资源描述
Read & Explore,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,二级,三级,四级,五级,精品课件,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,二级,三级,四级,五级,*,Passage A,Passage B,Return to Menu,Unit 2,Passage APassage BReturn to Me,Passage A,Think About It,Read About It,Talk About It,Write About It,Passage A,1.What do you think makes a successful scientist?,Curiosity, patience, determination, genius, persistence .,Reference:,1.What do you think makes a s,2.What kind of boy was Einstein in his parents eyes?,They might have thought him slow because he hardly spoke until he was almost three years old.,Reference:,2.What kind of boy was Einste,3.Einstein once said: “Curiosity has its own reason for existence.” How do you understand this statement?,Einstein was right because he himself was passionately curious when he was young. His curiosity was sparked by wanting to know what controlled the compass needle and this led to his later success.,Reference:,3.Einstein once said: “Curios,Read About It,Language Points,Content Awareness,Language Focus,Read About It,Einsteins Compass,Young Albert was a quiet boy. “Perhaps too quiet”, thought Hermann and Pauline Einstein. He spoke hardly at all until age 3. They might have thought him slow, but there was something else,evident,. When he did speak, hed say the most unusual things. At age 2, Pauline promised him,a surprise. Albert was excited, thinking she was bringing him some new fascinating toy. But when his mother presented him with his new baby sister Maja, all Albert could do was stare with questioning eyes. Finally he,responded, “Where are the wheels?”,Einsteins Compassa surpri,When Albert was 5 years old and sick in bed, Hermann Einstein brought him a device that did,stir,his,intellect,. It was the first time he had seen a compass. He lay there shaking and twisting the odd thing, certain he could,fool,it,into,pointing off in a new direction. But try as he might, the compass needle would always find its way back to pointing in the direction of north. “A wonder,” he thought. The,invisible,force that guided the compass needle was evidence to Albert that there was more to our world that meets the eye. There was “something behind things, something deeply hidden.”,When Albert was 5 years old a,So began Albert Einsteins journey down a road of exploration that he would follow the rest of his life. “I have no special gift,” he would say, “I am only passionately curious.”,Albert Einstein was more than just curious though. He had the patience and determination that kept him at things longer than most others. Other children would build houses of cards,up to,4 stories tall before the cards would lose balance and the whole structure would come falling down. Maja watched in wonder as her brother Albert,methodically,built his card buildings to 14 stories. Later he would say, “Its not that Im so smart, its just that I stay with problems longer.”,So began Albert Einsteins jo,One advantage Albert Einsteins developing mind enjoyed was the opportunity to communicate with adults in an intellectual way. His uncle, an engineer, would come to the house, and Albert would join in the discussions. His thinking was also stimulated by a medical student who,came over,once a week for dinner and lively chats.,At age 12, Albert Einstein,came upon,a set of ideas that impressed him as “holy.” It was a little book on Euclidean plane geometry. The concept that one could prove theorems of angles and lines that were,in no way,obvious made an “indescribable impression” on the young student. He adopted mathematics as the tool he would use to pursue his,curiosity,and prove what he would discover about the behavior of the universe.,One advantage Albert Einstein,He was,convinced,that beauty lies in the simplicity. Perhaps this,insight,was the real power of his,genius,. Albert Einstein looked for the beauty of simplicity in the,apparently,complex nature and saw truths that escaped others. While the expression of his mathematics might be accessible to only a few sharp minds in the science, Albert could,condense,the,essence,of his thoughts so anyone could understand.,For instance, his theories of relativity revolutionized science and unseated the laws of Newton that were believed to be a complete description of nature for hundreds of years. Yet when pressed for an example that people could,relate to, he,came up with,this: “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. THATs relativity.”,He was convinced that beauty,Albert Einsteins wealth of new ideas,peaked,while he was still a young man of 26. In 1905 he wrote 3,fundamental,papers on the nature of light, a proof of atoms, the special theory of relativity and the famous equation of atomic power: E=mc,2,. For