Reading (11).ppt

1、Unit 6 Reading,Perseverance and Success,1.Can you name some great disabled people? 2.what have they tried to do to overcome these difficulties?,Pre-reading,Steven Hawking England 肌萎缩性侧索硬化症 amyotrophic,Speech impaired, can only move one of his fingers physicist / mathematician, research into the begi

2、nning of space, matter and time. (Black holes theory),Composed,Symphony of Fate,Beethoven (1770-1827) deaf,Helen Keller 18821968 United Kingdom blind, deaf and dumb,learn to read Braille (盲文), to speak and write. Finished the studies in Radcliff College. educator and writer “Three days To See.”,Zhan

3、g Haidi: paralytic, in a wheelchair writer, translator,Sanglan (桑兰) China.,a famous gymnast (体操运动员). She hurt herself seriously in a competition and cant stand. She helped to bid 2008 Olympic Games and helped organize the Paralympics (残疾人运动会).,There are two roads that lead to an important goal and t

4、o the doing of great things: strength and perseverance,世界上只有两条路可以使人达到重大目标或完成伟业，那就是力量和坚持不懈。,Look at the picture. Do you know anything about the person in the picture? Tick() what you think may be true about him. Then read the text to check your prediction.,Lead-in,_ A. He is a world-famous scientist.

5、 _ B. He first raised the Theory of Relativity. _ C. He is considered to be the most famous theoretical physicist after Albert Einstein. _ D. He is an expert of computer science. _ E. He is a great man of science sitting in a wheelchair.,Comprehending 1. Scan the text to find what happened in each o

6、f the years and fill in the table.,Reading,A great Man in a Wheelchair,The year The event 1942 _ _ 1973 _ _ _ _ 1979 _ _ 1663 _ _,Stephen hawking was born in Oxford, England,Hawking left the Institute of Astronomy , and came to Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.,Newton held t

7、he post of Professor of Mathematics,Hawking held the post of Professor of Mathematics,The year The event 1963 _ _ 1974 _ _ 1980 _ _ 1685 _ _,Hawking caught a disease which couldnt be cured then,Hawking was able to feed himself and get in and out of bed,Hawking had private nurses to take care of him,

8、Hawking caught pneumonia and had an operation,2. Read the text carefully and answer the following questions. 1) According to the passage, what can you know about Albert Einstein? _ 2) What did Stephen Hawkings father want him to study? _ _,He is a famous physicist.,His father wanted him to study med

9、icine,3) What is easy or difficult for Stephen Hawking to study Natural Science? How do you know? _,It was not difficult for him to study Natural Science because he was interested in it and worked hard.,4) What did Isaac Newton do in 1663? _ 5) What did Stephen Hawking begin to suffer from a serious

10、 disease? What did he do in face of the difficulties and disasters? _ _ _,He held the post of Professor of Mathematics.,In 1963, he did not give up and had an operation. After the operation, he couldnt speak and he communicates with others with the help of the computer.,disabled, theoretical, physic

11、s, research, caught, cured, feed, lost, continued , finished, stop, overcame,Tell a story about Stephen Hawking in groups with the information in the table above (Part 1) according to the following words.,Read the following and fill in the blanks with the given words: Stephen Hawking, the most famou

12、s _ physicist, is remembered by the whole world, not only for his great achievements in_, but mostly for his strong will. Stephen Hawking was born in 1942, took his doctors degree in physics and then did _ at Cambridge University in England. It seemed as if that life went smoothly.,Post-reading,theo

13、retical,physics,research,He must have lived such a successful life. But life is really unfair to him. By the age of 21, he _ a disease that couldnt be_ then and his whole life changed. He began to realize that it was difficult to move around without falling over. Until 1974, he was able to _ himself

14、, and get in and out of bed. In 1985, he caught pneumonia and had an operation. After the operation, he _ his abilities to speak together. Still in spite of this, Stephen didnt,caught,cured,feed,lost,lose heart, he_ with his writing and research. However, he_ his book “A Brief history of Time” which

15、 became a best-seller in 1988. Stephen was such a firm man. He didnt _ working when facing so many difficulties. With his strong will, he _ all difficulties and ended up his life with great success. He will forever set an example to all the _ people in the world.,continued,finished,stop,overcame,dis

16、abled,Read the text again carefully and find the factors that made Stephen Hawking a great man. Then exchange your opinions with your partner and discuss what you should do in the face of difficulties. 1) perseverance 2)_ 3)_ 4)_ 5)_ 6)_,confidence,strong will,句1: Stephen wanted to study mathematics

17、 although his father would have preferred medicine. 此句子是一个复合句, 其中 although引导的是一个让步状语从句, 意为“虽然, 尽管 ”。 Although he hated school, he loved science. 虽然他讨厌学校, 但他热爱科学。 No man knows when he shall die, although he knows he must die. 当人死的时候, 他并不会意识到, 尽管他知道他一定会死的。,难句分析,句2: After leaving the Institute of Astro

18、nomy in 1973, Stephen came to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and since 1979 has held the post of Professor of Mathematics, a position that in 1663 was held by Isaac Newton. After leaving the Institute of Astronomy in 1973, 是介词短语做时间状语。 第二个and 连接的是两个并列句, 并且后一个分句承前省去了主语Stephen。 a position 是前面the post 的同位语, 并且其后面跟了一个限制性的定语从句that in 1663 was held by Isaac Newton.,句3. Stephen Hawking has worked on the basic laws that govern the universe. 此句是一个复合句, 其中关系代词that引导的是一个限制性的定语从