Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo
大学英语(2)知识点总结
Unit 1The Dinner Party1. shortly before WW1一战前不久2. track down追溯，追查3. be seated就座4. spring up突然出现，开始5.outgrow the jumping-on-a-chair-at the sight of a mouse era不再像过去那样见到老鼠就跳到椅子上6.That last ounce of self-control is what really counts这.多出来的一点自制力才是真正起作用的。
7.motion to sb 向某人示意 signal to sb 8. whisper sth to sb 向某人嘀咕，耳语 9. the America comes to with a start. 这个美国博物学家突然醒悟了.Startle-----startle10. bait fora snake 蛇的诱饵11. an empty room 一个空房子 a bare marble floor 没铺地毯的大理石地板barely any hair====hardly/scarcely any hair 12. serve the next course 上下一道菜 a course of dish 一道菜 13. frighten sb into doing sth吓得某人去做⋯persuade sb into doing sthtalk sb into doing sth threaten sb into doing sth14. out of the corner of his eyes 从他的眼角里15.Stare straight ahead 盯着往前看 16. Not move a muscle纹丝不动17.Make for 前往 18.Ring out19.Slam the door shut20. Exclaim21. at the sight of一看见at the thought of一想起22. a heated/spirited discussion一场激烈的争论22.an example of perfect self-control 一个镇定自若的典范23.A faint smile lights up the hostess ’faces.Two spots of color brightened her face.A strange expression came over her face.24.a colonial official 一个殖民地官员25.give a large dinner party 办一个盛大的晚宴26.a visiting American naturalist 美国访问博物学家27.a spacious dining room宽敞的餐厅 28. the major 少校 the colonel29.feel like doing sth 想要 /喜欢做某事 30. commotion 混乱，骚动31.The tone of his voice is so commanding that it silences everyone他的.语调很威严，让每个人都静下来不出声 .32. count three hundred 数三百下 count up to three hundred 数到第三百下 33. sit like stone images像石雕一样坐着Sit rootedUnit 2Lessons from Jeffersonbe of interest/important 很有趣 /很重要 obtain knowledge from many sources从许多源头获取知识 personal investigation个人调查appoint him to a committee 派他去一个委员会study papers on the subject研究该课题的文件make on-the-spot observations做现场观察By birth and by education Jefferson belonged to the highest social class无论.是论出身还是论教育，杰弗逊都属于最高的社会阶层.noble persons 贵族 persons of noble origins出身高贵的人 persons of humble origins出身卑微的人go out of one’ s way to do特sth意/专门去做某事 a cooking pot 做饭的锅If you will only do this, you may find out why people are dissatisfied如.果也只有你愿意这样做，你才可能发现为什么人民不满意.Heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error. Use it上.帝赋予你一个判断正确和错误的头脑，就运用它吧 .form a correct judgment 形成正确的判断not hesitate a moment to do sth 毫不犹豫地去做某事the former and the latter 前者和后者In a free country, there will always be conflicting ideas, and this is a source of strength在一.个自由的国度，总会有冲突的意见，而这正是力量的源泉.It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive让.自由保持活力的是冲突而不是绝对的一致.There are two sides to every question. If you take one side with effect, those who take the other side will of course resent your actions.每个问题都有两面.如果你有力地站在一方，那么另一方的人必定会憎恨你的行动.be chained to customs受习俗的禁锢 lose its usefulness失去它的效用 No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. 任何一个社会都不能制定出永久的宪法或永久的法律 .He didn ’ t fear new ideas, nor did he fear the future他不.惧怕新观点，也不惧怕未来.I steermy ship with hope, leaving fear behind我.满怀希望驾驶着帆船，把恐惧抛在身后.be based on knowledge 以知识为基石men of his age===peer 同龄人practice crop rotation and soil conservation施行作物轮作和土壤保持standard practice 标准的做法 be superior to any other in existence比现存的任何做法都优越be inferior to 不如⋯Of all Jefferson’ s many talents, one is central.在杰弗逊的诸多才能中，其中一个是重要的.He was above all a good and tireless writer. 首先，他是个优秀的不知疲倦的作家.Ageless-----parentless-----timeless31. complete works全集32. when the time came to do sth当该做⋯的时候33. the taskof writing it was his. 撰写的任务都落在他的肩头了.34. We hold those truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.]我们坚信这些不言而喻的事实：人人生而平等.Every is born equal.35. He left his countrymen a rich legacy of ideas and examples.他给他的同胞留下一笔丰富的思想遗产和范例.36.owe a great debt to 归功于⋯. ====Be indebted to37.Only a nation of educated people could remain free. 只有一个由受教育的人民组成的国度才能保持自由 .Unit 3My First Jobapply for a teaching job 申请一份教学工作 go from bad to worse 每况愈下enter university 进入大学 in a suburb of London 在伦敦的郊区be very short of money 手头很紧Without a degree and with no experience in teaching, my chances of getting this job were slim. 一无学历，二无教学经历，我得到可能性是微乎其微 .Chances of doing are/were做⋯⋯某事的机会是⋯⋯It proved an awkward journey. 这一路原来真是麻烦。
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Unit 4:Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest[谦虚的] and ordinary man.The professor and the Yo-yoMy father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einstein's home, I was made to feel at ease【感到自在】when Einstein said, "I have something to show you." He went to his desk and returned with a Yo-Yo. He tried to show me how it worked but he couldn't make it roll back up the string【绳子】. When my turn came【轮到我的时候】, I displayed my few tricks【技巧】and pointed out【指出】to him that the incorrectly【错误地】looped string had thrown the toy off balance. Einstein nodded【点头】, properly【非常】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【诗】of thanks.As boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder【钦佩】at the personality【人格】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【宇宙】and the logic 【逻辑】and simplicity【简单】in its functioning【功能】. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach【所能到达的范围】. But this did not frustrate[使沮丧] him. He was content【满足的】to go as far ashe could.In the 23 years of our friendship, I never saw him show jealousy【嫉妒】, vanity【虚荣】, bitterness【痛苦】, anger, resentment【愤恨】, or personal ambition【野心】. He seemed immune【免疫的】to these emotions【情感，情绪】. He was beyond any pretension【假装】. Although he corresponded【联系】with many of the world's most important people, his stationery【文具】carried only a watermark【水印】- W - for Woolworth's.To do his work he needed only a pencil only a pencil and a pad of【一叠】paper. Material things meant nothing to him. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in【相信，信仰】simplicity, so much so that he used only a safety razor【刮胡刀】and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream【刮胡子涂的……】, he said, "The razor and water do the job.""But Professor, why don't you try the cream just once?" I argued. "It makes shaving smoother【更平滑】and less painful."He shrugged【耸肩】. Finally, I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast, he was beaming[笑容满面] with the pleasure of a new, great discovery. "You know, that cream really works," he announced. "It doesn't pull the beard. It feels wonderful." Thereafter【此后】, he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty. Then he reverted【恢复到】to usingplain【普通的】water.Einstein was purely and exclusively【高级的】a theorist【学说创立人】. He didn't have the slightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories. His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation 【等式】in history - yet Einstein wouldn't walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic【原子能的】energy. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory, a series of equations that he considered relatively【相对地】minor【较小】in importance, but he didn't have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge【在……的边缘】of a bowl of water and repeatedly【不断地】dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight【愉快地】, trying to deduce【推断】the operating principle【原理】. But be couldn't.The next morning he announced, "I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it mu st work this way…" He began a long explanation. Then he stopped, realizing a flaw[漏洞] in his reasoning. "No, I guess that's not it," he said. He pursued【继续……】various【各种各样的】theories【理论】for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work. His quick expression【表情】of disapproval【不肯定，不支持】told me he did not agree with this practical approach【方法】. He never did work out the solution.Another puzzle【疑惑】that Einstein could never understand washis own fame【名望】. He had developed theories that were profound 【内涵深刻的】and capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Yet his name was a household word across the civilized【文明的】world. "I've had good ideas, and so have other men," he once said. "But it's been my good fortune【运气】that my ideas have been accepted." He was bewildered【为难，手足无措】by his fame: people wanted to meet him; strangers stared at him on the street; scientists, statesmen, students, and housewives wrote him letters. He never could understand why he received this attention, why he was singled out as something special.Unit4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo 在一个年轻朋友的心目中，爱因斯坦是个纯朴、谦虚的普通人。
大学英语精读第二册Unit4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo汇编
The Professor and the Yo-Yo
Thomas Lee Bucky with Joseph P. Blank
Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man.
