研究生英语读写译第二版1-7课练习参考答案和参考译文(13)

b. They spread out like foragers on a picket line, each alone or in small groups probing a carefully chosen, narrow sector.

Similar to those who scatter around the rope along which horses are tied and begin to search widely for food or provisions, scientists, with particular research tasks in their minds, either working individually or cooperating with others, are desperate to make discoveries.

c. They are fellow prospectors pressing deeper into an abstracted world, content most of the time to pick up an occasional nugget but dreaming of the mother lode.

Like those who work together to search for minerals, they push themselves forward and explore deeply into their research areas. They feel satisfied whenever there is a clue to their research, but they would not stop moving forward until real breakthroughs are made.

d. Some are as stolid as tax accounts in April.

Just like the tax accounts taxpayers generally receive in April, some scientists are not very easily aroused or excited. They tend to act in a businesslike way.

e. To be highly successful the scientist must be confident enough to steer for blue water, abandoning sight of land for a while.

A scientist who wants to achieve great success should have trust in his own abilities and be keen on doing pioneering work which is full of risks and uncertainties, without any help from previous research.

Vocabulary and structure

A

1) diagnostic 2) at most 3) spreading out 4) elitists 5) driven

6) set foot on 7) at large 8) utilitarian 9) for its own sake 10) ethos

B

1) sift 2) Admittedly 3) diagnostic 4) counseled 5) notwithstanding

6) steer 7) probed 8) presumptuous 9) strewn with 10) follows up

C

1) ambition, objective, success, goal, victory

2) treasure, collector, critic, gallery, work

3) acquire, apply, broaden, extend, improve

4) experimental, natural, medical, behavioral, social

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