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高二英语Unit1Makingadifference课本原文 A Imaginethis:youaretwenty-oneyearsoldandapromisinggraduatestudentatone ofthetopuniversitiesintheworld.Oneday,yourdoctortellsyouthatyouhavean incurablediseaseandmaynothavemorethantwelvemonthstolive.Howwouldyoufeel? Whatwouldyoudo?Mostofuswouldprobablyfeelverysadandgiveupourdreamsand hopesforthefuture.HereiswhatStephenHawkingthought: (Theredidnotseem)muchpointinworkingonmyPhD—Ididnotexpecttosurvivethat long.YettwoyearshadgonebyandIwasnotthatmuchworse.Infact,thingswere goingratherwellformeandIhadgotengagedtoaverynicegirl,JaneWilde.But inordertogetmarried,Ineededajob,andinordertogetajob,IneededaPhD. Insteadofgivingup,Hawkingwentonwithhisresearch,gothisPhDandmarried Jane.Nordidheletthediseasestophimfromlivingthekindoflifehehadalways dreamtof.Hecontinuedhisexplorationoftheuniverseandtraveledaroundtheworld togivelectures.In2002,HawkingvisitedChinaandspoketouniversitystudents inHangzhouandBeijing.Ashisdiseasehasdisabledhim,Hawkinghastositinhis now-famouswheelchairandspeakthroughaputer.Hetoldthestudentsabouthistheories andthoughtsonsomeofthegreatestquestions:Whatistime,howdidtheuniversebegin, andwhatexactlyareblackholes? Hawkingbecamefamousintheearly1970s,whenheandAmericanRogerPenrosemade newdiscoveriesabouttheBigBangandblackholes.Sincethen,Hawkinghascontinued toseekanswerstoquestionsaboutthenatureoftheuniverse.In1988,hewroteABrief HistoryofTime,whichquicklybecameabest-seller.Readerswerepleasedandsurprised tofindthatascientistcouldwriteabouthisworkinawaythatordinarypeople couldunderstand. Inthebook.Hawkingexplainsbothwhatitmeanstobeascientistandhowscience works.Hetellsreadershowdiscoveriesaremadeandhowtheychangetheworld.Science, accordingtoHawking,isoftenmisunderstood:peopleoftenthinkthatscienceisabout “true”factsthatneverchange.Scientists,ontheotherhand,Hawkingwrites,know thattheirjobisneverfinishedandthateventhebesttheorycanturnouttobewrong. Ascientifictheoryistheresultofthescientificmethod.Scientistslookatthe