A brief introduction to Albert Einstein
After World War I, Einstein’s fame extended beyond the scientific community and in 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics. During the 1920s he regarded the rise of the Nazis in Germany with horror, eventually emigrating to the U.S. where, in 1933, he took up a post at Princeton University(普林斯顿大学) . In 1939 his early warnings of German scientific attempts to make an atomic bomb prompted the start of the Manhattan Project.(曼哈顿计划)
Date March 14, 1879 1903
Einstein's chronology Event Born in Ulm, Germany, the elder child of a businessman and a musical mother.
大学英语精读B2 U4 The Professor and the Yo-yo
22. Atomic energy= nuclear energy 原子能，核能 23. Series：n. 一系列，系列节目 A series of meetings TV series 电视连续剧
Doctor Who
24. Out of curiosity 出于好奇心 genuine curiosity about the past 对……好奇 25. Observe v. 观察 e.g. observe the behaviour of babies Observation n. e.g. careful observation of the movement of the planets
Regarded as a stupid kid Love playing the violin Love his tobacco pipe Rough hair Childish
The Yo-yo
/a/201404 05/002728.htm The second oldest toy in the world (the oldest is doll)
16. Beam v./n. 绽开笑容/ （光）束 e.g. Franceundisguised admiration. A beam of light 一道光束
17. Revert to 恢复（先前状态），归还 e.g. The property revert to its original owner in1998. e.g. A tendency to revert to a former state.
20. Application：n. 应用软件/ 应用/申请 the practical application of the theory An application for membership 21. Theory: n. 理论 e.g. The big bang theory Theorist: n. 理论家 Theoretical: adj. 理论的
Unit4TheProfessorandtheYo-Yo
Unit4TheProfessorandtheYo-YoUnit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo一、教学目的1、了解与课文相关的背景知识：Elbert Einstein, yo-yo, the Nobel Prize,Woolworth’s ;了解英文描写人物的记叙文书写方式。
2、理解文章的写作意图和深层教育意义。
3、掌握文章的语篇结构。
4、熟练掌握文章中涉及到的重点词汇、词组、语法和句型。
二、教学重点1、了解：1）与课文相关的文化背景知识，如“Elbert Einstein”, “The Nobel Prize”等。
2）英文描写人物的记叙文的写作方式：本记叙文作者为爱因斯坦一位密友之子。
作者采用第一人称的叙述手法，通过丰富的事例，对作为一个伟大科学家的爱因斯坦的日常生活进行了细致的描写。
说明了爱因斯坦在作为一个伟大的物理学家的同时，也是一个具有开朗、诚实、不追求物质享受等个性的朴实的平常人。
2、理解文章的主题思想。
The essay written by the son of a friend of Einstein shows us a unique Einstein, who is simple, honest, open and easy to get along with. He is so interested in pure theory that he tries to explain everything by theories and he doesn’t concern practi cal work. Though Einstein has made a great success and has a great fame, he remains a simple man and immune from ambition and vanity.3、掌握文章的语篇结构。
大学英语 精读课后问题 2
大学英语精读Unit 1 The Dinner Party1. Where and when did the story take place?It took place in India when she was a British colony2. Who gave the dinner party and what guests were invited to it?A colonial official and his wife gave the dinner party; apart from officers and their wives, a visiting American naturalist was invited.3. What was the subject of the discussion between the young girl and the major? They had a heated discussion about how women react to a crisis4. What did the American naturalist do when they were having this discussion? What kind of expression did he see come over the hostess’s face?5. What did the naturalist come to realize when he saw the native boy place a bowl of milk on the veranda?6. Did he jump back and warn the others? What did he do instead, then?No. Instead, he said that he wanted to know how well they could control themselves and asked them to sit still until he counted up to three hundred.7. What happened before he finished the counting?The cobra emerged and made for the bowl of milk.8. How did the hostess know that the cobra was in the room?Because it had been crawing across her foot.Unit2 Lessons from Jefferson1.Why do we associate the name of Thomas Jefferson with the Declaration of Independence?Because Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.2.Give an example to show that Jefferson believed personal investigation is important When he was young, he was appointed to a committee to find out some things while the other members of the committee sat in state capital and studied papers on thesubject, he got into a canoe and made on-the-spot observation.3.What was Jefferson’s attitude towards people of humble origins?In this time, the people who belonged to the higest social class almost not spoke to those of humble origins. But Jefferson didn’t. He went into them and spoke with them because he thougt we can learn from everyone.4.Why did he insist upon having a free press?Because he thought only a free press can tell the truth.5.What was the philosophy underlying Jefferson’s determination never to answer his critics?He thought every coin has two sides.6.Jefferson was an expert in many fields. Name some of them.Not only he was good at politics, but also at writing, education, medicine and architecture.7.Why was Jefferson chosen to write the Declaration of Independence?Because of his wide knowledge and talent, Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.8.Why does the author say that American education owes a great debt to Thomas Jefferson?Because he believed that only a nation of educated people could remain free.Unit 3 My First Job1. What job was advertised in the local newspaper?It was a teaching job available at a village school near London.2. How far was the school from where the narrator lived?It was about ten miles away.3. Why did he want to find a job?He was very short of money and also he wanted to do something useful.4. Did he feel nervous when he got there?No. He was too depressed to feel nervous.5. What did the headmaster look like?He was short, fat, and bald, with a sandy-colored moustache and a wrinkled forehead.6. Was it a large co-ed school?No. It consisted of only one class of 24 boys.7. Were they at the same level?No. They were at three different levels.8. How was the narrator supposed to deal with the class?He would have to divide the class into three groups and teach them in turn at three different levels.9. What subject was he expected to teach?He would have to teach all subjects except art.10. Who was the real boss in the school?It was the headmaster’s wife who really ran the school.Unit 4 The Professor and the Y o-Yo1. Why did Albert Einstein show a yo-yo to his young visitor?Because he wanted to make the young visitor feel at ease.2. Why was Einstein content to go as far as he could?Because he knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach.3. Give an example to show that Einstein was beyond any pretension.For example, he corresponded with many of the world’s most import ant people; however, his stationery carried only a watermark----W----for Woolworth’s.4. Did material thing mean a great deal to the professor? Cite examples to support your answer.Material things meant nothing to him. For example, to do his work, he needed only a pencil and a pad of papper; when he came out, he never carry money because he thougt he never have any use of it; he used only a safety razor; although hecorresponded with many of the most important people he also use the simple paper. 5. What kind of mood was Einstein in after he tried the shaving cream? Why was he in such a state of mind?He was beaming with pleasure because he had a new discovery.6. What won Einstein the Nobel Prize? What did he think of the photoelectric theory? Did it prove to be of any practical value?He won the Nobel Prize for his photoelectric theory, which he considered relatively minor in importance, and it was the theory that makes TV possible.7. How did Einstein feel about his own fame?He couldn’t understand it. He thought it had been his good fortune that his ideas had been accepted. He never could understand why he received this attention, why he was singled out as something special.8. What does this article tell you about Einstein as a scientist and a man?It tells us that Einstein was a great scientist and an ordinary man.9. Do you like the title? Why or why not?I think this is a good title. First; it can present the theme of the article. That is, Einstein was a great scientist and an ordinary man. Second; it can draw our interests to read the passage because it is “new”.Unit 5 The Villain in the Atmosphere1. Who is the “villain” in the atmosphere?Carbon Dioxide----CO2.2. What does carbon dioxide do to plants and animal life on the Earth?Plants absorb carbon dioxide and convert it into their own tissue, which, in turn, serve as the basic food for all of animal life, including human beings.3. What is happening to the sea level? What will the rising sea level do to our life? The sea level is rising very slowly from year to year and it will continue to rise and do so at an ever greater rate. The low-lying areas on earth might be drowned in thehundred years to come.4. What does carbon dioxide do to the temperature of the Earth?Carbon dioxide tends to block infrared radiation and less heat is lost at night. As the result of a greater concentration of carbon dioxide in atmosphere, Earth’s average temperature will go up slightly but