Unit2PassageAEinstein27sCompass

Group Activities
Skim over the whole text and retell
the stories about Einstein.
Find out the qualities from the stories
that make Einstein a successful scientist. While reading, find out all “that clauses” in the text.
his ultimate quest: “I want to know how God created this world…I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.”
Qualities that make Einstein successful
There was “something behind things, something deeply hidden.”
——(a belief that makes Albert Einstein explore the nature of the world ) ——synonym:
curiosity
How does the writer begin the passage? by introducing an interesting story or legend about the hero
Why does the writer do so? By introducing an interesting story, the writer can easily arouse the reader’s curiosity/interest/eagerness to read the article.
His belief: be convinced that “beauty lies in simplicity” / theories of relativity /
Stories
at 26: his wealth of new ideas peaked / 1905, published three papers on the nature of light, a proof of atoms, the special theory of relativity and the famous equation of atomic power: E=mc2
that Einstein was not awarded the Nobel Prize for the theory of relativity.
3.What is the secret of Einstein’s success?
1% inspiration + 99% perspiration
Chronological order makes the biography easy to follow. (with necessary writer’s comments)
About Einstein
Watch the following short video of Albert Einstein’s biography and fill in the blanks in the handout.
determination compared with other children ★ To his opportunity to communicate with
adults
★ From his strong interest in mathematics His Early success at a young age: ★ To his career peak at age of 26
passionate curiosity
start of exploration of the world
patience/determination
staying with problems longer
intellectual communication
development of his minds and desire to learn
Qualities that make Einstein successful
observation
Concept beauty lies in the simplistic, look for beauty of simplicity in the complex nature which might escape other’s eyes
E=mc2
2. For what specific contribution the prize was awarded?
He was awarded the prize "for his work on theoretical physics, especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". It is remarkable
For the next 20 years, the curiosity that sparked by wanting to know what controlled the compass
needle (an echo to para. 2 and the title)
and his persistence to keep pushing for simple
More about Albert Einstein:
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Grammar
What do you know about that clause? 主语从句, 宾语从句, 定语从句, 表语从句, 同位语从句
Stories
at 12: his encounterance with mathematics Euclidean plane geometry, consider it something “holy”/ would discover about the behavior of the universe
ability to condense the essence of his
thoughts
everyone could understand his
theory
challenging the authority
Revolutionize
Text Structure Analysis
What kind of essay is it? a biography / a biographical essay
Part Two Read and Explore
Passage A Einstein’s Compass
About Einstein
1. What are Einstein’s major contributions?
●The nature of light ●The proof of atoms ●The theory of relativity ●Equation of atomic power:
Einstein Para. 8: illustrate with an example
Para. 9-11
Concluding part of the whole essay: 1)Einstein’s contribution to science/ his achievements
2) he will not stop his quest about the mystery of the world.
a concluding sentence of paras.2 and 3
Para. 4
Find out the topic sentence in para.4
He had the patience and determination that kept him at things longer than most others.
it is a preferred way of many writers to start an essay.
Para. 1
Topic sentence? Developing sentences? Concluding sentence?
Para. 2
Story about Einstein’s compass The story echoes to the title.
Stories about Einstein
his unusualness as a little boy quiet, hardly spoke until three, / slow/ say unusual things e.g.
at five, a compass stirs his intellect / curious, patience, determination-build his card building 14stories tall / communicate adults in an intellectual way
answers (an echo to para.7) led him to connect
space and time and find a new state of matter.
How does the writer organize the biographical essay?
in a chronological order
His boyhood: ★ From his quietness: he hardly spoke until
3 (to show his unusualness) ★To his sharp curiosity at age of 5 ★ From his stronger patience and
What function does the first sentence play? transitional sentence
How does the writer explain the main idea.
Para. 5-6
What is the main idea of this part? Einstein’s mind development as a young
强调句
How to distinguish定语从句and同位语从句?
Grammar: Inversion
Complete Inversion 1) here, there, now, then, or thus is at the
beginning of the sentence with a verb like be, come, go, lie, run.(来去/状态） eg: Then came the chairman.
man. 1) intellectual communication with adults 2) inspiration from Euclidean Plane
geometry Attention: specific explanation
Hale Waihona Puke Paras.7-8What is the relations of paras.7-8? Para. 7: pointing out the character of
Para. 3
What is the function of “so” here?
to continue the 2nd para.
So
coherent word
to realize the transition from para.2 to para. 3
journey/road: metaphor “I’m only passionately curious.”