1、Unit 1Using Language&Assessing Your ProgressAlbert EinsteinWhat do you know about Albert Einstein?Share Einsteins life story and achievements with your partners.Finish the timeline.1879Born in Germany1895Tried to enter university in Switzerland1896Entered university1900Graduated1902Took a job on the
2、 Swiss patent office1905Earned a doctorate;published four extraordinary physics papers1909Entered research full-time1922Won the Nobel Prize for Physics1933Fled Germany1955Passed away讨论下列问题1.Apart from his remarkable achievements,what does the passage tell us about Einsteins life?Though Einstein was
3、slightly odd-looking,he was kind and funny.Sometimes he may be forgetful.He was loved by his friends and neighbours.2.What impressed you most about Einstein?State your reasons.What impressed me most about Einstein is his strong passion for knowledge.When he failed in the first college entrance exam,
4、he didnt give up.He worked hard and managed to pass the exam.I think it was his passion for knowledge that drove him to do like that.When he worked in the patent office,he made full use of his spare time to study and made great achievements in physics.Without his strong passion for knowledge,he woul
5、dnt have been where he was.Activity 3（1）What type of writing is this text?How does the writer develop the text?It is a biography of Albert Einstein.This passage is developed according to the order of time.（2）Find the descriptions that tell us what Einstein looked like and what kind of person he was.
6、He had a thick moustache and long white hair,which sometimes stood on end as though he had just received an electric shock.He was seen as a slightly odd-looking but kind and funny man.（3）What rhetorical devices are used in the passage?Give examples.Einstein,who was Jewish,found the doors of academic
7、 institutions closed to him.(metaphor)He had a thick moustache and long white hair,which sometimes stood on end as though he had just received an electric shock.(simile)课堂演练假如你是李华，你的外国朋友Jack想了解著名科学家屠呦呦的相关情况，请你根据以下要求给他写一封回信。姓名：屠呦呦国籍：中国职业：药学家、科学家兴趣爱好：自幼对传统中药兴趣浓厚主要经历：1.1930年12月30日出生于浙江省宁波市；2.1951年考入北京医
8、学院，主修制药专业；3.毕业后接受中医培训两年半，并一直在北京从事中医工作；4.1971年成功发现并制成青蒿素；5.2015年10月5日，她被授予诺贝尔生理学或医学奖，成为中国第一个获得诺贝尔奖的女性科学家。注意：1.词数100左右；信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考词汇：药学家 chemistDear Jack,I am glad to hear that you would like to know something about the famous scientist Tu Youyou.Now,I will give you a brief
9、introduction to her.Born in Ningbo,Zhejiang Province on December 30th,1930,Tu Youyou,a famous female chemist and scientist,showed great interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine when she was young.In 1951,she was permitted into Peking University Medical School,majoring in making medicine.After gradua
10、ting from the university,she was trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine for two years and a half and has been working on it in Beijing.In 1971,she succeeded in discovering and developing artemisinin.To our excitement and delight,she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on October 5th,2015,becoming the first Chinese woman to win the Nobel Prize.Wish you all the best!Yours,Li Hua
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