1、B4U1 People of Achievement Using Language 主备人： 审核人： 1 Unit 1 People of Achievement -Using Language THE MAN WHO CHANGED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE 【核心素养】【核心素养】 1. To enhance the reading and writing skills; 2. To learn Albert Einsteins life and his achievements; 3. To learn how to introduce abo
2、ut someone you admire; 【情境导入】【情境导入】 1. What do you know about Albert Einstein? 2. Watch a short video about the Albert Einstein. 【阅读深思】【阅读深思】 Read the passage quickly and answer the following question: Which of the following about Albert Einstein are not included in the passage? A. his achievements
3、B. his family C. his character D. his experience E. his hobbies F. his appearance G. his death H. his wife and children 【自学自学反馈反馈】 Activity 1: Read the text again and fill in the forms according to the passage. Evaluation (1) in modern physics; (2) one of who ever lived ; (3) to the world: the most
4、well-known are the general theory of and the famous E= mc2 (4) a figure; His whole life On 14 March 1879 In 1896 In 1900 In 1905 In 1909 His whole life In 1922 B4U1 People of Achievement Using Language 主备人： 审核人： 2 In 1933 In 1955 【自主探究】【自主探究】 自主探究 1： Discuss the following questions in pairs 1. Apart
5、 from his remarkable achievements, what does the passage tell us about Einsteins life? 2. What impressed you most about Einstein? State your reasons. 自主探究 2：Study the organisation and language features 1. What type of writing is this text? How does the writer develop the text? 2. Find the descriptio
6、ns that tell us what Einstein looked like and what kind of person he was. 3. What rhetorical devices are used in the passage? Give examples. 【成果展示】【成果展示】 Please show your answers based on the above discussion. 【点评精讲】【点评精讲】 1. General structure and language features of the passage; 2. Useful expressi
7、ons for introducing someone you admire. (1) Birth date (2) Introduction to the age, height, weight etc. (3) Words and expressions for character and qualities (4) words and expressions for comment B4U1 People of Achievement Using Language 主备人： 审核人： 3 3. Complicated sentence analysis 【随堂检测】【随堂检测】 Albe
8、rt Einstein is _ (consider) a genius. the greatest scientist in modern physics and one of the _ (smart) men. He made numerous _(contribute) to the world. _ 14 March 1879, he was born in Germany. In 1896 he managed _ (enter)-university and graduated in 1900. In 1905, he earned a doctorate in physics
9、and _ (publish) four extraordinary physics papers. Not until 1909 _ he enter research full-time at a university. And in 1922, He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Unfortunately, in 1933, he had to flee Germany after Hitler came to power _ he was a Jewi
10、sh. He took up a position as a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, USA _ continued to make great achievements in physics and mathematics. On 18 April 1933, he passed _. 【巩固应用】【巩固应用】 Choose the person you are going to write about. It should be someone you think is great in so
11、me way. It can be an ordinary person, such as a parent, a relative, or a friend. Write an introduction to the person in 100 words. 参考答案 Unit 1 People of Achievement -Using Language THE MAN WHO CHANGED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE 【阅读深思】【阅读深思】 Read the passage quickly and answer the following qu
12、estion: Which of the following about Albert Einstein are not included in the passage? A. his achievements B. his family C. his character D. his experience E. his hobbies F. his appearance G. his death H. his wife and children 【自学反馈】【自学反馈】 Activity 1: Read the text again and fill in the forms accordi
13、ng to the passage. Evaluation (1) the greatest scientist in modern physics; (2) one of the smartest men who ever lived ; (3) made the numerous contributions to the world: the most B4U1 People of Achievement Using Language 主备人： 审核人： 4 well-known are the general theory of relativity and the famous for
14、mula E= mc2 (4) a courageous and kind figure; His whole life On 14 March 1879 He was born in Germany. In 1896 He entered the university. In 1900 He graduated from the university In 1905 He earned a doctorate in physics and published four extraordinary physics papers. In 1909 He entered research full
15、-time at a university. His whole life In 1922 He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize. In 1933 He had to flee Germany and took up a position as a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, USA. In 1955 He passed away. 【自主探究】【自主探究】 自主探究 2：Study the organisation and language features 1.
16、What type of writing is this text? How does the writer develop the text? It is a biography. The writer developed the text in order of time. 2. Find the descriptions that tell us what Einstein looked like and what kind of person he was. Slightly odd-looking, a thick moustache and long white hair; cou
17、rageous and kind, gentle, kind and funny, sometimes forgot things, loved by his friends and neighbours. 3. What rhetorical devices are used in the passage? Give examples. Simile. He had a thick moustache and long white hair, which sometimes stood on end as though he had just B4U1 People of Achieveme
18、nt Using Language 主备人： 审核人： 5 received an electric shock. 【随堂检测】【随堂检测】 Albert Einstein is considered (consider) a genius. the greatest scientist in modern physics and one of the smartest (smart) men. He made numerous contributions (contribute) to the world. On 14 March 1879, he was born in Germany.
19、In 1896 he managed to enter (enter)-university and graduated in 1900. In 1905, he earned a doctorate in physics and published (publish) four extraordinary physics papers. Not until 1909 could/did he enter research full-time at a university. And in 1922, He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for his ex
20、planation of the photoelectric effect. Unfortunately, in 1933, he had to flee Germany after Hitler came to power because he was a Jewish. He took up a position as a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, USA and continued to make great achievements in physics and mathematics. On 18 April 1933, he passed away.
