Making a difference（The Second Period）

s: let me try. hawking became famous in the early 1970s, when he and american roger penrose made new discoveries about the big bang and black holes.
t: good. the last question: when did hawking visit beijing? any volunteer?
s: in , hawking visited china and spoke to university students in hang zhou and beijing.
step ⅲ reading
t: well done. sit down, please. now read the passage once again. this time you should read it as carefully as possible. then answer some detailed questions on the screen. of course, you can discuss them in pairs if necessary. now, begin.
 (teacher shows the following questionnaire on the screen.)
1. what did stephen hawking do when he was told that he had an incurable disease?
2. how would most people feel when they were told that they had incurable diseases?
3. what did hawking write in 1988?
4. what did hawking explain in the book a brief history of time?
5. according to professor hawking, how do people misunderstand science?
6. what are the basic steps of the scientific method?
7. what is it that hawking doesn't like about his speech computer? 
(several minutes later, teacher checks the answers. )
suggested answers:
  1. instead of giving up, hawking went on with his research, got his phd and married the girl. he continued his exploration of the universe and traveled around the world to give lectures.
2. most of people would probably feel very sad and give up their dreams and hopes for the future.
3. he wrote a brief history of time in 1988.
4. in the book, hawking explains both what it means to be a scientist and how science works. he tells readers about how discoveries are made and how the change the world.
5. according to professor hawking, people often think that science is a number of “true” facts and never changes.
6. first, scientists observe what they arc interested in. to explain what the3 have seen, they build a theory about how things happen and the causes and effects. finally, the scientists test the
theory to see if it matches what the3 have seen and if it can predict futurevents.
7. hawking doesn't like his speech computer giving him an american accent.
   (after checking the answers, teacher says the following.)
t: ok. now you have understood the detailed information. please pick out the phrases or the sentences that you don’t understand. first have a discussion with your partner and exchange your   different points. then i’ll explain some language points to you.
(teacher goes among the students ant collects the difficult points that the students can’t understand after the discussion.)