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4. He was one of the greatest physicists of our time. But he is disabled. His subject is the beginning of space ,matter , and time. In 1988 his book “ A Brief History of Time” became a best-seller. Stephen Hawking

5. Task I:Scan the text to answer the following questions. • Why did Stephen Hawking need a PhD? • When did Hawking become famous? • When did Hawking visit Beijing? Stephen Hawking needed a PhD so that he could get a job and get married. In the early 1970s In 2002

6. Task II:Read the text again and find out the main idea of each paragraph. Para. 1-2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 Para. 7 Introduction. Hawking didn’t let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of Hawking made new discoveries about the Big bang and black holes and wrote A Brief History of Time. Hawking explains both what it means to be a scientists and how science works. A scientific theory is the result of the scientific method. Why it is difficult to understand Hawking

7. TaskIII:Understanding the text. • According to the 1st paragraph, a promising graduate student___ • A. has an incurable disease which makes people disabled. • B. is a man who never gives up his dreams and hopes for the future. • C. is very likely to be successful or very good in the future. • D. learns at one of the well-known universities in the world. • 2. The incurable disease mentioned in the text made Stephen Hawking____. • A. stop working on a PhD. • B. lose the ability to walk and talk. • C. get engaged to a nice girl. • D. give up the way of life he dreamed of. C B

8. C 3. _______made Stephen Hawking well-known in the world. A. The research on the incurable disease. B. His book A Brief History of Time. C. His new discoveries about the universe. D. The lectures he gave all over the world. 4. A Brief History of Time became a best-seller because____ A. it’s about the Big Bang and black holes. B. it explains what it means to be a scientist and how science works. C. it includes answers to many questions about the universe. D. it was written in a way ordinary people could understand. D

9. 5. According to Hawking, many people think that____. A. science is often misunderstood. B. science is changing all the time. C. some science facts can be wrong. D. true science facts always stay unchanged. 6. The basic steps of the scientific method do NOT necessarily include___ A. getting a model with which to test the theory. B. building a theory about how things happen. C. observing something with care and attention. D. trying to test the theory in a practical way. D A

10. Task I: Scanning and finish: There is some information about Hawking, put the right numbers on the blanks based on the passage. 2 No giving up. ___ People’s attitude to Hawking ___ Facing the frustrated life. ___ Science in Hawking’s eyes ___ Ways of becoming famous ___ How to shape scientific theory ___ 6 1 4 3 5

11. Task IV: Scanning,and fill in the form below according to the passage Hawking Male Stephen Not mentioned Not mentioned British Yes Disabled Scientist incurable, disabled sitting in his wheelchair speaking through a computer “A Brief History of Time”, giving lectures

12. T T T F F F Task V: 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.

13. Task VI: Carefully reading: • Read the 1 para and finish: • Write down the words or phrases based on the expressions • A: Pass: • B: full of hope of success or good results; seeming likely to • succeed, have good results, etc. (adj.) • C: that can not be cured (adj.) • D: Person who has taken a university degree, esp. the first or Bachelor’s degree. • E: stop doing sth. go by promising incurable graduate give up

14. Read para 2-5 and finish the following: • Find the detailed information of the following figures: • in the early 1970s • 1988 • 2002 became famous, made new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes. Wrote A Brief History of Time, which quickly became a best-seller. Visited China and spoke to university students in Hangzhou and Beijing.

15. 2. Something about “A Brief History of Time” (1) What does he explain in it? (2) How do people misunderstand science? (3) What are the basic steps of the scientific method? 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 they change the world. People often think that science is about “true “ facts that never change.

16. To find out something about what they are interested in Build a theory To see if itmatches what they have seen and if it can predict future events. Test the theory

17. Read the last paragraph and answer: 1. Why people who listen to Hawking’s lectures sometimes find it difficult to understand him? 2. What is it that Hawking does not like about his speech computer? Because his thoughts and ideas often seem as large as the universe he is trying to describe. The computer gives him an American accent

18. Write down the words or phrases based on the expressions: 1.to make someone unable to use a part of their body properly 2. to think about something that you would like to happen or have 3. book that is sold in very large numbers 4. take a wrong meaning from ( instructions, messages, etc. ) 5. say (tell) in advance (sth. that will happen) 6. prove to be; be in the end 7. look for; try to find 8. see or notice; watch carefully 9. where everything that exist in it; all the stars, planets, satellites. 10. way of doing sth. 11. sth that is discovered. disable dream of best-seller misunderstand predict turn out (to be) seek observe universe method discovery

19. a promisinggraduate student give up have an incurable disease our hope for peace go by in fact get/ be engaged to go on with’’’ work on in the early 1970s make new discoveries seek answers to the nature of the universe a best-seller build/test the theory exploration dream of in a/one way according to… predict future events turn out to be +… There did not seem much point in working on my phD. Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of. stop/prevent sb (from) doing sth keep sb from doing sth be happy/satisfied with

20. Task VII:Post-reading: Fill in the blanks according to the text. When Hawking was just 21 years old, he was diagnosed with ALS — an_________ disease. Doctors _________ that he had only two years to live. Instead of giving up his dreams, he _____ __ ____ his research, got his PhD and married Jane. As his disease has _______ him, Hawking has to sit in his ____________ wheelchair and speak ________ a computer. In 1988, incurable predicted went on with disabled now-famous through

21. he wrote A Brief History of Time , which quickly became a __________ . In the book, Hawking explains both what it _______ to be a scientist and how science works. Science, according to Hawking, is often ______________: people often think science is always true. Scientists, on the other hand, Hawking writes, know _____ their job is never finished and _____ even the best theory can ____ ___ to be wrong. best-seller means misunderstood that that turn out

22. Translate the following phrases: 1.热衷于 2.与…相似，近似 3.有…共同点 4.因…而闻名 5.从事于… 6.与…订婚 7.事实上 8.继续干 9.梦想,梦到 10.做讲座 1.be on fire for 2. be similar to 3.have …in common 4.be famous for 5.work on 6.be engaged to 7.in fact 8.go on with 9.dream of 10. give lectures

23. The answers to the ranslations: 11. in the early1970’s 11.在二十世纪七十年代早期 12.问题的答案 13.另一方面 14.结果是,证明是,原来是 15.对…感到满意 16.与众不同 17.相信 ,坚信 18.颠倒,相反,反过来 19.(时间)消逝，过去 20.畅销货 12. answers to questions 13. on the other hand 14. turn out 15. be satisfied with 16. make a difference 17. believe in 18. the other way around 19. go by 20. best seller