Unit2-单元时事拓展阅读课件

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. D.$229,750.答案:1.B.答案解析1练有所得HowdidQuelozfeelwhenhewasinformedofwinningtheprize?Delighted. B.Ashamed.Puzzled. D.Shocked.答案:2.D答案解析2练有所得1.evolution 演变；发展2.universe 宇宙3.theoretical 理论上的；假设的4.cosmology 宇宙学;宇宙论5.exoplanet 太阳系以外的行星6.orbit v.围绕......运动;沿轨道运行7.leftover 剩下；残留8.leadto 导致（后果）;使得出(观点）；通向9.enormous adj.巨大的;庞大的考纲词汇学有所益长难句分析①句意:他们说他认识到了数十亿年前一场巨大爆炸留下的宇宙辐射背景的重要性。分析:这是一个主从复合句。句中say后接宾语从句，在该从句中that引导定语从句