Продолжение: Even more troubling, I’ve encountered students who’ve been told they don’t have the capacity to grasp math and science.

These are lost opportunities.

I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science.

I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence. I believe that through its rational evaluation of truth and indifference to personal belief, science transcends religious and political divisions and so does bind us into a greater, more resilient whole.

I believe that the wonder of discovery can lift the spirit like Brahms’s Third Symphony.

I believe that the breathtaking ideas of science can nourish not only the mind but also the soul.

A native New Yorker, BRIAN GREENE teaches physics and mathematics at Columbia University. He is a proponent of string theory, which attempts to unify all the forces of nature into a single framework. He authored The Fabric of the Cosmos and The Elegant Universe.

1. Who is the author of this essay? Give evidence from the essay to support your answer.

2. What is the author hoping to persuade the reader of?

3. Why does the author include the personal anecdote at the beginning of the essay?

4. Who is his intended audience? Give evidence.

5. Why did he include different examples of people who were inspired by science? The author uses logos to persuade the audience. Give the examples of it and explain why.

6. The rhetoric in this text is heavily dependent on contrast. Find examples of these contrasts and explain.


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