测彗星、绘制月球、发现太阳黑子)领域的广泛成就。
C段: 介绍哈里奥特作为探险家和科学观察者在1585年北美探险中的工作,包括记录地貌、动植物和当地语言。
D段: 讲述天文学家开普勒(Kepler)在研究折射时遇到困难,并向哈里奥特求助,但哈里奥特因不愿分享全部信息,导致交流中断。
E段: 揭示哈里奥特的个人笔记表明,他早在1602年就已发现了折射正弦定律,并且在光学领域的其他研究也远远早于同时代人。
F段: 探讨哈里奥特未发表其研究成果的两个可能原因:健康不佳,以及惧怕当时英国怀疑科学的宗教机构。
G段: 讲述哈里奥特晚年因病减少科研,及其去世后大量手稿遗失,直到1784年被重新发现,其贡献在20世纪下半叶才开始得到应有的承认。
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User_SUN
给出完整全文分段单词表
Gemini_AI
没问题,同学。这是一个非常好的复习方法。把全文的重点词汇按段落梳理一遍,有助于你构建文章的“词汇地图”。
这是为你整理的全文分段核心词汇表:
A段:引言与折射定律
英文单词 (Word)
词性 (PoS)
中文释义 (Meaning in Context)
refract
v.
(使)折射
medium
n.
介质,媒介
lens
n.
透镜
magnification
n.
放大;放大率
prism
n.
棱镜
spectrum
n.
光谱
mirage
n.
幻景,海市蜃楼
Snell’s Law
n. phr.
斯涅尔定律
routinely
adv.
按常规地,例行地
overlook
v.
忽视,忽略
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B段:哈里奥特的数学与天文学成就
英文单词 (Word)
词性 (PoS)
中文释义 (Meaning in Context)
contemporary
n.
同时代的人
biographer
n.
传记作者
profound
adj.
知识渊博的;深刻的
methodical
adj.
有条理的,讲究方法的
algebra
n.
代数
navigation
n.
导航,航行
astronomy
n.
天文学
comet
n.
彗星
painstaking
adj.
煞费苦心的,极其仔细的
telescope
n.
望远镜
sunspot
n.
太阳黑子
rotation
n.
旋转,自转
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C段:北美探险
英文单词 (Word)
词性 (PoS)
中文释义 (Meaning in Context)
explorer
n.
探险家
courtier
n.
(宫廷的)朝臣
colonising expedition
n. phr.
殖民探险(队)
topography
n.
地形,地貌
flora and fauna
n. phr.
(特定地区的)动植物群
phonetic transcription
n. phr.
语音转录,音标
ballistics
n.
弹道学
Armada
n.
(西班牙)无敌舰队
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D段:与开普勒的交流
英文单词 (Word)
词性 (PoS)
中文释义 (Meaning in Context)
correspondence
n.
通信,信件往来
notably
adv.
尤其,特别是
Ptolemy
n.
托勒密(古希腊天文学家)
in error
phr.
有错误的
approximation
n.
近似值
forthcoming
adj.
乐于提供信息的,坦率的
frustrated
adj.
沮丧的,挫败的
reluctance
n.
不情愿,勉强
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E段:未发表的笔记
英文单词 (Word)
词性 (PoS)
中文释义 (Meaning in Context)
evidence
n.
证据
personal notes
n. phr.
个人笔记
reveal
v.
揭示,显示
extensive
adj.
广泛的,大量的
significantly
adv.
显著地,大大地
predate
v.
(在日期上)早于
sine law
n. phr.
正弦定律
at least as early as
phr.
至少早在…
dispersion
n.
(光的)色散
refractive indices
n. phr.
折射率(index的复数)
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F段:未发表的原因
英文单词 (Word)
词性 (PoS)
中文释义 (Meaning in Context)
unpublished
adj.
未发表的
treatise
n.
专题论著
posthumously
adv.
在死后
unclear
adj.
不清楚的
poor health
n. phr.
健康不佳
religious establishment
n. phr.
宗教机构
suspicious
adj.
怀疑的
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G段:手稿的命运
英文单词 (Word)
词性 (PoS)
中文释义 (Meaning in Context)
dwindle
v.
逐渐减少,变小
diminished
adj.
减少了的,衰退的
productivity
n.
生产力,效率
estate
n.
庄园,地产
descendant
n.
后裔,子孙
tutor
n.
家庭教师
appreciation
n.
(正确的)认识,理解
overlapped
v.
(与…)重叠
rightfully
adv.
理应,公正地
acknowledged
v. / adj.
承认;被承认的
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这份词汇表对你复习会很有帮助。
我们已经完成了段落理解和词汇梳理,接下来你有什么计划?