高二英语课件：高二英语上学期unit 1 reading1.pptVIP

* * No Boundaries Stephen Hawking He was one of the greatest physicists of our time. But he is disabled. His subject is the beginning of space ,matter , and time. In 1988 his book “ A Brief History of Time” became a best-seller. Task I: Scan the text to answer the following questions. Why did Stephen Hawking need a PhD? When did Hawking become famous? When did Hawking visit Beijing? Stephen Hawking needed a PhD so that he could get a job and get married. In the early 1970s In 2002 Task II: Read the text again and find out the main idea of each paragraph. Para. 1-2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 Para. 7 Introduction. Hawking didn’t let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of Hawking made new discoveries about the Big bang and black holes and wrote A Brief History of Time. Hawking explains both what it means to be a scientists and how science works. A scientific theory is the result of the scientific method. Why it is difficult to understand Hawking TaskIII: Understanding the text. According to the 1st paragraph, a promising graduate student___ A. has an incurable disease which makes people disabled. B. is a man who never gives up his dreams and hopes for the future. C. is very likely to be successful or very good in the future. D. learns at one of the well-known universities in the world. 2. The incurable disease mentioned in the text made Stephen Hawking____. A. stop working on a PhD. B. lose the ability to walk and talk. C. get engaged to a nice girl. D. give up the way of life he dreamed of. C B 3. _______made Stephen Hawking well-known in the world. A. The research on the incurable disease. B. His book A Brief History of Time. C. His new discoveries about the universe. D. The lectures he gave all over the world. 4. A Brief History of Time became a best-seller because____ A. it’s about the Big Bang and black holes. B. it explains what it means to be a scientist and how