新课标高一 英语必修3 Unit 4 Reading task Astronomy the science of the stars Black holes Stephen Hawking thinks that black holes can both eat and spit objects out About usAbout the black holeAbout others Circle of lights Large stars Like a mouth In shock and amazement Light went out Computers stopped working Feel sick My mouth dry Close my eyes Spaceship not move I was bumped and banged able to look Spit objects out Pull us into its mouth Jumped again increase its speed as fast as light like a bird Jump and went faster My watch slower exciting Computer began to work again turn away Read the passage on page 66 and answer the two questions 1 Can a black hole be seen How do you know it s a black hole 2 What happened to the spaceship from the beginning to the end 1 Can a black hole be seen How do you know it s a black hole No it can t be seen You can see things disappear into what appears to be empty space 2 What happened to the spaceship from the beginning to the end At first the lights on the spaceship went out and the computer stopped working Then the spaceship jumped and began to move around the edge of the outside of the hole As the spaceship moved around the hole it began to go faster and faster But then the spaceship jumped again and it moved sideways from the black hole It began to increase its speed until it seemed to be going as fast as light As last the spaceship slowed down and the computer started working again Old ideas about black holes Was this what we found New ideas about black holes 1 Black holes cannot be seen 2 Gravity pulls object towards them yes You can only see it by watching the movements of the objects caught by Its gravity yes Old ideas about black holes Was this what we found New ideas about black holes Objects go round outside the edge of the black hole All objects must go into the black hole when they are caught by its gravity yes They can be thrown far from the black hole by its energy No Surf the Internet to find the information about space and the moon And you are expected to present it to your peer in the next class Homework