1、New College English Integrated Course 3 Unit 4,Was Einstein a space alien?,Objectives,To read for the key ideas in a passageTo help to enlarge students vocabularyTo develop students critical thinking,Tasks,Brainstorming,white, messy hair,a genius imaginative Theory of Relativity,What will occur to y
2、ou whenever “Einstein” is mentioned?,GPS,Digital camera,CD,Atomic bomb,A space alien?,A space alien?,Maybe not?,Perhaps!,a bushy-haired superthinkerMiracle Year (1905) Theory of Relativitythe photoelectric effect (光电效应),a slow startera man of his time,Tasks,Was Einstein a space alien?,Einstein had t
3、o work hard to support his family.,Factors leading to Einsteins achievements.,How Einstein revolutionized physics.,Structure Analysis,Paras.1-3,Paras.4-12,Paras.13-21,Einsteins brain and brainpower werent limitless.,Paras.22-23,Text Understanding,Skimming & Scanning: Work in groups to find out suppo
4、rting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien.,Group 2 Paras. 8-9,Group 1 Paras. 1-3,* Task: Underline the words, phrases or sentences.,Albert felt all the pressure and responsibility of any young husband and father. (Para. 3),Group 1: Paras. 1-3,Work. Family. Making ends meet.,Work. Fam
5、ily. Making ends meet.,expenses,income,One factor contributing to the current U.S. debt crisis is that _ _(政府长期收支不平衡).,make ends meet,the government has been unable to,make ends meet for a long time,Relations were strained.,Para. 2,Necessity to harmonize tight relations between his mother and wife.,
6、For the third night in a row, his baby son Hans, crying, kept the household awake until dawn. When Albert finally dozed off it was time to get up and go to work. He couldnt skip a day.,Para. 1,More than a quarter of American students report that they doze off in class at least once a week.,doze off,
7、Biden caught dozing off during Obamas speech on national debt,A fleeting glimpse at Sleep,take a (cat)nap,take a (cat)nap 小憩；打盹,a heavy sleeper,log,a heavy sleeper 睡得很沉,insomnia,insomnia 失眠,three nights in a row,doze off in class,skip class,Lets make a mini story ,If Einstein hadnt been born, those
8、papers would have been written in some form, eventually, by others. (Para. 9),Group 2: Paras. 8-9,If Einstein hadnt been born, those papers would have been written in some form, eventually, by others. (Para. 9),Subjunctive Mood (虚拟语气),Group 2: Paras. 8-9,What would have happened if Steve Jobs hadnt
9、been born?,?,Tasks,A space alien?,Perhaps!,a bushy-haired superthinkerMiracle Year (1905) Theory of Relativitythe photoelectric effect (光电效应),feel _ and _have to _even have no enough time to _deal with _ relations between wife and motherPapers _ written by others without him. ,No!,pressure,responsib
10、ility,make ends meet,doze off,strained,would have been,Tasks,Assignment,Group discussion:Discuss factors leading to Einsteins achievements. e.g. “imagination and endless questioning” (Para. 21)“not give a fig for authority” (Para. 14) - Watch a movie clip from 3 Idiots.,Assignment,Group discussion:Discuss factors leading to Einsteins achievements.,Think critically why Chinese scientists never won the Nobel Prize.,1. More on Einstein:http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein2. Imagination VS Knowledgehttp:/ Reading,Thank You !,
