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Scientists who changed the world
Listen to a lecture given by a Scientist Richard Feynman.
After this speech, please write a news report about it.
Richard Phillips Feynman
Born: 11 May 1918, New York, USA
Died: 15 February 1988,
won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965
美籍犹太裔物理学家,加州理工学院物理学教授,在量子电动力学(quantum)领域作出了巨大贡献。他被认为是爱因斯坦之后最睿智的理论物理学家,也是第一位提出纳米概念的人。
理查德·菲利普斯·费曼
About the author
Introduction(Paras.1-2) Introducing the topic
Read paras.1-2 and find out the topic sentence of the whole passage.
Put another way, what is the value of the science I ____________(devote) myself to--the thing I __________(love)--when I saw what terrible things it could do?
had devoted
had loved
成分 内容 说明
主句 what is the value of the science... 特殊疑问句
定语从句 I had devoted myself to 修饰 the science
时间状语从句 when I saw what terrible things it could do 修饰主句
插入语 Put another way 介词短语作插入语,相当于“换句话说”
同位语 the thing I had loved 对 the science 的补充说明
1.How did the author introduce the topic?
A. By asking a question. B. By listing facts.
C. By giving an example. D. By sharing a story.
2.What is the function of the last sentence in para.2?
A. To summarize the main idea. B. To serve as a transition.
C. To introduce a new topic. D. To provide an example.
Introduction(Paras.1-2) Introducing the topic
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Summarize 3 points of the value of science.
Para.3: The first value:
Para.4:Another value:
Paras.5-6:The third value:
Scientific knowledge enables us to do and make all things.
Science can provide the intellectual enjoyment.
Scientists should have the freedom to doubt.
Main body(Paras.3-6) The value of science
Main body(Paras.3-6) The value of science
1. In para.3, the pronoun “it” is used five times. What does “it” refer to in each case?
2. According to Feynman, who should be blamed if the power of science is used to do something bad?
Read para.3 carefully and answer the following questions:
Main body(Paras.3-6) The value of science
Para.3 What do these “it” refer to?
making good things
scientific knowledge
A. making good things B.an enabling power
C. scientific knowledge D. the first way
Main body(Paras.3-6) The value of science
2. According to Feynman, who should be blamed if the power of science is used to do something bad?
It is not the science, but the man misusing it that should be blamed.
Main body(Paras.3-6) The value of science
How does science provide us with intellectual enjoyment?
Read para.4 carefully and answer:
With more knowledge comes a deeper, more wonderful mystery, inspiring one to look deeper still.
A deeper, more wonderful mystery comes with more knowledge, inspiring one to look deeper still.
正常语序:重点在“奥秘来了”,陈述事实
倒装语序:重点在“随着知识的增长”,强调因果
Main body(Paras.3-6) The value of science
How does science provide us with intellectual enjoyment?
Read para.4 carefully and answer:
With more knowledge comes a deeper, more wonderful mystery, inspiring one to look deeper still.
With pleasure and confidence we turn over each new stone to find unimagined strangeness leading to more wonderful questions and mysteries.
explore the unknown
analogy 类比
Main body(Paras.3-6) The value of science
Read paras.5-6 and answer:
What does a scientist experience according to the third value?
Not knowing the answer
to a problem
ignorance
Having an idea to the result
uncertainty
Being sure of the will-be result
doubt
motivate curiosity
prevent overconfidence
correct theories
Always have the freedom ________ and stay ________________!
open-minded
to doubt
Summary(Para.7) The responsibility of scientists
Read paras.7 and answer:
What are the responsibilities as scientists?
It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress that is the fruit of freedom of thought, to declare the value of this freedom; to teach how doubt is not to be feared but to be welcomed and discussed; and to demand this freedom as our duty to all coming generations.
作为科学家,我们深知思想的自由结出了伟大的进步之果。因此,我们有责任宣扬这种自由的价值;有责任教导人们怀疑并不可怕,而是值得欢迎和探讨的;更有责任将这种自由作为我们对后代应尽的义务来捍卫。
parallelism 排比
Main body(Paras.3-6) The value of science
As students, what lessons can you get from Feynman’s speech?
Seek curiosity as your compass
Challenge authority with evidence
Involve yourselves actively in science classes
Experiment with trial and error
Nurture(培养) moral responsibility
Cultivate(培养) creative and critical thinking skills
Embrace ignorance as a starting point
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Introduction-Para 1&2
Body-Para 3-6
Summary-Para 7
Introduction to the topic:
What is the value of science?
Three values of science:
The value of creation
The intellectual enjoyment
The freedom to doubt
Feynman’s advice:
The duty of scientists
Read for structure
Write a news report
假如你是李华,上周日你校学生在线聆听了费曼教授关于“科学的价值”的讲座。请你为校英文报写一篇报道,内容包括:
1. 活动目的;
2. 讲座的内容(如3个价值等);
3. 讲座的意义。
Feynman believes that the greatest science’s value is the freedom to doubt.So,how to question(质疑) properly ?
Critical thinking
Should we say “No” to everything?
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While maybe the sheer (完全的) distance from my native country alone can sometimes seem overwhelming, experiencing small waves of culture shock reminds me that I am exploring different parts of the world and that I should appreciate what I’m taking in.
How to properly question(质疑) ?
advisable(可取的)
inadvisable(不可取的)
Critical thinking(批判性思维)
dare to question
challenge the authority
. . .
blindly doubt
show no respect for others
. . .
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