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Unit 2 Great People
Lesson 8
A Universe of Thought
universe
Albert Einstein
lifetime
solve
theory
relativity
Switzerland
pioneer
Words and Expressions
n. 宇宙；萬象
艾伯特·愛因斯坦
n. 一生；終生
v. 解決；解答
n. 理論；學說
n. 相對性
瑞士
n. 先鋒；先驅(qū)
Nobel
Princeton
nuclear
weapon
conclusion
false
諾貝爾
Words and Expressions
普林斯頓
adj. 核能的
n. 武器
n. 結(jié)論
adj. 錯誤的；假的
Lesson 8 A Universe of Thought
課文呈現(xiàn)
THINK ABOUT IT
What is your attitude towards making mistakes
What have you learned from some of your past
mistakes
Albert Einstein was one of the greatest minds of the last century. During his lifetime, Einstein thought about the universe and solved many problems in physics. Einstein is most famous for his Theory of Relativity.
Einstein′s early years
Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. After he finished school , he went on to study physics in Switzerland.In 1905, Einstein began to write articles and became a pioneer in the field of modern physics. For one of those articles, he received the Nobel Prize in 1921.
What do you do with your mind You think!This is what think： E ＝ MC2.
This is Princeton University, a famous university in the United States.
Einstein, the teacher
Einstein taught at universities in Switzerland and Germany. He left Germany in 1933 and went to teach at Princeton University in the United States.
Einstein died in 1955. He signed his last letter before he passed away . The letter asked people to give up nuclear weapons.
Einstein′s sayings
“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. ”
“I think and think for months and years. Ninety -nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.”
Culture Tip
The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most important award in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace. It was established by the will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel in 1895. A sixth prize,for economics, was created in 1968. The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Tu Youyou, a famous Chinese pharmaceutical chemist.
Read the lesson and fill in the blanks.
1879 Einstein was born in ________
1905 Einstein became a pioneer in the field of ______________
1921 Einstein received
______________
1933 Einstein went to _________ at Princeton University
1955 Einstein _________
Germany
modern physics
the Nobel Prize
teach
died
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Let's Do It！
Read the lesson again and answer the questions.
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1．In what field did Einstein solve many problems during his lifetime
2．What is Einstein most famous for
3．In what countries did Einstein teach
4．What did he ask people to do in his last letter
In physics.
His Theory of Relativity.
In Switzerland, Germany and the United States.
To give up nuclear weapons.
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words or phrases in the box.
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solve pioneer be famous for go on　 in the field of
1．Our country is outstanding ____________ modern science.
2．Hainan ____________ its fresh air and beautiful beaches.
3．The boy was very excited when he ________ the crossword puzzle.
4．He was a ________ of the May Fourth Movement.
5．He ________to study for his master's degree after he finished university.
in the field of
is famous for
solved
pioneer
went on
Work in groups. Who is your favourite Nobel
Prize winner What is his/her main achievement Talk about him/her with your group members.
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Task tips：
·When and where was he/she born
·What did he/she do
·What was he/she most famous for
mind /ma nd/ n. 心思； 記憶力； 頭腦 。
Language point
mind 作動詞，意為“介意；注意”，常用于否定句或疑問句中；表示征求對方許可時，后接動名詞形式。
change one's mind 改變主意
set one's mind to(do) 下決心(做)…
come into one's mind 浮現(xiàn)在腦海
make up one's mind 下定決心
keep sth.in one's mind 牢記某事
Never mind. 不必擔心/沒關(guān)系。
含mind的短語
be famous for 因……而著名
eg：China is famous for its long history. 中國以其悠久的歷史而聞名。
be famous for 、be famous as與be famous to辨析
Language point
be famous for 因……而著名，后接表示人或事物某方面的特點、特長等內(nèi)容。
be famous as 作為……而著名，后接表示職位、身份的詞。
be famous to 意為“為……而熟知，對……而言是著名的”，后接表示范圍的名詞。
“go on to do sth.”，“go on doing sth.”和“go on with sth.”“辨析
go on 繼續(xù)
Language point
go on to do sth. 表示“接著做另一件事”，即接下來做與原來不同的一件事。 After he had read the text，he went on to do the exercises.讀完課文后，他繼續(xù)做練習。
go on doing sth. 表示“繼續(xù)做某事”或“一件事沒做完稍微停頓后繼續(xù)做下去”。 They went on talking all the way. 一路上他們一直在說話。
go on with sth. 表示“間斷后繼續(xù)做原來沒有做完的事”。 After a rest, we went on with our lesson.休息后，我們繼續(xù)上課。
辨析：die, dead, dying和death
1）die作動詞，意為“死亡”強調(diào)動作，為非延續(xù)性動詞，不能和表示一段時間的狀語連用。
eg：Li Ming’s father died in 2020. 李明的爸爸死于2020年。
2）dead意為“死的，無生命的”，為形容詞，作表語和定語，強調(diào)狀態(tài)。當有時間段時，用be dead，不能用die。
eg：The dog is dead. 狗死了。
3）dying die的現(xiàn)在分詞，也可作形容詞，意為“垂死的”，常用作定語或表語。
eg：The dog is dying. 這只狗正垂死掙扎。
4）death die的名詞形式，意為“死，死亡”。
eg：The death of his pet made him very sad. 他寵物的死使他很傷心。
die的用法
Language point
pass away 去世，逝世，死亡，相當于die。
eg：I'm sorry to hear that your grandpa passed away.聽到你爺爺去世的消息我很難過。
Language point
含pass的短語
pass on傳遞
pass the exam考試及格
pass out昏倒；失去知覺
pass on...to..把……傳遞（轉(zhuǎn)告)給….
pass by通過，經(jīng)過
課堂小練
1. He wonders how the________（宇宙）began.
2. In the 1960s, he became a scientific ________（先驅(qū)）.
3. That maths problem was difficult. How did you you s________ it
4. China's pharmacologist（藥物學家）Tu Youyou received the N________Prize in Medicine in 2015.
5. How has the city changed in your________（一生）？
universe
pioneer
olve
obel
lifetime
1. Jamie is a young cook________wants to improve school dinners.
A.who
B.whose
C.whom
D.which
2. My uncle went on________a dentist after he finished school.
A.becoming
B. to become
C.became
D. to becoming
3. My time in the middle school was one of________periods of my life.
A. exciting
B. more exciting
C.the more exciting
D.the most exciting
單項選擇
A
B
D
4. A foreign visitor is coming to visit our new house this evening. My mother will offer him _______to eat.
A. anything delicious
B. something real Chinese
C. something Japanese food
D. delicious something
5.His grandfather passed away in 2008.(替換畫線詞語）
A. went abroad
B. died
C. left
D.passed by
B
B
Homework
1.熟記本課的詞匯。
2.完成本課的練習冊。
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