Senior English for China Students' Book 2A
经全国中小学教材审定委员会2003年审查通过
人民教育出版社
2007年1月第2版  2007年5月湖北第1次印刷(14.2元)
CONTENTS
UNIT                 TOPIC               FUNCTIONAL ITEMS     STRUCTURE                  READING                          WRITING          
Making a difference  科学与科学家         描述人辩论            不定式                     No boundaries                     描述人
                                                                                         Making a difference  

News media           新闻与媒体           表达观点              过去分词（1）作定语和表语   Behind the headlines             比较性段落
                                                                                        
Art and architecture 艺术与建筑           表达偏爱             过去分词（2）作宾补        Modern architecture               关于计划的论文
                                                                                         A second life for Factory 798
A garden of poems    文学与诗歌           表达意图              过去分词（3）作状语        English poetry                        评论
                                                                                         Songs and poems
The British Isles    地理                表达赞同与反对         名词从句（1）             The British Isles                   风景描述
                                                                                         England,my England
Life in the future   未来生活             做预告                名词从句（2）              Life in the future                 定义段落
                                                                                          Greetings from the future
Living with disease  医药与健康疾病     谈论假设情景             虚拟语气（1）             Born dying                         自我表述
                                       支持和挑战一个观点                                Diagnosed with cancer:the day
                                                                                         my life ended...and began!

First aid            急救医药     谈论你该做什么和不该做什么     虚拟语气（2）             DR ABC                             过程段落
                                                                                          Dealing with common injuries
Saving the earth     自然生态环境       支持一个观点              倒装                     Welcome to the Earth Summit         评估段落
                                                                                          Voices of the Earth Summit
              
Frightening nature   火山，台风，飓风等    表达心绪，焦虑和害怕    省略                      Under the vocano                    故事
                                                                                           Typhoon  
APPENDICES              Notes to the texts
                        Grammar
                        Words and expressions in each unit
                        Vocabulary
                        Irregular verbs  

