WhowastheFirstScientist?I.Preview:Definition(略)II.ReadingforSpecificInformationi.WilliamGilbertii.scienceandmathematics;mayhaveneverexisted;makingarguments;Arabicmathematicians;thepinholecamera;rainbowsandeclipses;maynotbetrulymodern;force,inertia,andacceleration;telescope(s);observationandexperimentation;CambridgeUniversity;aphysician;thenatureofmagnetism;thefatherofthescientificmethod;aphilosopher;sureexperimentsanddemonstratedarguments;20years;directlyinfluencedGalileo;conductingrigorous,repeatableexperimentsIII.ReadingforSpecificDetails1.NG,2.F,3.F,4.T,5.F,6.TIV.IdentifyingandSummarizingKeyPointsWilliamWhewell;themid-16century/Renaissance;makingarguments;mysticism/religiousdogma;throughobservationandthexperiment;experiment;communicate;withoutbias;aphysician;thenatureofmagnetism;physicalscience;makingconjecturesandphilosophicalspeculations;sureexperimentsanddemonstratedarguments;thecosmos;thescientificmethod;aphilosopherthananexperimenter;conductingrigorous,repeatableexperimentsV.TranslationPracticeGilbert’sdiscoverywassoimportanttomodernphysics.Heinvestigatedthenatureofmagnetismandelectricity.Heevencoinedtheword“electric”andnamedtheendsofamagnet“northpole”and“southpole”.Hestartedthestudyontherelationshipbetweenmagnetismandelectricity,thoughsadlyhedidn’tcompleteit.HisresearchmethodwasrevolutionaryinthatheusedexperimentsratherthanpurelogicandreasoningliketheancientGreekphilosophersdid.Itwasanewattitudetowardscientificinvestigation.Untilthen,scientificexperimentshadnotbeenfavored.America’sLackingLanguageSkillsI.SearchReadingi.Knowingaforeignlanguagehaveahostofcognitiveandacademicbenefits.Anditisapracticalskill.II.ReadingforSpecificDetailsi.1.Itisaimedatgarneringmorefederalsupportforlanguageeducation.2.ItreferstooneoftheshortcomingsandinequalitiesinAmerica’slanguageeducationtoday,thatis,thevastmajorityoflanguageenrollmentsareinaEuropeanlanguage.3.Shehaslearnedskillsthathelpherwithdayjob.4.Itisbecausesuchprogramsdonotrequiree