Unit 2

the teacher of all Chinese generations Confucius a great Chinese poet who was fond of drinking Li Bai a great silent movie star Charlie Chaplin Do you know them?

An English scientist who discovered the laws of gravity Newton Thomas Edison an inventor who invented the light bulb the biologist who wrote about evolution Charles Darwin

the first woman to win a Nobel Prize Marie Curie a Chinese mathematician Hua Luogeng the father of modern physics Albert Einstein

Einstein was a genius. He also had a sense of humour. hairstyle tongue

Can you explain the theory of relativity( 相对论 ) simply? When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it’s only a minute. When you sit on a hot stove( 火 炉 ) for one minute, you think it’s two hours.

Words review mind genius consider sense humour invitation university trust seat applause n. 聪明人；富有才智的人 n. 天才 v. 认为；觉得 n. 理解力；判断力 n. 幽默 n. 邀请 n. ( 综合性 ) 大学 v. 信任；信赖 n. 座位 n. 鼓掌；喝彩

Words Learning : finish the exercise. 1. Albert Einstein is considered as a person of great intelligence. 2. Einstein showed people that he had the ability to make people laugh. 3. Einstein tried to prevent giving the lecture this night. 4. Hans was a driver that Einstein could believe in. 5. The listeners at present were enjoying themselves. 6. We can think about the problem a bit longer. 7. Hans had already remembered the lecture in his mind. 8. Hans thought they could solve the problem easily. genius a sense of humour avoid trust audience consider by heart without difficulty

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Listen and read the story, and put the following sentences in the correct order. Listen and read While-reading

Paragraph 1-3 Who is Hans?He is Einstein’s d_______. Where did the story happen? At a u_______. Who could give the lecture for Einstein? _______ could give the lecture for Einstein. river niversity Hans

Decide T/F 1. Einstein was guided ( 被带到 )to the front of the hall. T / F 2. The audience did not enjoy the lecture given by Hans. T / F 3. A man asked a very difficult question T / F Paragraph 4-5 Hans enjoyed

What would you do if you were Hans? What do you think of Hans?

 Who drove the car when they left the university?  What did Einstein say when Hans offered to drive? Paragraph 8 Einstein. “It’s a pleasure to drive a genius like you, Hans.” “Oh, let me drive. You are a genius!” sense of humour

on the way to the university at the university on the way back Hans ________________________ offered to_____ Einstein was______ to give the lecture. listened to Hans____ his lecture and helped Hans answer the_______ question _______ the car give the lecture too tired Make a comparison. offered to _________ ______ for him. gave the lecture but could not answer__ drive a man’s question. answer the question difficult drove He asked Einstein to _________________ give

Strategy Understanding the structure of the plot Understanding the structure of the plot of a short story of a short story

Many people consider Albert Einstein a (1)_______. In fact, he was also a man of a great sense of (2)_______. He often received (3) ___________to explain his theories at different (4)____________. One evening, Einstein was invited (5)_______ a university to give a (6)_______, but he was too tired to speak. So his driver, Hans, (7)_______ to present the lecture instead because he had (8)_______ it by heart. So they (9)_______ places without telling it to others. Hans gave the lecture (10)_________ difficulty and genius invitations humour universities to lecture offered learnt changed without

received the applause at the end. However, before Hans left, a man asked Hans a (11) ___________ question. and Hans had no (12) _____ what he was talking about. So he asked the real Einstein to answer it. Einstein answered the question (13)_________. Then they left the university with Einstein (14)_______. Einstein said to his driver, “It’s a pleasure to drive a (15)______ like you.” perfectly difficult idea driving genius

 on the way to the university  at the university  on the way back 1. Einstein 2.Hans 3.narrator ….

Humor is a universal language. - Joel Goodman

Homework: 1. 背默课文 1-3 段。 2. 读报纸第四版词语笔记，短语聚会， 完成第二版。 A 层同学阅读报纸第一期。