Great women and their achievements教案

   in the 16th century there was a young man named tycho brae. his parents sent him to a famous school to study law, but he wasn't interested in it. the love of his life was observational astronomy. the only problem was there was no such subject as observational astronomy. so he studied law during the day to keep his parents happy, but at night he went out and watched the movements of the stars and planets, and kept records of these observations.    it was these records that eventually made a difference in the history of science, but his parents didn't like him wasting his time gazing at stars and they insisted that he concentrate on his law studies. they hired a tutor to keep him focused, but while his tutor slept, tyeho brae was out observing the stars.   had he obeyed his parents, history would have been different, but he followed his own star, and eventually found himself teaching others his methods and findings. among his students was jonas kepler, who studied tycho brae's huge collection of recorded observations, and then, based on these, created the three laws of planetary motion, which brought into being an entirely new science: physics. all of these came about because tycho brae followed those deep interests he had, against the wishes of his well-meaning parents.   there's a moral to this story. don't try too hard to please your parents. they have goals for you that may not match your own goals, and it's your goals that must be satisfied through your actions. if your parents have goals, it's their job to accomplish them, not yours. your job is your own goals.   let this be a lesson to us, both as parents, and as children. if you're a parent, your child might be the leonard bemstein. or picasso, or tycho brae of his or her time, and if you're a child with a goal your parents don't support, take heart! they don't know that you are who you are, and they won’t know until you’ve done it.41. what does the author intend to show in the first paragraph?    a. one' s family is always helpful to one' s future career.    b. one' s family sometimes has a negative influence on one ' s career.    c. one' s failure is mainly due to the influence of one' s family.    d. one who wants to succeed shouldn't depend on his family' s support.42. we can learn from the passage that _________.    a. at school tycho brae liked the subject observational astronomy best