1. 我自信
所以我 成功
我不足
所以我 努力
我努力
所以我进步

2. to be understood in life, while there is nothing to be feared.
If you want to succeed, it’s
more important for you to
have imagination than knowledge.
There are only things
to be understood in life,
while there is nothing
to be feared.

3. If we make great efforts to do
something, we’ll succeed. And no
matter how clever he is, a person
will fail if he doesn’t try his best.
Don’t think that the obvious
things are the easiest to
understand. Only the greatest
mind can raise the easiest
questions.

4. If you want to achieve anything, you have to depend on yourself and act.
Your success only depends on your own efforts, though help from others is necessary.

5. national boundaries

6. Reading
No boundaries

7. Stephen Hawking

8. What do you know about Stephen Hawking?
disabled --- caused by a disease called
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
肌萎缩性侧索硬化症
a professor in Cambridge University
famous for new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes
famous for the book A Brief History of Time

9. Skimming
Choose one word for each paragraph.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3-4
Para 5-6
Para 7
achievements
opinions
disease
problems
dream

10. How would ordinary people feel when they were
Para 1
incurable disease
A promising graduate student
How would ordinary people feel when they were
told that they had an incurable disease?
feel very sad
give up ………

11. dreams Para 2 research in face of… disease stay calm/ fight against
an ordinary life
to get married
a job
in face of…
PhD
disease
stay calm/
fight against

12. 2. What did he do in the early 1970s?
Para 3-4
1. What did he do in 2002?
His disease has disabled him.
Sitting in the wheelchair.
Telling about his theories and thoughts on questions about?
2. What did he do in the early 1970s?
Big Bang and black holes
Becoming famous
A Brief History of Time( in 1988)

13. Different opinions about science:
Para 5
Different opinions about science:
that science is about
“true” facts that never change
People often think____________________
____________________________________.
Hawking thinks____________________
__________________________________.
even the best theory
can turn out to be wrong

14. Discussion:
Suppose Hawking’s Theory of Black Hole was found wrong by himself, would he admit it? Give your reasons.

15. test Build a theory observe Basic steps of scientific method: Para 6
use a model
test
Use experiments
Build a theory
observe

16. Para 7 How does he make a speech without moving his lips?
Through a computer.
2. What is it that Hawking does not like
his speech computer?
He is British, but it gives him an American accent.

17. True or False
1.Hawking can’t express himself in words without the help of a computer.
2.Hawking’s best-seller A Brief History of Time explains difficult Theory in a simple way.
3.In scientific field,the best theory can’t turn out to be wrong.
4.In scientific research the observation is very important. T T F T

18. 5.All the theories can be tested by experiments.
6.Sometimes it is not a piece of cake to understand Hawking’s lecture. F T
7.Hawking was told that he had an incurable disease when he was just 21 years old. T
8.When Hawking gives lectures, he always speaks through a computer. T

19. Reading comprehension:
Choose the right answer:
Read the quote in the text again. When was Stephen Hawking told about his disease?
A. Twelve months earlier.
B. When he was getting married.
C. Two years earlier.
D. When he met Jane Wilde.
2. According to Hawking, science is
A. never true B. always changing C. always true
3. A scientific theory is good if
A. it is difficult B. it can be tested
C. it can predict future events

20. 4. Why did Stephen Hawking think: “There did not seem much point in working on my PhD”?
A. Because there was no point in being a PhD.
B. Because there was no hope of being PhD.
C. Because he thought he would die soon.
D. Because he had no place to work.

21. C. was sitting in a famous chair D. made new discoveries about
5. Hawking became famous in the 1970s, because he _______.
A. was disabled
B. was a PhD
C. was sitting in a famous chair
D. made new discoveries about
universe

22. 6. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the text?
A. Hawking is famous for his new
discoveries.
B. People should come to terms with their
fate.
C. A scientific theory is always wrong.
D. Anyone with great determination will
achieve his success.

23. 7. From the text, we can infer that __.
A. Hawking got married to Jane Wilde
before he fell ill
B. science is always true
C. Hawking is an American
D. great scientists always want to know
more

24. understanding:
How do you understand
the title “No boundaries” ?

25. … science thinking in imagination truth and falsehood（谬误） between
no boundaries
truth and falsehood（谬误）
between
the healthy and the disabled

26. Zhang Haidi
paralyzed
writer
composer

27. Beethoven
Germany
Deaf
Musician/ composer

28. Helen Keller
deaf and blind
educator
writer
speaker

29. Roosevelt
Paralyzed
Governor/president

30. You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it!

31. homework 1.Finish the Word Study on Page 5 & Vocabulary on Page 82-83.
2. Underline useful words and phrases in the reading passage.
3. Recite paragraph 1-2.