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　　IhavegotalotofinterestingscientificknowledgefromthebooksofNationalGeographicReadingExpeditions，someofwhichareaboutlife，physics。Ireallycan’thelplosingmyselfinthecolorfulpicturesandclearwordsinthebooks。Afterreadingthebooks，Ihavebeenconsideringaquestion：Whatifwelivedwithoutscience？Greatchangeshavetakenplaceintheworldwiththehelpofscience。Inthepast，lifewasnasty，brutishandshort。Itishardtoimaginehowourforefatherscoulddowithoutsomanyconveniencesthatmodernsciencebringsabout。Backthen，onlyasmallgroupofpeopleenjoyedtheveryfewcomforts。Butthemajorityofpeopledidn’tevenhavesufficientfood，letalongtheirprivilegetobeeducated。Anyway，itissciencethatchangestheworldandmakespeople’slifebetterandbetter，althoughitalsoleadstosomebadaspectsatthesametime。
　　Fromthediscoveryofthegravitytothefirststeponthemoon，wehumanbeingshaveexperiencedalongprocessofdevelopingscience。Andnow，thisprocessisstillcontinuingmuchfaster。Neworganismsarealreadybeingengineered，andnewgeneticallymodifiedcropspromisebenefitsfromhigheryieldsandlessuseofharmfulchemicalsandsoon。Alotofexamplesareshowingthispoint。Inthefuture，changesarelikelytobeevenmuchgreaterassciencereachesouttoshapelifeitself。Maybeoneday，thepossibilitythatlifeexistedonMarsbillionsofyearsagowillbepotentiallyoneofthegreatestdiscoveriesofourtime。Itistheforceofthecompetition，wehumanbeings’inquiringmindandinitiativethatbringaboutthenonstoppeddevelopmentofscience。Therefore，itisdifficultandimpossibletopreventsciencefromchangingtheworldandourlifeaswell。
　　Atpresent，weareintwomindsaboutscience。Ontheonehand，weareenjoyingthesweetlifeasaresultoftheevelopmentofscience，andexpectittocontinue。Andweareshowingourinterestsintosomescientificexpeditions，suchastheastronomy，thealiencivilization，etc。Ontheotherhand，wearedistrustfulofit，duetothelackofunderstandingofscience。Somepeoplethusfararestillverysuperstitious，andtheywouldevenbelieveinsuperstitionsratherthanbelieveinscience。
　　StephenHawking，oneofthemostremarkablescientistsintheworld，oncesaid，Inademocraticsociety，thepublicneedstohaveabasicunderstandingofthescience，sothatitcanmakeinformeddecisionsandnotleavetheminthehandsofexperts。ThishasremindedmeofProfessorAlanG。MacDiarmidfromAmerica，thepersonwhogottheNobelPrizeforchemistryintheyearofXX。InhislectureatPekingUniversitythisyear，heputforwardthatscienceispeople。Healsoexpoundedtheimportanceofthebasicscienceforthepublic。Evidently，everyoneofusdoesneedscience，orwecan’tlivewithoutit。
　　Nowthateveryoneneedsscience，whynottakeadvantageofsomemeanstogivethepublictherightbasicscientificknowledge？Sowhentheyfacetheproblemssuchasacidrain，thegreenhouseeffect，nuclearweapons，environmentdestructionandsomeotherproblems，theycanalsomakeinformeddecisionsonthesesubjects，justaswhatHawkingsaid。Oneaspectreliesonwhatistaughtinschools。Butscienceisoftentaughtinanuninterestingwayandmoststudentsjustlearnitbyrotetopassexaminations。However，thefinalgoaloflearningscienceisnottopassexaminationsortogetahigherscore；instead，weshouldtrytomakefulluseofittochangeourworldandlife。Whilelearning，weshouldtrytoaskmorequestionsandweshouldhavethecourageofsuspectingtheknowledgeinthebooks，assomeofthescientificconclusionsarelikelytobecorrectedinthefuture。Whoknows。Sonotonlymustwechangeourattitudetowardsscience，butalsothewayofteachingandlearningscience。