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Was Einstein a space alien?

授课人：武汉理工大学姚静

New College English Integrated Course 3 Unit 4

Teaching Process

Before Reading

Brainstorming

Warm-up Discussion

Assignment

Skimming and Scanning

Summary

Global Reading

Teaching Objectives

Students are targeted to:

learn the theme-related vocabulary.

grasp the main messages of the text to conduct a further thinking.

Brianstorming

Before Reading

What will occur to you whenever

“Einstein” is mentioned?

white, messy hair

a genius

imaginative

Theory of Relativity

Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?

Warm-up Discussion

Before Reading

Have you ever imagined that his theories could also bring some benefits to our daily life?

GPS CD

Digital Camera

Atomic Bomb


Warm-up Discussion

Before ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?

Was Einstein a space alien?

Warm-up Discussion


Maybe not?Maybe not? Perhaps! Perhaps!

a bushy-haired

superthinker

Miracle Year (1905)


the photoelectric

effect (光电效应 )

…

Warm-up Discussion


Exploring Einstein's brain:

- Brain: extraordinary?

- Brainpower: limitless?

Warm-up Discussion



a bushy-haired

superthinker

Miracle Year (1905)


the photoelectric


…

a slow starter

a man of his time

…

Einstein had to work hard to support his family.

Factors leading to Einstein’s achievements

How Einstein revolutionized physics

Paras.1-3 Paras.4-12

Paras.13-21

Einstein’s brain and brainpower weren’t limitless.

Paras.22-23

Structure Analysis

Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?

Einstein’s brain and brainpower weren’t limitless.

Paras.22-23

Skimming & Scanning:

Work in groups to find out

supporting facts concerning

whether Einstein was a

space alien.

Group 2Paras. 8-9

Group 1

Paras. 1-3

* Task:

Underline the words, phrases or sentences.

* Task:

Underline the words, phrases or sentences.

Text Understanding


Text Understanding


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 couldn’t skip a day.

supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien (Paras.1-3)

Global Reading

Para. 1

Text Understanding



doze off: fall into a light sleep

They were caught dozing off during Obama's speech!

Text Understanding



a fleeting glimpse at sleep:

take a (cat)nap a heavy sleeper

do not sleep a wink insomnia

Text Understanding


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 couldn’t skip a day.


Global Reading

Para. 1

Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien (Paras.1-3)


Let’s make a mini story …three nights in a row

doze off in classskip class



Relations were strained.

Para. 2

Necessity to harmonize

tight relations between his

mother and wife.



Para. 3

Albert felt all the pressure and responsibility of

any young husband and father.

Work. Family. Making ends meet.Work. Family. Making ends meet.



make ends meet



One factor contributing to the U.S. debt crisis is

that______________________________

_______________________ ( 政府长期收支不平衡 ).

the government has been unable to

make ends meet for a long time

make ends meet: balance one’s income and expenditure



Paras. 8-9 "If Einstein hadn't been born, those papers

would have been written in some form, eventually,

by others. (Para. 9)"

Subjunctive Mood

What would have happened

if Steve Jobs hadn't been born?

Summary


a bushy-haired

superthinker

Miracle Year (1905)


the photoelectric


…

feel _______ and _________ have to ______________ even have no enough time to _______ deal with _______ relations between wife and mother

Papers ______________ written by others without him.

•…


doze offstrained

would have been

pressure responsibilitymake ends meet


Exploring Einstein's brain:Brain: extraordinary?- gray; crinkly; a lot of lines or folds- if anything, a trifle smaller than the average

Brainpower: limitless?- No! He once failed in producing a unified field theory.

Summary


Assignment

Homework

Discuss factors leading to Einstein’s achievements.

e.g. “imagination and endless questioning” (Para. 21)

“not giving a fig for authority” (Para. 14)

•Think critically: What made the Chinese scientists

unable to win the Nobel Prize?

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