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Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ mainWord WebA QuizBackground InformationLead-in DiscussionSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 3_mainBackground InformationFour World-famous PhysicistsClose-up of Albert Einstein and Isaac NewtonThe Great Plague of London Silicon ValleySupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 1.1Word WebWord WebWhat words will occur to you whenever the name “Albert Einstein” is mentioned? Write down as many words and phrases as possible.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 1.1Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein scientist superthinker Nobel Prize winner theorist physicist slow starterTheory of Relativity E=mc law of the photoelectric effect humorous stubborn creative imaginative knowledgeable Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 2_1A QuizA QuizAnswer the following questions in a fun quiz to test how far your imagination stretches. Give each item in the quiz a number from 1 to 3, then add up all your numbers. 1= rarely 2= sometimes 3= often1= rarely 2= sometimes 3= often1.2.3.4.I can tell a white lie (善意的谎言善意的谎言) without becoming flustered.I cry at the movies.I can visualize patterns and images in clouds, mountains, wallpaper patterns, etc.I get ideas that I think would make a good movie or book.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 2_25.6.7.8.9.10.When I retell a story, I tend to embellish it somewhat in order to make it more interesting.I vividly imagine extreme life situations, such as being stranded on a deserted island, or winning the lottery.I worry about a possible accident when someone who is usually punctual is very late.I enjoy abstract art.I like to read fiction or stories about the supernatural.When I awake from a vivid dream it takes me a few seconds to return to reality.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 2_3Tips: The interpretation of your quiz score is:scorescore1616 16score16score2424 Youre a concrete thinker based on reality. While it is not impossible for you to imagine situations, you prefer a practical, realistic approach to life. You would benefit from stretching your imagination.You have an average level of imagination. A balance between practicality and creativity allows you to actualize your ideas and see your fantasies take flight.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 2_4score24score24 You have a very active imagination. It is a powerful force within you, but be careful to keep it somewhat in check to avoid becoming impractical.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 3_1Four World-famous PhysicistsFour World-famous PhysicistsListen to the descriptions about the four world-famous physicists and match the letters in Column A with the names in Column B. Column AColumn AColumn BColumn BA.B.C.D.Albert EinsteinIsaac NewtonMax PlanckJames Clerk MaxwellSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 3_1.1_pop1Albert Einstein (1879 1955) German-born American theoretical physicistSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 3_1.1_pop2Isaac Newton (1643 1727) English mathematician and scientistSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 3_1.1_pop3Max Planck (1858 1947) German physicistSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 3_1.1_pop4James Clerk Maxwell (1831 1879) Scottish physicistSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 3_1.1_Script1He was a Scottish physicist. His most revolutionary achievement was his demonstration that light is an electromagnetic wave, and he originated the concept of electromagnetic radiation. He established the nature of Saturns rings, did important work on color perception, and produced the kinetic (动动力力的的) theory of gases.He was an English mathematician and scientist who invented differential calculus (微微分分学学) and formulated the theory of universal gravitation, a theory about the nature of light, and three laws of motion. His treatise on gravitation was supposedly inspired by the sight of a falling apple.A.B.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 3_1.1_Script2He was a German-born American theoretical physicist whose special and general theories of relativity revolutionized modern thought on the nature of space and time and formed a theoretical base for the exploitation of atomic energy. He won a 1921 Nobel Prize for his explanation of the photoelectric ( (光光电电的的) ) effect.He was a German physicist whose work on the second law of thermodynamics ( (热热 力力 学学 ) ) and blackbody radiation led him to formulate the revolutionary quantum ( (量量 子子 ) ) theory of radiation. He also discovered the quantum of action. He received a Nobel Prize in 1918.C.D.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 3_2_1.1Close-up of Albert Einstein and Isaac NewtonClose-up of Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton1. Albert Einstein1. Albert EinsteinWatch a video clip about Albert Einstein and fill in the blanks.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _3_2_ 1.21)2)3)Einstein spent his whole life trying toAt the turn of the century Einstein made discoveries about that have transformed peoples view of universe. Einstein used to think that to make it move, but the fact that the needle of the compass behaved in such a fixed way made him realize thatunderstand thenature of light_.light, space and time_one thing has to touch another_something deeply hidden had to lie behind things_.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 3_2_2.12. Isaac Newton2. Isaac NewtonWatch a video clip about Isaac Newton and tell whether the following statements are true or false.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and Creativity1) According to Newton, the force that made the apple fall from the tree was different from the force that kept the moon and planets in their orbits. 2) Moon is being pulled by the earths gravity and is actually falling around the planet.B R _3_2_2.2F FThey are the same force, the force of gravity.( )T T( )Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and Creativity4) The strength of the gravity is determined by the volume of the object, the greater the volume, the stronger the gravity. 3) Gravity merely means the pull towards the center of the earth.B R _3_2_2.3F FGravity is common to all objects, large or small.( )F FThe strength of the gravity is based on the mass of the objects and their distance from each other.( )Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _3_3.1The Great Plague of LondonThe Great Plague of LondonListen to a passage about The Great Plague of London and answer the following questions.1. When was the plague particularly violent?It was particularly violent during the hot months of August and September of 1665.2. How was the plague carried?The plague was carried by fleas that lived on black rats.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _3_3.23. Which parts of the city were most severely affected by the plague?The citys outskirts and areas where the poor were densely crowded were most severely affected.4. Why did the plague decline?The plagues decline was attributed to various causes, including the Great Fire of London.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and Creativity The Great Plague of London (1664 1666) was an outbreak of bubonic (鼠鼠疫疫) plague that struck London and was particularly violent during the hot months of August and September of 1665. In one week, 7,165 people died of the plague. The total number of deaths was about 70,000 of a total population estimated at 460,000. The disease was carried by fleas that lived on black rats. It was generally incurable, and its effects were terrible fever and chills, swelling of the lymph glands, eventual madness and death. Most of the devastation was in the citys outskirts, in areas where the poor were densely crowded. Those who could, including most doctors, lawyersB R _3_3.3Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _3_3.4lawyers and merchants, fled the city. All trade with London and other plague towns was stopped, but from 1667 only sporadic cases appeared until 1679. The plagues decline was attributed to various causes, including the Great Fire of London.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _3_4.1Silicon ValleySilicon ValleyListen to an introduction about Silicon Valley and tell whether the following statements are true or false.1. Silicon Valley is the northern part of the San Francisco 2. Bay Area in Northern California.F FIt is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area.( )Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _3_4.23. The cutting-edge entrepreneurs, engineers and venture capitalists enable Silicon Valley to remain the leading high-tech hub.T T( )2. The term “silicon valley” refers to the most advanced companies in the field of information technology.F FThe term has three layers of meanings: 1) silicon chip innovators and manufacturers in the area; 2) high-tech business in the area; 3) the whole high-tech sector.( )Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _3_4.3 Silicon Valley is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, United States. The term originally referred to the regions large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all the high-tech businesses in the area; it is now generally used as a metonym for the high-tech sector. Despite the development of other high-tech economic centers throughout the United States, Silicon Valley continues to be the leading high-tech hub because of its large number of cutting-edge entrepreneurs, engineers and venture capitalists. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 4.1_San Francisco Bay AreaSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 4.1_Northern CaliforniaSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 4.1_silicon chipSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 4_1Lead-in DiscussionLead-in Discussion Walter Isaacson, who authored the book Einstein: His Life and Universe, is talking about his impression of Einstein in a radio program. Listen and answer the following questions in small groups. 1. Does Isaacson think Einstein was the most knowledgeable and intelligent person among the physicists of his time?No, but he thinks Einstein was the most imaginative and creative one.