8 Experts always sound so sure. Nevile Chamberlain, the British prime minister, was positive, just before the start of World War II, that there would be peace for our time. Producer Irving Thalberg did not hesitate to advise Louis B. Mayer against buying the rights to Gone With the Wind because no Civil War picture ever made a nickel. Even Abraham Lincoln surely believed it when he said in his Gettysburg Address: The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here
9 We should not, therefore, be intimidated by experts. When its an area we really know aboutour bodies, our families, our houseslets listen to what the experts say, then make up our own minds.
Notes
1 cardboard carton:a box or container made of a stiff pasteboard of paper
2 scalp: the skin covering the head
3 tumor:肿瘤
4 eye socket: the opening or cavity in which the eye fits
5 docile: easily managed or taught
reading comprehension
1. It in deal with it refers to ______
a. confidence b. the world c. ability d. complication
2. Expertise in para.1 means______
a. common sense b. expert skill or knowledge c. unusual ability to appreciate
d. personal experience
3. We have to trust our own judgement since ____
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