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1、Unit1 GreatscientistsStephenWilliamHawkingwasbornon8January1942(300yearsafterthedeathofGalileo)inOxford,England.Hisparents'housewasinnorthLondon,butduringthesecondworldwarOxfordwasconsideredasasaferplacetohavebabies.Whenhewaseight,hisfamilymovedtoStAlbans,atownabout20milesnorthofLondon.Ateleven
2、StephenwenttoStAlbansSchool,andthenontoUniversityCollege,Oxford,hisfather'soldcollege.StephenwantedtodoMathematics,althoughhisfatherwouldhavepreferredmedicine.Therewasnomathematics,sohedidPhysicsinstead.AfterthreeyearsandnotverymuchworkhewasawardedaFirstClassHonoursDegreeinNaturalScience.Stephe
3、nthenwentontoCambridgetodoresearchincosmology(宇宙学),therebeingnooneworkinginthatareainOxfordatthetime.Hissupervisor(导师)wasDenisSciama,althoughhehadhopedtogetFredHoylewhowasworkinginCambridge.AftergaininghisPh.D.hebecamefirstaResearchFellow,andlateronaProfessorialFellowatGonvilleandCaiusCollege.A
4、fterleavingtheInstituteofAstronomyin1973StephencametotheDepartmentofAppliedMathematicsandTheoreticalPhysics,andsince1979hasheldthepostofLucasianProfessorofMathematics.Thechairwasfoundedin1663withmoneyleftinthewilloftheReverendHenryLucas,whohadbeentheMemberofParliamentfortheUniversity.Itwasfirst
5、heldbyIsaacBarrow,andthenin1663byIsaacNewton.HismanypublicationsincludeTheLargeScaleStructureofSpacetime(《时空的大规模结构》)withG.F.REllis,GeneralRelativity:AnEinsteinCentenarySurvey(《广义相对论:爱因斯坦世纪眺望》)withW.Israel,and300YearsofGravity(《重力300年》)withW.Israel.StephenHawkinghastwopopularbookspublished;hisbe
6、stsellerABriefHistoryofTime(《时间简史》).【词海拾贝】1.beconsideredas被看作2.awardv.奖给,授予 n.奖品,奖项3.doresearchin做……方面的研究4.lateron后来5.holdthepostof任;担任6.bestseller畅销书【问题思考】True(T)orFalse(F):1.Stephenmajoredinmedicinewhenhewasincollege.( )2.ABriefHistoryofTimeishismostpopularbook.( )答案:1.F 2.TⅠ.重点单词分类记★拼写高频单词
7、1.________________vt.打败;战胜;使受挫 n.失败2.________________vt.照顾;护理;出席;参加3.________________n.挑战 vt.向……挑战4.________________vt.吸收;吸引;使专心5.________________vt.责备;谴责 n.过失;责备6.________________adj.熟练的;经验或知识丰富的 n.专家;行家7.________________vt
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