Day1
1.→Science is an ongoing search for truth.
she's ready to resign or dissolve the parliament to end the ongoing political turmoil.
为了结束泰国持续不断的政治动荡，她愿意辞职或解散议会。
-currently happening
adj. 前进的；不间断的，进行的
2.→a perpetual struggle
As the parents had five children,life was a perpetual struggle against poverty.
perpetual mobile 永动机 perpetual calendar 万年历
【近】lasting，permanent,continuous
【反】temporary
3.→driven by curiosity 兴趣使然 driven by interests 受利益驱使
造句：The great innovations totally driven by curiosity.
4.→he asserted that...
-to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true=asseverate,maintain
-insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized=affirm,verify,avow,aver,swan,swear
Women should assert themselves more! 女性应该更加坚持捍卫自己的权利！
assert to be true 断言某事是真实的
-take a firm stand
-put forward
5.→...a good scientist must rely on empirical evidence
-adj.based on observation or experimentation
Yet the "buffer theory" seems to be based on weak empirical foundations.
但是，"缓冲理论"似乎建立在薄弱的经验主义基础之上的。
empirical laws. 约定俗成的法律
【反】theoretical
6.→pick holes in the argument,and so falsify the theory.
找出理论的漏洞；联想-鸡蛋里挑骨头，吹毛求疵find quarrel in a straw
-to prove false=disprove/ confute 证明虚假
-to make (a report, evidence, accounts, etc) false, fraudulent or inaccurate by alteration, esp in order to deceive 篡改，歪曲:falsify an income-tax report.
falsify=disprove=discredit
7.→speculative
8.→compelling evidence adj.引人入胜的;扣人心弦的;非常强烈的;不可抗拒的;有说服力的
-tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument=persuasive
-driving or forcing=powerful
9.→progressions of idea 思想的连续
it is a logical progression from the job before.这是以前工作的必然结果。
progressional
procession
→...got faster and faster as it progressed
10.→an eclipse of the sun/moon 日/月食
11.→many ingenious mechanical devices were invented
造句：he is so ingenious that come up with a ingenious solution/way.
【近】creative,originative,artful,adroit
【反】uncreative,artless,maladroit
12.→the publication of two ground-breaking books
开拓性的；独创的
13.→...discovered the role of oxygen in combustion
燃烧；烧毁 internal combustion engine 内燃机
14.→ palaeontology became fashionable as the remains of extinct creatures began to turn up
古生物学 vt. 朝上翻,来到,卷起,找到,出现,发生
15.→...,shaking classical physics and ending the idea of an absolute time and space
16.→...which seemed like a daunting task in prospect 展望中
-discouraging through fear adj. 使人畏缩的；使人气馁的；令人怯步的
【近】discouraging
17.→the relentless search for the truths continues
adj.残酷的, 不留情的, 无怜悯心的
a sturdy relentless effort 稳定、坚持不懈的努力
【反】relent vi. 变温和，变宽厚；减弱；缓和vt. 使变温和；减轻
18.→Meanwhile, in India, China, and the Mediterranean, people tried to make sense of the movement of the heavenly bodies.
make sense of =understand
19.move a hope into reality
20.It seems likely that there will always be more questions than answers,but future discoveries will surely continue to amaze.
Day 2 Annie讲解+逻辑图
1.→how the Universe works that goes back to the earliest civilizations.
go back to 追溯到，返回/表示认识很久了
we have been friends for long time =we go back.
date back to（定日期）/start off（以...开始）
2.→The best known of the ancient Greek philosophers, Aristotle, wrote widely on scientific subjects
3.→...if one object had twice the weight of another, it would fall twice as fast.
4.learn off 听说，了解
5.turn up 出现 show up 主动出现
6. sth. come with sth. 随之出现
7.leap-frogging 跳跃式前进
8.take root in=it starts to develop/grow 开拓了市场
9.Don't baby me!不要把我当小孩儿啦
10.阅读题tips：一段里如果没有明显的转折，那说明还在叙述同一件事，遇到不认识的词也可以大致判断意思。
Day 3
行文很流畅，上一句跟下一句之间不会很突兀的转折。同时又能用很简洁的词汇、句式叙述清楚。反思自己的写作，常常语句出现的很突兀，需要联想一下，然而考试的阅卷老师谁会帮你多想一下啊。其实真正原因是自己连续的逻辑力差，以致平时说话习惯也是跳跃性强。还有一部分原因是：没有充分的论据理清与主题的关系，因此在表达上说起来也比较虚。