constantly in the coming decades.5. How come that the concentration of the gas in the atmosphere is going up steadily? It is due to two factors. First of all, in the past few centuries, coal, oil and natural gas have burned for energy at a rapidly increasing rate. The carbon contained in these fuels is now being turned to carbon dioxide and poured into atmosphere.Secondly,Earth’s forests have been vanishing at the rate of 64 acres a minute----less and less carbon dioxide is being removed from the atmosphere.6. So in the final analysis, who are the villains and who are the victims?It is people who are at once both villains and victims.7. What should be done?Save the forest first, and then try to find new sources of energy.Unit 6 The making of a Surgeon1. What question did Dr.Nolen ask himself as the year of his chief residency came to an end? What was his answer?The question was how a doctor recognizes the point in time when he is finally a surgeon. The answer is self-confidence.2. Why did Dr.Nolen dread the ringing of the telephone during the first few months of his year as chief resident?Because it meant that another critical decision to be made.3. Why did he lose a lot of sleep at night during those months?Because he would review all the facts of the case and wonder if he have made a poor decision,4. How did he try to find the peace of mind he needed to relax?He would get out of bed, dress and drive to the hospital to see the patient himself at 2 or 3 in the morning.5. Why was the doctor able to sleep well in the last month of his residency?First, he believed that with his knowledge and experience, any decision was bound to be made. Second, sometime he still couldn’t be sure of his decision, but he had learned to accept this as a constant problem for a surgeon. So once he had made a considered decision, he no longer dwelt in it.6. How did Dr, Nolen come to think that he didn’t need to sweat any more?He had sweated for 5 years. He had enough knowledge and experience to handle any case,7. Why wasn’t he afraid of making mistakes when he was out in practice?Because he k new that mistakes were part of a surgeon’s life and he thought if he wasn’t able to avoid a mistake, probably no other surgeon could have, either.8. What do you think of his attitude towards errors?I think his attitude towards errors was correct. He wasn’t afraid of making mistakes, although he would do his best to avoid them. He believed mistakes were part of a surgeon’s life,9. Do you agree with Dr.Nolen that a surgeon needs conceit?Yes, a surgeon does need conceit to encourage him in trying moments.10. Do you think all conceited people will do well in their work? Why or why not? No, I don’t think so. In my opinion, only those whose conceit is based on enough knowledge and experience can do well in their work.Unit 7 Not on My Block1. Why did Ethel Armstead take to the gray row house right away?Because it had an extra bedroom and a big backyard where her grandkids could play. The marble stoop would be perfect spot to sit on summer evenings.2. What did Armstead see when she came home from work that first night aftermoving into her new house?She found a bunch of tough-looking young men sitting on her front steps,3. How did the young men resond when Armstead told them to make way for her? They rose reluctantly, staring at her with cold, hard eyes.4. Who were the young men? Why did they occupy Armstead’s front steps?They were drug dealers. Because they hid their drugs under the front steps. And as a steady stream of cars and foot traffic passed by, the dealers could conducted business on the stoop.5. What was the unexpected challenge Armstead had to meet back in the mid-1990s? How did she respond to the challenge?Back in the mid-1990s, when her own daughter was addicted to drugs and her young grandchildren faced foster care, Armstead got custody of the three boys and one girl.6. What did Armstead decide to do a month or so after she moved in?She decided to talk to those young men,7. What did Arms read tell the young men’s leader? Why did she keep her face a mask when talking to him?She told the young man that she didn’t want him and his friends dealing drugs in front of her grandkids anymore. They were to stay off her property, off the vacant property next door, off the corner.Because Armstead’s inside were turning over, but she knew she couldn’t show her fear.8. Did the young men do as they were told to?Yes, these young men left. But a few days later, they came back again and again.9. What happened after Armstead repeated her request over and over again?They began to listen and respect Armstead,and they began to build a harmonious relationship to each other,Who was Angela Dawson? What happened to her and her family?Angela Dawson had waged her own battle against a different set of drug pushers----and lost,Dawson house was set on fire and Angela, her husband,Carnell,and five of their children died,10. What did Armistead and BUILD do for the community?They drove drug dealers off a vacant lot and built a playground.They established an extended-day program at school to keep kids off the sreets,They prompted the city and local churches to step up efforts to redevelop anandoned houses.11. How does Armstead feel about the impact she’s had?Armstead is modest about the impact she’s had.Unit 8 Honesty: Is It Going out of Style?1.What percentage of American high school students have confessed to cheating on exams according to a recent poll?Sixty one percent. It may not amount to much because most students have been faced with the temptation to peek at a neighbor’s test paper.2. Why have professors given up the traditional term paper requirement?It is because many students buy rewritten term papers instead of writing the papers themselves.3. What did the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland do to discourage cheating?The Department of Psychology launched the campaign to prevent students from taking exams for other students.4. How did most of the students at the University of Maryland respond to the measure taken by the Department of Psychology?Most of the students applauded the campaign.5. Tell in your own words the story about Abraham Lincoln and the one about George Washington.When Lincoln was young, he served as a salesclerk. One day he over charged a customer a penny, when he found out, he walked five miles to return the penny. When George Washington was a little boy, there was a yard attached to his house. One day his father found out that the cherry tree in the yard had been cut down. LittleGeorge didn’t lie and told his father. “I cut it down with my ax.”6. Are the stories true? Where does the author think lies the importance of both stories?The story about Lincoln was true, but the story about the cherry tree was invented by Washington’s frst biographer. The importance of both stories is that honesty was seen as an important part of the American character.7.How does the author form the opinion that people need to know one another to be at their honest best? What do you think of his reasoning?The author formed his opinion by the story about Lincoln. Lincoln and his customer knew each other very well and couldn’t cheat each other.8. What is a watch-dog committee? How does the author explain why there are so many of them at all levels of society?A watch-dog committee is a committee which acts as a watchful guardian, especially against unlawful practice. There are so many organizations like these in the society because the vase majority of Americans still believe that honesty is an important part of the American character.9. How, according to the author, is dishonesty linked to the economy?When times are hard, dishonesty usually goes up. When times get better it tends to go down.10. Do you agree with the author that dishonesty has something to do with distrust? Give your reasons.Yes. I think this statement makes sense. If a person does not feel he is trusted, he might fight back by dishonest dealings.11. Basing yourself on the information in the text, how would you answer the question asked in the title?My answer is “no”. It is true that incidents of cheating have gone up in recent years, but we can still see any people striving to preserve the old values.12.Discuss the attitudes towards cheating on your campus.There are basically four kinds of attitudes:1) Cheating is a shameful deed. I shall try my best to stay away from it and to preventothers from doing so.2) I don’t cheat on exams. But I don’t care whether other students are cheating.3) If my friend seeks my help in the exam. I don’t know how to say “no”.4) Cheating is the only way for me to get by the exams without studying a lot.。
大英1第四单元讲义
(L2) at ease: free from mental stress; relaxed and
comfortable
•The doctor soon made the worried patient feel at ease.
•Donald was not at ease (or: ill at ease) at such a big party.
