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1、,高二英语,WELLCOME,Stephen Hawking,There did not seem much point in working on my PHD-I did not expect to survive that long.yet two years had gone by and I was not that much worse. In fact, things were going rather well for me and I had got engaged to a very nice girl ,Jane Wilde. But in order to get ma

2、rried, I needed a job, and in order to get a job, I needed a PHD.,one of the greatest physicists of our time.,Stephen Hawking(斯蒂芬.霍金）:,Hawking: a very famous British scientist; a professor in Cambridge University; disabled,Hawking is making a Speech through a speech computer.,black holes,He became f

3、amous in the early 1970s,because he made new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes with American Roger Penrose,Stephen Hawking, the author of “A Brief History of Time”,which was published in 1988.,No boundaries,No boundaries,Reading,Scanning,Why did Stephen Hawking need a PhD?,When did Hawk

4、ing become famous ?,When did Hawking visit Beijing ?,Because he wanted to get a job.,He became famous in the early 1970s.,In 2002.,True or false,Hawking was told that he had an incurable disease when he was just 21 years old.,Finally Hawking had to give up PhD and his research.,He and Roger Penrose

5、made new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes.,“A Brief History of Time” is too difficult for people to understand.,Science is about true facts that never change.,When Hawking gives lectures, he always speaks through a computer.,1.According to Hawking , how do people misunderstand science?

6、(para5) 2.What are the basic steps of the scientific method?(para6),Answer the following questions,According to him. People often think that science is about “true” facts and never changes.,2.What are the basic steps of the scientific method?,observe,build a theory,test,use a model,Use experiments,W

7、hy did Stephen Hawking think: “There did not seem much point in working on my PhD”? A.Because there was no point in being a PhD. B.Because there was no hope of being a PhD. C.Because he thought he would die soon. D.Because he had no place to work.,1,Multiple choice exercises,2. Hawking became famous

8、 in the 1970s because_-. A.he was disabled B.he was a PhD. C.he was sitting in a famous chair. D.he made new discoveries about universe. 3. According to the passage,what does “an American accent” mean? A.Hawkings accent. B.Hawkings voice. C.sounds translated by the computer. D.accent of some British

9、 people.,2,3,4. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage? A.Hawking is famous for his new discoveries. B.People should come to terms with their fate. C.A scientific theory is always wrong. D.Anyone with great determination will achieve his success.,4,1.What do you think of

10、the title of the text?(No boundaries) 2.What do you think the characteristics of great scientists are?,intelligent,creative, curious, careful, never satisfied with imaginative , patient ,determined ,Discussion,Task one An interview,Suppose Hawking is visiting china and you are a journalist from Chin

11、a Daily , you are interviewing him. Make a dialogue .The following questions may help you.,Possible questions,1. What did you feel when you were told that you had an incurable disease? 2.In order to succeed,what do you think is the most important? 3.As far as you know, how do people misunderstand science? 4.What are the basic steps of the scientific method? 5.W