教学课件 unit1 reading.ppt

P3 Reading Stephen hawking One of the greatest physicists of our time. Qs 1. What did Stephen hawking do when he was told that he had an incurable disease? Instead of giving up, Hawking went on with his research, got his PhD and married the girl. He continued his exploration of the universe and travelled around the world to give lectures. 2. How would most people feel when they were told that they had an incurable disease? 3. What did Hawking write in 1988? Most of people would probably feel very sad and give up their dreams and hopes for the future. He wrote A Brief History of Time in 1988. 4. What did Hawking explain in the book A Brief of Time? 5. According to Professor Hawking , how do people misunderstand science? In the book, Hawking explains both what it means to be a scientist and how science works. He tells readers about how discoveries are made and how they change the world. According to him, people often thinks that science is a number of “true” facts and never changes. 6. What are the basic steps of the scientific method? 7. What is it that Hawking doesn’t like about his speech computer? First, scientists observe what they are interested in. To explain what they have seen, they build a theory about how things happen and the causes and effects. Finally, the scientists test the theory to see if it matches what they have seen and if it can predict future events. He doesn’t like his speech computer giving him an American accent. Language points promising adj. 有希望的， 有出息的，有前途的 a promising young man The weather is promising. 天气可望好转。 a graduate in medicine 医科毕业生 a graduate school 研究生院 a graduate student=a postgraduate 研究生 an undergraduate 在校大学生 There is no point (in) doing sth. = There is no good reason for doing sth. 做某事没有作用或意义 Is there any point in going on? 继续下去还有意义吗？ There