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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. 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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Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo
Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-in◆Before Reading1. 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.Albert EinsteinGerman-born American Physicist and Nobel Laureate1879～1955“Imagination is more important than knowledge. ”—Albert Einstein • A Brief Introduction to Albert EinsteinIn 1905 Einstein received his doctorate from the University of Zurich for a theoretical dissertation on the dimensions of molecules, and he also published three theoretical papers of central importance to the development of 20th-century physics.On the basis of the General Theory of Relativity, Einstein accounted for the previously unexplained variations in the orbital motion of the planets and predicted the bending ofstarlight in the vicinity of a massive body such as the sun. The confirmation of this latter phenomenon during an eclipse of the sun in 1919 became a media event, and Einstein’s fame spread worldwide.2. Einstein explains the equivalence of energy and matter“It followed from the Special Theory of Relativity that mass and energy are both but different manifestations of the same thing — a somewhat unfamiliar conception for the average mind. Furthermore, the equation E is equal to mc squared, in which energy is put equal to mass, multiplied by the square of the velocity of light, showed that very small amounts of mass may be converted into a very large amount of energy and vice versa. The mass and energy were in fact equivalent, according to the formula mentioned before. This was demonstrated by Cockcroft and Walton in 1932, experimentally.”When Hitler came to power, Einstein immediately decided to leave Germany for the United States. He took a position at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, New Jersey. In 1939 Einstein collaborated with several other physicists in writing a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, pointing out the possibility of making an atomic bomb and the likelihood that the German government was embarking on such a course. The letter, which bore only Einstein’s signature, helped lend urgency to efforts in the U.S. to build the atomic bomb, but Einstein himself played no role in the work and knew nothing about it at the time.After 1919, Einstein became internationally renowned.He accrued honors and awards, including the Nobel Prize in physics in 1921, from various world scientific societies. His visit to any part of the world became a national event; photographers and reporters followed him everywhere.After the war, Einstein was active in the cause of international disarmament and world government but declined the offer made by leaders of the state of Israel to become president of that country. In the U.S. during the late 1940s and early 1950s he spoke out on the need for the nation’s intellectuals to make any sacrifice necessary to preserve political freedom. Einstein died in Princeton on April 18, 1955.Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-in•Einstein’s Chronology•Theory of Relativity•Atomic Bomb•Fame and Social ActivitiesAlbert Einstein, whose Special Theory of Relativity and General Theory of Relativity revolutionized scientific perceptions of the universe, is acknowledged, along with Newton, as one of history’s greatest physicists.Son of free-thinking, cultured Jews, Einstein was unable to speak until he was three and displayed no special promise. Anti-Semitism also hampered his talent when it began to emerge. He became a Swiss citizen in 1901, obtaining a doctorate from the University of Bern in 1905. His research, which ended in the famous equation E=mc2, was published in the same year.After World War I, Einstein’s fame extended beyond the scientific community and in 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics. During the 1920s he regarded the rise of the Nazis in Germany with horror, eventually emigrating to the U.S. where, in 1933, he took up a post at Princeton University. In 1939 his early warnings of German scientific attempts to make an atomic bomb prompted the start of the Manhattan Project.Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-in3. The Yo-YoThe 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. Since 1930 it has become a popular toy and even today children in different countries play the Yo-Yo and compete in various contests.4. The Nobel PrizeNobel Prizes are annual monetary awards granted to individuals or institutions for outstanding contributions in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, international peace, and economic sciences. The Nobel Prizes are internationally recognized as the most prestigious awards in each of these fields. The prizes were established by Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel, who set up a fund for them in his will. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded on December 10, 1901, the fifth anniversary of Nobel’s death. 5. Woolworth’sFrank Winfield Woolworth (1852~1919), an American merchant, was born in Rodman, New York. He established in 1879 a five-cent store at Utica, New York, which failed, and the same year he started a successful five-and-ten-cent store atLancaster, Pennsylvania. Woolworth opened many others and soon extended business throughout the United States and to several foreign countries. In 1911 the F. W. Woolworth Company was incorporated with ownership of over 1,000 five-and-tens, and he became director of various financial firms. (The last Woolworth stores were closed in 1998.) Woolworth had the Woolworth Building erected in New York City in 1913, the highest building in the world (792 ft / 241.4 m) at that time.Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-in◆Global ReadingFor Part 1 Multiple Choice1. When the young visitor came to Einstein’s home, he was _______.A) frightenedB) uneasyC) self-confidentD) frustrated2. What did Einstein do after the author suggested him try shaving cream?A) He tried the shaving cream the next morning and wasreally satisfied with it.B) He declined the offer and used razor and water asbefore.C) He thought the cream was of no use.D) He became curious about the components of the cream.3. The watermark—W—for Woolworth’s in Einstein’s stationery suggests that ________.A) he didn’t have enough money to buy the betterstationeryB) he was intended to show that he as important as otherpeopleC) he did not take any interest in prestigeD) he didn’t have personal ambition though he wasworld-famousDirections: To show Einstein is purely and exclusively a theorist, the author gives us three examples in this part. You are required to write three sentences to summarize the three examples. Each sentence should be fewer than 20 words. (1) He wouldn’t walk down the street to see a reactor createatomic energy.(2) He didn’t have any curiosity in observing how his theorymade TV possible.(3) He pursed various theories for the work of a toy but failedto know its operating principle.1.What is the best title of this part?Einstein’s attitude toward his fame.2. How did Einstein feel about his own fame?He said he had as good ideas as other people and that his ideashad been accepted because he had the luck. He was even puzzled by himself. He could not understand why he received so much attention and was singled out something special.Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-in3. An Analysis of Einstein’s Personality◆Detailed ReadingSeen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man.The Professor and the Yo-YoThomas 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 Yo-Yo. 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.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. Heknew 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.To do his work he needed only a pencil and a pad of paper. Material things meant nothing to him. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in simplicity, so much so that he used only a safety razor and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream, he said, “The razor and water do the job.”“But Professor, why don’t you try the cream just once?” I argued. “It makes shaving smoother and less painful.”He shrugged. Finally, I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast, he was beaming with the pleasure of a new, great discovery. “You know, that cream really works,”he announced. “It doesn’t pull the beard. It feels wonderful.”Thereafter, he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty. Then he reverted to using plain water.Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist. He didn’t have the slightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories. His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation in history —yet Einstein wouldn’t walk down thestreet to see a reactor create atomic energy. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory, a series of equations that he considered relatively minor in importance, but he didn’t have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water and repeatedly dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight, trying to deduce the operating principle. But he couldn’t.The next morning he announced, “I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it must work this way ...”He began a long explanation. Then he stopped, realizing a flaw in his reasoning. “No, I guess that’s not it,”he said. He pursued various theories for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work. His quick expression of disapproval told me he did not agree with this practical approach. He never did work out the solution.Another puzzle that Einstein could never understand was his own fame. He had developed theories that were profound and capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Yet his name was a household word across the civilized world. “I’ve had good ideas, and so have other men,”he once said. “But it’s been my good fortune that my ideas have been accepted.”He was bewildered by his fame: people wanted to meet him; strangers stared at him on the street; scientists, statesmen, students, and housewives wrote him letters. He never could understand why he received this attention, why he was singled out as something special.(Greeting)ReviewLeading-in◆After Reading1. Listening Comprehension1. DictationDirections:Here are two anecdotes about Einstein. You are required to listen carefully and write down every word of them.Young EinsteinAlbert Einstein was a very late talker. At the dinner table one evening, he finally broke his long silence: “The soup is too hot,” he complained. His parents, greatly relieved, asked him why he had never spoken before. “Because,” he replied, “up to now everything has been in order.”Einstein’s PhonebookWhen one of Albert Einstein’s colleagues asked the famous physicist for his telephone number one day, he reached for a telephone directory and looked it up. “You don’t remember your own number?” the man asked, understandably startled. “No,”Einstein replied with a shrug. “Why should I memorize something I can so easily get from a book?”2. Listen and Tell the StoryDirections:Listen to the story and retell it.(Greeting)ReviewLeading-in1. 密友a close friend2. 感到无拘无束feel at ease3. 指出point out4. 使玩具失去平衡throw the toy off balance5. 一首表示感谢的诗a poem of thanks6. 在某人的能力范围内within one’s limits7. 超出力所能及的范围beyond one’s intellectual limits8. 对…心满意足be content to9. 对…具有免疫力be immune to10. 与…通信往来correspond with11. 一本拍纸簿a pad of paper12. 对某人来说毫无意义mean nothing to someone13. 信奉简朴believe in simplicity14. 回复到revert to15. 实际应用practical application16. 相对（来说）次要relatively minor in importance17. 推断其运作原理deduce the operating principle18. 推理中的一个漏洞a flaw in one’s reasoning19. 不赞成的表情an expression of disapproval20. 研究出解决方法work out an solution21. 一个家喻户晓的名字a household name22. 对…迷惑不解be bewildered by23. 受到关注receive attention24. 挑选出single out 3. Summary WritingUnit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-in4. Multiple Choice1. His paper was singled ______as an example.A) overB) outC) onD) with2. This machine is ______ being improved.A) capable toB) able ofC) able toD) capable of3. He said he had ______ this subject for ten years.A) taughtB) pursuedC) demandedD) afforded4. What made him revert ______his habit of smoking?A) backB) toC) away fromD) on5. Without your help, I couldn’t ______the details ______.A) work…atB) work…outC) work …onD) work…up6. The boy was ______with joy.A) beamingB) bewilderingC) deducingD) shrugging7. She is poor ______she can hardly get anything to eat.A) as much asB) too much so thatC) so much so thatD) much more than8. Economy seems to be the only ______to the financial problem.A) generationB) meanC) solutionD) resolution9. They have ______each other for a long time.A) corresponded onB) corresponded withC) communicated withD) kept writing10. ______radio ______and try to find out what’s wrong with it.A) T ake…apartB) Tell…apartC) Cutting…into piecesD) Separate…apart5. Talking About the PicturesShow some pictures to students and let them talk about it. 6. Writing Practice1. A Brief IntroductionIn English writing, it is very important to present information to readers in a logical order, which is the key to coherent paragraphs and essays. There are many ways to organize a paragraph in a logical order. Some of them are listed in the following table.2. HomeworkDirections:Rearrange the following sentences so that they form a coherent paragraph in logical order.1.First the Smiths came for cocktails, and we were laterjoined for dinner by the Joneses.2. At 11:30 the Joneses left in a hurry to catch the last bus.3. We had a very busy evening.4. Shortly after the Joneses arrived, we got a phone call from the Robinsons to say they couldn’t come.5. And half an hour later, the Smiths called a taxi to take them home.6. We ate an enormous meal, and then looked at some slides of our holiday in China.Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-inExercises7. Proverbs and Quotations1. Humility is the beginning of wisdom.智慧源于谦逊。
UNIT 4 The Professor and the Yo课文翻译大学英语二只是分享
UNIT 4 The Professor and the Yo-yo Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man.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 Yo-Yo. 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.As 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.To do his work he needed only a pencil only a pencil and a pad of paper. Material things meant nothing to him. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in simplicity, so much so that he used only a safety razor and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream, he said, "The razor and water do the job.""But Professor, why don't you try the cream just once?" I argued. "It makes shaving smoother and less painful."He shrugged. Finally, I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast, he was beaming with the pleasure of a new, great discovery. "You know, that cream really works," he announced. "It doesn't pull the beard. It feels wonderful." Thereafter, he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty. Then he reverted to using plain water.Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist. He didn't have the slightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories. His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation in history - yet Einstein wouldn't walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic energy. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory, a series of equations that he considered relatively minor in importance, but he didn't have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water and repeatedly dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight, trying to deduce the operating principle. But be couldn't.The next morning he announced, "I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it must work this way…" H e began a ling explanation. Then he stopped, realizing a flaw in his reasoning. "No, I guess that's not it," he said. He pursued various theories for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work. His quick expression of disapproval told me he did not agree with this practical approach. He never did work out the solution.Another puzzle that Einstein could never understand was his own fame. He had developed theories that were profound and capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Yet his name was a household word across the civilized world. "I've had good ideas, and so have other men," he once said. "But it's been my good fortune that my ideas have been accepted." He was bewildered by his fame: people wanted to meet him; strangers stared at him on the street; scientists, statesmen, students, and housewives wrote him letters. He never could understand why he received this attention, why he was singled out as something special.在一个年轻的朋友的眼里，爱因斯坦是一个朴素、谦虚而普通的人。
Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo
1914-1933
Director of Kaiser Wilhelm Physical Institute in Berlin.
