《中西文化比较（英文版）（第2版）》unit 12 The Chinese and Western Science.pptx

中西文化比较TheComparisonbetweenChineseandWesternCulture

Unit12TheChineseandWesternScience

BackgroundDuetodifferencesinwaysofthinking,WesternscienceandChinesetraditionalscienceevolvedintotwoseparatebranchesandwerequitedifferentinculturalfeatures.TheancientChinesesciencewasmarkedbypragmatism.ThepragmaticapproachofancientChinesescienceandtechnologywastakeninalldisciplinesoflearning.Differently,Westernsciencewasbasedontwogreatachievements:theformallogicinventedinGreekphilosophyandthecause-and-effectrelationshipfoundthroughsystematicexperiments.

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TextANotes1.geomechanicsn.

Geomechanics(fromtheGreekprefixgeo-meaning“earth”;and“mechanics”)involvesthegeologicstudyofthebehaviorofsoilandrock.①Thispaperdiscussessomegeomechanicsproblemsinblockcaving.本文论述了阶段自然崩落法的几个地质力学问题。②Itisveryimportanttocouplegeomechanicsandfluidflowwith3Dsimulationsoftware.利用三维模拟软件把地质力学和液流结合起来则非常重要。

TextANotes2.terrestrialadj.oforrelatingtoorcharacteristicoftheplanetEarthoritsinhabitants①It’sagharial,perhapsthelargestterrestrialcarnivoreevertowalktheearth.这是一条长吻鳄，可能是地球上有史以来最大的陆地食肉动物。②Thepolarbearisthelargestterrestrialcarnivore,beingmorethantwiceasbigastheSiberianTiger!北极熊是陆地上最大的肉食性动物，比西伯利亚虎都要大两倍多！

TextANotes3.lithospheren.thesolidpartoftheearthconsistingofthecrustandoutermantle①Eventheplanet’souterskin,orlithosphere,hasbeentransformed.甚至于地球的表层──岩石圈──也已经被改变了。②Variousstructuralelementsinthecrustandlithosphereareinterrelatedandinterdependent.地壳岩石圈中的各种构造要素是相互关联和相互依存的。

TextANotes4.reconnaissancen.theactofreconnoitring(especiallytogaininformationaboutanenemyorpotentialenemy)①TherocketsuccessfullyliftedareconnaissancesatellitetolowEarthorbit.火箭成功的将一枚勘测卫星送入地球低