1、1新概念英语第四册第二十二单元介副词和词组Lesson 22 Knowledge and progress 知识和进步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
2、 intelligence or morality, it has made extraordinary progress 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
3、 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 s
4、cience, 2the tempo was suddenly raised. Then knowledge began to be accumulated according to a systematic plan. The trickle became a stream; the stream has now become a torrent. Moreover, as soon as new knowledge is acquired, it is now turned to practical account. What is called modern civilization i
5、s not the result of a balanced development of all mans nature, but of accumulated knowledge applied to practical life. The problem now facing humanity is: What is going to be done with all this knowledge? As is so often pointed out, knowledge is a two-edged weapon which can be used equally for good
6、or evil. It is now being used indifferently for both. Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly whimsical than that of gunners using science to shatter mens bodies while, close at hand, surgeons use it to restore them? We have to ask ourselves very seriously what will happen if this twofold
7、use of knowledge, with its ever-increasing power, continues. (NCE Book Four)3含有 hand 的词组_at_ hand 近在手边，在附近（介词）_by_ hand 用手，用体力（介词）_change_ hands 转手，转换所有者（动词）hand _back_ 归还，交还（副词小品词）hand _down_ 把传下去（副词小品词）hand _in_ 交上，递交（副词小品词）hand _in_ hand 1.手拉手；2.同时并进地，密切关联地（介词）hand _on_ 把传下去（副词小品词）hand _out_ 分发，散
8、发（副词小品词）hand _over_ 交出，移交（副词小品词）have ones hands _full _ 忙得腾不出手（形容词）_in_ hand 1.(工作等级制在进行中，待办理；2.在控制中（介词）4_ in _ sbs hands 在某人掌握中，在某人控制下（介词）_join_ hands 联手，携手（动词）_lend_ sb a hand 帮助某人，协助某人（动词）_on at _ hand 在手边，在近处（介词）（介词）_ on _ (the) one hand 一方面（介词）_ on _ (the) other hand另一方面（介词）_ hand 1.无法控制；2.马上，立
9、即（介词）take / have a hand _in_ 参与，介入（介词）_wash_ ones hands of 对不再负责，洗手不干，不再管(某事或某人)（动词）loom baby boom bloom prosperity mushroombroom clean 5be manifest at a glance conventional morality strengthen moralitycommunicate the news communicate a secret communicate a disease enhance ones reputation enhance ones political consciousness at a slow tempothe tempo of lifewaltz tempo shatter ones hope shatter the window shatter ones fond dream break sth into shatters
