Unit1 Making a difference优秀教案(人教版高二英语上册教案教学设计).doc

Unit1 Making a difference优秀教案(人教版高二英语上册教案教学设计) I. Teaching Aims 1. Talk about science and scientists; 2. Talk about people; 3. Practise describing people and debating; 4. Learn more about the infinitive; 5. Write a descriptive paragraph;II. Teaching time: four periodsIII. Background InformationThe Beginning of Time and a Remarkable Man Called Stephen Hawking If you have even thought about how the universe began and whether time has a beginning or an ending, then you should know about a 55-year-old Englishman called Stephen Hawking.  Why? Because he is considered to be one of the brainiest men in the world and to be the modern successor of Albert Einstein.  Stephen has spent his life studying and thinking about the origins f the universe and how it can be explained by using the modern theories of physics such as relativity and quantum mechanics. His discoveries and his scientific proposals have been revolutionary. People call him a genius.  Just as amazing is the fast that since his early twenties, he has been suffering from an incurable disease of the nervous system which has affected his movements and his speech. But, fortunately, although he must use a wheelchair and other technical aids to do things, his brain functions perfectly. Indeed, it functions better than the vast majority of people’s. So, in sprite of a severe disability, he has made tremendous contributions to our understanding of our universe.   So what does Stephen think about the beginning of our world? Well, he thinks that it began around fifteen billion years ago. He also thinks that our universe was probably created by an enormous explosion, a “Big Bang”. This is a view held by many cosmologists (scientists who study the universe).  But scientists hold different view about what the universe was like before the Big Bang. Some people think that there is no way that modern physics can explain or predict anything before the Big Bang. Many other people think that the Big Bang must have