the next 20 years, the curiosity that was,sparked,by wanting to know what controlled the compass needle and his,persistence,to keep,pushing for,the simple answers led him to connect space and time and find a new state of matter.,What was his,ultimate,quest?,“I want to know how God,created,this world . I want to know His thoughts; the rest are,details,.”,Albert Einsteins wealth of n,evident,adj., easily seen or understood; obvious,Examples,The threat of inflation is already,evident,in bond prices.,The audience waited with,evident,excitement for the performance to begin.,evident adj. Examples,evident,adj., easily seen or understood; obvious,Examples,To every question the police officer asked, the suspect,responded,“I dont know.”,For patients who do not,respond,to drug treatment, surgery is a possible option.,evidence,n.,information that gives proof or reasons to believe or agree with sth,Examples,The police have found no,evidence,of a terrorist link with the murder.,The broken window is the,evidence,that someone has broken in.,evident adj. Exampleseviden,respond,v.,to say or do sth as a reaction to sth that has been said or done,Examples,To every question the police officer asked, the suspect,responded,“I dont know.”,For patients who do not,respond,to drug treatment, surgery is a possible option.,respond v. Examples,stir,v.,1) to excite,Examples,The story of Harry Potter has,stirred,childrens imagination.,We create services that,stir,the soul.,stir,v.,1) to excite,2) to be roused,Examples,The mothers grief,stirred,when she saw the photo of her son, who died in a traffic accident.,The emotion of the viewers,stirred,by the program.,stir v.Examplesstir v.2),intellect,n.,1) the ability to use the power of reason,Examples,Bill Gates is a man noted more for his,intellect,than his charm.,The problem oversteps my,intellect,.,2) a person of great intellectual ability,Examples,Maria Gomez, a historian, socialist and one of the great,intellects,of our time, died at the age of eighty-nine.,I admire the,intellect,s capacity of work.,intellect n.Examples2) a p,fool . into .,to deceive sb into doing sth,Examples,Tim was,fooled into,spending all his money on lottery tickets.,It was not fair for Jean to,fool,Robert,into,believing that she was in love with him.,fool . into .Examples,invisible,adj.,that can not be seen,Examples,Invisible,marks on the bank note make it almost impossible to fake.,The Stealth fighter is an aircraft designed to be,invisible,to radar.,invisibility,n.,the state of not being seen,Examples,His novel focused on the social,invisibility,of black people.,The path was obscured almost to the point of,invisibility,.,invisible adj.Examplesinvisi,up to,as a maximum number of amount,Examples,This language lab can hold,up to,about 40 people.,Up to,two hundred people died in the air crash.,up toExamples,methodically,adv.,in a very ordered, careful way,Examples,Jean,methodically,put the things into her suitcase.,Could you arrange the files,methodically,so that it will be convenient to get any file you need?,methodically adv.Examples,come over,to make a short informal visit,Examples,Whenever in trouble, she would,come over,to us for help.,Ill,come over,to see you on my next day off.,come overExamples,come upon,to meet, find, or discover esp. by chance,Examples,Believe it or not, John,came upon,his wife to be in a flight to China.,I,came upon,this cool cap in a small store in Paris.,come uponExamples,in no way,not at all,Examples,Theory can,in no way,be separated from practice.,Alcohol will,in no way,ease your miseries.,in no wayExamples,curiosity,n.,the desire to know or learn,Examples,It is important to develop the natural,curiosity,of each child.,Im burning with,curiosity, you must tell me whos won!,curiosity n.Examples,convince,v., to make sb completely certain about sth,Examples,The waste disposal industry is finding it difficult to,convince,the public that its operations are safe.,The attorney managed to,convince,the jury of the defendants innocence.,convince v.Examples,insight,n.,(the ability to have) a clear, deep understanding of a complicated problem or situation,Examples,He was a brilliant actor who brought deep psychological,insight,to many of his roles.,Professor Becker offered some interesting,insights,into the human society.,insight n.Examples,genius,n.,1) great and rare power of thought, skill, or imagination,Examples,He has a spark of,genius,that distinguishes him from the other actors.,She has a,genius,for raising money.,2) a person of very great ability or very high intelligence,Examples,Chaplin was not just a,genius,; he was among the most influential figures in film history.,No man is born a,genius,.,genius n.Examples2) a pers,apparently,adv.,1) according