(柏林kaiser wilhelm物理研究所)
1916 1921 1930
Published his General Theory of Relativity.
Awarded the Nobel Prize for physics.
A brief introduction to Albert Einstein
Son of free-thinking, cultured Jews, Einstein was unable to speak until he was three and displayed no special promise. Anti-Semitism（反犹太主义）also hampered his talent when it began to emerge. He became a Swiss citizen in 1901, obtaining a doctorate from the University of Bern（伯尔尼 ） in 1905. His research, which ended in the famous equation E=mc2 (E：能量，m：质量，C：光速), was published in the same year.
Published his “Autobiographical Notes.”
October 1939
Wrote to Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States, on the possibility of manufacturing a nuclear bomb and the need to preempt the Nazis. Declined an offer to become head of state of Israel. Died in hospital in Princeton.
大学英语二 课程教学进度计划
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Practice and grammar exercise for CET
2.Let the students keep in mind and make proper use of words and phrases.
1. Oral Discussion: the greatest difference between men and women.
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2.New words and phrases.
Oral discussion: What kind of a person do you want to have as your future boss?
Translation activity:
Translate 8 Chinese sentences into English.
3.Teach the students how to appreciate a poem
1. Oral Discussion: Who is the Chinese political leader you admire most? Why?
2. Translation Activity:
Translate 8 Chinese sentences into English.
大学英语精读第二册Unit3MyFirstJob
Trying to make some money before entering university, the author applies for a teaching job. But the interview goes from bad to worse...Unit 3 My First JobWhile I was waiting to enter university, I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience in teaching my chances of getting the job were slim.However, three days later a letter arrived, asking me to go to Croydon for an interview. It proved an awkward journey: a train to Croydon station; a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at least a quarter to feel nervous.The school was a red brick house with big windows, The front garden was a gravel square; four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner, where they struggled to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main from a busy main road.It was clearly the headmaster himself that opened the door. He was short and fat. He had a sandy-coloured moustache, a wrinkled forehead and hardly any hair. He looked at me with an air of surprised disapproval, as a colonel might look at a private whose bootlaces were undone. 'Ah yes,' he grunted. 'Y ou'd better come inside.' The narrow, sunless hall smelled unpleasantly of stale cabbage; the walls were dirty with ink marks; it was all silent. His study, judging by the crumbs on the carpet, was also his dining-room. 'Y ou'd better sit down,' he said, and proceeded to ask me a number of questions: what subjects I had taken in my General School Certificate; how old I was; what games I played; then fixing me suddenly with his bloodshot eyes, he asked me whether I thought games were a vital part of a boy's education. I mumbled something about not attaching too much importance to them. He grunted. I had said the wrong thing. The headmaster and I obviously had very little in common.The school, he said, consisted of one class of twenty-four boys, ranging in age from seven to thirteen. I should have to teach all subjects except art, which he taught himself. Football and cricket were played in the Park, a mile away on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.The teaching set-up filled me with fear. I should have to divide the class into three groups and teach them in turn at three different levels; and I was dismayed at the thought of teaching algebra and geometry-two subjects at which I had been completely incompetent at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of Saturday afternoon cricket; most of my friends would be enjoying leisure at that time. I said shyly, 'What would my salary be?' 'Twelve pounds a week plus lunch.' Before I could protest, he got to his feet. 'Now', he said, 'you'd better meet my wife. She's the one who really runs this school.'This was the last straw. I was very young: the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.大学英语精读第二册Unit 4:The Professor and the Y o-Y oSeen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man.The professor and the Y o-yoMy 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 Y o-Y o. 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 Y o-Y o and mailed it to the Professor as a Christmas present, and received a poem of thanks.As 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.To do his work he needed only a pencil only a pencil and a pad of paper. Material things meant nothing to him. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in simplicity, so much so that he used only a safety razor and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream, he said, "The razor and water do the job.""But Professor, why don't you try the cream just once?" I argued. "It makes shaving smoother and less painful."He shrugged. Finally, I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast, he was beaming with the pleasure of a new, great discovery. "Y ou know, that cream really works," he announced. "It doesn't pull the beard. It feels wonderful." Thereafter, he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty. Then he reverted to using plain water. Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist. He didn't have the slightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories. His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation in history - yet Einstein wouldn't walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic energy. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory, a series of equations that he considered relatively minor in importance, but he didn't have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water and repeatedly dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight, trying to deduce the operating principle. But be couldn't.The next morning he announced, "I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it must work this way…" He began a ling expla nation. Then he stopped, realizing a flaw in his reasoning. "No, I guess that's not it," he said. He pursued various theories for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work. His quick expression of disapproval told me he did not agree with this practical approach. He never did work out thesolution.Another puzzle that Einstein could never understand was his own fame. He had developed theories that were profound and capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Y et his name was a household word across the civilized world. "I've had good ideas, and so have other men," he once said. "But it's been my good fortune that my ideas have been accepted." He was bewildered by his fame: people wanted to meet him; strangers stared at him on the street; scientists, statesmen, students, and housewives wrote him letters. He never could understand why he received this attention, why he was singled out as something special.。
爱因斯坦个性【英文】
• Do you know what kind of physical theory the atomic bomb based on?
• It based on Albert Einstein’s theory “E=mc2”. • The equation E is equal to mc squared, in which energy is put equal to mass, multiplied by the square of the velocity of light, showed that very small amounts of mass may be converted into a very large amount of energy and vice versa.
What is Yo-Yo?
Any relationship?
Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo
Albert Einstein A toy
Step 2 background information 1. Nobel Prizes ： Nobel Prizes are annual
2. Woolworth’s： Frank Winfield Woolworth (1852~1919) was an American merchant, New York. He established in 1879 a five-cent store. Then, Woolworth opened many others and soon extended business throughout the United States and to several foreign countries. In 1911 the F. W. Woolworth Company was incorporated with ownership of over 1,000 five-and-tens, and he became director of various financial firms.
