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1、（全新版）大学英语《综合教程》第一册Unit3UnderstandingScienceI.CulturalNotes1.StephenHawking(1942-):aBritishscientistwhohasgreatlyinfluencedpeople'sideasontheoriginsoftheuniverse.Hehasdevotedmuchofhislifetoprobingthespace-timedescribedbygeneralrelativityandthesingularitieswhereitbreaksdown.Andhe
2、'sdonemostofhisworkwhileconfinedtoawheelchair,broughtonbytheprogressiveneurologicaldisease.HawkingistheLucasianProfessorofMathematicsatCambridge,apostonceheldbyIsaacNewton.Inthelate1960s,Hawkingprovedthatifgeneralrelativityistrueandtheuniverseisexpanding,asingularitymusthaveocc
3、urredatthebirthoftheuniverse.In1974hefirstrecognizedatrulyremarkablepropertyofblackholes,objectsfromwhichnothingwassupposedtobeabletoescape.HehaswrittentheinternationalbestsellerABriefHistoryofTime.ThebookspentmorethanfouryearsontheLondonSundayTimesbestsellerlist—thelongestrunf
4、oranybookinhistory.2.Frankenstein:anovel(1818)byanEnglishwriterMaryShellgy(1797-1851).ItisthestoryofaSwissscientist,Dr.Frankenstein,whomakesalivingcreaturefrompiecesofdeadbodies.Thecreatureislikeaman,butstronger,andalthoughitisgentleatfirst,itlaterattacksandkillsseveralpeoplecl
5、osetoFrankenstein.Therehavebeenmanyfilmsbasedonthestoryandvariationsofit:Everybodywasdressedupasaghost,avampireorFrankenstein'smonster.3.TheSkyatNight:apopularBritishtelevisionprogramaboutthestarsandplanets,broadcasteverymonthbytheBBCsince1957.Itiswellknownforthewayinwhichitspr
6、esenter,PatrickMoore,givesscientificinformationinanentertainingway.II.LanguageStudy1.attitude:mannerorwayonethinksabout,behavestoward,orfeelstowardsb.orsth.(usu.followedbyto/towards)Examples:1)Theboyhasabadattitudetowardshisschoolwork.2)Hisson'sattitudetoworkmadehimangry.2.like
7、ly:1)probable(Whenfunctioningasana.,thewordisoftenusedinthefollowingpatterns:itislikelythat...,belikelytodosth.)Examples:a)Itislikelythatmyroommatewillwinthefirst-classscholarship.b)Anearthquakeislikelytostriketheareainayearortwo.c)Economistssaythatthequickeconomicgrowthislikel
8、ytocontinuethroughoutthe2010s.2)probably(Whenusedasana