to what seems to be true,Examples,Well,apparently,shes had enough of her major and shes heading off to finance.,The window had,apparently,been forced open.,2) actually,Examples,I thought they were married but,apparently,they were not.,She looks about 12 but,apparently,shes 14.,apparently adv.Examples2),condense,v.,to reduce in size,Examples,You should rewrite your thesis and,condense,120 pages into 50.,All the suggestions put forward will be,condensed,into a single plan of action.,condense v.Examples,essence,n.,the central or most important quality of a thing,Examples,The,essence,of his argument was that education should continue throughout life.,A sharp rise in income tax is the,essence,of the new policy.,in essence,by nature; essentially,Examples,He is,in essence,a fighter, and enjoys competition.,In essence,his message was very simple.,essence n.Examplesin essence,relate to,to understand and accept,Examples,Many parents find it hard to,relate to,their children when they are teenagers.,She cannot,relate to,the idea of working with computers.,relate toExamples,come up with,to think of (a plan, reply, etc.); to produce,Examples,Scientists will have to,come up with,new methods of increasing the worlds food supply.,Many net service companies havent,come up with,an effective way to get profits.,come up withExamples,peak,v,. to reach the highest point or level,Examples,Official figures show that unemployment,peaked,in November and then fell slowly over the next two months.,Temperatures have,peaked,at over 40C.,n,. the highest point or level,Examples,Holiday flights reach a,peak,before the Spring Festival.,At the,peak,of her career she startled us all with a decision to retire.,peakExamplesn. the highest,fundamental,adj.,forming the base, from which everything else originates; more important than anything else,Examples,Some understanding of grammar is,fundamental,to learning a language.,We need to make,fundamental,changes to the way in which we treat our environment.,fundamental adj.Examples,spark,v.,to be the cause of; to lead to,Examples,The proposals are expected to,spark,heated debate.,The writers aim was to,spark,the readers imagination.,spark v.Examples,persistence,n.,the ability of continuing in a course of action or way of behaving,Examples,Skill comes only with practice, patience and,persistence,.,Most financial analysts didnt foresee the,persistence,of the recession.,persistence n.Examples,push for,to try very hard to achieve or get,Examples,Britains health experts are,pushing for,a ban on all cigarette advertising.,The union leaders of that country are,pushing for,two things: higher wages and earlier retirement.,push forExamples,ultimate,adj.,being or happening at the end of a process or course of action,Examples,Although other people can advise him, the,ultimate,decision about who is to be employed lies with the personnel director.,His,ultimate,goal as an athlete is to represent his country and win gold at the Olympic Games.,ultimate adj.Examples,create,v.,to cause sth new to exist,Examples,The new government is expected to,create,more jobs.,Its important to,create,a good impression when you meet a client.,create v.Examples,detail,n.,1) an unimportant part of sth,Examples,Could you skip the,details,to get to the main point?,A,detail,is considered insignificant.,2) a single point or fact about sth,Examples,A police officer took down the,details,of what had happened.,She has a photographic memory for,details,.,detail n.Examples2) a sin,They might have thought him slow, but there was something else evident.,Paraphrase,Paraphrase,If there had been no other evidence, they might have thought him slow (not quick to learn).,They might have thought him sl,The invisible force that guided the compass needle was evidence to Albert that there was more to our world that meets the eye.,Paraphrase,Paraphrase,The invisible force that guided the compass needle made Albert believe that there were things we couldnt see / that were hidden to us.,The invisible force that guide,Its not that Im so smart, its just that I stay with problems longer.,Paraphrase,Paraphrase,I can do this not because Im very smart, but because I am more persistent at thinking over the problems.,*,Here “,that,” is a conjunction introducing clauses of reason (that can be replaced by because) or a clause of subject complement.,Its not that Im so smart, it,While the expression of his mathematics might be accessible to only a few sharp minds in the science, .,Paraphrase,Paraphrase,While the expression of his mathematics might be understood by only a few perceptive scientists, .,While the expression of his ma,Read and think,Exercise 2,Exercise 3,Exercise 4,Content Awareness,Read and think Content