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 4_22. According to Isaacson, what do the people in his country need today?Today the country needs a sense of imagination, a sense of creativity in the fields of science, world affairs and anything else.3. What does Isaacson mean when he says that “Einstein was no Einstein when he was a kid”?He means that Einstein was slow in learning how to talk when he was a child and was rebellious.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityB R _ 4_34. How did Einstein benefit from his slow verbal learning ability?He learned to think in pictures and visualize things instead of thinking in words, which contributes to his creativity.5. What role do you think intelligence, knowledge and creativity play respectively in Einsteins way to success? Discuss with your classmates and explain your answer to them.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityG R _ mainPart Division of the TextFurther UnderstandingSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityG R _ Further Understanding_ mainFor Part 1 DiscussionFor Part 2 True or FalseFor Part 3 Table CompletionFurther UnderstandingFor Part 4 Questions and AnswersSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityG R _ Part Division of the Text 1 Part Division of the Text Part Division of the TextPartsParts Para(s)Para(s) Main IdeasMain Ideas 113 2412 A young husband and father, Albert Einstein had to work hard to support his family.Einstein made astonishing achievements in physics and thus revolutionized the field.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityG R _ Part Division of the Text 2PartsPartsPara(s)Para(s)Main IdeasMain Ideas31321Einsteins discoveries were attributable to his imagination, questioning, disregard for authority, powers of concentration, and interest in science.42223Einstein was not a space alien.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityG R _ 2_1 Discussion Discussion In this part, Einstein was portrayed as a young working father who strived to shoulder the job and family responsibilities and strike a balance between the two. Discuss with your partner and list the possible reasons why the author portrayed Einstein this way.On the one hand, the author aroused readers interest and curiosity about Einstein by presenting an image different from the stereotyped one of a bushy-haired superthinker; on the other hand, the author intentionally used this image as an echo to the title, indicating that Einstein was not a space alien.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and Creativity2. In his theory of quantum mechanics, Einstein proposed that space and time were threads in a common fabric.G R _2_2.1 True or False True or False F FIn his theory of special relativity, Einstein proposed that space and time were threads in a common fabric.( )1. Einsteins job as a professor of physics enabled him to publish five important papers in 1905.F FFour years before Einstein got a job as a professor of physics, he published five important papers in 1905.( )Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and Creativity4. According to Peter Galison, if Einstein hadnt been born, his 1905 papers would eventually have been written in some form by others.3. Einstein came from the same place where Newton grew up.G R _2_2.2T T( )F FEinstein and Newton came from different places but both of them enjoyed high reputation in the world.( )Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityG R _ 2_3.1Table CompletionTable CompletionFactors contributing to Einsteins achievements Supporting facts disregard for authority 1. Einstein proposed that light was made of particles, disagreeing with James Clerk Maxwell, an Authority Figure of his time.2. Einstein wasnt beholden to a thesis advisor or any other authority figure after he received his Ph.D. in 1905.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityG R _ 2_3.2Factors contributing to Einsteins achievements Supporting facts ability to questionEinstein was constantly doubting and questioning in the school, enraging his 7th grade teacher.belief in intuition and inspiration Einsteins failure to understand lights duality didnt slow him down, instead, he adopted the intuitive leap as a basic tool.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityG R _ 2_3.2Factors contributing to Einsteins achievements Supporting facts interest in scienceScience was dinner-table conversation in the Einsteins household.powers of concentrationEinstein would engross himself in a problem in spite of the background noise at parties.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityG R _ 2_4Questions and AnswersQuestions and Answers1. What did Einstein struggle to do later in life? Did he succeed in his effort?He struggled to produce a unified field theory, combining gravity with other forces of nature, but he failed.2. Why did Dr. Thomas Harvey remove Einsteins brain without permission in 1955?Because he would like to see whether Einsteins brain was different from that of others.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 1WAS EINSTEIN A SPACE ALIEN?WAS EINSTEIN A SPACE ALIEN?Tony Phillips Albert Einstein was exhausted. 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. He needed the job to support his young family. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 2 Walking briskly to the Patent Office, where he was a “Technical Expert, Third Class,” Albert worried about his mother. She was getting older and frail, and she didnt approve of his marriage to Mileva. Relations were strained. Albert glanced at a passing shop window. His hair was a mess; he had forgotten to comb it again. Work. Family. Making ends meet. Albert felt all the pressure and responsibility of any young husband and father. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 3 To relax, he revolutionized physics. To relax, he revolutionized physics. In 1905, at the age of 26 and four years before he was able to get a job as a professor of physics, Einstein published five of the most important papers in the history of science all written in his “spare time.” He proved that atoms and molecules existed. Before 1905, scientists werent sure about that. He argued that light came in little bits (later called “photons”) and thus laid the foundation for quantum mechanics. He described his theory of special relativity: space and time were threads in a common fabric, he proposed, which could be bent, stretched and twisted. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 4 Oh, and by the way, E=mc. Before Einstein, the last scientist who had such a creative outburst was Sir Isaac Newton. It happened in 1666 when Newtonsecluded himself at his mothers farm to avoid an outbreak of plague at Cambridge. With nothing better to do, he developed his Theory of Universal Gravitation.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 5 For centuries historians called 1666 Newtons “miracle year.” Now those words have a different meaning: Einstein and 1905. The United Nations has declared 2005 “The World Year of Physics” to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einsteins “miracle year.” Modern pop culture paints Einstein as a bushy-haired superthinker. His ideas, were told, were improbably far ahead of other scientists. He must have come from some other planet maybe the same one Newton grew up on.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 6 “Einstein was no space alien,” laughs Harvard University physicist and science historian Peter Galison. “He was a man of his time.” All of his 1905 papers unraveled problems being worked on, with mixed success, by other scientists. “If Einstein hadnt been born, those papers would have been written in some form, eventually, by others,” Galison believes. Whats remarkable about 1905 is that a single person authored all five papers, plus the original, irreverent way Einstein came to his conclusions.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 7 For example: the photoelectric effect. This was a puzzle in the early 1900s. When light hits a metal, like zinc, electrons fly off. This can happen only if light comes in little packets concentrated enough to knock an electron loose. A spread-out wave wouldnt do the photoelectric trick. The solution seems simple light is particulate. Indeed, this is the solution Einstein proposed in 1905 and won the Nobel Prize for in 1921. Other physicists like Max Planck (working on a related problem: blackbody radiation), more senior and experienced than Einstein, were closing in on the answer, but Einstein got there first. Why? Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 8 Its a question of authority. Its a question of authority. “In Einsteins day, if you tried to say that light was made of particles, you found yourself disagreeing with physicist James Clerk Maxwell. Nobody wanted to do that,” says Galison. Maxwells equations were enormously successful, unifying the physics of electricity, magnetism and optics. Maxwell had proved beyond any doubt that light was an electromagnetic wave. Maxwell was an Authority Figure.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 9 Einstein didnt give a fig for authority. He didnt resist being told what to do, not so much, but he hated being told what was true. Even as a child he was constantly doubting and questioning. “Your mere presence here undermines the classs respect for me,” spat his 7th gradeteacher, Dr. Joseph Degenhart. (Degenhart also predicted that Einstein “would never get anywhere in life.”) This character flaw was to be a key ingredient in Einsteins discoveries. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 10 “In 1905,” notes Galison, “Einstein had just received his Ph.D. He wasnt beholden to a thesis advisor or any other authority figure.” His mind was free to roam accordingly. In retrospect, Maxwell was right. Light is a wave. ButEinstein was right, too. Light is a particle. This bizarre duality baffles Physics 101 students today just as it baffled Einstein in 1905. How can light be both? Einstein had no idea.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 11 That didnt slow him down. Disdaining caution, Einstein adopted the intuitive leap as a basic tool. “I believe in intuition and inspiration,” he wrote in 1931. “At times I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason.” Although Einsteins five papers were published in a single year, he had been thinking about physics, deeply, since childhood. “Science was dinner-table conversation in the Einstein household,” explains Galison. Alberts father Hermann and uncle Jakob ran a German companySupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 12 making such things as dynamos, arc lamps, light bulbs and telephones. This was high-tech at the turn of the century, “like a Silicon Valley company would be today,” notes Galison. “Alberts interest in science and technology came naturally.” Einsteins parents sometimes took Albert to parties. No babysitter was required: Albert sat on the couch, totally absorbed, quietly doing math problems while others danced around him. Pencil and paper were Alberts GameBoy!Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 13 He had impressive powers of concentration. Einsteins sister, Maja, recalled “. even when there was a lot of noise, he could lie down on the sofa, pick up a pen and paper, precariously balance an inkwell on the backrest and engross himself in a problem so much that the background noise stimulated rather than disturbed him.” Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 14 Einstein was clearly intelligent, but not outlandishly more so than his peers. “I have no special talents,” he claimed, “I am only passionately curious.” And again: “The contrast between the popular assessment of my powers . and the reality is simply grotesque.” Einstein credited his discoveries to imagination and endless questioning more so than orthodox intelligence. Later in life, it should be remembered, he struggled mightily to produce a unified field theory, combining gravity with other forces of nature. He failed. Einsteins brainpower was not limitless. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ Text 15 Neither was Einsteins brain. It was removed without permission by Dr. Thomas Harvey in 1955 when Einstein died. He probably expected to find something extraordinary. But Einsteins brain looked much like any other, gray, crinkly, and, if anything, a trifle smaller than average. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ His hair was What do the words “mess” and “again” suggest about Einstein?These words suggest two things about Einstein:1) Einstein paid little attention to his appearance.2) It was more a regular practice than an accident for Einstein to go to work with messy hair. His hair was a mess; he had forgotten to comb it again.Translate the sentence into Chinese.他的头发凌乱,他又忘了梳头了。他的头发凌乱,他又忘了梳头了。Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ Albert felt all Albert felt all the pressure and responsibility of any young husband and father.What does “all the pressure and responsibility” refer to?It refers to the pressure from work, the family responsibilities and the necessity to harmonize strained relationships among family members.What do you think is the authors purpose of writing the sentence?The author intends to use the sentence as an evidence to show that Einstein was not a space alien but a man of his time since the problems that troubled “any young husband and father” also troubled Einstein.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ Oh and by1 How do you understand the use of the phrase “by the way” in the sentence?Originally “by the way” is used to introduce a comment or question that is only indirectly related to the main subject of conversation; here it is used to achieve the rhetorical effects of humor, hence shouldnt be taken literally.Oh, and by the way, E=mc.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ Oh and by2What do you know about “E=mc”?Einstein was the first scientist to propose the E = mc2 formula in which E is energy, m is mass, and c is the speed of light in a vacuum. This equation indicates that energy always exhibits mass in whatever form the energy takes.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityIt is an empirical physical law developed by Isaac Newton describing the gravitational attraction between bodies with mass.D R _ S_ With nothing better With nothing better to do, he developed his Theory of Universal Gravitation.What can we learn about the authors tone from the part “With nothing better to do”?The part is another vivid proof of the authors humorous tone. In fact, its by no means a piece of cake for Isaac Newton to develop the Theory of Universal Gravitation.What do you know about the “Theory of Universal Gravitation”?Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ All of his 1905Paraphrase the sentence.All of Einsteins 1905 papers solved problems that other scientists had been working on and making some progress.Translate the sentence into Chinese.他所有发表于他所有发表于19051905年的那些论文解决了当时其他科学年的那些论文解决了当时其他科学家正多多少少在解决的问题。家正多多少少在解决的问题。All of his 1905 papers unraveled problems being worked on, with mixed success, by other scientists.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ Whats remarkable 1Whats remarkable about 1905 is that a single person authored all five papers, plus the original, irreverent way Einstein came to his conclusions.What can we learn about the authors attitude towards Einsteins achievements from the sentence?We can learn that the author is overwhelmed by the fact that Einstein authored all five papers in one year and thrilled by the way Einstein came to his conclusions.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ Whats remarkable 2The author conveys this attitude mainly through the diction. Two words “remarkable” and “original” are used complimentarily to show the authors appreciation of and respect for Einstein. How does the author convey this attitude? Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ This characterThis character flaw was to be a key ingredient in Einsteins discoveries.这种个性缺陷成为日后爱因斯坦作出种种发现的主要这种个性缺陷成为日后爱因斯坦作出种种发现的主要因素。因素。What does “this character flaw” refer to?It refers to Einsteins defiance of authority and his character traits of always doubting and questioning.Translate the sentence into Chinese.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ That didntThat didnt slow him down.The sentence suggests that Einstein tends to be stimulated rather than frustrated in face of failure, the personality of which contributed to Einsteins achievements to a certain degree.What does “that” refer to?“That” refers to Einsteins failure to understand lights duality.What does the sentence suggest about Einsteins personality?Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ Disdaining cautionDisdaining caution, Einstein adopted the intuitive leap as a basic tool.爱爱因因斯斯坦坦不不屑屑谨谨小小慎慎微微,他他采采用用直直觉觉跳跳跃跃思思维维作作为为基基本工具。本工具。Paraphrase the sentence.Although Einstein felt bewildered by the bizarre duality of light, he believed in his intuition and conducted scientific researches instead of being too cautious to take any actions.Translate the sentence into Chinese.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ Einstein creditedEinstein credited his discoveries to imagination and endless questioning more so than orthodox intelligence.What can you infer about Einsteins attitude towards success from the sentence?We can infer that in Einsteins opinion, imagination and the ability to question play a far more important role than intelligence in a persons way to success.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ Later in life1Later in life, it should be remembered, he struggled mightily to produce a unified field theory, combining gravity with other forces of nature.What do the words “struggled” and “mightily” suggest about Einstein?The words suggest two things about Einstein:1) Einstein was a hardworking man who made every 2) effort to pursue his dreams.2) It was no easy task for Einstein to produce the unified field theory.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ Later in life2What is the unified field theory, according to the sentence?It is a theory that might combine gravity with other forces of nature.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ S_ Neither wasNeither was Einsteins brain. Analyze the grammatical structure of the sentence.The sentence is in the inverted order, the predicate “was” being placed before the subject “Einsteins brain”.What is the function of the sentence in the text?The sentence serves as a transitional sentence, helping the author shift from discussion on Einsteins brainpower to discussion on the structure of Einsteins brain, thus achieving coherence of the text.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ in a rowin a row: happening a number of times, one after another Bill Gates lost $6 billion last year, but that didnt stop him from being the richest man in the world for the 8th year in a row. 这是接连着第三个星期天下雨了。这是接连着第三个星期天下雨了。This is the third Sunday in a row that rains.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ doze offdoze off: fall into a light sleepBefore I had time to doze off again, I was disturbed by a rattling of plates and dishes in the servants hall. 有些学生常在课堂上打瞌睡。有些学生常在课堂上打瞌睡。Some students often doze off in class.That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ frail1frail: adj. weak Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself. 自从他病愈之后,就一直很虚弱,但他却有惊人的耐力。自从他病愈之后,就一直很虚弱,但他却有惊人的耐力。Ever since his recovery he has been very frail, yet capable of surprising endurance.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ frail2这四个形容词均有这四个形容词均有“ “虚弱的、乏力的虚弱的、乏力的” ”之意。之意。frail, weak, crippled & fragileCF:frail 多指因经常生病而身体虚弱,也指某物不耐用,多指因经常生病而身体虚弱,也指某物不耐用, 易碎易损。易碎易损。weak 是普通用词,指缺乏应有的力量,可用于身体、是普通用词,指缺乏应有的力量,可用于身体、 意志或精神。意志或精神。crippled 指肢体部分伤残的或无法使用四肢的。指肢体部分伤残的或无法使用四肢的。fragile 语气比语气比 frail 强,侧重脆弱,指人容易生病。强,侧重脆弱,指人容易生病。Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ frail3Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form where necessary.where necessary.1.2.3.4.5.She felt in the legs when she heard the bad news. He was physically , but spiritually strong. He couldnt walk fast because of his legs. The old man totters as he walks. The child is too to take part in sports.weak_fragile_crippled_weak_frail_frail, weak, crippled & fragileCF:Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ strain1 strain: vt. 1) make a situation or relationship more difficultRelations between Tokyo and Washington were further strained by the monetary crisis involving the December 1971 revaluation of the Japanese yen.该事件使得两国关系趋于紧张。该事件使得两国关系趋于紧张。The incident has strained relations between the two countries.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ strain2 2) stretch tightly by pullingThey strained the wire between two posts.负载过重会把绳子拉紧到崩断的地步。负载过重会把绳子拉紧到崩断的地步。Too heavy a load will strain the rope to its breaking point. