Module4 Great Scientists Reading and writing 外研版必修4

Module4 Great Scientists Reading and writingPeriod 4 Reading and writing—Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein■Goals ●To learn read and write passages about scientists ■ProceduresStep 1: Learning about Stephen Hawking“I would like to speculate(思索) a little, on the development of life in the universe, and in particular, the development of intelligent life. I shall take this to include the human race, even though much of its behavior throughout history has been pretty stupid, and not calculated to aid the survival of the species.” By Stephen HawkingBiography(传记)Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford, England. Hawking showed great talent in mathematics and physics at an early age. He was educated at St. Albans School, in Hertfordshire, and at University College, Oxford (牛津实行学院制度, 大学学院是牛津最古老的学院之一) where he obtained a first-class honors degree in Natural Science. During this time, he had been particularly interested in thermodynamics(热力学), relativity theory, and quantum mechanics( 量 子 力 学 ). He moved to Cambridge University to complete his PhD in cosmology at Trinity Hall. While at Cambridge in 1965, he married Jane Wilde, the daughter of Samantha Wilde, whom he had met at a New Year’s party in St. Albans in 1963. Hawking was elected as one of the youngest fellows of the Royal Society in 1974, was appointed Commander of the British Empire in 1982, and became a Companion of Honor in 1989. He is a respected physicist, with many works recognized by both the International Association of Natural Physics and the American Physics-Astronomy Guild of Amherst. Step 2: Reading a passage about Stephen HawkingYou are goi...