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1、Lesson6ABeautifulMindCATALOGUEBackgroundInformationOutlineLanguagePointsKeysOralPracticeAndDiscussiontextBackgroundInformation1.IntroductiontotheAuthorSylviaNasardiscoveredtheremarkablestoryofNobellaureateJohnNashasaneconomicsreporterfortheNewYorkTimes.
2、AveteranbusinessjournalistwhohadbeenonthestaffsofFortuneandU.S.News&WorldReport,shewasfascinatedbyNash’sintellectualachievementsandtriumphoverschizophrenia（精神分裂症）.Herarticle,TheLostYearsoftheNobelLaureate,depictedhislifeasathree-actdramaonthemysteriesof
3、themind:genius,madness,reawakening.BackgroundInformation2.IntroductiontoJohnNashJohnNashwasamathematicalgeniuswhose27-pagedissertation,“Non-CooperativeGames”,writtenin1950whenhewas21,wouldbehonoredwiththeNobelPrizeinEconomicsin1994.BackgroundInformation
4、Hismostimportantworkhadbeeningametheory(博弈论),whichbythe1980swasunderpinningalargepartofeconomics.WhentheNobelPrizecommitteebegandebatingaprizeforgametheory,Nash’snameinevitablycameup—onlytobedismissed,sincetheprizeclearlycouldnotgotoamadman.Butin1994Nas
5、h,inremissionfromschizophrenia,sharedtheNobelPrizeineconomicsforworkdonesome45yearspreviously.OutlineCommentsonNashDescriptionsGenius(Para.4)Nash’sgeniuswasofthatmysteriousvarietymoreoftenassociatedwithmusicandartthanwiththeoldestofallsciences:Itwasnotm
6、erelythathismindworkedfaster,thathismemorywasmoreretentive,orthathispowerofconcentrationwasgreater.Theflashesofintuitionwerenon-rational.Originality(Para.5)Nashacquiredhisknowledgeofmathematicsnotmainlyformstudyingwhatothermathematicianshaddiscovered,bu
7、tbyrediscoveringtheirtruthsforhimself.Eagertoastound,hewasalwaysonthelookoutforthereallybigproblems.Whenhefocusedonsomenewpuzzle,hesawdimensionsthatpeoplewhoreallyknewthesubject(heneverdid)initiallydismissedasnaiveorwrong-headed.OutlineOutlineDistainofa
8、uthority(Para.5)Asayoungmanhewassurroundedbythehighpriestsoftwentieth-centuryscience—AlbertEinstein,JohnvonNeumann,andNorbertWiener—buthejoinednoschool,becamenoone’sdisciple,gotalong:largelywithoutguidesorfollowers.Inalmosteveryt