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ strain3 Collocation:尽力尽力strain every nerve渴望挣脱束缚渴望挣脱束缚strain at the leash绷住劲绷住劲strain ones muscles滥用职权滥用职权strain ones authoritySupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ make ends meetmake ends meet: balance ones income and expenditureIt may be difficult at times to make ends meet on your small income.It was very difficult for Arthur to make ends meet when his factory was put on a three-day week during the recession.他们失了业,还要养活两个小孩,无法维持起码的他们失了业,还要养活两个小孩,无法维持起码的生活。生活。Being out of work and having two young children, they found it impossible to make ends meet.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ stretch1stretch: 1. vt.1) make sth. longer, wider or tighter by pullingWhere can I buy those things that stretch your shoes?A spiders web can be stretched considerably without weakening.你如果拉橡皮带,它就会伸长。你如果拉橡皮带,它就会伸长。If you stretch a piece of elastic, it becomes much longer.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ stretch22) extend or thrust out (a limb or part of the body) and tighten the musclesShe went out to stretch her legs after lunch.应付抽筋最有效的方法就是轻柔缓和地去伸展肌肉抽应付抽筋最有效的方法就是轻柔缓和地去伸展肌肉抽筋的部位。筋的部位。The most effective treatment for muscle cramps is to gently stretch the cramped muscle.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ stretch32. vi. spread out over an area or a period of time; extendThe ocean stretched as far as they could see on all sides.这条道路穿过沙漠伸向远方。这条道路穿过沙漠伸向远方。The road stretched out across the desert into the distance.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ stretch4Collocation:散步散步stretch ones legs做出做出让步让步stretch a point 连续地连续地at a stretch 竭尽全力竭尽全力at full stretch超出超出范围范围beyond the stretch of Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and Creativitystretch 表示在长宽上增加,意思是表示在长宽上增加,意思是“ “延伸、伸长延伸、伸长” ”。 例如:例如:extend 表示时空的延长,一般指延伸到某一预想的位置。表示时空的延长,一般指延伸到某一预想的位置。 还可以表示某一范围,如种类、影响、适用度的增还可以表示某一范围,如种类、影响、适用度的增 加。例如:加。例如:D R _ word _ stretch5这个王国的领土绵延方圆数百里。这个王国的领土绵延方圆数百里。stretch, extend, lengthen & prolong 这四个动词均有这四个动词均有“ “伸展、伸长伸展、伸长” ”之意。之意。CF:I stretched out my arm trying to reach the ball. 我伸手设法够到那只球。我伸手设法够到那只球。The kingdom extended as far as hundreds of miles in every direction.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and Creativitylengthen 表示时空长度的增加、伸长。例如:表示时空长度的增加、伸长。例如:prolong 表示超过通常、普通的限定,使期限延长。表示超过通常、普通的限定,使期限延长。 例如:例如:D R _ word _stretch 6会议可能要延长到夜里,因为今晚有太多问题要解决。会议可能要延长到夜里,因为今晚有太多问题要解决。I have to ask the tailor to lengthen this skirt.我得要裁缝将这条裙子放长一些。我得要裁缝将这条裙子放长一些。The meeting may be prolonged into the evening because so many problems have to be solved tonight.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _twist1twist: vt.1) turn round; revolveTwist the handle to the right and the box will open.我扭过头去把汽车向后倒。我扭过头去把汽车向后倒。I twisted my head round to reverse the car.2) deliberately give a false meaning to words, etc.The police tried to twist the mans statement into an admission of guilt.报纸把我的话全都歪曲了。报纸把我的话全都歪曲了。The papers twisted everything I said.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _twist2Pattern:使某物缠绕某物使某物缠绕某物twist sth. round sth.把某物扭把某物扭/ /搓成某物搓成某物twist sth. into sth.扭断;拧开扭断;拧开twist off扭弯;歪曲扭弯;歪曲twist upSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _outbreakoutbreak: n. the sudden or violent start of sth. unwelcome, such as diseaseThe area was struck by an outbreak of cholera.由于战争爆发,这个研究计划搁浅了。由于战争爆发,这个研究计划搁浅了。The research project fetched up because of the outbreak of the war.So violent was his outbreak that they hesitated to intervene.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ alien1alien: 1. n. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are foundImmigrant workers were classed as resident aliens. 背井离乡这么久,现在在他自己的国家,他觉得自己像背井离乡这么久,现在在他自己的国家,他觉得自己像个外人。个外人。After being away for so long, he feels like an alien in his own country now.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ alien12. adj. 1) very different from what you are used to, especially in 2) a way that is difficult to understand or acceptTheir ideas are quite alien to our ways of thinking.残忍完全不合他的本性。残忍完全不合他的本性。Cruelty is quite alien to his nature.2) being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the worldAfter the alien spacecraft had hovered over the park for a short time, it vanished.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ alien2alien, foreign & extrinsic 这三个形容词均有这三个形容词均有“ “外来的外来的” ”之意。之意。CF:alien 表示无关联的、外来的,不能成为事物固有的组表示无关联的、外来的,不能成为事物固有的组 成部分,常带有厌恶之意,至少有不可兼容、不成部分,常带有厌恶之意,至少有不可兼容、不 可调和之意。可调和之意。foreign 是正式用法,表示在本国以外的,涉及到国外的。是正式用法,表示在本国以外的,涉及到国外的。 还表示因没有共同特性、关联而与其他事物有所还表示因没有共同特性、关联而与其他事物有所 不同的,不相干的。不同的,不相干的。extrinsic 表示明显在某物之外的,或从其他事物中得来的。表示明显在某物之外的,或从其他事物中得来的。我在异国他乡遇到故知。我在异国他乡遇到故知。I ran into an old friend in the alien land. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ alien3Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form where necessary.where necessary.1.2.3.4.I cant understand what he says; he must be . Failure, like pain, is to my life. A mans courage and talent are intrinsic advantages; his wealth and family influence are advantages. The swelling on her finger was caused by a body in it. foreign_alien_extrinsic_foreign_alien, foreign & extrinsic CF:Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ remarkable1remarkable: adj.1) strikingHe showed remarkable courage when he faced the danger.他生病的整个阶段都表现出非凡的忍耐力。他生病的整个阶段都表现出非凡的忍耐力。He showed remarkable endurance throughout his illness.2) worthy of attentionThe social changes which occurred in China are remarkable.唐朝是一段以开明著称的时期。唐朝是一段以开明著称的时期。The Tang Dynasty is a period remarkable for its liberality.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ remarkable2remarkable, noticeable, outstanding & conspicuous这四个形容词均含有这四个形容词均含有“ “突出的、值得注意的突出的、值得注意的” ”之意。之意。CF:remarkable 指所描写的事物或特征因与众不同或非同寻指所描写的事物或特征因与众不同或非同寻 常而显得突出,含有需要大家评论、注意或常而显得突出,含有需要大家评论、注意或 关注的意味。关注的意味。noticeable 指某事物或某特征太明显而不可避免地引起指某事物或某特征太明显而不可避免地引起 人们的注意,可作定语或表语。人们的注意,可作定语或表语。outstanding 为普通用词,指人或物在同类比较中显得出为普通用词,指人或物在同类比较中显得出 类拔萃或具有显著的特征。类拔萃或具有显著的特征。conspicuous 指某事物或某特征太显眼太突出而刺激感官指某事物或某特征太显眼太突出而刺激感官 或头脑并立即为感官或头脑所感觉到。或头脑并立即为感官或头脑所感觉到。Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ remarkable3Fill in the blanks with the words above.Fill in the blanks with the words above.1.2.3.4.5.The actress red dress was very on the stage. Improvement is in the factory. He took a seat near the entrance to wait for his girlfriend. The economy of our country is developing with a speed. Our arts and crafts are enjoying fast sales for their workmanship. conspicuous_noticeable_conspicuous_remarkable_outstanding_remarkable, noticeable, outstanding & conspicuousCF:Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _original1original: adj. 1) being or productive of something fresh and unusual; 2) being as first made or thought of I dont think George is capable of having original ideas!评论家们称赞该作品独树一帜。评论家们称赞该作品独树一帜。Critics praised the work as highly original.2) preceding all others in time or being as first made or performedHis original enthusiasm has turned sour.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _original2房子原先的主人搬出去了。房子原先的主人搬出去了。The original owner of the house moved out.He excluded certain passages from the original book in the new edition.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ loose1loose: adj. not firmly fastened in placeI tied the boat to the tree but it has come loose. 他的裤子太短,外套和背心又太肥大。他的裤子太短,外套和背心又太肥大。His trousers were too short and his coat and vest too loose.Collocation:放松,自在放松,自在hang loose放松,解开放松,解开come loose挣脱,逃脱挣脱,逃脱break loose无事可做无事可做at a loose end嘴不紧嘴不紧have a loose tongueSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and Creativityloose 意为意为“ “宽松的,不紧的宽松的,不紧的” ”,通常指事物因未固定,通常指事物因未固定 牢或安装得不紧而松动或移动。也可以指事物处牢或安装得不紧而松动或移动。也可以指事物处 于未控制或限制的状态,即自由状态。例如:于未控制或限制的状态,即自由状态。例如:lax 指对人或事物给予不足够的重视或对其要求不严,指对人或事物给予不足够的重视或对其要求不严, 亦可指行为松懈、懒散,常含有放纵、漠不关心之亦可指行为松懈、懒散,常含有放纵、漠不关心之 意。例如:意。例如:D R _ word _loose2老师对学生们管理松懈,怪不得他们这么缺乏纪律性。老师对学生们管理松懈,怪不得他们这么缺乏纪律性。loose, lax & slack这三个形容词均有这三个形容词均有“ “松的、松懈的松的、松懈的” ”之意。之意。CF:The dog is too dangerous to be left loose.这条狗太危险了,不可放开。这条狗太危险了,不可放开。The teacher is too lax with his students, no wonder they are so undisciplined.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and Creativityslack 指绳子、线等没有拉紧或绷紧而显得松弛下垂。还指绳子、线等没有拉紧或绷紧而显得松弛下垂。还 可指人疏忽职守、懈怠或无力气。例如:可指人疏忽职守、懈怠或无力气。例如:D R _ word _loose3The workmen have been very slack in their work recently.工人们最近工作一直很懈怠。工人们最近工作一直很懈怠。Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _unifyunify: vt. bring togetherHis music unifies traditional and modern themes.我们决意将这两岛联合起来创立一个国家。我们决意将这两岛联合起来创立一个国家。Its our firm determination to unify the two islands into one country.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _beyond any doubt1beyond any doubt: allowing no uncertaintyThe authenticity of the manuscript is beyond any doubt.她使我深信,保罗确实是清白无辜的。她使我深信,保罗确实是清白无辜的。She convinced me that Paul was, beyond any doubt, innocent.The prosecution must prove beyond any doubt that the accused is guilty of the crime.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ beyond any doubt2Collocation:毫无疑问毫无疑问beyond all doubt毫无疑问毫无疑问beyond the shadow of doubt无疑地无疑地without doubt对对产生怀疑产生怀疑cast doubt on 悬而未决悬而未决hang in doubtSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ not give a fig fornot give a fig for: not be at all concerned about or interested in sth. or sb.He didnt give a fig for his mistake.对邻居们的闲言碎语她丝毫不放在心上。对邻居们的闲言碎语她丝毫不放在心上。She wouldnt give a fig for her neighbors gossip.Collocation:毫不重视毫不重视not care a fig for 一文不值一文不值not worth a figSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _undermine1undermine: vt. gradually or insidiously make sb. or sth. less strong or effectiveBadgers had undermined the foundations of the church.足球教练的主要竞争对手在散布谣言以逐足球教练的主要竞争对手在散布谣言以逐渐破坏他的威信。渐破坏他的威信。The football coachs major opponent is spreading rumors to undermine his authority.The constant criticism was beginning to undermine her confidence.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _undermine2 Collocation:破坏信心破坏信心undermine confidence损害权威损害权威undermine authority破坏名誉破坏名誉undermine credibility损害健康损害健康undermine healthSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ predict1predict: vt. tell in advanceIt is difficult to predict what the long-term effects of the accident will be.It is virtually impossible to predict the future accurately.预言这次对话可能有什么结果,现在还为时过早。预言这次对话可能有什么结果,现在还为时过早。Its yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ predict2predict, forecast, foretell & promise这四个动词均有这四个动词均有“ “预言、预示、预告预言、预示、预告” ”之意。之意。CF:predict 较为正式,指从已知事实推断或者根据自然定较为正式,指从已知事实推断或者根据自然定 律断定未来的事情,其准确度不一,主语只能律断定未来的事情,其准确度不一,主语只能 是人。例如:是人。例如:forecast 指根据已知可能的发展进程或将来的情况做出指根据已知可能的发展进程或将来的情况做出 大概的预测,尤其适用于天气预报。