高中英语北师大版 (2019)选择性必修 第四册Lesson 3 Stephen Hawking学案设计

选择性必修四Unit12 Lesson3Stephen Hawking导学案

备课人： 审核人：高二英语组

【学习目标】

1.获取和梳理霍金的生平事迹。

2.理解霍金的成就，以及他为人类和全社会的进步所做出的贡献。

3.感悟霍金的精神内涵，反思自己的人生成长。

4.赏析本文的文本结构及写作特点。

【重点】  

1. 学生通过阅读，获取和梳理霍金的生平事迹。

【难点】  

1.理解霍金的黑洞理论。    

2.理解文中霍金说的话。

【学习过程】

课前预习案

Part1 词汇预习----熟记以下词汇，并查阅整理加黑的重点词汇的用法

Part 2 课文预习

1. What's the main idea of the text?

A．The analysis of Stephen Hawking's theory.

B．The description of Stephen Hawking's achievements.

C. The introduction of the great physicist Stephen Hawking.

D．The summary of Stephen Hawking's influence on humans.

Read the text on Pages 58－59 and choose the best answer to each question.

1．Which of the following is TRUE about the book A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes?

A．It was written by Albert Einstein.

B．It tells people about Hawking's life.

C．It became the base for a lot of research.

D．It sold well around the world.

2．What can we learn from the text?

A．Hawking was satisfied with his life when he first knew his disease.

B．Although Hawking had a serious disease, he still had a wonderful and meaningful life.

C．Hawking has millions of fans in both China and England.

D．Hawking travelled around the world to attend TV shows.

3．What is the writer's purpose in writing this text?

A．To introduce Hawking's life to help people remember him.

B. To introduce Hawking's famous theory about the universe.

C. To tell us one of the brightest stars—Hawking died.

D. To describe Hawking's serious physical disease.

2. Complete the timeline

课堂探究案

Activity 1: Skim the text and answer the question.

1.When did he become ill? What was the result of his illness?

2.What did he study? What did he find?

3.What books did he write? What did he argue in the books?

4.What is a black hole?

Activity 2: Introduce Stephen Hawking.

Stephen Hawking

Activity 3: Group work

Think and share.

1. What was Stephen Hawking's attitude towards life? Find evidence from the webpage.

2. What do you think this saying by Stephen Hawking means: “ Look up at the stars and not down at your feet…be curious.”?

3. How are the paragraphs on the webpage connected to each other? Find and circle the indicators.

Activity 4: Analyze the long and difficult sentences.

1. Hawking was famous，not just for his brilliant work in theoretical physics and cosmology，but also for overcoming the challenges of ALS（a disease that affects muscle control）.
2. At the age of 21, when Hawking spent his first year at the University of Cambridge, physicians discovered he had a rare, slow-progressing form of ALS.
3. In The Grand Design (2010, with Leonard Mlodinow), Hawking argued that we should look for a different way to discover the deepest secrets of the universe. Instead of trying to find one big new explanation， scientists should put together all the ideas that they already have.
4. And he believed this was because of the help he received from his family and a large number of people and organisations.

Activity 5:

Complete the summary.

Stephen Hawking was born in 1942. He studied at Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, but at the age of 21, he was diagnosed with a serious disease. However, he finished his ①___________ and got a job at the University of Cambridge and continued his work in ②___________ physics and ③___________ . While his reputation for his work spread, his physical ability ④___________ . In 1985, after an operation, he started to use ⑤___________ to help him talk. However, Hawking never ceased his studies and he continued to develop his theories on ⑥___________ . Hawking believed that he was not an unlucky person. From his diagnosis at 21 he regarded everything since then as a⑦___________ . He was proud of his family and his work, and he appreciated the help that many people had given him.

Activity 7: Homework

Find more information about Stephen Hawking online.

Do you feel inspired by him? Give reasons along with your comments.