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1、TheLostYearsofANobelLaureateDiscussionListsome“eccentric”scientistsyouhaveknown.Talkaboutsomeanecdotesyouhaveheardaboutthescientiststhatcanwellillustratetheirdeviationfrom“normality”.JohnNashMoreaboutJohnNash1.Who:AnAmericaneconomistandmathematician.Histheoriesareusedinmarketeconomics,computing,a

2、rtificialintelligence,accountingandmilitarytheory.2.personallife:earlylife:Nash'syoungersisterwrotethat"Johnnywasalwaysdifferent.Myparentsknewhewasdifferent.Andtheyknewhewasbright.Healwayswantedtodothingshisway.Middleage:Nashbegantoshowsignsofextremeparanoiaandhiswifelaterdescribedhisbehavioraserra

3、tic,ashebeganspeakingofcharacterswhowereputtinghimindanger.Nashseemedtobelievethattherewasanorganizationchasinghim,inwhichallmenwore"redties".Hewaslaterdiagnosedwithasubtypeofschizophreniacalledparanoidschizophrenia.(妄想型精神分裂症)3.recognition:In1994,hereceivedtheNobelMemorialPrizeinEconomicSciences(al

4、ongwithJohnHarsanyiandReinhardSelten)asaresultofhisgametheoryworkasaPrincetongraduatestudent.TextAnalysisTasks:Readaloudthe5subdivisionsinthetextinsuccession.(chronologicalorder)Trytogetthepartsofthetextandthemainidea.PartsParasMainideasPartOne1-12AbriefsummaryofNash’sachievementsandtheprogressofhi

5、sillness.PartTwo13-18NashasageniusstudentbeforehewenttoPrincetonPartThree19-27Nash’sbrilliantachievementPartFour28-34Nash’sillnessPartFive35-39NashbeingtakencareofbythevariouspeoplearoundhimPartSix40-47Nash’srecoveryfromillness.TextAnalysisQuestions:1.Ofthefourtypesofwriting—description,narration,e

6、xposition,andargumentation—whichtypedoyouthinkthetextbelongsto?Narration.2.TheessayisaboutthelifestoryofJohnNashtoldmostlyinachronologicalway.Describehowthewriterindicatesthetimesequenceandpiecestogetherthewholestory.Fromthesecondparton,thewriterusessubheadingstoshowreadersthedifferentstagesofNash’

7、slifechronologically.Languagepoints(partone)Para2unbeknownst:Unbeknown,未知的adv.（副词）Withouttheknowledgeofaspecifiedparty.Usedwithto:不为…所知的：某特定的群体所不知道地，和to连用：Ourcousinhadbeenillforyears,unbeknownsttothefamily