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科学奇才霍金
Learning Objectives
By the end of the class, you will be able to:
identify Hawking’s key events and figure out specific information about the key events ;
analyze Hawking’s characteristics shown in the passage and express your opinions on him;
appreciate Stephen Hawking’s innovative spirits.
Stephen Hawking
北师大选择性必修四
U12L3
科学奇才霍金
Preview Check
What is the type of the text
A. Novel B. Travel jornal
C. Biography D. Book review
A detailed description of a person’s life
科学奇才霍金
Preview Check
What is the type of the text
A. Novel B. Travel journal
C. Biography D. Book review
A detailed description of a person’s life
Hawking’s attitude to life
The achievements of Hawking
The birth and education of Hawking
The death of Hawking and
what he was famous for
Part 1 (Para.1)
Part 2 (Para.2)
Part 3 (Paras.3-6)
Part 4 (Paras.7-8)
Read the passage quickly and get the main idea of each part.
科学奇才霍金
What is the writing order of the article
Space. B. Time-flashback.
C. Logic.
Look at the webpage about Stephen plete the information on the left.
Birth
_______________________
Education
St Albans School
The University of ________ (1959-1962), studied _______
PhD, the University of Cambridge (1966)
Career
Institute of Astronomy, ___________ (1968-1973)
Professor of Mathematics, Cambridge (1979-2009)
Director of Research, Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, Cambridge (2009-2018)
8 January, 1942, in Oxford
Oxford
physics
Cambridge
天文学
数学
理论宇宙学
Family
Married to Jane Wilde (1965-1991, three children) and Elaine Mason(1995-2006)
Get to know about Stephen Hawking.
Preview Check
1942
1959
1963
1985
1988
2005
2010
2012
2018
Get to know about Stephen Hawking.
Preview Check
1942
was born
1959
went to University of Oxford to study physics
At the age of 21
was diagnosed with ALS
1963
1985
lost his speech because of an operation and later lost the use of his hands
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis（渐冻症）
wrote A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black holes
1988
2005
simpler version
2010
The Grand Design
“Look up at the stars and not down at your feet… be curious.”
2012
2018
died
At the age of 21
was diagnosed with ALS
1963
Q: What was the result of his illness
1985
lost his speech because of an operation and later lost the use of his hands
Q: How can he speak in the end
speech-generating equipment
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis（渐冻症）
What did he find
There was a sort of hole in the center of a black hole. This hole led to another universe, completely separate from our own.
What did he study
He studied black hole.
“Look up at the stars and not down at your feet… be curious.”
2012
2010
Wrote The Grand Design with Leonard Mlodinow
What did he argue in the books
He argued that we should look for a different way to discover the deepest secrets of the universe.
2018.3.14
die
Think about the following questions and share your opinions with your partner.
1. What was Stephen Hawking’s attitude towards life Find evidence from the webpage.
Attitude: Hawking had a positive attitude towards life and he
never got disappointed or discouraged from his illness.
Para.1
Para.4
Attitude: Hawking had a positive attitude towards life and he
never got disappointed or discouraged from his illness.
Para.8
Para.8
2. What do you think this saying by Stephen Hawking means: “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet … be curious.”
Think about the following questions and share your opinions with your partner.
It means that we should not focus on our everyday lives and worry too much about unimportant matters. We should think on a larger scale and be curious about nature and the simple things of life.
Post-reading
Complete the summary
Stephen Hawking was born in 1942. he studied at Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, but at the age of 21, he was diagnosed with a serious disease. However, he finished his 1. ________ and got a job at the University of Cambridge and continued his work in 2. __________ physics and 3. __________.While his reputation for his work spread, his physical ability 4. _______. In 1985, after an operation, he started to use 5. _________________________ to help him talk. However, Hawking never ceased his studies and he continued to develop his theories on 6. __________. Hawking believed that he was not an unlucky person. From his diagnosis at 21 he regarded everything since then as a 7. _______. He was proud of his family and his work, and he appreciated the help that many people had given him.
studies
theoretical
cosmology
declined
speech-generating equipment
black holes
bonus
Read for thinking
What was Hawking’s attitude toward life Choose one or two words here to express your ideas.
curious brave grateful positive persistent innovative devoted humble
eg. I think Hawking …because…
Suppose you are a reporter, and you’ve got an opportunity to interview Stephen Hawking , what questions do you want to know from him And do a role-play about this interview.
Read for expressing
Homework
Make an introducing card about Stephen Hawking

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