Lesson22-1? Knowledge and progress 知識(shí)和進(jìn)步

Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world? Surely because progress of a particular kind is actually taking place around us and is becoming more and? more manifest. Although? mankind? has?undergone no? general? improvement in intelligence or morality, it has made extraordinary progress in the accumulation of knowledge. Knowledge began to increase as soon as the thoughts of one individual could be communicated to another by means of speech. With the invention of writing, a great advance was made, for knowledge could then be not only communicated but also stored. Libraries made education possible, and education in its turn added to libraries: the growth of knowledge followed a kind of compound interest law, which was greatly enhanced by the invention of printing. All this was comparatively slow until, with the coming of science, the tempo was suddenly raised．

loom?/lu?m/??逼近;赫然聳現(xiàn);顯得突出;

manifest?/?m?n?fest/??明顯的，表明;顯示;顯現(xiàn);

mankind?/m?n?ka?nd/人類

undergo?/??nd?r?ɡo?/??經(jīng)歷;經(jīng)受

morality?/m??r?l?ti/??道德;道義;道德規(guī)范;

in its turn 該由。。。來做。。。

compound /? k?m?pa?nd/??混合物;復(fù)合物;復(fù)合詞

a kind of compound interest law? 一種復(fù)利法則? 滾雪球

enhance?/?n?h?ns/??增強(qiáng);提高;增進(jìn)

tempo?/?tempo?/??(運(yùn)動(dòng)或活動(dòng)的)速度\速率、節(jié)奏

comparative?/k?m?p?r?t?v/??比較的;相比的;相對(duì)的;