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<<全新版大学英语>> 综合教程 第三册 第四单元 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? 授课人：武汉理工大学 姚静

<<全新版大学英语>> 综合教程 第三册 第四单元 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? 授课人：武汉理工大学 姚静. New College English Integrated Course 3 Unit 4. Before Reading. Assignment. Global Reading. Teaching Process.  Brainstorming  Warm-up Discussion.  Skimming and Scanning  Summary.

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<<全新版大学英语>> 综合教程 第三册 第四单元 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? 授课人：武汉理工大学 姚静

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  1. <<全新版大学英语>> 综合教程 第三册 第四单元 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? 授课人：武汉理工大学 姚静

  2. New College English Integrated Course 3 Unit 4

  3. Before Reading Assignment Global Reading Teaching Process Brainstorming Warm-up Discussion  Skimming and Scanning  Summary

  4. Teaching Objectives Students are targeted to:  learn the theme-related vocabulary.  grasp the main messages of the text to conduct a further thinking.

  5. Before Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Brianstorming  What will occur to youwhenever “Einstein” is mentioned? white, messy hair a genius imaginative Theory of Relativity

  6. Before Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Warm-up Discussion Have you ever imagined that his theories could also bring some benefits to our daily life? CD GPS Atomic Bomb Digital Camera

  7. Before Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Warm-up Discussion Was Einstein a space alien?

  8. Before Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Warm-up Discussion Perhaps! Maybe not? A space alien? a bushy-haired superthinker Miracle Year (1905) Theory of Relativity  the photoelectric effect (光电效应) …

  9. Before Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Warm-up Discussion Exploring Einstein's brain: - Brain: extraordinary? - Brainpower: limitless?

  10. Before Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Warm-up Discussion Perhaps! Maybe not? A space alien? a bushy-haired superthinker Miracle Year (1905) Theory of Relativity  the photoelectric effect (光电效应) … a slow starter a man of his time …

  11. Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Structure Analysis How Einstein revolutionized physics Einstein had to work hard to support his family. Paras.4-12 Paras.1-3 Was Einstein a space alien? Factors leading to Einstein’s achievements Einstein’s brain and brainpower weren’t limitless. Einstein’s brain and brainpower weren’t limitless. Paras.22-23 Paras.22-23 Paras.13-21

  12. Skimming & Scanning: Work in groups to find out supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien. Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Text Understanding Group 1 Paras. 1-3 Group 2 Paras. 8-9 * Task: Underline the words, phrases or sentences.

  13. Global Reading Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was aspace alien (Paras.1-3) Para. 1 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 couldn’t skip a day.

  14. Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was aspace alien (Paras.1-3) doze off:fall into a light sleep They were caught dozing off during Obama's speech!

  15. Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was aspace alien (Paras.1-3) a fleeting glimpse atsleep: take a (cat)nap a heavy sleeper  do not sleep a wink insomnia

  16. Global Reading Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was aspace alien (Paras.1-3) Para. 1 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 couldn’t skip a day.

  17. Let’s make a mini story … Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was aspace alien (Paras.1-3) three nightsin a row doze off in class skipclass

  18. Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was aspace alien (Paras.1-3) Para. 2 Relations were strained. Necessity to harmonize tight relations between his mother and wife.

  19. Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was aspace alien (Paras.1-3) Para. 3 Albert feltall the pressure and responsibilityof any young husband and father. Work. Family. Making ends meet.

  20. Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was aspace alien (Paras.1-3) make ends meet

  21. Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was aspace alien (Paras.1-3) make ends meet: balance one’s income andexpenditure • One factor contributing to the U.S. debt crisis is that______________________________ _______________________(政府长期收支不平衡). the government has been unable to make ends meet for a long time

  22. Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Text Understanding supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was aspace alien (Paras.8-9) Paras. 8-9 "If Einstein hadn't been born, those papers would have been written in some form, eventually, by others. (Para. 9)" Subjunctive Mood What would have happened if Steve Jobs hadn't been born?

  23. Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Summary Perhaps! Maybe not? A space alien? • feel _______ and _________ • have to ______________ • even have no enough time to • _______ • deal with _______ relations between wife and mother • Papers ______________ written by others without him. • … a bushy-haired superthinker Miracle Year (1905) Theory of Relativity the photoelectric effect (光电效应) … pressure responsibility make ends meet doze off strained would have been

  24. Global Reading Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Summary Exploring Einstein's brain: Brain: extraordinary? - gray; crinkly; a lot of lines or folds - if anything, a trifle smaller than the average Brainpower: limitless? - No! He once failed in producing a unified field theory.

  25. Homework Unit 4 Text A Was Einstein a space alien? Assignment Discuss factors leading to Einstein’s achievements. • e.g. “imagination and endless questioning”(Para. 21) • “not giving a fig for authority” (Para. 14) • Think critically: What made the Chinese scientists • unable to win the Nobel Prize?

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