Childrenarenaturalscientistsveryinterestedintheworldaroundthem.Helpingthemenjoysciencecanbeeasy;there’snoneedforalotofscientificterms（科学术语）ormodernlabs.Youonlyhavetoshareyourchildren’sinterests.

Firstlylistentotheirquestions.Ioncevisitedaclassroomofseven-year-oldchildrentotalkaboutscienceasajob.Thechildrenaskedme“textbookquestions”aboutschoolingthemoneyIgotandwhetherIlikedmyjob.WhenIfinishedansweringwesatfacingeachothersilently.FinallyIsaid“Nowthatwe’vefinishedwithyourlistsdoyouhavequestionsofyourownaboutscience?”

Afteralongwaitaboyputuphishand“Haveyoueverseenagrasshopper(蚱蜢)eat?WhenItryeatingleaveslikethatIgetastomachache.Why?”Thisbeganalotofquestionsthatlastednearlytwohours.

Secondlygivethemtimetothink.Studiesoverthepast30yearshaveshownthatafteraskingaquestionmanyteachersusuallywaitonlyonesecondorlessforananswernotimeforachildtothink.Whenteachersincreasetheir“waittime”tothreesecondsormorechildrengivebetteranswers.

Butintalkingaboutsciencethesewordsmakeachildthinkthatthediscussionisover.Insteadkeepthingsgoingbysaying“That’sinteresting”or“I’veneverthoughtofitthatwaybefore”orcomingupwithmorequestionsorideas.

Lastlyshow;don’ttell.Letchildrenlookattheirhandsthroughamicroscope（显微镜）andthey’llunderstandwhyyouwantthemtowashbeforedinner….

36.Tohelpchildrenenjoysciencethemostimportantthingforteacherstodois___________.

A.letthemseetheworldaround B.letthemstudyinmodernlabs

C.tellthemthedifficulttermsonscienceD.sharethechildren’sinterests

37.Inthelastsentenceofthesecondparagraphthewords“yourlists”mean____________.

A.youranswerstothequestions B.yourownquestionsaboutscience

C.yourquestionsfromtextbooks D.allthequestionsofyourown

38.Accordingtothepassagechildrencangivebetteranswerstothequestionsifteachers____.

A.askthemtoanswerquickly B.waitforoneortwosecondsafteraquestion

C.tellthemtowatchtheirlanguage D.wai