全新版大学英语第1册第3单元ppt （原创）--- Understanding Science.pptVIP

New College English  Integrated Course 1 Unit 3 Understanding Science Wangliqun Text A   PUBLIC ATTITUDES  TOWARD SCIENCE  Stephen Hawking Objectives: 1 grasp the main idea and the structure of the text; 2 appreciate the style differences between narrative叙述的 writing and expository说明的, 解释的 writing ; 3 master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 4 conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. content Part One  Pre-reading Activities 1.1 Brainstorming 1.2 Who is he? 1.3 What makes His achievement so remarkable? 1.4 More about Him Part One  Pre-reading Activities 1.1 Brainstorming Pre-reading Activities 1.2 Who is he? 1 He can’t walk, nor can he move any part of his body except one finger, but he has been traveling widely around the world. 2 He lost the power of speech, but he has been giving many public speeches in many countries. 3 He has had MND (Minimum Necrosing Dose 最小坏死剂量) since his earlier 20s, a disease usually cause the patient to die within a few years, but he is over 60 now. 4 Most importantly, he can roam漫游/游历in the the cosmos宇宙/ 世界 in his mind despite of his disability. Sometimes he is even hailed向…欢呼致敬as “King of the Cosmos”. Key: Stephen Hawking, British theoretical physicist and mathematician . Stephen Hawking A British scientist who has greatly influenced people’s ideas on the origins of the universe.He has devoted much of his life to probing探测 the space-time时空 described by general relativity广义相对性; 相对论 and the singularities奇特/单一 where it breaks down垮掉/分解 . And he has done most of his work while co