1、1 Unit 1 Using Language 2Introduce someone you admireIntroduce someone you admire2TitleThe man who changed our understanding of the universe1.Who is the man?2.Why could he change our understanding of the universe?3.How much do you know about him?paragraphTopic123456Read and find the topic of each pa
2、ragraph.introduction(Einsteins major achievements )early life(education)work experiencemidlifeappearance and three anecdotesdeath Einsteins life Einsteins life He made numerous contributions to the world,the most well known being the general theory of relativity and the famous formula E=mc2.perhaps
3、the greatest scientist in modern physicsone of the smartest men who ever liveda genius5 What type of writing is this text?How does the writer develop the text?6Please circle all the time in the text.Born in Germany 1879189619551933Failed to enter university1895Entered universityGraduated from univer
4、sity 1900Took a job as a clerk in the Swiss patent office19021905Entered research full-time at a university1909Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics1922Fled GermanyPassed awayMake a timeline for Einsteins life Earned a doctorate in physics and published four extraordinary physics papersthe smartest ma
5、n/geniusturbulent midlife(adj)动乱的a period when there are lots of changesCircumstances changed in 1933A courageous and kind figureHe continued to make great achievementskindRead Para5:In daily life,what kind personwas Einstein?peculiarforgetfulkindfunnythree anecdotesThe descriptions of Einsteins app
6、earance Read Para5:In daily life,what kind personwas Einstein?What kind of person is Einstein?a genius a courageous and kind figure loved by many peoplea slightly odd-looking but kind and funny mana smart and diligent mansometimes peculiar and forgetful.the smartest man11What rhetorical devices(修辞手法
7、修辞手法)are used in the passage?Example:(P3)Following this,he gradually became famous throughout the world(analogy类比类比);Analysing language features He had a thick moustache and，which sometimes(personification);.as though he had just received an electric shock.(simile明喻明喻);On 18 April 1955，it was report
8、ed that Einstein had.(euphemism委婉语委婉语;委婉说法委婉说法);12 Summary What aspects are included while writing a biography or introduction of a certain person?PersonalityAppearanceBrief introduction AchievementsImpressive storyComments on the person13WritingStep 1 Choose a person youre going to write.Step 2 Mak
9、e a list of things youre going to write.Step 3 Finish and revise your draft with your partner.Step 4 Share your writing.Use what you have learnt to write an introduction about someone you admire.14The checklist may help you.Does the writer describe the persons appearance and personality?Does the wri
10、ter tell an impressive story of the persons life?Does the writer say why the person is great?Does the writer sum up how he/she feels about this person?Exchange your draft with a partner.15Homework 你校英语俱乐部将举办主题为“My Hero”的讨论活动。请你用英语写一篇发言稿，介绍你心中的英雄。要点包括：1.他/她的职业；2.他/她可称为hero的理由；3.你对hero的理解。注意：1.词数80左右；
11、2.开头和结尾已给出。Good afternoon,everyone _ Thats all.Thank you!Good afternoonGood afternoon，everyone.everyone.My hero is a middleaged woman named Li Dan.She isnt My hero is a middleaged woman named Li Dan.She isnt beautiful or richbeautiful or rich，and she is just an ordinary street cleaner.and she is jus
12、t an ordinary street cleaner.So why is she my hero So why is she my hero？FirstFirst，I admire her because of her I admire her because of her deep devotion to her common but useful workdeep devotion to her common but useful work，which which requires her to work for more than nine hours a dayrequires h
13、er to work for more than nine hours a day，rain or rain or shine.Secondshine.Second，she has a kind heart and always manages to she has a kind heart and always manages to return the wallets or cellphones she finds while working to the return the wallets or cellphones she finds while working to the own
14、ers.Theres a lot that I should learn from her.owners.Theres a lot that I should learn from her.In short In short，my heroes are those who do small things in lifemy heroes are those who do small things in life，because its the small things that count.because its the small things that count.Thats all.Thank you Thats all.Thank you！17Sample Thanks!Thanks!18
