【听力】
话题:2 ways of adaptation that trees use to protect themselves from a forest fire.
要点1:cooling the inner part of the tree down
例子1:/
要点2:remove the resources that might cause a fire
例子2:P-Pine tree freq. shake off the small branches to keep off the fire from climbing on the main branch.
【阅读】
标题:Assimilation and Accommodation
定义:When children learn new object, if the objects fit in the concept they knew, they will fill it in that category, this is assimilation.
听力要点
【听力】
例子:The professor's daughter, Jenny, always watches birds through windows. When she saw a bird she would shout: “bird! bird!” since it has wings and feathers and it can fly. Later, when the professor took Jenny to the zoo and saw ostrich, she did not know it was a bird. The professor asked her:“what is it?” She hesitated to say:“it is a bird".
教授女儿很小,当看见有鸟飞的时候,让小孩说bird, 在她的脑子里,鸟的概念就是小的翅膀的飞的东西。一天教授带女儿去动物园,看见ostrich也有翅膀,问孩子这个是什么,小孩犹豫下说是鸟,在这个事中,女儿改变了鸟的定义