Unit 1 Science and scientists Using language 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第二册

PART 1 PRE-READING Could a Black Hole Destroy Earth? Black holes do not go around in space eating stars, moons and planets. Earth will not fall into a black hole because no black hole is close enough to the solar system for Earth to do that. Even if a black hole the same mass as the sun were to take the place of the sun, Earth still would not fall in. The black hole would have the same gravity as the sun. Earth and the other planets would orbit the black hole as they orbit the sun now. 钱学森(英文:Qian Xuesen [135] ,1911年12月11日—2009年10月31日),出生于上海,籍贯浙江杭州,应用力学家,航天技术和系统工程学家,中国科学院学部委员(院士),中国工程院院士,两弹一星功勋奖章获得者,生前是中国人民解放军总装备部科学技术委员会高级顾问。 [128-129] 斯蒂芬·威廉·霍金(Stephen William Hawking,1942年1月8日—2018年3月14日),男,出生于英国牛津,英国剑桥大学著名物理学家,现代最伟大的物理学家之一、20世纪享有国际盛誉的伟人之一。1963年,霍金21岁时患上肌肉萎缩性侧索硬化症(卢伽雷氏症),全身瘫痪,不能言语,手部只有三根手指可以活动。 PART 2 PASSAGE ONE WHILE-READING THE FATHER OF CHINA'S AEROSPACE 中国航空航天之父 青年钱学森(摄于1926年) 1934年,钱学森从国立交通大学毕业 1935年至1936年,在麻省理工学院攻读硕士学位期间 Perhaps no other scientist has had a greater impact(影响) on② China's aerospace science than Qian Xuesen. [1]Described by the authors of the Story of Qian Xuesen as a man with “great scientific thought(思想) and scientific spirit(精神)” who was patriotic(爱国的)③ and served(服务于) his homeland with effort, achievement, and devotion(奉献)④,Qian was an extremely(极度地) well-respected(受尊敬的)⑤ man. [2]Born in Shanghai in 1911, Qian attended(出现) schools⑥ in Beijing and then entered(进入) Shanghai Jiao Tong University to study Railway Mechanical(机械的)⑦ Engineering. However, after the Songhu Battle(淞沪会战) broke out(爆发)⑧ in 1932, Qian made the decision to switch(转换) his major(主修) to⑨ aviation(航空)⑩ [3]because he realised that China needed its own powerful air force(力量), to protect and defend(防御) the country. Qian went to the United States in 1935 [4]to pursue(追求) his graduate studies(研究生学习). Over the course of(在...期间) the 1930s and 1940s, Qian became a pioneer(先驱) in American jet(喷气式飞机) and rocket technology. As a graduate assistant(助手) at the California Institute(机构)