Reading explorer3级精品教学课件Book 3_Unit 6.pptx

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1and2.Answerswillvary.Anexampleofapersonwhohasovercomeenormousphysicalchallengestobecomeoneoftheworld’sleadingphysicistsisStephenHawking.3.Failurecanbeusefulifpeopleanalyzewhatwentwrongandapplytheirunderstandingtodoingsomethingbetter.U6-p.89

U6A-p.916A?TimothyTreadwell(aboveleft)spent13summersphotographinggrizzlybearsinAlaska.In2003,Treadwellandhisgirlfriendwerekilledbyoneofthebearstheywerestudying.

BeforeYouReadA.Quiz.Howmuchofarisk-taker1areyou?Circleyouranswerstothequestionsbelow,andthenaddupyournumbers.Thehigheryourscore,themoreofarisk-takeryouare.Whoarethebiggestrisk-takersinyourclass?Answerswillvary.U6A-p.901Arisk-takerisapersonwholikesadventureandisn’tafraidofthingsthatarenew,challenging,orevendangerous.Ifyoutakerisks,youdosomethingeventhoughtheresultmightbenegative.

U6A-p.90B.Predict.Whydoyouthinksomepeoplearebiggerrisk-takersthanothers?Makealistofyourideas.Thenreadthepassagecloselytocheckyourideas.Answerswillvary.Somepeopleenjoythethrilloftakingrisks.Peoplewhoareinabadsituationmayalsobewillingtotakerisksoutofdesperation.

U6A-p.91Adiverdescendsintoanunderwatercave,ascientistresearchesadangerousdisease,andanentrepreneur1investsinanewbusiness.Eachtimewetrysomethingnew,wetakearisk.Sometimes,likethediverorthebusinessman,wetakebigrisks,usuallyforobviousreasons—forfame,formoney,ortosavelives.Mostpeoplewilltakesomerisktoachieveoneofthesegoals.Butasthedangerincreases,thenumberofpeoplewillingtogoforwarddecreases.Onlyextremerisk-takerscontinueon.Thequestionis:Whatexactlydrivesthesepeopletogoonwhenotherswouldstop?1Anentrepreneurisapersonwhostartshisorherownbusiness.

U6A-p.92▌TheBiologyofriskToanswerthisquestion,scientistsarestudyingthebiologic