Unit1Makingadifference主课件byTuMing.pptVIP

Listening Useful words and expressions great mind be on fire for in other words curious (be curious about sth/ be curious to hear/see/know sth) the Nobel Prize for Physics a second Nobel Prize a falling apple the force of gravity motion set sb on fire to be exact Speaking debate vi. debate with sb about/upon sth I debated with Tom about the question. vt. debate sth/doing/wh-clause They debated closing the factory. We’re debating where to go on holiday. n. have a debate about/upon sth. Imagine this: you are twenty-one years old and a promising graduate student at one of the top universities in the world. ALBERT EINSTEIN Integrating skills Answer the following questions: Which equation was included in Hawking’s book? Why did he choose it? E=mc2. He included it because it represents a theory so important that it changed science and physics completely. 2) Does light travel through space in a straight line? No. Einstein found light coming from the stars was bent as it passed the sun. 3) Why couldn’t people understand Einstein’s discovery at the beginning? His discovery was completely new and couldn’t be accepted at once. 4) What did Einstein think of war? He thought that war was a terrible thing and believed that fighting and killing in wars was wrong. appear 1) c.f. seem/appear/look seem 是以客观的迹象为依据，有一定根据的判 断，其判断往往接近事实。 appear 强调外表上给人某种印象，有时实质上 并非如此。 look 所表示的“看来”是以视觉所接受的印象为 依据。 Ex: Fill in the blanks using the right words. He has been working all day and _______ rather tired. 2. The actress ________ very young, but she is already over forty. 3. It ______ like a good idea. looks appears seems 2)usages appear (to be) +adj./n. appear to do/ be doing/ have done sth It appears to sb that…/ as if/as though … Trans: 他听到这个消息时显得很高兴。 He appeared to be happy when he heard the news. 他似乎已经知道了那事。 He appeared to have known that. 天空似乎是在下雨。 It appears to be raining now. 我觉得你是对的，他是错的。 It a