高二英语 上册第一单元课件

If you want to achieve anything, you have to depend on yourself and act.
Your success only depends on your own efforts, though help from others is necessary.
6.Sometimes it is not a piece of cake to understand Hawking’s lecture. T
7.Hawking was told that he had an incurable disease when he was just 21 years old. T 8.When Hawking gives lectures, he always speaks through a computer. T
Use experiments test
use a model
Build a theory
observe
Para 7
1. How does he make a speech without moving his lips?
Through a computer.
2. What is it that Hawking does not like his speech computer?
3. Recite paragraph 1-2.
If we make great efforts to do something, we’ll succeed. And no matter how clever he is, a person will fail if he doesn’t try his best.
•Don’t think that the obvious things are the easiest to understand. Only the greatest mind can raise the easiest questions.
“_t_ru_e_”__fa_c_t_s__th_a_t_n_e_v_e_r__c_h_a_n_g_e___________.
Hawking thinks___e_v_e_n_t_h_e_b_e_s_t _th_e_o_ry___ _ca_n__tu_r_n_o_u_t_t_o_b_e_w_r_o_n_g________________.
C. it can predict future events
4. 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.
universe
6. 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.
You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it!
homework
1.Finish the Word Study on Page 5 & Vocabulary on Page 82-83.
2. Underline e reading passage.
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
Para 1
achievements
Para 2
opinions
Para 3-4
disease
Para 5-6
problems
Para 7
dream
Para 1
incurable disease
A promising graduate student
How would ordinary people feel when they were told that they had an incurable disease?
a professor in Cambridge University
famous for new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes
famous for the book A Brief History of Time
Skimming Choose one word for each paragraph.
Discussion:
Suppose Hawking’s Theory of Black Hole was found wrong by himself, would he admit it? Give your reasons.
Para 6 Basic steps of scientific method:
He is British, but it gives him an American accent.
True or False 1.Hawking can’t express himself in words without the help of a computer. T
2.Hawking’s best-seller A Brief History of Time explains difficult Theory in a simple way. T
7. 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
3.In scientific field,the best theory can’t turn out to be wrong. F
4.In scientific research the observation is very important. T
5.All the theories can be tested by experiments. F
Becoming famous
Big Bang and black holes A Brief History of Time( in 1988)
Para 5
Different opinions about science:
People often think__t_h_a_t_s_c_i_e_n_c_e_i_s_a_b_o__u_t
feel very sad give up ………
Para 2
dreams
an ordinary life
to get married
a job
PhD
in face of…
disease
stay calm/
fight against
Para 3-4
1. What did he do in 2002?
national boundaries
Reading
Stephen Hawking
What do you know about Stephen Hawking?
disabled --- caused by a disease called
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) 肌萎缩性侧索硬化症
understanding:
How do you understand the title “No boundaries” ?
science
no boundaries
thinking in
imagination
…
truth and falsehood（谬误） between
the healthy and the disabled
我自信
所以我 成功 我不足
所以我 努力 我努力
所以我进步
If you want to succeed, it’s more important for you to have imagination than knowledge.
•There are only things to be understood in life, while there is nothing to be feared.
Zhang Haidi paralyzed writer composer
Beethoven Germany Deaf Musician/ composer
Helen Keller deaf and blind educator writer speaker
Roosevelt Paralyzed Governor/president
5. 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
His disease has disabled him. Sitting in the wheelchair.
Telling about his theories and thoughts on questions about?
2. What did he do in the early 1970s?
Reading comprehension:
Choose the right answer:
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.