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1、（全新版）大学英语《综合教程》第一册Unit3UnderstandingScience大学英语(全新版)综合教程UnitThreePublicAttitudestowardScienceI.CulturalNotes1.StephenHawking(1942-):aBritishscientistwhohasgreatlyinfluencedpeople'sideasontheoriginsoftheuniverse.Hehasdevotedmuchofhislifetoprobingthespace-t
2、imedescribedbygeneralrelativityandthesingularitieswhereitbreaksdown.Andhe'sdonemostofhisworkwhileconfinedtoawheelchair,broughtonbytheprogressiveneurologicaldisease.HawkingistheLucasianProfessorofMathematicsatCambridge,apostonceheldbyIsaacNewton.Inthelate1
3、960s,Hawkingprovedthatifgeneralrelativityistrueandtheuniverseisexpanding,asingularitymusthaveoccurredatthebirthoftheuniverse.In1974hefirstrecognizedatrulyremarkablepropertyofblackholes,objectsfromwhichnothingwassupposedtobeabletoescape.Hehaswrittentheinte
4、rnationalbestsellerABriefHistoryofTime.ThebookspentmorethanfouryearsontheLondonSundayTimesbestsellerlist—thelongestrunforanybookinhistory.2.Frankenstein:anovel(1818)byanEnglishwriterMaryShellgy(1797-1851).ItisthestoryofaSwissscientist,Dr.Frankenstein,whom
5、akesalivingcreaturefrompiecesofdeadbodies.Thecreatureislikeaman,butstronger,andalthoughitisgentleatfirst,itlaterattacksandkillsseveralpeopleclosetoFrankenstein.Therehavebeenmanyfilmsbasedonthestoryandvariationsofit:Everybodywasdressedupasaghost,avampireor
6、Frankenstein'smonster.3.TheSkyatNight:apopularBritishtelevisionprogramaboutthestarsandplanets,broadcasteverymonthbytheBBCsince1957.Itiswellknownforthewayinwhichitspresenter,PatrickMoore,givesscientificinformationinanentertainingway.II.LanguageStudy1.attit
7、ude:mannerorwayonethinksabout,behavestoward,orfeelstowardsb.orsth.(usu.followedbyto/towards)Examples:1)Theboyhasabadattitudetowardshisschoolwork.2)Hisson'sattitudetoworkmadehimangry.2.likely:1)probable(Whenfunctioningasana.,thewordisoftenusedinthefollowin
8、gpatterns:itislikelythat...,belikelytodosth.)Examples:a)Itislikelythatmyroommatewillwinthefirst-classscholarship.b)Anearthquakeislikelytostriketheareainayearortwo.c)Economistssaythatthequickeconomicgrowthislikelytoc
