高二英语上学unit-1-reading.pptVIP

Unit one no boundaries Reading communication: One day, your doctor tells you that you have an incurable disease and may not have more than a year to live. * How would you feel ? * What would you do? * Will you stick to your dreams even if it might not come true? Stephen Hawking One of the greatest physicists of our times. a disabled man Big bang Black hole Questions: 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 traveled 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. Overall reading: Which of the following best expresses the main idea of this passage? Hawking is famous for his