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,Unit2,PassageBTheWake-upCallfromStockholm,RelatedinformationAhmedH.ZewailCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologyPaulingChairHeadingstoeachpartDifficultsentencesUsefulexpressionsWordstolearn,HowmuchdoyouknowaboutAhmedH.Zewail?,www.zewail.caltech.edu,Profile,BornFebruary26,1946.Damahar,EgyptNationalityEgyptian-AmericanFieldsChemistry,physicsInstitutionCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologyAlmamaterUniversityofAlexandria,UniversityofPennsylvaniaKnownforFemtochemistryNotableawardsNobelPrizeforChemistry(1999),OpinionsaboutDr.Zewail,Zewailwasbeinghonoredforarevolutioninchemistrythroughhispioneeringinvestigationoffundamentalchemicalreactions,usingultra-shortlaserflashes,onthetime-scaleonwhichthereactionsactuallyoccur.-TheRoyalSwedishAcademyofSciencesWithFemtochemistryaneweraofchemistryhasbeenborn.Hisworkhasgivenrealitytothemostcentralconceptofchemistry.-oneofhiscolleaguesinCaltch,CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology,MottoThetruthshallmakeyoufree”Established1891TypePrivateFaculty294professorialfaculty1054otherfacultyUndergraduate951Postgraduate1179CampusUrban,124acres(0.5km),CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology,EndowmentUS$1.5billion(July24,2009)RankinginthetoptenuniversitiesworldwidebymetricssuchasScienceWatch,NobelPrizes,andgeneraluniversityrankings.,LinusPauling(19011994)wasoneofthemostinfluentialandcontroversialfiguresofthetwentiethcentury.HeistheonlyindividualtodatetoreceivetwounsharedNobelPrizes.Withalifeandcareerthatspannedalmosttheentiretwentiethcentury,Paulingimpactedscience,politics,activism,andnutrition.TheBritishjournal,NewScientistincludedhimintheirlistofthe20greatestscientistsofalltime,alongwithGalileo,CharlesDarwinGalileoandIsaacNewton.TheonlyotherindividualselectedfromthetwentiethcenturywasAlbertEinstein.,PaulingChair,GlobalReadingGivetheheadingstoeachpartofthetext,PartI(1-12)PartII(13-29)PartIII(30-44)PartIV(45-51),AcallfromStockholmZewailsachievementsPathtotheforefrontZewailsexpectations,GroupDiscussionPart1(Para.112)Couldyoupleasedescribethereactionsfromhisfamilyandhisfriendswhentheygotthenews?Part2-3(Para.1344)Whatshiscontributiontotheworld?WhatsthereasonforhimtobecometheNobelPrizeswinner?WhydidZewaildecidetoworkinCaltech?Part4(Para.4551)WhatdoesZewailplantodointhefuture?,DifficultSentences1.Twothousande-mailswouldzoomhiswaywithinafewdaysandthreephonelineswouldstartringingwitheagerrequestsforinterviewsfromthenationalandEgyptianpressandwithcongratulationsfromfriendsandcolleagues.几天之内，两千封电子邮件将蜂拥而至；三条电话线都将响个不停，美国和埃及的媒体将纷纷打来电话，急切要求对他进行采访；朋友与同事也会致电祝贺。,2.TheRoyalSwedishAcademyhonoredZewailforhisgroundbreakingworkinviewingandstudyingchemicalreactionsattheatomiclevelastheyoccur.瑞典皇家科学院因扎威尔在观察和研究原子层面所发生的化学反应方面所做的开创性工作而授予他诺贝尔化学奖。,Zewailspathtotheforefrontoftheinternationalsciencearenahasbeenelegantandswift,liketheatomsheobservesperformingmoleculardances.扎威尔走向国际科学领域前沿的道路快捷而别具特色，正如他所观察的原子跳出的分子舞步一样优美。,4.HestayedatBerkeleyforpostdoctoralworkfortworeasons:tothinkmoreaboutresearchratherthanaboutgettingaPhDandthesecretreasonIwantedtobuyabigAmericancartotakebacktoEgyptwithme.“扎威尔留在伯克利分校做博士后研究有两个原因：一是搞科研而非仅仅得到博士学位；另一个“私底下的原因是我想买一辆美国大轿车带回埃及去”。,UsefulExpressions1.开创性工作groundbreakingwork2.大学教学人员facultymember3.通向国际科学领域前沿的道路thepathtotheforefrontoftheinternationalsciencearena4.丰富的经验awealthofexperience5.轻松地使自己的成绩在班上名列前茅sailtothetopofhisclass,UsefulExpressions6.结果事实证明asitturnedout7.从到的过渡atransitionfromto8.若干顶尖的thetophandfulof9.受到全体教职工、校方与系里的欢迎bewellreceivedbythestaff,administrationandfaculty,UsefulExpressions10.開始運作；開始進行offandrunning11.追问进展情况tracktheprogress12.获得，经历underonesbelt13.开拓疆界，扩大成就pushtheenvelope,Wordstolearn,handfulroyalswiftprestigiousclassicalelegantfundamental,investigationbreakthroughacademycolleaguefacultyprobespecializepredict,alumnus(male)alumna(female)almamateruniversityorschoolatwhichonewasorisbeingtaught,bringin:tocausetocomein;introduceThenewproducthasbroughtin$400,000forthecompanythisyear.Up-to-dateelectronicdeviceshavebeenbroughtintocontrolallthetrafficlightsofthiscity.,bringintocausetocomein;introducebringabouttocausebringforwardtoraisefordiscussionbringuptoeducate,lookafter,Isthereanythingelsewhichanyonewishestobring_forustodiscuss.Thegovernmentbrings_anewlawtolimitthenumberofforeignworkers.Whatdoyouthinkbrought_hissuddenchange?Didyougrandparentsbringyou_afteryourparentsdeath?,forward,in,about,up,
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