Unit 9 Against All Odds 教学目的:以课文内容为纲,关键语汇为点带领学生了解文化背景知识,认识 课文逻辑顺序和结构安排; 通过讨论精彩段落写作的要素和手段,帮助学生掌握描写该种情形 的技巧,并能够进行相似主题的短文欣赏和写作 教学重点:识别关键语汇(形容词、名词和短语)以分析文章的逻辑结构及 其效果 教学内容:以形象的方式结合课文内容发展顺序,带领学生了解霍金生平, 提高学生勇于面对困难、克服困难的意识 启发学生寻找关键语汇,总结全文整体的逻辑结构和各个部分的行 文安排以及由此达到的效果 教学方法:多种教学方法并用(讲授、问答、讨论、模仿、练习等) Unit 9 Against All odds Background Information Stephen William Hawking(1942-): British theoretical physicist and mathematician whose main field of research has been the beginning of the universe, and a unified theory of physics, the nature of space and time, including irregularities in space and time known Life experience Born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford, England In 1958 he entered Oxford University In 1961 he attended a summer course at the royal observatory n 1962 he completed his undergraduate courses and received a bachelor'degree in physics. Then Hawking enrolled as a research student in general relativity at the department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge In 1966 Hawking earned his Ph D degree from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge In 1974 he became one of the youngest fellows of the Royal Societ In 1977 he became a professor of physics after finishing doing post-doctoral research at the University of Cambria ge In 1979 he was appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge Scientific research In the earliest stages, Hawking has been concerned with the concept of singularities breakdowns in space and time. The most familiar example of a singularity is a black hole, (the final form of a collapsed star). During the late 1960s Hawking proved that a singularity must occur at the big bang( the explosion that marked the beginning of the universe and the birth of space-time itself)1 Unit 9 Against All Odds 教学目的 ：以课文内容为纲，关键语汇为点带领学生了解文化背景知识，认识 课文逻辑顺序和结构安排； 通过讨论精彩段落写作的要素和手段，帮助学生掌握描写该种情形 的技巧，并能够进行相似主题的短文欣赏和写作。 教学重点： 识别关键语汇（形容词、名词和短语）以分析文章的逻辑结构及 其效果； 教学内容： 以形象的方式结合课文内容发展顺序，带领学生了解霍金生平， 提高学生勇于面对困难、克服困难的意识； 启发学生寻找关键语汇，总结全文整体的逻辑结构和各个部分的行 文安排以及由此达到的效果 教学方法： 多种教学方法并用（讲授、问答、讨论、模仿、练习等） Unit 9 Against All Odds Background Information Stephen William Hawking (1942- )： British theoretical physicist and mathematician whose main field of research has been the beginning of the universe, and a unified theory of physics, the nature of space and time, including irregularities in space and time known as singularities. Life experience: Born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford, England... In 1958 he entered Oxford University. In 1961 he attended a summer course at the Royal Observatory. In 1962 he completed his undergraduate courses and received a bachelor’ degree in physics. Then Hawking enrolled as a research student in general relativity at the department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge. In 1966 Hawking earned his Ph.D. degree from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. In 1974 he became one of the youngest fellows of the Royal Society. In 1977 he became a professor of physics after finishing doing post-doctoral research at the University of Cambridge. In 1979 he was appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. Scientific research: In the earliest stages, Hawking has been concerned with the concept of singularities breakdowns in space and time. The most familiar example of a singularity is a black hole, (the final form of a collapsed star). During the late 1960s Hawking proved that a singularity must occur at the big bang( the explosion that marked the beginning of the universe and the birth of space-time itself)