1、Warm-up questions:,scientist,musician/ famous star,political leader,businessman,1. Do you remember your childhood dreams?,2. Have you ever thought of becoming a scientist?,Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) 牛顿,Charles Darwin (1809-1892) 达尔文,Albert Einstein (1879-1955) 爱因斯坦,Marie Curie (1867-1934) 居里夫人,3.
2、Can you name some world-famous scientists?,4. What makes a great scientist?,A Brief Introduction to Albert Einstein Einsteins Chronology,Before Reading_2,Albert Einstein ( 18791955) German-born American Physicist and Nobel Laureate,The Professor and the Yo-Yo,Before Reading_2_2_1,Born in Ulm, German
3、y, the elder child of a businessman and a musical mother.,Married Mileva Maric, his classmate at the polytechnic. They had two sons but eventually divorced.,Published three ground-breaking papers on the motion of particles, the nature of light, and the relationship between energy and inertia惯性.,Eins
4、teins Chronology,Before Reading_2_2_2,Published his “Autobiographical Notes.”,Published his General Theory of Relativity.,Director of Kaiser Wilhelm Physical Institute in Berlin.,Awarded the Nobel Prize for physics.,Before Reading_2_2_3,Declined an offer to become head of state of Israel.,Died in ho
5、spital in Princeton.,Wrote to Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States, on the possibility of manufacturing a nuclear bomb and the need to beat the Nazis.,More about Einstein,In his early childhood he was slow to learn to talk and did not seem to be very bright.2. But by the time he was 14
6、, he had taught himself advanced mathematics from textbooks.,3. In 1905 when he was 25, he advanced his theory of relativity.4. In 1921 Einstein won the Nobel Prize for his work in photoelectric theory (光电理论). 5. He once refused to speak on the radio for $ 1,000 a minute.,More about Einstein,6. On a
7、nother occasion he used a check for $1,500 as a bookmark and then he lost the book.7. Often there were visitors like the 12-year-old girl who, for a time, formed the habit of visiting him on her way home from school.,Finally, the puzzled mother of the girl met Dr. Einstein and asked him what he and
8、her daughter talked about. The doctor smiled and explained: “Oh, she brings me cookies, and I do her arithmetic homework for her.”,Do you know any proverbs of Einstein?,“Imagination is more important than knowledge. ” Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.(一个从未犯错的人是因为他不曾尝试
9、新鲜事物。 ) 3. Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. 4. Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. (人生就像骑单车。想保持平衡就得往前走。 ),Before Reading_3,The Yo-Yo is a simple toy consisting of a grooved double disk with a string about the center. T
10、he player holds the end of the string which unwinds itself as the disk is dropped. Then by a slight jerk on the string, the player causes it to rewind itself, and to reel up back to the hand. Since 1930 it has become a popular toy.,The Yo-Yo,Barbie,Domino,Jigsaw,Magic square,Transformers,Toy bricks,
11、New Words & Expressions,modest: adj.,1) not proud 谦逊的, 谦虚的,2) not large in amount, size, etc; moderate 适度的,适中的,我们班长总是对自己的成就很谦逊。,Our monitor is always modest about his achievements. (be modest about),He bought the bicycle at a modest price.,他以适中的价格买了辆自行车,display :,1. vt. show 展示，显示，表现；陈列，展览,The art m
12、useum is planning to display the new paintings it has bought.,艺术博物馆正准备展出刚买的新画。,2. n. the act of displaying; a collection of things displayed 展示，显示，表现；陈列，展览,On New Years Eve the display of fireworks offers many attractions.,impress: vt.,make someone feel admiration and respect 给 以深刻的印象,Bill borrowed
13、a sports car to impress his girlfriend.,2) make the importance of something clear to someone使铭记,I impressed on him the importance of his work.,Eg: We were deeply impressed by his deeds.,impress somebody with something: 使某人牢记某事 impress something on somebody 使某人牢记某事 be impressed by/with 被所感动,对-留下深刻印象,
14、Pattern:,n. impression 印象,make/ leave an impression on somebody 给某人留下印象,eg: I made a bad impression on my teacher by arriving late on my first day.,我印象中他们刚刚争吵过,I got the impression that theyd just had an argument.,function:,1. vi. work, operate; do the work of 工作，运转，起作用,When the computer functions p
15、roperly, the green light is on.,2. n. use, special duty or purpose作用，功能，职能,当计算机正常运转时，绿灯是亮着的。,The brain performs three functions: reading, recalling and analyzing.,The spokesman functions as a channel between the leadership and the public.,Note: function as: 起作用，其职能、职责是,frustrate: 1) to prevent the f
16、ulfilment of; defeat someone挫败，破坏，阻挠,Eg: The bad weather frustrate all our hopes of going out.,2) to cause someone to have feelings of annoyed disappointment 使沮丧，使灰心丧气,Eg: Im feeling frustrated in my present job. (be frustrated in- 对-灰心丧气),n. frustration,1) to cause the failure U 失败, 泄气,frustration
