New College English Integrated Course 3 Unit 4 Objectivesv To read for the key ideas in a passagev To help to enlarge students vocabularyv To develop students critical thinkingTasksLead-inReading & ExploringSummaryAssignmentFurther ReadingBrainstormingL LInIneadead white, messy hair a genius imaginative Theory of Relativity v What will occur to you whenever “Einstein” is mentioned? GPSDigital cameraCDL LInIneadeadAtomic bombL LInIneadeadMaybe not?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 L LInIneadeadTasksLead-inReading & ExploringSummaryAssignmentFurther ReadingEinstein had to work hard to support his family.Factors leading to Einsteins achievements. How Einstein revolutionized physics.Structure AnalysisParas.1-3Paras.4-12Paras.13-21Einsteins brain and brainpower werent limitless. Paras.22-23Text Understanding Skimming & Scanning: Work in groups to find out supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien.RRE Exploringxploringeadingeading & &Group 2 Paras. 8-9Group 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)RRE Exploringxploringeadingeading & &Group 1: Paras. 1-3Work. Family. Making ends meet.Work. Family. Making ends meet.expensesincomev One factor contributing to the current U.S. debt crisis is that _ _(政府长期收支不平衡).make ends meetthe government has been unable to make ends meet for a long timeRelations were strained.RRE Exploringxploringeadingeading & &Para. 2Necessity to harmonize tight relations between his mother and wife.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. RRE Exploringxploringeadingeading & &Para. 1 More than a quarter of American students report that they doze off in class at least once a week. doze offRRE Exploringxploringeadingeading & &Biden caught dozing off during Obamas speech on national debtA fleeting glimpse at SleepRRE Exploringxploringeadingeading & &take a (cat)naptake a (cat)nap 小憩；打盹a heavy sleeperloga heavy sleeper 睡得很沉insomniainsomnia 失眠three nights in a row doze off in class skip classRRE Exploringxploringeadingeading & &Lets make a mini story RRE Explorxploringingeadingeading & &If Einstein hadnt been born, those papers would have been written in some form, eventually, by others. (Para. 9)Group 2: Paras. 8-9RRE Explorxploringingeadingeading & &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. 8-9What would have happened if Steve Jobs hadnt been born?TasksLead-inReading & ExploringSummaryAssignmentFurther ReadingPerhaps! 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. S SummaryummaryNo!pressureresponsibility make ends meetdoze off strainedwould have been Direct description (details) Indirect description (quotation) Achieving unity in an essayWriting skillsS SummaryummaryTasksLead-inReading & ExploringSummaryAssignmentFurther ReadingAssignmentv Group discussion:v Discuss factors leading to Einsteins achievements. e.g. “imagination and endless questioning” (Para. 21) “not give a fig for authority” (Para. 14)v- Watch a movie clip from 3 Idiots.A AF Further Readingurther Readingssignmentssignment & &Assignmentv Group discussion: Discuss factors leading to Einsteins achievements.A AF Further Readingurther Readingssignmentssignment & & Think critically why Chinese scientists never won the Nobel Prize.v 1. More on Einstein:v http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einsteinv 2. Imagination VS Knowledgev http:/www.helium.com/items/275850-imagination-vs-knowledgeFurther ReadingA AF Further Readingurther Readingssignmentssignment & &