                                                   UNIT 1  Making a difference
目标：谈论科学与科学家  练习描述人与辩论  不定式   写描述性文章
WARMING UP
Albert Einstine-------Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Marie Curie    -------Nothing in life is to be feared.It is only to be understood.
Thomas Alva Edison--------Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Alfred North Whitehead-------It takes a very unusual mind to understand analysis of the obvious.
Galileo Galilei--------You cannot teach a man anything;you can only help him find it within himself.
LISTEHLING
Who are the famouse scientists described on the tape?
Great mind No 1:Madame Curie
Great mind No 2:Sir Isaac Newton
Great mind No 3:Yuan Longping
Great mind No 4:You!
SPEAKING
Work in groups.Each group member represents a branch of science. You are going to debate which branch of science is the most important
and useful to society.Decide who will represent each branch,then prepare your role card and let the debate begin!
                             Biology   Maths   Chemistry    Physics    Computer science
                                                   Biologist
                       I think that biology is the most important and useful science because
                       1_______________________________________________
                       2_______________________________________________
                       3_______________________________________________
Useful expressions
That's correct.     It's clear that...        I doubt whether/if...
That's true.        It's hard to say.         Well, maybe,but...
There is no doubt that...     What's your idea?      Have you thought about...?
PRE-READING
Scan the text to answer the following questions.
1 Why did Stephen Hawking need a PhD?
2 When did Hawking become famouse?
3 When did Hawking visit Beijing?
READING
                                             NO BOUNDARIES
Imagine this:you are twenty-one year old and a promising graduate student at one of the top universities in the world.One day,your doctor
tells you that you have an incuarable disease and may not have more than twelve months to live.How would you feel?What would you do?Most of
us would probably feel very sad and give up our dreams and hopes for the future. Here is what Stephen Hawking thought:
(There did not seem)much point in working on my PhD---I did not expect to survive that long. Yet two years had gone by and I was not that
much worse.In fact,things were going rather well for me and I had got engaged to a very nice girl,Jane Wilde.But in order to get married, I
needed a PhD.
Instead of giving up,Hawking went on with his research, got his PhD and married Jane.Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the
kind of life he had always dreamt of.He continued his exploration of the universe and travelled around the world to give lectures.In 2002,
Hawking visited China and spoke to university students in Hangzhou and Beijing.As his disease has disabled him,Hawking has to travel in his
now-famouse wheelchair and speak through a computer.He told the studens about his theories and thoughts on some of the greatest questions:
What's time,how did the universe begin,and what exactly are black holes?
Hawking became famouse in the early 1970s,when he and American Roger Penrose made new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes.Since
then,Hawking has continued to seek answers to questions about the nature of the universe.In 1988,he wrote A Brife History of Time,which
quickly became a best-seller.Readers were pleased and surprised to find that a scientist could write about his work in a way that ordinary
people could understand.
In the book,Hawking explains both about what it means to be a scientist and how science works.He tells readers how discoveries are made and
how they change the world.Science,according to Hawking,is often misunderstood:people often think that science is about "true" facts that never
change.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.
A scientific theory is the result of the scientific method.Scientists look at the world and try to describe and explain what they see.First,
they carfully observe what they are interested in.To explain what they have seen,they build a theory about the way in which things happen and
the causes and effects.Finally,the scientists test the theory to see if it matches what they have seen and if it can predict future events.
If what they are observing can be tested in a practical way,scientists will use experiments.But if,like Hawking,they are studying something
that is too large or too difficult to observe directly,they will use a model to test the theory.
People who listen to Hawking's lectures sometimes find it difficult to understand him,because his thoughts and ideas often seem as large as
the universe he is trying to describe.The speech computer is not the problem.In fact,people who hear it often say it sounds like a human
voice.Hawking is happy with it ,too."The only trouble,"says Hawking,who is British,"is that it gives me an American accent."
POST-READING
1 Choose the best answer to each question.
2 Answer the following questions.
3 Work in pairs.How would you use the scientific method to solve the following problems?
LANGUAGE STUDY
Word study
Choose the closest meaning to the underlined word in each sentence.
Grammar
The infinitive
1 Group the infinitive according to how they are used.
1 Subject_______________   2 Attribute_______________     3 predicative_________________
4 Object_________________  5 Adverbial_______________
2 Choose the correct answer to fill in the blanks.
3 Rewrite the following sentences using the infinitive.
4 Stephen Hawking knows exactly what his dream is and how to make it come true.What about you?
Hawking's dream corret
In order to get married,I need a job, and in order to get a job, I need a PhD.
        to get married
        to get a job
        get a PhD
INTEGRATING SKILLS
Reading
                                                  Making a difference
弗朗西斯.培根(Francis Bacon)
It is not necessary to be a great scientist to make a difference,but there are things we can learn from the best minds in this world.
Great scientists like Stephen Hawking always want to know more. They are never satisfied with a simple answer and are always looking
for new questions.The Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was so curious that he used a microscope and a telescope in order to be able to
take a closer look at things both great and small.By asking why,how and what if,curious minds find new ideas and solutions.
If knowledge is power,as Sir Francis Bacon wrote in 1597,then perhaps creativity can be described as the ability to use that power.
Scientists must be creative and use their imagination all the time.When Zhang Heng,the Chinese astronomer and geographer,wanted to draw
a map of the heavens,he was not satisfied with a simple paper map.Instead,he built a model that could move in order to show how the
position of the stars changed from season to season.
We must believe in what we do,even when others do not.Both Galileo and Zhang Heng found it difficult to make people believe that their
theories were correct.People laughed at Zhang Heng when he first introduced his seismograph,and it was only later that the world recognised
his greatness.Galileo's observations show that Copernicus,another great astronomer,was right and that the earth moves around the sun,not
the other way around.At that time,the church said that the earth was the centre of the universe and Galileo was not allowed to publish or
discuss his observations.Today,both Zhang Heng and Galileo are known as scientific pioneers who helped us better understand the world.
perhaps the most important thing if we want to make a difference is to find something that we like to do and that we are good at.Knowing
who we are means knowing how we think and what we like to do.Everyone has his or her special skills and interests,and only by dicovering
what we do best can we hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference.
Writing
Who is your favourite scientist?Use a library or the Internet to find out more about him or her and then write a paragraph to describe
that person.
TIPS   Using the scientific method to learn English
1 Observe how new words and structures are used.
2 Try to make a simple rule to explain how the word or structure is used.
3 Test your theory by using the words or structures and see if your theory is correct.
When you have written a paragraph,you can use the checklist below to revise what you have written.
1 Does your paragraph have a topic sentence?
2 Is it easy to understand what you are explaining?
3 Do your supporting sentences focus on the main idea?
4 Have you used enough examples?
5 Does your paragraph have a closing sentence?
6 Is your paragraph interesting?
7 Check your grammar and spelling.
  
