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综合教程 第三册 第四单元 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? 授课人:武汉理工大学 姚静. New College English Integrated Course 3 Unit 4. Before Reading. Assignment. Global Reading. Teaching Process. Brainstorming Warm-up Discussion. Skimming and Scanning Summary. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
Warm-up Discussion
Before ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
Was Einstein a space alien?
Warm-up Discussion
Before ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
Maybe not?Maybe not? Perhaps! Perhaps!
a bushy-haired
superthinker
Miracle Year (1905)
Theory of Relativity
the photoelectric
effect (光电效应 )
…
Warm-up Discussion
Before ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
Exploring Einstein's brain:
- Brain: extraordinary?
- Brainpower: limitless?
Warm-up Discussion
Before ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
Maybe not?Maybe not? Perhaps! Perhaps!
a bushy-haired
superthinker
Miracle Year (1905)
Theory of Relativity
the photoelectric
effect (光电效应 )
…
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
Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
Text Understanding
Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
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
Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien (Paras.1-3)
doze off: fall into a light sleep
They were caught dozing off during Obama's speech!
Text Understanding
Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien (Paras.1-3)
a fleeting glimpse at sleep:
take a (cat)nap a heavy sleeper
do not sleep a wink insomnia
Text Understanding
Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
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 supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien (Paras.1-3)
Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
Let’s make a mini story …three nights in a row
doze off in classskip class
Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien (Paras.1-3)
Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
Relations were strained.
Para. 2
Necessity to harmonize
tight relations between his
mother and wife.
Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien (Paras.1-3)
Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
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.
Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien (Paras.1-3)
Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
make ends meet
Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien (Paras.1-3)
Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
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
Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien (Paras.8-9)
Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
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
Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
a bushy-haired
superthinker
Miracle Year (1905)
Theory of Relativity
the photoelectric
effect (光电效应 )
…
feel _______ and _________ have to ______________ even have no enough time to _______ deal with _______ relations between wife and mother
Papers ______________ written by others without him.
•…
Maybe not?Maybe not? Perhaps! Perhaps!
doze offstrained
would have been
pressure responsibilitymake ends meet
Global ReadingUnit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien?
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