17、of contract 合同落空,2) something that disappointed somebody C 挫折, 使人失望的事,Life is full of frustrations. 人生充满了挫折.,ambition: n. a strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power 野心；抱负，雄心,His ambition to become a millionaire has come true.,A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.,燕雀安知鸿
18、鹄之志。,Note: ambitious: adj. 有雄心的，野心勃勃的,Collocation:,achieve / realize ones ambition,frustrate ones ambition,stimulate ones ambition,ones life-long ambition,实现抱负,使某人的野心（或雄心）受挫,激发某人的雄心壮志,毕生的志向,correspond: vi.,Do you often correspond with your friends?,2) be in agreement, harmony, or conformity 对应，符合，与-
19、一致,他言行不一。,His actions do not correspond with his words.,correspondence: n. 1) 通信；）符合 corresponding: adj. 对应的，相当的 correspondent: 通讯员，记者,1) write letters to each other 通信,我打开包裹，仅仅为了满足自己的好奇心。,curiosity: n. the desire to know about something,I opened the packet just to satisfy my curiosity.,Collocation:
20、,arouse ones curiosity,satisfy / feed ones curiosity,Eg: I looked at him with curiosity.,out of curiosity,with curiosity,引起某人的好奇,满足某人的好奇心,出于好奇,好奇地,curious: adj. be curious about,pursue: vt.,(1) work at; be busy with 继续；从事，忙于,He is pursing his studies at the university.,(2) go after 追赶，追踪,警察在高速公路上追赶被
21、盗的车辆.,The police pursued the stolen vehicle along the motorway.,The sports car raced through the streets in pursuit of another car.,pursue 是动词，较正式，其名词形式为 pursuit,常用于 “in pursuit (of)” 中。,approach:,v.,接近那座城镇的时候, 首先看到的就是教堂。,come near, move close to 接近，靠近,As you approach the town, the first building yo
22、u see is the church.,2) coming nearer 接近，靠近,The pop star is easy / difficult of approach (容易接近 ).,We need a new approach to the quality control problem.,1) way, method方式，方法,2. n.,我们需要一种新的方法来解决质量监控问题,(3) way; path 通路，途径；引道,All approaches to the park were blocked after the car crash.,Make Sentences,mo
23、destimpress/ impressionfunctionfrustrate/ frustrationambition/ ambitiouscorrespondcurious/ curiosityapproach,The Professor and the Yo-Yo,Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man.,After Reading_2_1,1. 感到无拘无束,2. 使玩具失去平衡,3. 一首表示感谢的诗,5. 在某人的能力范围内,4. 与自己达成妥协,
24、6. 对心满意足,feel at ease,throw the toy off balance,a poem of thanks,within ones limits,come to terms with himself,be content to,Fast Reading,be immune to,7.对具有免疫力,8. 与通信往来,correspond with,9. 对某人来说毫无意义,mean nothing to someone,10. 信奉简朴,believe in simplicity,11. 回复到,revert to,13. 相对（来说）次要,relatively minor
25、 in importance,12. 实际应用,practical application,14. 推断其运作原理,deduce the operating principle,15. 不赞成的表情,an expression of disapproval,16. 对迷惑不解,be bewildered by,Main Ideas,Paras,Parts,1,1,2,2-9,3,My visit to Einsteins home.,An analysis of Einsteins personality.,Part Division,10,Einstein was puzzled by hi
26、s fame.,2,1,The Professor and the Yo-Yo,1. My father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einsteins home, I was made to feel at ease when Einstein said, “I have something to show you.” He went to his desk and returned with a Yo-Yo. He tried to show me how it worked but he
27、 couldnt make it roll back up the string. When my turn came, I displayed my few tricks and pointed out to him that the incorrectly looped string had thrown the toy off balance. Einstein nodded, properly impressed by my skill and knowledge. Later, I bought a new Yo-Yo and mailed it to the Professor a
28、s a Christmas present, and received a poem of thanks.,Why did Einstein show a yo-yo to his young visitor?,I was made to feel at ease when Einstein said, “I have something to show you.” (Passive Structure 被动结构),What the professor said made me feel at ease.,Exe. 1 on Page 89,Joes father was seen to re
29、turn after dark. The wind was heard to roar through the trees. I dont think Tom can be made to take the boss orders.,make, let, have, hear, watch, see, feel, notice, help动词后做宾补的不定式一般不加to，变为被动，必须加to.,be/feel at ease: in a relaxed position 无拘束的,自由自在的,安适的,Collocation:,with ease,ill at ease,(stand) at e
30、ase,轻而易举地；毫不费力地,不安；心神不宁,稍息,take ones ease,使自己舒服一下；休息；放松,I was not at ease (or: ill at ease) at such a big party.,few, a few, little, a little （1）few, a few是可数的, little, a little是不可数的。 （2）a few, a little含肯定意味，few, little含否定意味。,Exe. 1 on Page 84,1) few 2) A little3) little 4) few5) a few, little 6) a
31、few, few7) little 8) few,point out: explain, call to attention 使注意；指出,Father pointed out to the son that the basic skill in riding a bicycle is to keep balance.,你能指出哪里有错吗?,Can you point out any mistakes?,off balance: unsteady or unsteadily, in danger of falling 失去平衡的,The small boat got off balance a
32、nd turned over in a storm.,Collocation:,keep / maintain ones balance,保持平衡,lose ones balance,失去平衡，心慌意乱,(be) out of balance,失去平衡,轮到我时，我露了几手并向他指出，绕错的线圈使玩具失去了平衡。,When my turn came, I displayed my few tricks and pointed out to him that the incorrectly looped string had thrown the toy off balance.,An Anal
