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Unit One EducationText B Essence of Education Lead-in 1、What is the essence of education? 2、What is the characteristic of Creationism? 3、What is the relationship between evolution and Creationism? summary The essence of education is teaching of facts and reasoning skills to our children. Yet almost a century, our schools have been under assault by an approach to education that elevates feeling over facts. The author points out the contradiction between evolution and Creationism, and criticizes some disadvantages of the latter. If campaigns such as the one against teaching evolution are allowed to succeed , the ultimate result will be the extinction of genuine education . structure Part one (1-3): The essence of education is teaching of facts and reasoning skills. Yet almost a century, our schools have been under assault by an approach to education that elevates feeling over facts. Part two (4-10):Some policies drop evolution from the required curriculum and elevate the feeling of religious fundamentalists. In fact, the contradiction between evolution and Creationism is obvious. structure Part three (11-12): It is a disastrous methodology to in our children if the Creationist approach were taken seriously. Part four (13-14):The crucial role of education is to provide children with the information and methods they need in order to learn how to think independently. If the Creationist approach succeed , the ultimate result will be the extinction of genuine education . new words 3. ally [?lai, ?lai] n. 同盟国, 同盟者, 伙伴 The ally of the working class was the peasantry.工人阶级的同盟军是农民阶级。 v. （使）结盟，（使）联合 We will ally our forces with the army from the north.我们将与北方的部队结盟。 4. excise [eksaiz, eks-, eksaiz] n. 货物税, 消费税 He has suggested imposing an oil import fee and raising excise taxes on liquor and cigarette.他建议增加石油进口税与提高烟酒货物税。 vt. 征税 vt. 删除，切除 The censor insisted on excising the passage from the film.电影审查员坚持剪去影片的这一段。 The surgeon excised the lump from her breast.外科医生切除了她乳房的肿块。 new