WORKBOOK
INTEGRATING SKILLS
                                            ALBERT EINSTEIN                  
                                       E=_______________
UNIT 1
Albert Einstein 阿伯特.爱因斯坦（20世纪杰出的科学家）
genius 天才；创造力
inspiration 灵感；鼓舞人心的人（或事物）
perspiration 汗水；出汗
Alfred North Whitehead 艾尔弗雷德.诺思.怀特黑德（英国数学家）
undertake 着手做；从事；承担
analysis 分析；分解
obvious 显然的；明显的
within 在...里面；在...范围之内
quote 引语；引文；（常用复数）引号
agriculture 农学；农业
gravity 重力；引力；地心吸力
radioactivity 放射性；放射现象；放射线
curious 好奇的；好求知的；爱打听隐私的
branch （学科）分科；树枝；支流；支线；分支机构
debate 辩论；争论
biologist 生物学家
scan 浏览；细看；反复查看
Stephen Hawking 斯蒂芬.霍金（英国科学家）
PhD(Doctor of Philosophy) 哲学博士学位；博士学位
boundary 分界线；边界；界限
promising 有前途的；有希望的
graduate 大学毕业生；毕业生
incurable （人或病）医不好的；不可救药的；无法补救的
work on 继续工作
go by 过去；走过
engage 使订婚；约定；雇用；使从事
be/get engaged to sb 与某人订婚
Jane Wilde 简.怀尔德（女子名）
go on with  继续某种行为
research 探索；调查；研究
dream of 梦想；梦到
exploration 探究；考察；勘探
wheelchair （病人等用的）轮椅
disable 使丧失能力
theory 理论；原理；学说；推测
Roger Penrose 罗杰.彭罗斯（美国数学家和物理学家）
seek  寻找；探索；追求
misunderstand 误解；误会
turn out 结果（是）；证明（是）；原来（是）
scientific 科学（上）的；符合科学规律的
observe 观察；察觉到；遵守；庆祝（节日等）
observation 注意；观察；观测
match 和...相配；和...相称；使较量
predict 预言；预测；预计
use up 用完；用尽
unhappiness 悲伤；不幸
Newton 牛顿（英国著名物理学家）
DNA 脱氧核糖核酸（基因的基本成分）
crime 罪；犯罪活动；不法行为
be satisfied with 对...表示满意或满足
astronomer 天文学家
Galileo Galilei 伽利略.伽利莱（意大利数学家、天文学家和哲学家）
microscope 显微镜
telescope 望远镜
take a look at 看
what if 倘使...将会怎样；即使...又有什么要紧
Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯.培根（英国作家、哲学家和政治家）
geographer 地理学家
heaven （常用复数）天；天空；（常作H-）天国；上帝
Copernicus 哥白尼（波兰天文学家）
the other way around 相反地；从相反方向；用相反方式
intelligent 理解力强的；有才智的
patient 忍耐的；容忍的；有耐心的
experiment 进行实验；进行试验