33、ysis of Einsteins Personality(Paras.2-9),Einstein had no personal ambition.2. Einstein believed in simplicity.3. Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist.4. Einstein was easy to approach.,An Analysis of Einsteins Personality,Einstein had no personal ambition.1. He was ready to come to terms wi
34、th himself and the world around him. 2. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. 3. He was content to go as far as he could. 4. He never showed jealousy, vanity, bitterness, anger, resentment, or personal ambition.Einstein believed in simplicity. 1. He was beyond pretension. 2. He b
35、ought his stationery in Woolworths, a five-and-ten-cent variety store. 3. He needed only a pencil and a pad of paper to do his work. 4. He never carried money with him because he had no use for it. 5. He used only water and safety razor to shave.,Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist. 1. He
36、 did not have the slightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories. 2. He would not walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic energy. 3. He did not have any curiosity in observing how his Photoelectric Theory could make TV possible. 4. He tried in vain to deduce th
37、e operating principle of a toy bird but refused to take it apart to see how it actually worked.Einstein was easy to approach. 1. He wrote a long poem of thanks to a small boy who had sent him a Yo-Yo. 2. He thought that his ideas had been accepted because he was a lucky man.,2. As a boy and then as
38、an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic
39、and simplicity in its functioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could.,3. In the 23 years of our friendship, I never saw him show jealousy, vanity, bitterness, anger, resentment, or personal ambition. He s
40、eemed immune to these emotions. He was beyond any pretension. Although he corresponded with many of the worlds most important people, his stationery carried only a watermark W for Woolworths.,within ones limits: 在某人的能力范围内,beyond ones intellectual limits:超出智力所及的范围,come to terms with: accept (somethin
41、g one doesnt want to accept) and deal with it in the best way one can与达成协议；与妥协,Eg: It seems that the two sides will never come to terms (with each other.),They came to terms after long bargaining.,经过长时间的讨价还价之后，他们终于达成了协议。,Its an attributive clause modifying the word “the only person”.,Einstein was at
42、 peace with himself and the world. He accepted the world as it was and knew his own limits.,He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him.,他是我所认识的人中唯一能跟自己及周围世界达成妥协的人,be immune to (from / against): 对有免疫力; 不受影响,be immune to/ from smallpox: 对天花有免疫力的 Eg: It se
43、ems to me that few people are immune to vanity or jealousy.,The criminal was told he would be immune from punishment if he helped the police.,Frank Winfield Woolworth (18521919), an American merchant, was born in New York. He established in 1879 a five-cent store at Utica, New York, which failed, an
44、d the same year he started a successful five-and-ten-cent store at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Woolworth opened many others and soon extended business throughout the United States and to several foreign countries. In 1911 the F. W. Woolworth Company was incorporated with ownership of over 1,000 five-an
45、d-tens, and he became director of various financial firms. （是五分钱商店Woolworth的缩写）,Woolworths,4. To do his work he needed only a pencil and a pad of paper. Material things meant nothing to him. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in simplicity, so much so th
46、at he used only a safety razor and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream, he said, “The razor and water do the job.” 5. “But Professor, why dont you try the cream just once?” I argued. “It makes shaving smoother and less painful.”,6. He shrugged. Finally, I presented him with a
47、tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast, he was beaming with the pleasure of a new, great discovery. “You know, that cream really works,” he announced. “It doesnt pull the beard. It feels wonderful.” Thereafter, he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube wa
48、s empty. Then he reverted to using plain water.,mean nothing to someone:对某人来说毫无意义,revert to: 回复到，回返到,believe in simplicity:信奉简朴,a pad of paper 一叠纸 a tube of shaving cream 一管刮胡膏 (Para. 6),There are many words which are used before “of” and an uncountable noun to refer to a piece of something or a par
49、ticular amount of something.,Exe. on Page 88,1. a drop of blood 2. a grain of wheat 3. a length of rope 4. a lump of sugar 5. a ball of string 6. a block of marble 7. a roll of toilet paper 8. a helping of pie 9. a blanket of heavy mist 10. a slice of beef,so much so that: to such an extent that 如此 以至于,e.g. He longed to visit Paris, so much so that he often dreamt about it.,When I suggested that he try shaving cream, he said, “The razor and water do the job.”,
