1、 BBC LEARNING ENGLISH Take Away English 随随身英身英语语 Crowd science 大大众众科科学学 关于台词的备注:请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做出的改变。請注意：中文文字内容只提供簡體版 Take Away Take Away EnglishEnglish British Broadcasting Corporation 2014 Page 1 of 4 Vocabulary:science 词汇:科学 Are you patient?Do you have attention to attention
2、to detaildetail,free time and access to a computer?Well,then a scientist might welcome your help.Researchers in the UK say its becoming crucial to count on Joe Joe P Publicublic to help them with their projects.They need people to examine datadata and submit their observationsobservations online.Bri
3、tish teenagers Sasha and Matthew are taking part in a study of penguins from the comfort of their homes.The pair look at pictures and tagtag photos identifyingidentifying adults,chicks and eggs.Every click of their mouse is helping to build upbuild up a detailed picture of penguin colonies.They,and
4、thousands of others,are helping scientists to understand why some colonies are growing and others are decreasing.Within the first four hours of Penguin Watch going live,citizen scientistscitizen scientists labelledlabelled more images than the research team had in five years.Dr Tom Hart,Penguin Watc
5、h Coordinator at Oxford University,says:When you go beyond what a scientist can analyse to what a mass audience can do,then you scale it up beyond what any other project could do.The British Science Association says families are helping out with rigorousrigorous research.It made a difference to the
6、Planet Hunters Project,which ran for five years.VolunteersVolunteers looked at dots which showed how the brightness of a star changed at different points in its solar system.According to Dr Robert Simpson from Oxford University,who took part in the project,the volunteers discovered planets and these
7、 are now in published paperspublished papers.He says with pride:We can go and look at these planets with other telescopes and we know they exist because of those helpers.But how do scientists guard their research against accidental or deliberatedeliberate mistakes in observation?Dr Simpson isnt worr
8、ied.We get lots of people looking at the same things,he says.The researcher warns that people who are maliciouslymaliciously clicking on the site are very obvious and can be identified very quickly.So,theres no fooling the scientists.And to make sure things go well,the Penguin Watch paper will go th
9、rough a peer reviewpeer review before being published.After that,every citizen scientist will be creditedcredited.Penguins are being observed by people keen to help the scientists Take Away EnglishTake Away English British Broadcasting Corporation 2014 Page 2 of 4 词汇表请参看答案与词汇部分 Quiz Quiz 测验测验 阅读短文并回
10、答问题。1.What do the scientists need the public for?2.What does Matthew do?3.Who found planets in Dr Simpsons project?4.How will scientists make sure the observations carried out by volunteers in the Penguin Watch project are accurate?5.Which word means deceiving?Exercise Exercise 练习练习 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列
11、练习。从每个表格中选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。1.The researcher already had all the data he needed.It was time now to _ it.observe identify build up analyse 2.The teacher gave Jerry another chance to do the test.He knew the students absence on the day it was done was not _.Jerry was ill.accidental deliberate obvious
12、rigorous 3.The university lacked funds,so the researchers had to do their study on a _ scale than they had initially planned.larger smaller quicker mass 4.Mary is well known in academic circles.There are several _ with her name on them.data observations published papers peer review 5.Of course I cam
13、e here on Sunday to help set up the schools art exhibition in the hall.Im always a very willing _.Joe Public citizen scientist researcher volunteer Take Away EnglishTake Away English British Broadcasting Corporation 2014 Page 3 of 4 Answers and Glossary Answers and Glossary 答案与词汇答案与词汇 Quiz Quiz 小测验小
14、测验 1.What do the scientists need the public for?To examine data and submit their To examine data and submit their observations online.observations online.2.What does Matthew do?He tags photos of penguins identifying adults,chicks and eggs.He tags photos of penguins identifying adults,chicks and eggs
15、.3.Who found planets in Dr Simpsons project?Volunteers working online.Volunteers working online.4.How will scientists make sure the observations carried out by volunteers in the Penguin Watch project are accurate?The research will go through a peer review before being The research will go through a
16、peer review before being published.published.5.Which word means deceiving?FoolingFooling.Exercise Exercise 练习练习 1.The researcher already had all the data he needed.Now was time to analyseanalyse it.2.The teacher gave Jerry another chance to do the test.He knew the students absence on the day it was
17、done was not deliberatedeliberate.Jerry was ill.3.The university lacked funds,so the researchers had to do their study on a smallersmaller scale than they had initially planned.4.Mary is well known in academic circles.There are several published paperspublished papers with her name on them.5.Of cour
18、se I came here on Sunday to help set up the schools art exhibition in the hall.Im always a very willing volunteervolunteer.Take Away EnglishTake Away English British Broadcasting Corporation 2014 Page 4 of 4 G Glossary lossary 词汇表词汇表 attention to detailattention to detail 注意细节注意细节 Joe Joe P Publicub
19、lic 公众公众 datadata 数据数据 observationsobservations 观察结果观察结果 to tagto tag 加上加上标标签签，标注，标注 to identifyto identify 识别识别 to build upto build up 建立，积累建立，积累 citizen scientistcitizen scientist 公众科学家公众科学家 （非职业科学家）（非职业科学家）to labelto label 标注标注 rigorousrigorous 非常全面的非常全面的 volunteervolunteer 志愿志愿者者 published paperpublished papers s 发表的论文、文章发表的论文、文章 deliberatedeliberate 故意故意的的 maliciouslymaliciously 心怀恶意的心怀恶意的 peer reviewpeer review 同行评同行评审审 to creditto credit 归功于归功于