例如:大概的预测,尤其适用于天气预报。例如:气象员不能预报出气象员不能预报出3 3天以后的天气情况。天以后的天气情况。Who can predict how the elections will turn out?谁能预测选举的结果将会怎样?谁能预测选举的结果将会怎样?The weatherman was unable to forecast the weather more than three days in advance. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ predict2foretell 普通用语,原带有迷信色彩,表示预言注定的普通用语,原带有迷信色彩,表示预言注定的 命运,但现在这种色彩逐渐消失,主语可以是命运,但现在这种色彩逐渐消失,主语可以是 人或物。例如:人或物。例如:promise 表示通过某种事实预示着给人以希望,有发生表示通过某种事实预示着给人以希望,有发生 的可能,但主语只能是物。例如:的可能,但主语只能是物。例如:晨雾预示着晴朗天气。晨雾预示着晴朗天气。He foretells events from the flights of birds.他能从鸟的飞行来预测事件。他能从鸟的飞行来预测事件。Early mist promises fair weather.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _never get anywherenever get anywhere: not be successfulYou will never get anywhere unless you have set your goal. 除非我们立即采取行动,否则我们就不会成功。除非我们立即采取行动,否则我们就不会成功。We shall never get anywhere unless we take immediate actions ourselves.We shall never get anywhere with all this criticism and fault finding. I believe in the principle “live and let live”.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ingredient1ingredient: n.1) any of the foods that are combined to make a particular 2) dishGet all the ingredients together before you start cooking.她能用简单配料烹调出美味的饭菜。她能用简单配料烹调出美味的饭菜。She can produce delicious meal from very simple ingredients.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ingredient22) any of the qualities of which sth. is madeJohn has all the ingredients of a great basketball player. 想象力和勤奋工作是成功的要素。想象力和勤奋工作是成功的要素。Imagination and hard work are the ingredients of success.Investment in new product development is an essential ingredient of corporate success.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ingredient3ingredient 指混合物中的一部分,既可指混在一起而本指混合物中的一部分,既可指混在一起而本 身没有变化的物质,如配料,又可指与别的身没有变化的物质,如配料,又可指与别的 物质混在一起,发生了变化的成分。有时用物质混在一起,发生了变化的成分。有时用 于比喻。于比喻。element 指一个整体必不可少或固有的部分,强调一指一个整体必不可少或固有的部分,强调一 个复杂整体中最基本、最简单的元件、元素个复杂整体中最基本、最简单的元件、元素 或成分等。或成分等。component 指在混合物或化合物中的单个物质。指在混合物或化合物中的单个物质。ingredient, element & component这三个名词均有这三个名词均有“ “成分、要素成分、要素” ”之意。之意。CF:Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ingredient4Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form where necessary.where necessary.1.2.3.4.The food is home-cooked using fresh . All material things in the universe known to our senses are composed of one or more chemical Each is carefully checked before assembly. You must understand the of mathematics before we can proceed further. ingredients_elements_.component_elements_ingredient, element & componentCF:Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ accordingly1accordingly: adv.1) consequently, therefore Some of the laws were contradictory; accordingly, measures were taken to clarify them.人家叫她说话简短人家叫她说话简短, , 于是她就长话短说了。于是她就长话短说了。She was told to speak briefly; accordingly she cut short her remarks.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _accordingly22) in a suitable mannerJust tell us the color and design you have in mind. Well change them accordingly.请将你的合同文本进行相应的修正。请将你的合同文本进行相应的修正。 Please amend your copy of the contract accordingly.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _disdaindisdain: vt. have no respect for sb. or sth.Childcare was seen as womens work, and men disdained it.The soldier disdained shooting an unarmed enemy.他鄙视那个势利小人,不愿和他说话。他鄙视那个势利小人,不愿和他说话。He disdained that man for snobbishness and was unwilling to talk to him.Pattern:不屑于做某事不屑于做某事disdain to do / doing sth. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ caution1caution:1. n. great care and attentionYou should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog.他小心翼翼地爬上墙头。他小心翼翼地爬上墙头。With much caution he climbed to the top of the wall.2. vt. warn sb. to be carefulOfficials were quick to caution that these remarks did not mean an end to the peace process.我必须告诫你谨防危险。我必须告诫你谨防危险。I must caution you against the danger.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ caution2Pattern:警告某人防止某事物警告某人防止某事物caution sb. against sth. 提醒某人(不要)做提醒某人(不要)做某事某事caution sb. (not) to do sth.Collocation:鲁莽行事鲁莽行事throw caution to the winds谨慎为安全之本。谨慎为安全之本。Caution is the parent of safety.加以警告加以警告with a caution Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _stimulate1stimulate: vt. make sb. interested and excitedThe exhibition stimulated peoples interest in the artists works.政府将竭尽全力去刺激经济发展。政府将竭尽全力去刺激经济发展。The government will do everything in its power to stimulate economic growth.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _stimulate 2Pattern:激励某人去做某事激励某人去做某事stimulate sb. to do sth.激发某人对激发某人对的兴趣的兴趣stimulate ones interest in sth.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ credit1credit: 1. vt. say that sb. or sth. is responsible for sth. goodMuch of Manchester Uniteds success can be credited to their manager.她总是把自己独特的性格归功于父母。她总是把自己独特的性格归功于父母。She always credited her distinctive character to her parents.The relics are credited with miraculous powers.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ credit22. n. praise, approval, recognitionShe was given the credit for what she had done.他的勇敢使他所在的团大为增光。他的勇敢使他所在的团大为增光。His courage has brought great credit to his regiment.Pattern:把把归功于归功于credit sth. to sb./sth.认为某人、某事具有认为某人、某事具有credit sb./sth. with sth. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _ credit3Collocation:增加荣誉增加荣誉add to ones credit为某人争光为某人争光to be ones credit称赞,赞扬称赞,赞扬give credit to因因而得到好评而得到好评 get credit forSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _if anything1if anything: if there is anything different; on the contrary evenSam didnt seem too disappointed at losing, if anything, he seemed relieved that it was all over.他可不瘦他可不瘦按说还算有点胖呢。按说还算有点胖呢。Hes not thin, if anything, hes rather on the plump side.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _if anything2Collocation:无论如何也不无论如何也不for anything 全力地;无比地全力地;无比地like anything一点也不一点也不anything but Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityD R _ word _a triflea trifle: slightlyThis dress is a trifle short.起码可以说,他的背景不大可靠。起码可以说,他的背景不大可靠。His background is a trifle dubious, to say the least.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ mainUseful ExpressionsListening and SpeakingDebateSentence Translation Talk about the Pictures Writing PracticeProverbs and QuotationsSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _Writing Practice _mainA Brief IntroductionHomeworkA SampleWriting PracticeSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Useful Expressions 1Useful ExpressionsUseful Expressions 1. 连续地连续地in a row2. 弄得全家都没法睡弄得全家都没法睡keep the household awake 3. 打瞌睡打瞌睡doze off4. 不能一天不上班不能一天不上班couldnt skip a day5. 维持生计维持生计make ends meet6. 为量子力学奠定基础为量子力学奠定基础lay the foundation for quantum mechanicsSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Useful Expressions 27. 迸发出创造性思想迸发出创造性思想have a creative outburst8. 躲避瘟疫爆发躲避瘟疫爆发avoid an outbreak of plague9. 由于没有什么更好的事情可做由于没有什么更好的事情可做with nothing better to do10. 将将 描述成描述成paint as11. 外星人外星人space alien12. 产生光电效应产生光电效应do the photoelectric trick13. 接近接近 close inSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Useful Expressions 314. 毫无疑问毫无疑问beyond any doubt15. 毫不在乎权威毫不在乎权威not give a fig for authority16. 一事无成一事无成never get anywhere17. 个性缺陷个性缺陷character flaw18. 回顾回顾in retrospect19. 使使 放慢脚步放慢脚步slow down20. 采用直觉跳跃思维采用直觉跳跃思维adopt the intuitive leapSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Useful Expressions 421. 相信直觉相信直觉 believe in intuition22. 在世纪初在世纪初 at the turn of the century23. 集中思想的能力集中思想的能力powers of concentration24. 专心致志地解题专心致志地解题engross oneself in a problem25. 要要说说有什么区有什么区别别的的话话if anythingSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Sentence Translation 11. Einstein credited his discoveries to imagination and endless questioning more so than orthodox intelligence.爱因斯坦把他的发现更多地归功于想象力和不断地提爱因斯坦把他的发现更多地归功于想象力和不断地提出问题,而不是通常所谓的智慧。出问题,而不是通常所谓的智慧。Sentence TranslationSentence Translation2. His slow development was combined with a cheeky rebelliousness toward authority, which led one German schoolmaster to send him packing.他智力发展缓慢,再加上对权威无礼的反叛,致使一他智力发展缓慢,再加上对权威无礼的反叛,致使一位德国校长勒令他退学。位德国校长勒令他退学。Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Sentence Translation 23. He retained the ability to hold two thoughts in his mind simultaneously, to be puzzled when they conflicted and to delight when he saw an underlying unity.他具有脑海里同时容纳两种想法的能力,当它们冲突他具有脑海里同时容纳两种想法的能力,当它们冲突时,他感到困惑;当他看到基本上统一时感到欣喜。时,他感到困惑;当他看到基本上统一时感到欣喜。Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Sentence Translation 34. Einstein soon acquired an image, which grew into a near legend, of being a kindly professor, distracted at times but unfailingly sweet, who rarely combed his hair or wore socks.不久爱因斯坦在人们心目中成了这样一种形象,而且不久爱因斯坦在人们心目中成了这样一种形象,而且几乎变成传奇:一位平易近人的教授,有时心不在焉,几乎变成传奇:一位平易近人的教授,有时心不在焉,但总是和蔼可亲,难得梳头发,不常穿袜子。但总是和蔼可亲,难得梳头发,不常穿袜子。Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Sentence Translation 45.5. 联合国宣布联合国宣布20052005年为年为“世界物理学年世界物理学年”,以庆祝爱因斯坦,以庆祝爱因斯坦 “ “奇迹年奇迹年”出现出现100100周年。周年。The United Nations has declared 2005 “The World Year of Physics” to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einsteins “miracle year.”6.6. 你呆在这里损害了全班学生对我的尊重。你呆在这里损害了全班学生对我的尊重。Your mere presence here undermines the classs respect for me.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Sentence Translation 57.7. 科学是爱因斯坦家餐桌上聊天的话题。科学是爱因斯坦家餐桌上聊天的话题。Science was dinner-table conversation in the Einstein household.8.8. 爱因斯坦对科学技术与生俱来怀有兴趣。爱因斯坦对科学技术与生俱来怀有兴趣。Alberts interest in science and technology came naturally.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Listening and Speaking1.1Listening and SpeakingListening and Speaking1. Listen to the passage and answer the questions.1) Was Edison the only child who survived to adulthood in his family?No, he was one of the four who survived to adulthood in his family.2) Why did Edison hatch eggs by sitting on them?Because he was very curious and he would experiment to find the answers.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Listening and Speaking1.23) How did Edisons mother respond when his teacher called him “addled”?She was furious and took him out of the school and proceeded to teach him at home.4) Was Edison greatly affected by his poor hearing?No, the poor hearing helped him concentrate.5) What do you learn from the story?Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Listening and Speaking22. Retell the story2. Retell the storyListen to the passage again and retell the story in class.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Listening and Speaking33. Discussion3. DiscussionWhat is the relation between this story and the story of Text A? Can you find out the similarities of the two stories?Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Listening and Speaking_pop1 Thomas Alva Edison was born to Sam and Nancy on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio. Known as “Al” in his youth, Edison was the youngest of seven children, four of whom survived to adulthood. Edison was a very curious child, always asking questions. Even his mother, who had once been a schoolteacher could not answer all his questions. He would experiment to try to find the answers. Once he tried to hatch some eggs by sitting on them. Another time he accidently burned down the familys barn. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Listening and Speaking_pop2 Edison was a poor student. He only went to school for 3 months in his whole life. When a schoolmaster said that there was something wrong with Edison and called him “addled”, his furious mother took him out of the school and proceeded to teach him at home. Edison said many years later, “My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me, and I felt I had someone to live for, someone I must not disappoint.” At an early age, Edison showed a fascination for mechanical things and for chemical experiments. In 1859, Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Listening and Speaking_pop3Edison took a job selling newspapers and candy on a train. He did experiments in the baggage car whenever he had spare time. Due to a scarlet fever and a blow to the head at an early age, Edison lost almost all his hearing. However, he later said he didnt mind being deaf because it helped him concentrate. When he was 16 he went to work for the telegraph office sending messages. At the age of 22 he went to New York. Later he built a laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. It was there with his employees that he made many of his inventions.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _Debate1DebateDebate Imagination vs. knowledge is a a constant constant battle battle that is still being fought. Einstein used to say “Imagination is more important than knowledge” while some other experts attach more importance to knowledge. Whats your opinion? Divide the class into two groups and have a debate on it, one group arguing for the importance of imagination over knowledge and the other against it.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _Debate2Argument forArgument for Argument againstArgument against Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _Debate_ Argument forArgument for:Argument for:1.2.3.Knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand while imagination helps us venture beyond the unknown and opens up new worlds and possibilities.Imagination can help knowledge seekers discover new frontiers which may be the basis of undiscovered knowledge.Knowledge is simply a tool. Without imagination that tool could be sitting idle forever.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _Debate_ Argument againstArgument against:Argument against:1.2.3.Knowledge is a stepping stone to imagination.Knowledge without imagination can be productive while imagination without knowledge can lead us nowhere.Knowledge helps restrain imagination from developing into daydreaming.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Writing Practice_1.1A Brief IntroductionA Brief Introduction Unity is a matter of logical direction. It means oneness one subject, one controlling attitude, one tone. The key to unity is to keep focused on the argumentative controlling attitude toward your single, limited subject. Unity rests on the principle of inclusion and exclusion: inclusion of relevant materials and exclusion of irrelevant materials. Here are a few tips for you to follow to achieve unity in essay writing.How to Achieve Unity in An EssayHow to Achieve Unity in An Essay Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Writing Practice_1.21. Create one specific, limited idea for your essay and state that idea in a thesis statement.2. Create a topic sentence for each paragraph that supports and harmonizes with the essay thesis.3. Place your topic sentence effectively within your paragraphs. Let the purpose of your paragraphs and the nature of your evidence guide you. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Writing Practice_1.34. Let your paragraphs evidence the selected details, the examples illustrate, clarify, explain, support or address the idea expressed in your topic sentence.5. Make sure you explain the relationship between your evidence and your idea so that it is clear to readers.6. Think about unity among paragraphs. Be sure your paragraphs focus on the central idea and are related so that they fit together and clarify your essays idea.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Writing Practice_2.1A SampleA Sample It is commonly recognized that dogs have an extreme antagonism toward cats. This enmity between these two species can be traced back to the time of the early Egyptian dynasties. Archaeologists in recent years have discovered Egyptian texts in which there are detailed accounts of canines (犬犬类类) brutally mauling felines (猫猫类类). Today this type of cruelty between these two domestic pets can be witnessed in regions as close as your own neighborhood. For example, when dogs are walked bySupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Writing Practice_2.2their masters, and they happen to catch sight of a stray cat, they will pull with all their strength on their leash until the master is forced to yield; the typical result is that a feline is chased up a tree. The hatred between dogs and cats has lasted for so many centuries; it is unlikely that this conflict will ever end.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Writing Practice_3HomeworkHomework Write a composition entitled Fight Against Global Warming in no less than 120 words. You may focus on such aspects as reducing peoples dependence on fossil fuels and cutting energy consumption in the daily life when explaining your thesis statement. Try to follow the six tips to make your essay unified and impressive. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Writing Practice_3_pop1 People can help fight global warming by reducing their dependence upon fossil fuels. For starters, they can drive only when necessary and plan trips so as to accomplish several goals at one time, for example, picking up dry cleaning and then shopping for groceries on the way home from an appointment. Another way is to carpool to work, share expenses with coworkers and, in the process, reduce carbon emissions. In addition, people can also purchase smaller vehicles instead of gas-guzzling SUVs and four-wheel-drive pickups. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Writing Practice_3_pop2 On the other hand, people can also cut energy consumption in the home, for instance, by switching off lights when they leave rooms and setting air-conditioners a bit higher in summer and lower in winter. Granted, however, none of these steps will immediately stop global warming or solve the energy crisis, but they will make a difference in time.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Talk about the Pictures 1Talk about the PicturesTalk about the PicturesSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Talk about the Pictures_pop1Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Talk about the Pictures _pop2Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Talk about the Pictures _pop3Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Talk about the Pictures _pop4Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Talk about the Pictures _pop5Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Talk about the Pictures _pop6Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Proverbs and Quotations 1Proverbs and QuotationsProverbs and Quotations1. Imagination is the source of creation.想象是创作之源。想象是创作之源。2. Imagination is sometimes more vivid than reality.想象有时比现实生动得多。想象有时比现实生动得多。Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Proverbs and Quotations 23. Activity is the only road to knowledge.行动是通往知识的唯一道路。行动是通往知识的唯一道路。4. Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. Mary Lou Cook, American educationist创造性就是发明、试验、成长、冒险、犯规、犯错和创造性就是发明、试验、成长、冒险、犯规、犯错和游戏。游戏。 美国教育家美国教育家 M. L. M. L. 库克库克Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Proverbs and Quotations 35. The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations. Alfred North Whitehead, British philosopher世界的悲剧就在于有想象力的缺乏经验,而有经验的又世界的悲剧就在于有想象力的缺乏经验,而有经验的又缺乏想象力。缺乏想象力。 英国哲学家英国哲学家 A. N. A. N. 怀特海怀特海Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA R _ Proverbs and Quotations 46. A free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books. Thomas Jefferson, American president一个自由的人除了从书本上获取知识,还可以从许多一个自由的人除了从书本上获取知识,还可以从许多别的来源获得知识。别的来源获得知识。 美国总统美国总统 托马斯托马斯 杰斐逊杰斐逊Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ mainCulture NotesReadingComprehension Task Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityWalter IsaacsonAbraham FlexnerInstitute for Advanced StudyCulture NotesLower ManhattanS R _ CN_ mainSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 1.1Walter IsaacsonWalter Isaacson Walter Isaacson, an American writer and biographer, was born on May 20, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Harvard College and University of Oxford. He has been the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of Time. In November 2009, he was nominated by President Obama to be the Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which runs Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and the other international broadcasts of the U.S. government. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 1.2 He is the author of American Sketches (2009), Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003) and of Kissinger: A Biography (1992), and is the co-author, with Evan Thomas, of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986).Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 1.1_popSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 1.2_pop1Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 1.2_pop2Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 2.1Abraham Flexner Abraham Flexner Author of the monumental survey Medical Education in the United States and Canada (1910), Abraham Flexner (1866 1959) contributed to a period of reform in American medical education that hastened the closing of commercial medical schools and strengthened university-affiliated institutions adopting scientific approaches. A Louisville, Kentucky, native who earned his B.A. degree at Johns Hopkins University, Flexner established his own preparatorySupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 2.2school in Louisville. However, he gained prominence as an educator through his critical essays, surveys, and reports about American educational institutions and practices. Throughout the early twentieth century, Flexners ideas wielded influence through the sponsorship and largesse of powerful corporate foundations. Finally, from 1930 to 1939, Flexner designed and directed the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 2.1 _ pop1Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 2.1 _ pop2Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 3.1Institute for Advanced StudyInstitute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is a center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. Since its founding in 1930 by philanthropists Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld, the Institute has no formal links to Princeton University or other educational institutions, although it has enjoyed close, collaborative ties with Princeton. The first Director was Abraham Flexner. The current Director is Peter Goddard (as in 2010).Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 3.2 The Institute is divided into four Schools: Historical Studies, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social Science, with a more recent program in systems biology. It consists of a permanent faculty of 29, and each year awards fellowships to 190 visiting members, from over 100 universities and research institutions.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 3.1 _ pop1Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 3.1 _ pop2Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 4Lower ManhattanLower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. It is defined most commonly as the area delineated on the north by 14th Street, on the west by the Hudson River, on the east by the East River, and on the south by New York Harbor.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Culture Notes 4 _ popSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 1Anecdotes about EinsteinAnecdotes about EinsteinWalter Isaacson A Wastebasket for His Mistakes A Wastebasket for His Mistakes When Albert Einstein arrived in America at age 54, pulling into New York Harbor on the ocean liner Westernland on October 17, 1933, an official greeting committee was waiting for him. Einstein and his entourage, however, were nowhere to be found. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 2 Abraham Flexner, director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, was obsessed with shielding his celebrity professor from publicity. So hed sent a tugboat to spirit the great man away from the Westernland as soon as it cleared quarantine. His hair poking out from a wide-brimmed black hat, Einstein surreptitiously disembarked onto the tug, which ferried him and his party to lower Manhattan, where a car would whisk them to Princeton. “All Dr. Einstein wants is to be left in peace and quiet,” Flexner told reporters.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 3 Winner of the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his contribution to theoretical physics, Einstein was given an office at the institute. He was asked what equipment he needed. “A desk or table, a chair, paper and pencils,” he replied. “Oh, and a large wastebasket, so I can throw away all my mistakes.” He and Elsa, his wife, rented a house and settled into life in Princeton. He liked the fact that America, despite its inequalities of wealth and racial injustices, was more of a meritocracy than Europe. “What makes the new arrival devoted to this country is the democratic trait among the people,” he would later marvel. “No one humbles himself before another person.” Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 4Not Always an EinsteinNot Always an Einstein Einstein, however, was no Einstein when he was a child. Growing up in Munich, Germany, the first of two children of Hermann and Pauline Einstein, he was slow in learning how to talk. “My parents were so worried,” he recalled, “that they consulted a doctor.” Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 5 Even when he began using words after age two, he developed a quirk that prompted his nursemaid to dub him the dopey one. “Every sentence he uttered, no matter how routine,” recalled his younger sister, Maja, “he repeated to himself softly, moving his lips.” His slow development was combined with a cheeky rebelliousness toward authority, which led one German schoolmaster to send him packing. Another declared that Einstein would never amount to much.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 6 “When I ask myself how it happened that I discovered the relativity theory, it seemed to lie in the following circumstance,” Einstein later explained. “The ordinary adult never bothers his head about the problems of space and time. These are things he has thought of as a child. But I developed so slowly that I began to wonder about space and time only when I was already grown up. I probed more deeply into the problem than an ordinary child would have.”Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityA Merry ScienceA Merry Science Encouraged by his genial father, who ran a family business, and his music-loving mother, Einstein spent hours working on puzzles and building towers with toys. “Persistence and tenacity were part of his character,” his sister remarked.S R _ Reading _ text 7Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 8 Once, when Einstein was sick in bed as a preschooler, his father brought him a compass. Einstein later remembered being so excited as he examined its mysterious powers that he trembled and grew cold. The magnetic needle behaved as if influenced by a hidden force field, rather than through a mechanical method of touch or contact. “Something deeply hidden had to be behind things,” he said. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 9 He marveled at magnetic fields, gravity, inertia and light beams. He retained the ability to hold two thoughts in his mind simultaneously, to be puzzled when they conflicted and to delight when he saw an underlying unity. “People like you and me never grow old,” he wrote a friend years later. “We never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born.”Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 10 Contrary to widespread belief, Einstein excelled at math. By the age of 13, “he already had a predilection for solving complicated problems in applied arithmetic,” his sister recalled. An uncle, Jakob Einstein, an engineer, introduced him to the joys of algebra, calling it a “merry science,” and whenever Einstein triumphed, he “was overcome with happiness.” From his reading of popular science books, which showed him that “much in the Bible could not be true,” Einstein developed a resistance to all forms of dogma. As he wrote in 1901, “A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.” Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 11 A Proud American A Proud American At age 15, Einstein left Germany for northern Italy, where his parents relocated their business, and at 16, he wrote his first essay on theoretical physics. Einsteins discovery of special relativity, after he graduated from the Zurich Polytechnic in 1900 when he was 21, involved an intuition based on intellectual as well as personal experience. He developed the theory starting in 1905, after taking a job at the Swiss patent office. But his theory was not fully accepted until 1919, when observations made during a solar eclipse confirmed his prediction of how much the gravity of the sun would bend light beams.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 12 At age 40, in 1919, Einstein was suddenly world famous. He was also married to Elsa, his second wife, and was the father of two sons from his first marriage. By spring 1921, his exploding global fame led to a grand two-month visit to the United States, where he received so warm a welcome that he would evoke mass frenzy wherever he went. The world had never seen such a scientific celebrity superstar.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 13 Einstein loved America, appreciating that its bursts of exuberance were the result of freedom and individualism. In March 1933, with Hitler in power in Germany, Einstein realized he could no longer live in Europe. By that fall, hed settled in Princeton, and by 1940, he was a naturalized citizen, proud to call himself an American.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 14The Harmony of Nature and MathThe Harmony of Nature and Math His first Halloween living in America, Einstein disarmed some astonished trick-or-treaters by serenading them at the door with his violin. At Christmas, when members of a local church came by to sing carols, he stepped outside, borrowed a violin and merrily accompanied them. Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 15 Einstein soon acquired an image, which grew into a near legend, of being a kindly professor, distracted at times but unfailingly sweet, who rarely combed his hair or wore socks. “Ive reached an age when, if somebody tells me to wear socks, I dont have to,” he told some local children.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 16 He once helped a 15-year-old student, Henry Rosso, with a journalism class. Rossos teacher had offered a top grade to anyone scoring an interview with the scientist, so Rosso showed up at the Einstein home, only to be rebuffed at the door. The milkman gave him a tip: Einstein walked a certain route each morning at 9:30. Rosso snuck out of school and accosted him.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ text 17 But the student, suddenly all confused, didnt know what to ask. So Einstein suggested questions about math. “I discovered that nature was constructed in a wonderful way, and our task is to find out its mathematical structure,” Einstein explained about his own education. “It is a kind of faith that helped me through my whole life.” The interview earned Henry Rosso an A.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ S _ His hairHis hair poking out from a wide-brimmed black hat, Einstein surreptitiously disembarked onto the tug, which ferried him and his party to lower Manhattan, where a car would whisk them to Princeton.Translate the sentence into Chinese.