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上外版大学英语写作上外版大学英语写作精选上外版大学英语写作精选第二册(4)UNIT 4TEXTTrying to make some money before entering university， the author applies for a teaching job. But the interview goes from bad to worseMy First JobWhile I was waiting to enter university， I saw advertised in alocal newspaper a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short money and wanting to do something useful， I applied， fearing as I did so， that without a degree and with no experience in teaching my chances of getting the job were slim.However， three days later a letter arrived， asking me to go to Croydon for an interview. It proved an awkward journey： a train to Croydon station； a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at least a quarter to feel nervous.The school was a red brick house with big windows， The front garden was a gravel square； four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner， where they struggled to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main from a busy main road.It was clearly the headmaster himself that opened the door. He was short and fat. He had a sandy-coloured moustache， a wrinkled forehead and hardly any hair.He looked at me with an air of surprised disapproval， as a colonel might look at a private whose bootlaces were undone. 'Ah yes，' he grunted. 'You'd better come inside.' The narrow， sunless hall smelled unpleasantly of stale cabbage； the walls were dirty with ink marks； it was all silent. His study， judging by the crumbs on the carpet， was also his dining-room. 'You'd better sit down，' he said， and proceededto ask me a number of questions： what subjects I had taken in my General School Certificate； how old I was； what games I played； then fixing me suddenly with his bloodshot eyes， he asked me whether I thought games were a vital part of a boy's education. I mumbled something about not attaching too much importance to them. He grunted. I had said the wrong thing. The headmaster and I obviously had very little in common.The school， he said， consisted of one class of twenty-four boys，ranging in age from seven to thirteen. I should have to teach all subjects except art， which he taught himself. Football and cricket were played in the Park， a mile away on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.The teaching set-up filled me with fear. I should have to divide the class into three groups and teach them in turn at three different levels； and I was dismayed at the thought of teaching algebra and geometry-two subjects at which I had been completely incompetent at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of Saturday afternoon cricket； most of my friends would be enjoying leisure at that time.I said shyly， 'What would my salary be？' 'Twelve pounds a week plus lunch.' Before I could protest， he got to his feet. 'Now'， he said， 'you'd better meet my wife. She's the one who really runs this school.'This was the last straw. I was very young： the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.PHRASES & EXPRESSIONSbe short ofnot having enough of 缺少smell ofhave， give out the smell of 有的气味judging byforming an opinion based onattach importance to consider important 重视in commonshared with someone else 共有的，共同的'consist ofbe made up ofin turnone after another 轮流上外版大学英语写作精选第二册(5)UNIT 5TEXTSeen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple，modest and ordinary man.The professor and the Yo-yoMy 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 Yo-Yo. 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.As 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. Heseemed 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.To do his work he needed only a pencil only a pencil and a pad of paper. Material things meant nothing to him. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in simplicity，so much so that he used only a safety razor and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream， he said， "The razor and water do the job.""But Professor， why don't you try the cream just once？" I argued. "It makes shaving smoother and less painful."He shrugged. Finally， I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast， he was beaming with the pleasure of a new， great discovery. "You know， that cream really works，" he announced. "It doesn't pull the beard. It feels wonderful." Thereafter， he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty. Then he reverted to using plain water.Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist. He didn't have the slightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories. His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation in history - yet Einstein wouldn't walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic energy. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory， a series of equations that he considered relatively minor in importance，but he didn't have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.My brother once gave the Professor a toy， a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water and repeatedly dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight， trying to deduce the operating principle. But be couldn't.The next morning he announced， "I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it must work this way" He began aling explanation. Then he stopped， realizing a flaw in his reasoning. "No， I guess that's not it，" he said. He pursued various theories for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work. His quick expression of disapproval told me he did not agree with this practical approach. He never did work out the solution.Another puzzle that Einstein could never understand was his own fame. He had developed theories that were profound and capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Yet his name was a household word across the civilized world. "I've had good ideas， and so have other men，" he once said. "But it's been my good fortune that my ideas have been accepted." He was bewildered by his fame： people wanted to meet him； strangers stared at him on the street； scientists， statesmen， students， and housewives wrote him letters. He never could understand why he received this attention， why he was singled out as something special.PHRASES & EXPRESSIONSat easefree from worry or nervousness； comfortableoff balancenot in balance； unsteady 失去平衡的come to terms withaccept （sth. one does not want to accept） and deal with it in the best way one can 与达成协议；与妥协as far asto the degree that 到程度mean nothing tobe of no importance tobelieve inhave confidence in the value ofso much so thatto such an extent thata series ofa number of （thing or events） of the same kind that follow each other 一系列，一连串take apartseparate （a small machine， clock， etc.） into pieces 拆开work outsolve， find the answer to 解决；算出；想出capable ofhaving the ability， power or inclination （to do）single outchoose from a group for special treatment 选出，挑出上外版大学英语写作精选第二册(3)UNIT 3TEXTJefferson died long ago， but may of his ideas still of great interest to us.Lessons from JeffersonThomas Jefferson， the third President of the United States， may be less famous than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln， but most people remember at last one fact about him： he wrote the Declaration of Independence.Although Jefferson lived more than 200 years ago， there is muchthat we learn from him today. Many of his ideas are especially interesting to modern youth. Here are some of the things he said and wrote：Go and see. Jefferson believed that a free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books and that personal investigation is important. When still a young man， he was appointed to a committee to find out whether the South Branch of the James River was deep enough to be used by large boats. While the other members of the committee sat in the state capitol and studied papers on the subject， Jefferson got into a canoe and made on-the-spot-observations.You can learn from everyone. By birth and by education Jefferson belonged to the highest social class. Yet， in a day when few noble persons ever spoke to those of humble origins except to give an order，Jefferson went out of his way to talk with gardeners， servants， and waiters. Jefferson once said to the French nobleman， Lafayette， "You must go into the people's homes as I have done， look into their cooking pots and eat their bread. If you will only do this， you may find out why people are dissatisfied and understand the revolution that is threatening France."Judge for yourself. Jefferson refused to accept other people's opinions without careful thought. "Neither believe nor reject anything，" he wrote to his nephew， "because any other person has rejected or believed it. Heaved has given you a mind for judging truth and error. Use it."Jefferson felt that the people "may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false， and to form a correct judgment. Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government， I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."Do what you believe is right. In a free country there will always be conflicting ideas， and this is a source of strength. It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive. Though Jefferson was for many years the object of strong criticism， he never answered his critics. He expressed his philosophy in letters to a friend， "There are two sides to every question. If you take one side with decision and on it with effect， those who take the other side will of course resent your actions."Trust the future； trust the young. Jefferson felt that the present should never be chained to customs which have lost their usefulness. "No society，" he said， "can make a perpetual constitution， or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs to the living generation." He did not fear new ideas， nor did he fear the future. "How much pain，" he remarked， "has been caused by evils which have never happened！ I expect the best， not the worst. I steer my ship with hope， leaving fear behind."Jefferson's courage and idealism were based on knowledge. He probably knew more than any other man of his age. He was an expert inagriculture， archeology， and medicine. He practiced crop rotation and soil conservation a century before these became standard practice， and he invented a plow superior to any other in existence. He influenced architecture throughout America， and he was constantly producing devices for making the tasks of ordinary life easier to perform.Of all Jefferson's many talents， one is central. He was above all a good and tireless writer. His complete works， now being published for the first time， will fill more than fifty volumes. His talent as an author was soon discovered， and when the time came to write the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia in 1776， the task ofwriting it was his. Millions have thrilled to his words： "We hold these truths to be self-evident， that all men are created equal"When Jefferson died on July 4， 1826， the 50th anniversary of American independence， he left his countrymen a rich legacy of ideas and examples. American education owes a great debt to Thomas Jefferson，Who believed that only a nation of educated people could remain free.PHRASES & EXPRESSIONSgo out of one's way （to do sth.）take particular trouble； make a special effort 特地leavetoleave sb. in charge of 交托，委托act onact according to 按照行事leave behindabandon； fall to take or bring 丢弃；留下，忘带in existenceexisting 存在above allmost important of all 首先，尤其是上外版大学英语写作精选第二册(2)UNIT 2TEXTA heated discussion about whether men are braver than women issettled in a rather unexpected way.The Dinner PartyI first heard this tale in India， where is told as if true ——though any naturalist would know it couldn't be. Later someone told me that the story appeared in a magazine shortly before the First World War. That magazine story， and the person who wrote it， I have never been able to track down.The country is India. A colonial official and his wife are giving a large dinner party. They are seated with their guests —— officers and their wives， and a visiting American naturalist —— in their spacious dining room， which has a bare marble floor， open rafters and wideglass doors opening onto a veranda.A spirited discussion springs up between a young girl who says that women have outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era and a major who says that they haven't."A woman's reaction in any crisis，" the major says， "is to scream. And while a man may feel like it， he has that ounce more of controlthan a woman has. And that last ounce is what really counts."The American does not join in the argument but watches the other guests. As he looks， he sees a strange expression come over the face of the hostess. She is staring straight ahead， her muscles contracting slightly. She motions to the native boy standing behind her chair and whispers something to him. The boy's eyes widen： he quickly leaves the room.Of the guests， none except the American notices this or sees theboy place a bowl of milk on the veranda just outside the open doors.The American comes to with a start. In India， milk in a bowl means only one thing —— bait for a snake. He realizes there must be a cobra in the room. He looks up at the rafters —— the likeliest place ——but they are bare. Three corners of the room are empty， and in the fourth the servants are waiting to serve the next course. There is only one place left —— under the table.His first impulse is to jump back and warn the others， but he knows the commotion would frighten the cobra into striking. He speaksquickly， the tone of his voice so commanding that it silences everyone."I want to know just what control everyone at this table has. I will count three hundred —— that's five minutes —— and not one of you is to move a muscle. Those who move will forfeit 50 rupees. Ready？"The 20 people sit like stone images while he counts. He is saying "two hundred and eighty" when， out of the corner of his eye， he sees the cobra emerge and make for the bowl of milk. Screams ring out as he jumps to slam the veranda doors safely shut."You were right， Major！" the host exclaims. "A man has just shown us an example of perfect self-control.""Just a minute，" the American says， turning to his hostess. "Mrs. Wynnes， how did you know that cobra was in the room？"A faint smile lights up the woman's face as she replies： "Becauseit was crawling across my foot."commotion n. noisy confusion or excitement 混乱；骚动tone n. quality of voice or music 语气；音调commanding a. authoritative 威严的forfeit vt. suffer the loss of （sth.） as a punishment （作为惩罚而）失去rupee n. monetary unit of India， Pakistan， etc. 卢比image n. statue 雕像emerge vi. come or appear （from somewhere）emergence n.slam vt. shut loudly and with force 砰地关上host n. man who receives guests 男主人faint a. weak， indistinct 微弱的；不明显的crawl vi move slowly by pulling the body along the ground 爬行上外版大学英语写作精选第二册(1)UNTH 1TEXTIt is humorous essay. But after reading it you will surely find that the author is most serious in writing it.Ts There Life on Earth？There was great excitement on the planet of Venus this week. For the first time Venusian scientists managed to land a satellite on the plant Earth， and is has been sending back signals as well as photographs ever since.The satellite was directed into an area know as Manhattan （named after the great Venusian astronomer Prof. Manhattan， who first discovered it with his telescope 20，000 light years ago）。
【平衡】Unit4TheProfessorandtheYoYo
【关键字】平衡Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-YoⅠ. Background Information1) Albert EinsteinGerman-born American Physicist and Nobel Laureate1879～1955“Imagination is more important than knowledge. ”—Albert Einstein Albert Einstein, whose Special Theory of Relativity and General Theory of Relativity revolutionized scientific perceptions of the universe, is acknowledged, along with Newton, as one of history’s greatest physicists.Son of free-thinking, cultured Jews, Einstein was unable to speak until he was three and displayed no special promise. Anti-Semitism also hampered his talent when it began to emerge. He became a Swiss citizen in 1901, obtaining a doctorate from the in 1905. His research, which ended in the famous equation E=mc2, was published in the same year.After World War I, Einstein’s fame extended beyond the scientific community and in 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics. During the 1920s he regarded the rise of the Nazis in with horror, eventually emigrating to the where, in 1933, he took up a post at . In 1939 his early warnings of German scientific attempts to make an atomic bomb prompted the start of the Manhattan Project.2) Einstein explains the equivalence of energy and matter“It followed from the Special Theory of Relativity that mass and energy are both but different manifestations of the same thing — a somewhat unfamiliar conception for the average mind. Furthermore, the equation E is equal to mc squared, in which energy is put equal to mass, multiplied by the square of the velocity of light, showed that very small amounts of mass may be converted into a very large amount of energy and vice versa. The mass and energy were in fact equivalent, according to the formula mentioned before. This was demonstrated by Cockcroft and Walton in 1932, experimentally.”When Hitler came to power, Einstein immediately decided to leave for the . He took a position at the Institute for Advanced Study at . In 1939 Einstein collaborated with several other physicists in writing a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, pointing out the possibility ofmaking an atomic bomb and the likelihood that the German government was embarking on such a course. The letter, which bore only Einstein’s signature, helped lend urgency to efforts in the U.S. to build the atomic bomb, but Einstein himself played no role in the work and knew nothing about it at the time.After 1919, Einstein became internationally renowned. He accrued honors and awards, including the Nobel Prize in physics in 1921, from various world was active in scientific societies. His visit to any part of the world became a national event; photographers and reporters followed him everywhere.After the war, Einstein the cause of international disarmament and world government but declined the offer made by leaders of the state of to become president of that country. In the U.S. during the late 1940s and early 1950s he spoke out on the need for the nation’s intellectuals to make any sacrifice necessary to preserve political freedom. Einstein died in on April 18, 1955. 3) The Yo-YoThe 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 . Since 1930 it has become a popular toy and even today children in different countries play the Yo-Yo and compete in various contests.4) The Nobel PrizeNobel Prizes are annual monetary awards granted to individuals or institutions for outstanding contributions in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, international peace, and economic sciences. The Nobel Prizes are internationally recognized as the most prestigious awards in each of these fields. The prizes were established by Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel, who set up a fund for them in his will. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded on December 10, 1901, the fifth anniversary of Nobel’s death.5) Woolworth’sFrank Winfield Woolworth (1852~1919), an American merchant, was born in Rodman, . He established in five-cent store at , , which failed, and the same year he started a successful five-and-ten-cent store at . Woolworth opened many others and soon extended business throughout the and to several foreign countries. In 1911 the F. W. Woolworth Company was incorporated with ownership of over 1,000 five-and-tens, and he became director of various financial firms.(The last Woolworth stores were closed in 1998.) Woolworth had the erected in in 1913, the highest building in the world ( / ) at that time.II. Warm-up questions(1) What is a professor? And what kind of image do you associate with a professor?(2) What is a Yo-yo? Have you ever had one?(3) What do you suppose the author wants to tell us by using the title " The Professor and the Yo-yo"?Ⅲ. New Words and Expressions1.modest: adj. having or expressing a not too high opinion of one’s merits, abilities, etc; limit He's got a drawer full of medals but he's too modest to wear them.他有满满一抽屉的奖章,但是他很谦虚,从不戴它们。
