Unit2_单元时事拓展阅读课件.pptVIP

素养阅读系列单元时事拓展阅读读有所获练有所得词汇积累长难句分析学有所益读有所获阅读提示：你知道2019年诺贝尔物理学奖的获得者是谁吗？总共有几个人？获奖的理由是什么？本文介绍了2019年诺贝尔物理学奖的三位获得者和他们取得的成就以及他们得知自己获奖时的感受。ThreescientistshavewontheNobelPrizeinPhysicsfortheirworkinhelpingtounderstand“theevolutionoftheuniverseandtheEarth’splaceinthecosmos(宇宙)”.Halfofthe$918,000inprizemoneywillgotoCanadian-bornJamesPeebles,aretiredprofessoratPrincetonUniversityintheUnitedStates.TheNobelCommitteeonPhysicspraisedhistheoreticaldiscoveriesincosmology—thescienceofthebeginningsanddevelopmentoftheuniverse.TheotherhalfoftheawardwillgotoMichelMayorandDidierQueloz,bothoftheUniversityofGenevainSwitzerland.In1995,thetwomenannouncedthefirstdiscoveryofanexoplanet—aplanetoutsideoursolarsystem—thatorbitsasun-likestar.QuelozalsoworksattheUniversityofCambridgeinEngland.读有所获ScientistshavepraisedPeeblesasoneofthemostinfluentialcosmologistsofhistime.Theysayherecognizedtheimportanceofthecosmicradiationbackgroundthatwas leftoverfromahugeexplosionbillionsofyearsago①.Scientistscalltheexplosion“theBigBang”.TheNobelCommitteesaidPeebles’theoriesaboutthecosmosledto“thefoundationofourmodemunderstandingoftheuniverse’shistory,fromtheBigBangtothepresentday”.PeebleslaughedrepeatedlywhenhespokebytelephonewithTheAssociatedPress.Hetalkedaboutansweringthephonebeforesunriseandhethoughtthat“it’seithersomethingverywonderfulorsomethinghorrible”.②QuelozwasmeetingwithotherscientistsinterestedinfindingnewplanetswhenthepressofficeatCambridgeUniversitytoldhimthebignews:HehadwontheNobelPrize.Hethoughtitwasajokeatfirst.“Icouldbarelybreathe,”QueloztoldtheAP.“It’senormous.It’sbeyondusualemotions.Myhandwasshakingforalongtime.”读有所获HowmuchwillPeeblesgetfromtheNobelPrize?A.$918,000. B.$459,000.C.$409,000.