Awarene,Ex. 2Work in a group of four to do an interview.,Interviewer:,a journalist from the magazine,Children Education,Interviewees:,Einstein, his mother Pauline and sister Maja,Time:,two weeks after Einstein was granted the Nobel Prize,Task:,Talk about some unusual things that happened in Einsteins childhood, with the help of the three pictures below.,Clues of the interview,Ex. 2Work in a group of four,Ex. 2Work in a group of four to do an interview.,1.Paulines surprise to Einstein with his new baby sister, and Einsteins response.,Clues:,Ex. 2Work in a group of four,Ex. 2Work in a group of four to do an interview.,2.,Einsteins recall of the compass.,Clues:,Ex. 2Work in a group of four,Ex. 2Work in a group of four to do an interview.,3.,Majas recall of the card house built by her brother, and Einsteins interpretation of his patience and determination to keep at things longer.,Clues:,Ex. 2Work in a group of four,Ex. 3Make questions that Einstein might have asked out of his passionate curiosity about the following.,1,the compass,Why would the compass always find its way back to pointing in the direction of north?,(Para.,2),_,(Para.,9),What invisible force controlled the compass needle?,Ex. 3Make questions that Eins,Ex. 3Make questions that Einstein might have asked out of his passionate curiosity about the following.,2,a book on Euclidean plane geometry,_,_,(Para.,6),_,_,(Para.,6),How could people use Euclidean plane geometry to prove theorems of angles and lines that were in no way obvious?,Could I adopt mathematics as a tool to prove the behavior of the universe?,Ex. 3Make questions that Eins,Ex. 3Make questions that Einstein might have asked out of his passionate curiosity about the following.,3,beauty of simplicity,_,_,(Para.,7),_,_,(Para.,7),How could I find the beauty of simplicity in the apparently complex nature?,How could I make the essence of my ideas understandable to everyone?,Ex. 3Make questions that Eins,Ex. 3Make questions that Einstein might have asked out of his passionate curiosity about the following.,4,his ultimate quest,_,(Para.,11),_,(Para.,11),What were His thoughts?,How did God create this world?,Ex. 3Make questions that Eins,Ex. 4Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word.,Check up,It seems the young Albert Einstein was never exactly an ordinary child. When he was given a,c,_ at the age of five, it ignited his,i,_. Not only was the young Albert passionately,c,_, he was also remarkably,p,_ and would not easily give up on a problem. Alberts development was also,s,_ by the company of intelligent adults such as an uncle of his who was an engineer and a medical student who was a friend of the family. Einstein was,i,_ to take up mathematics by Euclidean geometry. His true,g,_ lay in his ability to express,c,_ ideas in simple language. By the age of twenty-six Einstein had already produced his most famous work, although he never stopped looking for answers.,Ex. 4Fill in each of the blan,It seems the young Albert Einstein was never exactly an ordinary child. When he was given a,c,_ at the age of five, it ignited his,i,_. Not only was the young Albert passionately,c,_, he was also remarkably,p,_ and would not easily give up on a problem. Alberts development was also,s,_ by the company of intelligent adults such as an uncle of his who was an engineer and a medical student who was a friend of the family. Einstein was,i,_ to take up mathematics by Euclidean geometry. His true,g,_ lay in his ability to express,c,_ ideas in simple language. By the age of twenty-six Einstein had already produced his most famous work, although he never stopped looking for answers.,c,ompass,i,nspiration,c,urious,p,ersistent,s,timulated,i,nspired,g,enius,c,omplex,Ex. 4Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word.,It seems the young Albert Eins,Read and complete:,Exercise 5,Exercise 6,Exercise 7,Read and translate:,Exercise 8,Read and simulate:,Exercise 9,Language Focus,Read and complete:Language Foc,Ex. 5One word is wrongly used in each of the following sentences. Underline the wrong word and write out the correct one.,Model,:,Einsteins theories of relatively contributed much to the development of science.,relativity,Ex. 5One word is wrongly used,Ex. 5One word is wrongly used in each of the following sentences. Underline the wrong word and write out the correct one.,condensed,1.,The spokesman was merely given a condense version of the document, so he didnt know much about the details.,Ex. 5One word is wrongly used,Ex. 5One word is wrongly used in each of the following sentences. Underline the wrong word and write out the correct one.,curiosity,2.,Stouts curious in science was sparked by the fascinating stories about Nobel Prize winn
展开阅读全文