大外一教读写第二册指导手册
Unit 1 The Dinner Party一、教学目标：1.引导学生理解文章大意，让学生认识到女人和男人一样勇敢，且有时比男人更勇敢。
引导学生树立正确的男女平等观念。
2.使学生掌握课文中重点词汇及词组的使用，以及重要的语法点。
3.⑴阅读训练目标：培养学生通过单词的部分来进行理解全单词的意思，如前缀，后缀（参考大学英语第三版第二册P17-18）。
⑵写作训练目标：引导学生通过利用一些并列的连词（如and, but…）和连接性动词(如however, therefore…)将短句或长句进行复合。
（参考大学英语第三版第二册P22）。
二、教学重点：1.引导学生阅读的过程中，使学生明确：作者对男女之间不平等观念的态度，培养学生树立正确的价值观。
2.怎样通过一些单词（如动词和形容词等）描人物的形态和心理。
在实现写作训练的目标中，重点使学生了解并列连词和连接性动词如but, yet, however等的用法。
3.重点短语和句型：Track down be seated spring up at the sight of feellike come to just a minute light up make for ring out like the stoneimages或者结合大学英语第三版第一册相关课文引入4. 新视野上的阅读技巧5. 新视野上的写作技巧三、教学难点：1. 如何快速把握文章大意，理解中心意思；2. 如何通过词根理方法更好准确的把握单词的意思。
四、教学时长：约2×2个课时五、教学方法：启发式讲授法、讨论法、读书指导法（其他可供参考的教学方法：启发式、发现式、设计教学法、注入式方法；讲授法、谈话法、演示法、参观法、实验法、练习法、讨论法、读书指导法、实习作业法，听说法等。
）六、课外作业：1.要求学生认真完成课后的各项作业；2.要求学生写一份课后读后感，通过叙述自己最敬佩的女性来谈谈自己对男女平等观念的理解。
大学英语精读2课文翻译全
Unit1 The Dinner Party关于男人是否比女人更勇敢的一场激烈争论以一种颇为出人意料的方式解决了。
晚宴莫娜·加德纳我最初听到这个故事是在印度，那儿的人们今天讲起它来仍好像确有其事似的——尽管任何一位博物学家都知道这不可能是真的。
后来有人告诉我，在第一次世界大战之前不久，一家杂志曾刊登过这个故事。
但登在杂志上的那篇故事以及写那篇故事的人，我却一直未能找到。
故事发生在印度。
某殖民地官员和他的夫人正举行盛大的晚宴。
筵席设在他们家宽敞的餐室里，室内大理石地板上没有铺地毯；屋顶明椽裸露；宽大的玻璃门外便是走廊。
跟他们一起就坐的客人有军官和他们的夫人，另外还有一位来访的美国博物学家。
席间，一位年轻的女士同一位少校展开了热烈的讨论。
年轻的女士认为，妇女已经有所进步，不再像过去那样一见到老鼠就吓得跳到椅子上；少校则不以为然。
他说：“一遇到危急情况，女人的反应便是尖叫。
而男人虽然也可能想叫，但比起女人来，自制力却略胜一筹。
这多出来的一点自制力正是真正起作用的东西。
”那个美国人没有参加这场争论，他只是注视着在座的其他客人。
在他这样观察时，他发现女主人的脸上显出一种奇异的表情。
她两眼盯着正前方，脸部肌肉在微微抽搐。
她向站在座椅后面的印度男仆做了个手势，对他耳语了几句。
男仆两眼睁得大大的，迅速地离开了餐室。
在座的客人中除了那位美国人以外谁也没注意到这一幕，也没有看到那个男仆把一碗牛奶放在紧靠门边的走廊上。
那个美国人突然醒悟过来。
在印度，碗中的牛奶只有一个意思——引蛇的诱饵。
他意识到餐室里一定有条眼镜蛇。
他抬头看了看屋顶上的椽子——那是最可能有蛇藏身的地方——但那上面空荡荡的。
室内的三个角落里也是空的，而在第四个角落里，仆人们正在等着上下一道菜。
这样，剩下的就只有一个地方了——餐桌下面。
他首先想到的是往后一跳，并向其他人发出警告。
但他知道这样会引起骚乱，致使眼镜蛇受惊咬人。
于是他很快讲了一通话，其语气非常威严，竟使得所有的人都安静了下来。
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Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-YoTeaching Time: 4 hoursStudents’ level: non-English majors of the second semester of the 1st year. Teaching Objectives:1.Make students have an idea about the Einstein‟s unusual personality whether as ascientist or as an average man.1). Analyze the personal characteristics of Einstein.2). Understand the way of life of Einstein.2. About the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section.W ords: ambition, application, approach, argue, bewilder, capable, correspond, display, exclusively, mainly, fortune, function, immune, impress, modest,observe, present, profound, pursue, puzzle, relatively, seriesPhrases & Expressions: at ease, off balance, come to terms with, as far as, mean nothing to, believe in, so much so that, a series of , take apart, work out,capable of, single out,Grammar: be made to, that clause3. About the reading, Ss should acquire the skill—reading beyond lines ( p91).4. About the writing, Ss should get to know the paragraph developing —writing in logical order (P95).5. About the listening, Ss finish the Unit 5 directed by teacher.Teaching Procedures:I. Pre-reading Activities1.Background information: Einstein & his achievementsIntroductory remarks: Einstein is one of the greatest scientists of all time. His ideas and theories have, directly or indirectly, influenced many areas of the modern world---- science, art, and philosophy. In spite of his great achievements and fame, he always remained a simple man: he was honest and open, very easy to get along with; he lived a plain life and had simple habits, caring very little formaterial well-being. And the text The Professor and the Yo-Yo, whose author is the son of a close fr iend of Einstein‟s, sheds more light on Einstein‟s personality both as a scientist and as a man.2.Key words and expressions:1). modest:a. having, showing , not a too high opinion of one‟s merits, abilities, etc. Forexample:Asian women are more modest and shy, yet they tend to have an inner force.b. moderate; not large in size or amount. For example:The police came to suspect the man who lived a luxurious life on a modest income.2). balance:Useful phrases: keep one‟s balance; lose one‟s balance; be i n balance; be out of balance; off balance.Special attention: …in the balance‟ means …undecided‟. For example:Though her life was in the balance, she thought only of the safety of her fellows.3).impress: have a strong effect on the mind or feeling of. For example:I was deeply impressed by the scenery there.He impressed me as a modest scholar.My parents impress on me the importance of honesty time and again.4). immune: be immune to: be free from or unaffected by. For example:V accination makes people immune to smallpox.It seems to me that few people are immune to vanity or jealousy.5). exclusively: only; completely. For example:Eton college is an exclusively male public school in Britain.The report is written exclusively for the country‟s top leade rs.6). pursue:a. work at; be busy with. For example:He pursued the study of music for four years.b. go after. For example:It is illegal for hunters to pursue extremely young animals.7). at ease: free from worry or nervousness; comfortable. For example:The doctor soon made the worried patient feel at ease.Donald was not at ease (or ill at ease) at such a big party.8). come to terms with:accept (sth. usually disagreeable) as it is; reach anagreement with.It has taken me a long time to come to ter ms with the fact that I‟ll never be a good writer.It seems that the two sides will never come to terms (with each other).9). as far as: to the extent that. For example:As far as I know he will be away for three months.He will help you as far as he can.10). so much so that: to such an extent that. For example:He longed to visit Paris, so much so that he often dreamed about it.I was worn out, so much so that I thought I would never recover.11). single out: separate or choose from a group for special treatment or notice.All of us did a very good job but the teacher singled out for praise.It is an honour for him to have been singled out to represent the school at the celebration ceremony.II. While-reading Activities1.Ss have the silent reading on the text (10 mins)2.T explains the text in details.Language Points:make sb. feel at ease; when my turn came; throw sth. off balance.Questions:a. From this example do you know what kind of person Einstein was?b. How do you understand Einstein‟s nodding?Paragraph Two:Language Points:a. the personality that was Einstein: the personality which was the most strikingcharacteristic of Einstein.b. He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and theworld around him: Of all the persons I knew he was the only one who was at peace with himself and the outside world because he accepted the world as it was and knew his limits as a human being.c. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach: He knew that theuniverse had more mysteries than he could ever hope to solve, great as his intellectual abilities were.Questions:a. What does “he had come to terms with himself and the world around him”mean?b. What does “be content to go as far as one could” mean? (be satisfied with whatone could achieve.)Paragraph Three:Language Point:He was beyond any pretension: He was completely sincere and honest without the slightest intention to show off.Questions:a. Why he was free from these emotions?b. How do you know that he was a great person who disliked showing off?Paragraph Four, Five and Six:Language Points:a. Material things meant nothing to him: material things are of no importance tohim.b. finally: at last For example:The detective finally tracked down the suspect.c. present sb. with sth.; a tube of (cream, toothpaste, etc.)d. revert to : go back to (a former condition or habit). For example:The stress he felt made him revert to the old habit of smoking.Questions:a. Do material things mean nothing to you? What‟s your po int of view?b. Why did Einstein shrug? What does it mean when a person shrug?c. Why did he revert to using plain water to shave after finishing the shaving cream?Paragraph Seven, Eight and Nine:Language Points:a. E=mc2: Einstein‟s special theory of re lativity proposes, among other things, that the maximum speed possible in the universe is that of light; that mass appears to increase with speed; that the rate of a clock moving through space will decrease as its speed increases; and that energy and mass are equal and interchangeable. The last point was expressed in the famous formula E=mc2 (energy equals mass times the square of speed of light) and was later proved by atomic fission.b. have curiosity in doing sth.c. take apart: separate (sth.) into parts. For example:Nick took apart the clock and spread the bits all over the carpet.d. work out: solve; find the answer to. For example:John worked out the math problems all by himself.Questions:a. What did Einstein think of his photoelectric theory? Did it prove to be of any practical value?b. What does “his quick expression of disapproval” tell us here?c. From this example, what kind of people was Einstein?(He was sort of stubborn, impractical, odd, unique and true to his ideas.) Paragraph Ten:Language Points:a. profound: deep; needing much thought or study to understand. For example: Philosophy is profound and beyond the reach of ordinary people.b. capable of : having the ability or power for: for example:He is capable of doing such a difficult job.Some airplanes are capable of going beyond 1,000 miles an hour.c. a household word: word known far and wide.Questions:a. His theories were capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Why do you think his name was a household word?b. How do you understand what he said about his achievement? Why was he bewildered about people‟s admiration?3.T asks Ss to come out the main idea, structure of the text (10mins)4.T summarizes the main idea and structure of the text (5 mins)III. Post-reading Activities1.Let the students do the exercises in the textbook which are related to the new words.2.Ss hand in the summary of the text.3.Ss discuss the questions on the topic related to the text.4.Let Ss do the exercises in the text book which are mainly related to the new wordsand topic.。