大学英语2 U4 Albert Einstein

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As a boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could. In the 23 years of our friendship, I never saw him show jealousy, vanity, bitterness, anger, resentment, or personal ambition. He seemed immune to these emotions. He was beyond any pretension. Although he corresponded with many of the world’s most important people, his stationery carried only a watermark — W — for Woolworth’s.
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The Professor and the Yo-Yo Thomas Lee Bucky with Joseph P.Blank My father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einstein’s home, I was made to feel at ease when Einstein said, “I have something to show you.” He went to his desk and returned with a YoYo. He tried to show me how it worked but he couldn’t make it roll back up the string. When my turn came, I displayed my few tricks and pointed out to him that the incorrectly looped string had thrown the toy off balance. Einstein nodded, properly impressed by my skill and knowledge. Later, I bought a new Yo-Yo and mailed it to the Professor as a Christmas present, and received a poem of thanks.
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Warm-up Questions 1. Was Einstein bright in his early childhood? Give examples. 2. What is his greatest contribution to the mankind? 3. What do you know about the life of Einstein? 4. Do you think Einstein was responsible for the search work on the atomic bomb? Why? 5. Describe the appearance of Einstein.
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1. Warm-up Questions 2. Albert Einstein 3. The Yo-Yo
4. The Nobel Prize
5. Woolworth’s
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1903
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1914-1933
Director of Kaiser Wilhelm Physical Institute( 威廉皇帝物 理研究所 ) in Berlin. Published his General Theory of Relativity. Awarded the Nobel Prize for physics.
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The Yo-Yo The Yo-Yo is a simple toy consisting of a grooved double disk with a string about the center. The player holds the end of the string which unwinds itself as the disk is dropped. Then by a slight jerk on the string, the player causes it to rewind itself, and to reel up back to the hand. The toy is said to have originated in the Philippines( 菲律宾 ). Since 1930 it has become a popular toy and even today children in different countries play the Yo-Yo and compete in various contests.
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1. Part Division of the Text 2. Further Understanding For Part 1 Multiple Choice
For Part 2 Short-answer Question
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Albert Einstein
German-born American Physicist and Nobel Laureate(获得者 )
1879～1955
“Imagination
is more important than knowledge. ” — Albert Einstein
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Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man.
For Part 3 Questions and Answers 3. An Analysis of Einstein’s Personality
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Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man.
• A Brief Introduction to Albert Einstein • Einstein’s Chronology • Theory of Relativity • Atomic Bomb • Fame and Social Activities
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Albert Einstein, whose Special Theory of Relativity(狭义相对论 ) and General Theory of Relativity(广义相对论 ) revolutionized scientific perceptions of the universe, is acknowledged, along with Newton( 牛顿 ), as one of history’s greatest physicists. Einstein was unable to speak until he was three and displayed no special promise.
Married Mileva Maric, his classmate at the polytechnic(工艺学校). They had two sons but eventually divorced. Published three ground-breaking papers(论文) on the motion of particles(粒子 ), the nature of light, and the relationship between energy and inertia(惯性 ).
Published his “Autobiographical Notes(自传体笔记 ).”
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October 1939
Wrote to Franklin Roosevelt(罗斯福 ), President of the United States, on the possibility of manufacturing a nuclear bomb(核弹 )
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March 14,
1879
Born in Ulm( 乌尔姆 ), Germany, the elder child of a businessman and a musical mother.
Declined an offer to become head of state of Israel.
November 18,1952
April 18, 1955
Died in hospital Princeton(普林斯顿 )
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