Education from My Father
My memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life. But there are
32 that I am often reminded of and which may have had some bearing on my love of
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When I was small I was somewhat
34 of lightning and thunder. My father explained it. The explanation was in
35 that a child could understand but was basically correct. I gained a better
36 later, but I didn’t have to unlearn anything.
What he said was that there was electricity in the clouds
37 it traveled to the ground like a spark. When it traveled
38 the air it made the air so hot that it
39 . Then there was nothing where the air had been and the air all around rushed in to
40 the space. He clapped his hands together very loud,
41 to be the air rushing in, and said that makes the thunder. When I hear thunder, I can still hear that
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He explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was
43 . It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights. But there were more stars than you could
44 and they had color too. He said that if there were no clouds, we had no blankets and were
45 to the universe. Our warmth was going to
46 the whole universe. When there were clouds, they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe. I
47 feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.
I am sure there were many other lessons that I
48 but no longer remember. What I did
49 , in general, was that there were explanations and that the more I understood them, the more
comfortable the world was to live in. I was not taught that there were
50 but that there was understanding if you looked for it. This may be why I have always been
51 in science.
| 小题2: | | A．science | B．nature | C．weather | D．universe |
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| 小题3: | | A．sure | B．fond | C．tired | D．afraid |
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| 小题4: | | A．depth | B．words | C．gestures | D．data |
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| 小题5: | | A．understanding | B．knowledge | C．command | D．confidence |
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| 小题7: | | A．above | B．to | C．along | D．through |
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| 小题8: | | A．shone | B．burned | C．expanded | D．broke |
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| 小题9: | | A．fill | B．make | C．avoid | D．break |
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| 小题10: | | A．trying | B．proving | C．hoping | D．pretending |
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| 小题11: | | A．clap | B．remark | C．voice | D．crash |
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| 小题12: | | A．cold | B．bright | C．clear | D．foggy |
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| 小题13: | | A．explore | B．foresee | C．imagine | D．identify |
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| 小题14: | | A．committed | B．exposed | C．related | D．led |
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| 小题15: | | A．heat | B．protect | C．extend | D．light |
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| 小题16: | | A．ever | B．also | C．even | D．still |
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| 小题17: | | A．selected | B．arranged | C．absorbed | D．delivered |
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| 小题18: | | A．consider | B．promise | C．explain | D．learn |
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| 小题19: | | A．memories | B．blankets | C．mysteries | D．thunders |
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| 小题20: | | A．engaged | B．interested | C．successful | D．skillful |
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