基英第八课The-art-of-smart-guessing.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,组员：邱芸莉 丁文妍,郭春利 李丹,The Art of Smart Guessing,Paragraphs 1920,Analysis:These two paragraphs,the conclusion of the text,is closely related to the beginning part of this enlightening essay.In this part,the writer provides the correct answer to the challenging question raised in the beginning.He presents not only the calculating process,but also the smart guessing process that leads to the right answer.,(1)What do you think of the conclusion?,The conclusion is informative,enlightening and satisfying,for it tells us what we expect to know.In the beginning the challenging question is put forward,but no answer is given,which creates suspense.The conclusion removes the suspense by supplying the solution process as well as the answer.,(2)Can an average person solve or guess the correct answer to the challenging question?Give reasons for your answer.,No,it is impossible for an ordinary person to find the right answer because it is not likely for him to know the depth of the Mariana Trench,马里亚纳海沟（太平洋海底）,or the falling rate of a cannonball dropping through water.And it is absolutely out of the question for him to guesstimate the correct answer.Only those who are imaginative,knowledgeable and resourceful like the writer of the text are capable of solving the Fermi problem.,Word,nautical,n:tikl,adj.of,relating to,or characteristic of ships,shipping,sailors,or navigation on a body of water,航海的，海上的；船员的,nautical mile:,a sea mile,i.e.,the measure of distance at sea,about 6,080 ft(1,852 meters),海里,Eg,:,The minimum distance from the mainland is,now 5.2,nautical,miles;,如今，距离大陆的最小距离是,5.2,海里。,Language work,Did you make a,completely wild guess,a simply groundless prediction far from being correct,2.Did you get too,bogged down,in the details trying to,come up with,the“exactly right”answer?,stumped or baffled;work out,3.Or did you,zero in on,the two most important problems,Come to concentrate on and deal with,4.To answer the questions,he recommended,breaking it down into,smaller,more manageable questions.,Analyzing it by dividing it into,5.He had,come up with,a resourceful way,discovered,Thank you for listening!,