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Unit One

READINGNo boundaries

Some great people who are disabled

Zhang Haidi a writer

Beethoven

Germany /Deaf /Musician/ composer

Zheng Zhihua a singer

deaf and blind/writer

Stephen Hawking

Why did Stephen Hawking need a PhD?

2. When did Hawking become famous?

3. When did Hawking visit Beijing?

Because he needed a job to get married.

He became famous in the early 1970’s, when he and American Roger Penrose made new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes.

In 2002. Hawking visited China and spoke to university students in Hangzhou and Beijing.

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 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.

Choose one word to each paragraph.

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3-4

Para 5-6

Para 7

achievements

opinions

disease

problems

dream

incurable disease

A promising graduate student

Para 1

1. How would most people feel when they were told that they had an incurable disease?

2. What did Hawking do when he was told so?

They will probably feel very sad and give up their dreams and hopes for the future.

Instead of giving up, he went on with his research, got his PhD and married the girl. He continued his exploration … and traveled …to give lectures.

Para 2

an ordinary life

to get married

disease

PhD

a job

dreams

Para 3

Hawking’s research and achievements:

He makes research into __________________,

eg: _______________________________?

_______________________________?

_______________________________?

In 2002, he visited Zhejiang University and Beijing University.

some great questions

What is time

How did the universe begin

What exactly are black holes

Para 4

Hawking made discoveries about

________________________

in the early 1970s.

His scientific book ____________________

was written in a way that ordinary people could understand

the big bang and black holes

A Brief History of Time

Para 5

People often think that science is

about _________________________.

Hawking thinks even the best theory

______________________________.

“true” facts that never change

can turn out to be wrong

observe

build a theory

test

use a model

Use experiments

Para 6

3. For what did Hawking become famous in the 1970s?

4. What did Hawking explain in the book A Brief His-

tory of Time?

He became famous for having made new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes with Roger….

In the book, he explains both what it means to be a scientist and how science works. He tells readers how discoveries are made and how ….

5. According to Hawking, how do people misunderstand science?

People often think that science is about “true” facts that never change. Scientists, on the other hand, know that their job is never finished and that even the best theory can be turned out to be wrong.

Reading for more details

Find the detailed information of the following figures:

21

2002

1970s

1988

1. Why 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 PhD.

C. Because he thought he would die soon.

D. Because he had no place to work.

2. Hawking became famous in the 1970s, because he _______.

A. was disabled

B. was a PhD

C. was sitting in a famous chair

D. made new discoveries about

universe

3. According to the passage, what does “an American accent” mean?

A. Hawking’s accent.

B. Hawking’s voice.

C. Sounds translated by the computer.

D. Accent of some British people.

What is it that Hawking does not like about his speech computer?

4. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the text?

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.

5. From the text, we can infer that _____.

A. Hawking got married to Jane Wilde

before he fell ill

B. science is always true

C. Hawking is an American

D. great scientists always want to know

more

POST-READING

1.Read the quote in the text again. When

was Stephen Hawking told about his disease?

A. Twelve months earlier.

B. When he was getting married.

C. Two years earlier.

D. When he met Jane Wilde.

2.According to Hawking, science is _____.

A. never true B. always changing

C. always true

3.A scientific theory is good if _________.

A. it is difficult

B. it can be tested

C. it can predict future events

1.Finish the Language Study on Page 5 &

exercise on Page 82.

2. Find some useful words and phrases for next lesson.

3. Recite the 6th paragraph.