爱爱因因斯斯坦坦头头戴戴宽宽边边黑黑帽帽,里里面面的的头头发发露露了了出出来来。他他秘秘密密登登上上拖拖船船,和和随随行行人人员员一一起起摆摆渡渡到到下下曼曼哈哈顿顿,一辆汽车将从那里飞快将他送到普林斯顿。一辆汽车将从那里飞快将他送到普林斯顿。Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _contributioncontribution: n. any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor (followed by to)Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to Quantum Theory.This invention made a major contribution to road safety.这项发明对道路安全作出了重大贡献。这项发明对道路安全作出了重大贡献。Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _despitedespite: prep. without being affected by the factors mentioned (usually used in the patterns: despite sth., despite the fact that)尽管医生告诫她应该休息,她还是去了西班牙。尽管医生告诫她应该休息,她还是去了西班牙。I still enjoyed the weekend despite the weather.She went to Spain despite the fact that her doctor had told her to rest.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ S_ America America, despite its inequalities of wealth and racial injustices, was more of a meritocracy than Europe.Paraphrase the sentence. unlike Europe, America was governed by leadership selected more on the basis of personal achievement, although there were inequalities of wealth and racial injustices.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ S _Einstein Einstein, however, was no Einstein when he was a child.Paraphrase the sentence.But Einstein was not very clever when he was a child.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _consultconsult: vt. get or ask advice from (usu. used in the pattern: consult sb. about sth.)越来越多的人咨询会计师关于税法的问题。越来越多的人咨询会计师关于税法的问题。An increasing number of people are consulting their accountants about the tax laws.Consult your doctor if the headaches continue.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _not amount to muchnot amount to much/anything/a great deal: not be important, valuable, or successful吉姆永远不会有多大出息。吉姆永远不会有多大出息。His teachers said that he wouldnt amount to much after graduation.Jims never going to amount to much.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityReporters began probing for more information.S R _ Reading _ word _probeprobe: vi. question or examine thoroughly and closelyI dont want to probe too deeply into your personal affairs.记者开始打探更多的消息。记者开始打探更多的消息。 Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _retainretain: vt. hold within水比空气保持热量的时间更长。水比空气保持热量的时间更长。The state wants to retain control of food imports. Water retains heat much longer than air.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _conflictconflict: vi. go against, as of rules and laws (followed by with)个人道德和职业道德有时发生冲突。个人道德和职业道德有时发生冲突。Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict. They found that the new evidence conflicted with previous findings.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _ceasecease: v. put an end to a state or an activity (used in the following patterns: cease doing sth.; cease to do sth.)他从未停止给我带来惊喜。他从未停止给我带来惊喜。He never ceases to amaze me.The company ceased trading on 31st October.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ S _ We never “We never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born.”“ “在我们出生的神秘世界面前,我们永远表现得像充在我们出生的神秘世界面前,我们永远表现得像充满好奇心的孩子。满好奇心的孩子。” ”Translate the sentence into Chinese.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _contrary tocontrary to: in opposition to与流行的观点相反,我没有染头发。与流行的观点相反,我没有染头发。Contrary to popular opinion, I dont dye my hair.Contrary to all our expectations, hes found a well-paid job and a nice girlfriend.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _widespreadwidespread: adj. widely circulated or diffused大雨导致了一场十年来最大范围的洪水。大雨导致了一场十年来最大范围的洪水。Heavy rains have led to the most widespread flooding in a decade.I think advantages of the widespread use of chemicals in agriculture outweigh its disadvantages.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _excel atexcel at/in: be good at吕贝卡上学时一直在语言方面表现出众。吕贝卡上学时一直在语言方面表现出众。Rebecca always excelled in languages at school.I never excelled at sport.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _complicatedcomplicated: adj. difficult to analyze or understand遵循这些规则太复杂了。遵循这些规则太复杂了。The rules are rather complicated to follow.I had to fill in this really complicated form.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _triumphtriumph: vi. prove superior (followed by over)民主党在最近的选举中胜出。民主党在最近的选举中胜出。The Democrats triumphed in recent elections.In the end, good shall triumph over evil.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _overcomeovercome: vt. deal with successfully我们相信在法律方面的困难是可以克服的。我们相信在法律方面的困难是可以克服的。We are confident that the legal difficulties can be overcome.to overcome difficulties/obstacles/problems/resistanceI dont think hell ever overcome his fear of flying.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _resistanceresistance: n. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with (followed by to)民众强烈抵制新税收。民众强烈抵制新税收。There is strong public resistance to the new taxes.The no-smoking policy was introduced with little resistance from staff.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ S _By spring 1921 By spring 1921, his exploding global fame led to a grand two-month visit to the United States, where he received so warm a welcome that he would evoke mass frenzy wherever he went.Translate the sentence into Chinese.到到19211921年春天,他在全世界迅速传扬的名望促成了他年春天,他在全世界迅速传扬的名望促成了他为期两个月的隆重的美国之行。他受到了非常热烈的为期两个月的隆重的美国之行。他受到了非常热烈的欢迎,无论走到哪里,总会引发大众的狂热。欢迎,无论走到哪里,总会引发大众的狂热。Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _appreciateappreciate: vt. be fully aware of; realize fully我认为你并不了解我花了多长时间来准备这顿饭。我认为你并不了解我花了多长时间来准备这顿饭。I dont think you appreciate how much time I spent preparing this meal.Her abilities are not fully appreciated by her employer.I appreciate that its a difficult decision for you to make.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _disarmdisarm: vt. make less hostile; win over她用幽默来消除人们的敌意。她用幽默来消除人们的敌意。She uses humor to disarm people.His apology disarmed her.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _come bycome by: visit informally and spontaneously这周的某一天我会顺道去你办公室这周的某一天我会顺道去你办公室/ /你家拜访,我们聊你家拜访,我们聊聊。聊。Ill come by your office/house one day this week and we can have a chat.He said hed come by to see me later.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _construct construct: vt. make by combining materials and parts市议会计划新建两所学校和一家医院。市议会计划新建两所学校和一家医院。The city council has plans for constructing two new schools and a hospital.The Empire State Building was constructed in 1931.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Reading _ word _find outfind out: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally我得知这趟火车被取消了。我得知这趟火车被取消了。I found out that the train had been cancelled.He hurried off to find out what the problem was.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Comprehension Tasks 1.1Comprehension TaskComprehension Task1. Role Play1. Role PlayText B tells us a story about Einstein and a 15-year-old student Henry Rosso who, under his teachers requirement, interviewed Einstein and got an A for the interview. Now form groups of five and play the different roles by following the directions below: Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Comprehension Tasks1.2Characters: Einstein; Henry Rosso; the milkman; the teacher; the door-keeperSetting: various locations including the classroom, Einsteins home and the road where Einstein takes a walk each morningScenes to be covered in the role-play:(1)(2)the teachers requirements on the interview;questions Henry Rosso prepared to ask Einstein in the interview;Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Comprehension Tasks1.3(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)Rossos first attempt to interview Einstein and the door-keepers refusal;tips from the milkman;Rossos second attempt to interview Einstein;Einsteins answers in the interview;the teachers response to Rossos interviewSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Comprehension Tasks2.1In this part, you will hear two anecdotes about Albert Einstein. Listen carefully and write down the important information, then have a discussion with your partners based on the questions following the anecdotes.2. Listen and Discuss2. Listen and DiscussSupplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Comprehension Tasks2.2(1)(2)(3)(4)Questions for discussion:Questions for discussion:Why did Einstein and the assistant search the office? What puzzled the assistant?What did Einsteins answer suggest about his characteristic?What would you do if you were Einstein? Why?Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Comprehension Tasks2.3(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)Questions for discussion:Questions for discussion:Whom did Einstein come across in a street one day? What did he advise Einstein to do?How did Einstein respond to his advice?What explanation did Einstein make upon their second encounter?What did you learn about Einstein from this anecdote?Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Comprehension Tasks 2.2_popA Paper ClipA Paper Clip Einstein and an assistant, having finished a paper, searched the office for a paper clip. They finally found one, too badly bent for use. They looked for an implement to straighten it, and after opening many more drawers came upon a whole box of clips. Einstein at once shaped one into a tool to straighten the bent clip. His assistant, puzzled, asked why he was doing this when there was a whole boxful of usable clips. “Once I am set on a goal it becomes difficult to deflect me,” said Einstein.Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Comprehension Tasks 2.3_pop1Einsteins OvercoatEinsteins Overcoat One day the famous scientist Albert Einstein came across an old friend of his in a street in New York. “Mr. Einstein.” said the friend, “it seems that you need to have a new overcoat. Look, how worn-out it is.”“It doesnt matter,” answered Albert Einstein. “No one knows me here in New York.”Supplementary ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingGlobal ReadingBefore ReadingUnit 4 Imagination and CreativityS R _ Comprehension Tasks 2.3_pop1 Several years later, they met in New York again. Einstein had become a world-famous physicist by then, but he still wore the same old overcoat. Once more his friend tried to persuade him to buy a new one. “Theres no need now,” said Einstein. “Everybody here knows me.”
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