Space and Time
Day 4-5: Vocabulary
1. Bother to do
= bother doing
Make an effort to do
No one until Galileo bothered to see …
Why bother talking if no one is listening?
2. Did in fact do
双重强调的写法
3. Vertically
Keep your back vertical
Fall vertically
{Horizontal}
4. Act on
To start to have an effect on
The force is acting on the body.
5. Elliptical
椭圆形的
{Ellipse}
6. Rotation
Movement in a circle around a fixed central point
The rotation of the earth round the sun
7. Track
Metal rails on which a train runs
8. Stub the toes
踢到脚趾
9. Propagation
The spreading of something abroad or into new regions
The propagation of ideas
10. Postulate
A thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief
Einstein’s theory of relativity was deduced from two postulates.
10. Velocity
The speed of something in a given direction
11. Patch
A part of something marked out from the rest by a particular characteristic
We finally found a patch of grass to sit down on.
12. Deflect
To direct criticism, attention, or blame away from yourself towards someone else
The company was criticized for trying to deflect the blame for the accident.
Deflect attention from domestic political problems
To make someone change their plans
Violence will not deflect us from seeking a peaceful political settlement to the problems.
(demerit<>merit)
13. Curvature
The curvature of the earth
曲度
The curvature of the spinal
弯曲
Day 6: Mindmap
Day 7: 回顾与总结
本周略忙，阅读这篇文章的时间考虑到文章的深度来说有点少了。下周努力补上。不过在时间不够的情况下，仍然有所收获。
第一，巩固了上一篇文章中的知识和思路，同时对上一篇的文章涉及的内容有了更加深入的理解。
第二，作者的行文思路清晰，但是对物理门外汉来说确实有些难以察觉，看了老师的思维导图后才理解了。可见阅读文章像做翻译一样，是急需背景知识的。
第三，竟然对物理产生了几丝兴趣~~