高二英語上冊Units1-8同步優質教案
2. what did hawking write in 1988?
3. what did hawking explain in the book ?
4. according to hawking, how do people misunderstand science?
5. what are the basic steps of the scientific method?
6. what is it that hawking doesn’t like about his speech computer?
step iii language points
there didn't seem much point in working on my phd—i didn't expec to survive that long•
取得博士學位對我來說沒有什么意義，我沒有期望活那么久。
phd(doctor of philosophy ) 指“博士學位”
there is no point in doing sth.表示“做某事沒有作用或沒有意義”。
例：there is no point in arguing further.
繼續爭執下去沒有意義了。
there is no point in protesting.it won’t help much.
抗議沒有什么用處，于事無補。
that在此處為副詞，意為“那么”，可以修飾形容詞。this也有此用法。
例：i didn't expect he was that rude.
我沒料到他會那么粗魯。
i have never been out this late before.
我從未在外面呆到這么晚過。
please cut my hair about this much.
請把我的頭發剪掉這么長。
4.yet two years had gone by and i was not that much worse.
但兩年過去了，我的情況卻沒那么糟糕。
go by意思是“(時間)過去”。
例：time went by so quickly.we are already at the end of our summer holiday.
時間過得真快，轉眼我們已經要結束暑假了。
thirty years went by and her hair was beginning to turn gray.
三十年過去了，她的頭發開始變白了。
5.in fact，things were going rather well for me and i had gotten engaged to a very nice girl，jan wilde.
事實上，事情發展得還挺順利。我和一位非常好的女孩簡•懷爾得訂婚了。
get/be engaged to sb.“與某人訂婚”
例：did you hear they have got engaged last month?
你有沒有聽說他們上個月訂婚的消息?
tom got engaged to mary，whom he had met on the train.
湯姆和瑪麗訂婚了，他們在火車上認識的。
be engaged in(on)+n./doing sth.從事(工作)的，忙于……的
例：she was engaged in protecting wild birds.
她從事保護野生鳥類的工作。
right now i’m engaged.
我現在正忙著。
be engaged (電話等)通話中的，占線中的，相當于美國英語的busy.
例：the line/number is engaged。線路被占用。
engagement n.訂婚(to)
例：announce one's engagement to…宣布與…訂婚
break off one's engagement解除婚約，解約