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Princeton University

In the United States

Learning English Book 5Learning English Book 5

Albert Einstein

Theory of Relativity 相对论

Nobel Prize 诺贝尔奖

universe

university

solve problems

death

Many people died during the earthquake.

The death of them made us very sad.

While-readingNew words

mind century death universe divorce

A. one hundredyearsB. being dead

C. thought

D. to break marriage

E. space

• mind n. 头脑 , 主意• change one’s mind 改变某人的主意• make up one’s mind 下定某人的决心• v. 介意• mind + doing 介意做某事• mind one’s/sb doing 介意某人做某事• 你介意我坐在这儿吗 ?

• Wound you mind me/my sitting here?

die / dead /death /dying

• die v. 死亡 sb died ./sb died +时间段+ ago

• dead adj. 死亡的 be dead• sb have/has been dead for +时间段• since +时间段+ ago

• death n. 死亡 one’ death 某人的死• dying adj. 垂死的• He died./ he died 3 years ago.• The old man was dead.• The man has been dead for many years.• His death made us very sad.

Albert EinsteinuniversesolvethoughtcenturyTheory of RelativityNobel prizedeathNuclear divorceweapon

Read the text quickly and judge (T) or (F)

1.Einstein was born in 1879.

2.Einstein had three sons. He had two sons and a daughter.

3.Einstein received the Nobel prize in1933. Einstein received the Nobel prize in 1921.

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(F)

(F)

(T)

爱因斯坦因对光电效应做出解释而获得诺

贝尔奖

1.What is he most famous for? He is famous for Theory of Relativity.2.What did Einstein think the most important thing was? Einstein thought the most important thing was not to stop questioning .3.What did Einstein ask people to do in his last letter? Einstein asked people to give up nuclear weapons.

be famous for 以…而出名

注意细节

be famous for

China is famous for the Great Wall.

温馨提示:用所给图片和单词做出句子。

stop doing

Stop talking !

we are having a class.

Reading and discovery

温馨提示:再次阅读 , 用笔标出疑难点,可以寻求小组内其他

同学的帮助

Read the text quickly and fill in the blanks.

1879 He was born in __________.

1905 He began to write articles about _______.

_____ He received the Nobel Prize.

1933 He ______ at Princeton University in the

United States.

____ He died.

Germany

physics

1921

taught

1955

Read the text and find out the phrases.

1.最有头脑的人之一2.上世纪3.考虑宇宙4.解决许多物理问题

5.毕业6.犯错误7.放弃8.核武器 nuclear weapons

one of the great mindslast centurythink about the universesolve many problems about physics

finish school

make a mistakegive up

Language points• 1. The important thing is not to stop

questioning. 重要的是不要停止质疑。• 此句中地 not 是不定式 to stop 的否定形式。

例如:• Tell him not to come. 告诉他明天别来。• The teacher asked him not to give up

learning English.

• 老师让他不要放弃学英语。

• 2. Einstein is most famous for his Theory of Relativity.

• 爱因斯坦以他的相对论最为出名。 famous 是形容词,意为“著名地”,相当于 well-known 如: She is a famous writer. 她是一位著名地作家。

• be famous for 表示“因……而出名” be famous as 表示“作为……而出名”。如;

• Sun Yue is famous for her songs. 孙悦以她的歌而闻名。

• Einstein is famous as a great scientist.

• 爱因斯坦作为一位伟大的科学家而闻名。

be famous for/as

China is famous for the Great Wall.

_____ is famous as a ________.

• 3. One week before his death, he signs his last letter.

• 在他去世的前一个星期,他签署了他的最后一封信。

• death 是名词,它的形容词是 dead, 动词是 die 如:

• She died last week. 她上星期去世了。• She is dead. 她死了。• He has been dead for one week. 他已经

去世一星期了。

1. I think that your _______(think, thought) is false.

2. Einstein has been _____(die) for 53 years. One week before his ______(die), he signed his last letter.

3. China is famous _____(for, as) the Great Wall in the world.

4. Einstein is famous _____(for, as) a great scientist.

Can you finish the following sentences?

thought

deaddeath

for

as

Einstein w born in 1879 in Germany.

During his lifetime, he t about the

universe and s many problems in

physics.

He is most famous for his Theory of R .

He said:“The i thing is not to stop

questioning.” He l Germany in 1933.

Einstein d in 1955. He told people to

g up nuclear w .

ashoughtolved

elativity

mportant eft

ied

ive

eapons

Try to introduce Einstein:

I think and think for

months and years .

Ninety-nine times,

the conclusion is

false. The

hundredth time I

am right.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Make a dialogue

If Einstein were alive now, would you interview him?

Why was Einstein successful?

My advice:

Work hard!!

Never give up!!

Do the following exercises

1.Please talk about what you can learn from Albert Einstein.

2.Write a passage: how to

succeed?