Reading B Einstein and the little girl

1. Reading B Einstein and the little girl

2. cottage cookies sweater backwards

3. Pre-reading: Discuss in pairs • Great people are still human. • Great people must achieve great things in their lives. • Great people must be very intelligent and excellent in every way.

4. 4. Great people may be weak in one area or another. 5. Great people only make friends among themselves. 6. Great people never do silly things.

5. Read the passage and decide whether the follow statements are T (Ture) or F(False). 1.One day ,Einstein went out wearing his sweater backwards.( ) 2.When Einstein was walking home from work,he met a little boy.( ) T F

6. F 3.Albert Einstein looked like a famous scientist.( ) 4.Einstein never did anything stupid.( ) 5.Einstein made friends with the little girl because she told the truth about him.( ) F T

7. While-reading: Answer the questions 1 Why did Einstein often pay no attention to the world around him? 2 Why did the little girl think Einstein looked like Einstein? Because he spent so much time considering scientific puzzles. Einstein had wild white hair and a white moustache.

8. While-reading: Answer the questions 3 Why didn’t the little girl believe that the man was Einstein? Because Einstein wore his sweater backwards and she thought a genius like Einstein would never do something so silly.

9. While-reading: Answer the questions 4 Why did Einstein make friends with the little girl? 5 What did the little girl do at Einstein’s cottage? Because the little girl always told the truth about him. She brought him cookies, and in return he instructed her in her maths homework.

10. Fill in blanks according to the passage. A story about Einstein One afternoon, Einstein was home from work. On the way ,he a 12-year-old girl.They were walking side by side.The girl said ,You look just like that famous ,Albert Einstein.He also has white hair and a white .” Einstein told the little girl who he was but she didn’t him.Einstein asked her walking saw scientist wild moustache believe

11. genius so Silly. why. She said that a would never do something Einstein felt pleased to hear someone tell thetruth about his . From that day on, Einstein was friends with the little girl and helped her with her maths . Discuss in pairs What can we learn from the passage? appearance in return

12. Useful expressions 1.pay no attention to sth.不注意，不留意 pay attention to sth. 注意 2.side by side 肩并肩；并排 1）shoulder to shoulder 并肩地（齐心协力地） 2）step by step 逐步地 3.It’s a pleasure to do sth. 做某事很愉快

13. 4. in return 作为回报 5. instruct sb.in 指导某人…… 6. be direct with sb.坦率对待某人 7. from that day on 从那天起 1）from then on 从那时起 2）from now on 从现在起

14. Post-reading: 首字母填空 1 Einstein likes considering scientific p______. 2 Einstein sometimes wears his s______ backwards. 3 There are some w______ animals in this zoo. uzzles weater ild

15. Post-reading: 首字母填空 4 The little girl was very d______ with Einstein. 5 The little girl brings Einstein cookies and he i_______ her in her maths homework. 6 The little girl often went to visit Einstein’s c_______ after school. irect nstructs ottage

16. Post-reading: 单项选择 • He spent an hour _______ the picture. • A.to draw B. drawing C. draw • 2. Einstein was walking home _____ work. • A. to B. from C. at • 3.Einstein spent ________ time on her. • A. such much B. so many C. so much • 4. She sent me a present and _____ return I • instruct her _____ her English homework. • A. in, on B. on, in C. in

17. to instruct in 完成句子： 1.他是第一个教我音乐的人。 He was the frst person____ _______me____ music. 2.对不起，我没留意到这个拼写错误。 Sorry ,I ____ ___ _________ ___this spelling mistake. paid no attention to

18. From today on side by side 3.从今天起，我们并肩作战。 ______ ______ ___we’ll fight____ ___ ____. 4.听到有人夸我漂亮真是件愉快的事情。 ____ ___ ________to hear someone say I’m beautiful. It’s a pleasure

19. Homework: 1.Read the passage fluently after class and retell the story. 2. Do Exs B1and B2 in BookB on page 89.