高二 Unit 1

I. Useful expressions

make a list of be on fire for be similar to…

a branch of science sth is important to sb a promising graduate student

have an incurable disease give up one’s dreams and hopes for the future

speak through a computer in the early 1970s make new discoveries

seek answers to questions about the nature of the universe according to …

the causes and effects predict future events in a practical way

use up all their money fall to the ground in the next ten years

take measures take steps take action

ruin our planet the crime scene make one’s dream come true

be happy with sth make a difference be curious about sth

change from season to season believe in sb. the other way around

a magic lamp download papers come into power

take sides in the war be respected as the leading scientist of the century

the First World War from that time on an atomic bomb

suffer from a disease observe the safety rules observe Christmas

the Law of Gravity give lectures scientific pioneers

II. Sentence Structures

1.It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.

2.What makes a scientist successful?

3.What do these three great minds have in common?

4.There did not seem much point in working on my PhD.

There is no point in complaining. There is not much point in arguing.

5.I did not expect to survive that long.

6.Yet two years had gone by and I was not that much worse.

7.1)In fact, things were going rather well for me and I had got engaged to a girl.

2)His father is engaged in writing a book.

8.1)Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of.

2)Never did I dream of seeing him in America.

3)Nowhere could I see him.

9.Hawking explains both what it means to be a scientist and how science works.

10.1)Scientists, on the other hand, Hawking writes, know that their job is never finished and that even the best theory can turn out to be wrong.

2)He was praised by his teacher on (the) one hand, but blamed by his friends on the other hand.

11.What is it that Hawking does not like about his speech computer?

12.The speech computer sounds just like a human voice.

13. 1)Only by discovering what we do best can we hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference.

2)Only in that way will we be ready for the challenges and opportunities in life.

14. It was only later that the world recognized his greatness.=

15.It appeared to scientists on earth that the stars had moved. =

16.Food is what sets this great mind on fire. (set…on fire)

The orator set the audience on fire.