ReadingTwogeniuses

OxfordEnglish Reading 1 Module1Geniuses OxfordEnglish Unit2 Greatminds Gettingready Greatminds Amindmeansapersonwhoisveryintelligent genius Ageniusmeansagreatmind Doyouknowthesepeople Whatdidtheydo Discussthesewithyourclassmates Whatdoyouknowabout AlbertEinstein MarieCurie Confucius HuaLuogeng CharlieChaplin 1AlbertEinsteinwasascientist physicist Peopleregardhimasthefatherofmodernphysics 2MarieCuriewasaphysicistandchemist ShewasthefirstwomantowinaNobelPrize 3ConfuciuswasateacherandphilosopherintheSpringandAutumnPeriodofChinesehistory Heisrememberedforhisfamoussayings 4HuaLuogengwasaChinesemathematician Heisfamousforhisimportantcontributionstonumbertheory 5CharlieChaplinwasacomicactorandfilmdirector Beforeyouread Lookatthepictures thetitleandtheintroductiontothestoryonpage19 Whoareprobablythetwogeniuses a Einsteinandhisdriver b Einsteinandhisson Answerthequestionsbelow 2 Whatkindofstoryisit a Afunnystory b Asadstory 3 Whatisthemandoinginthesecondpicture Heisgivingalecture speech Firstreading Listentothestoryandfillintheblanks Secondreading Readandchoosethebestanswers Inwhichorderarethefollowingmentionedinthestory a HansaskedEinsteintoanswerthequestion b Hansofferedtodriveafterthelecture c Hansofferedtogivethelecture d Amanaskedadifficultquestion e Einsteinlistenedtothelecture c e d a bB b c e a dC b d c e aD c b d e a Secondreading Readandchoosethebestanswers 2 WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothetext A Einsteinhadagreatsenseofhumour B TheaudiencedidnotenjoythelecturegivenbyHans C Einsteinwasapopularlecturer D EinsteinandHanswenttoauniversity Secondreading Readandchoosethebestanswers 3 Accordingtothestory is aregenius es A EinsteinB Hans sdriverC HansD bothHansandEinstein Arrangethesentences Readthestoryandputthefollowingsentencesinthecorrectorder Einsteinansweredthequestion Hanswasguidedtothefrontofthehallandgavehislecture Hansofferedtogivethelecture Amanaskedaverydifficultquestion Einsteinwasinvitedtoauniversitytogivealecture EinsteinwasverypleasedtodriveHans HansandEinsteinlefttheuniversity Einsteinfeltverytired 6 4 3 5 1 8 7 2 D2DecidewhetherthesesentencesareT True orF False Thenfindevidencefromthestorytosupportyouranswers 1Einsteinwasapopularlecturer T F2HanswastiredofdrivingEinstein T F3Hanshadaverygoodmemory T F4TheaudiencedidnotenjoythelecturegivenbyHans T F Einsteinoftenreceivedinvitationstoexplainhistheoriesatdifferentuniversities Onthesetrips hisdriverHansoftensaidtohim It sapleasuretodriveageniuslikeyou DrEinstein I velistenedtoyourlecturesomanytimesthatI velearntitbyheart Einsteintookaseat listenedtoHansgivehislecturewithoutdifficulty andjoinedintheapplauseattheend Comprehension Strategy Ending Understandingthestructureoftheplotofashortstory Theplotofashortstoryusuallyincludesthefollowingparts Opening Thispartgivesbackgroundinformation Risingaction Thispartdescribesaproblemthecharactersface Turningpoint Herethestorytakesanunexpectedturn Fallingaction Thispartdescribeshowtheproblemissolved Thispartbringsthestorytoanend aHansandEinsteinlefttheuniversityhappily withEinsteindriving bEinsteinansweredthequestionperfectly cAmanaskedadifficultquestion dHansofferedtogivealectureforEinstein eHansaskedEinsteintoanswerthequestion D1Readthestoryonpage19 Thencompletethediagrambelow Writethelettersinthecorrectboxes c e b a Ending Opening Thispartgivesbackgroundinformation Risingaction Thispartdescribesaproblemthecharactersface Turningpoint Herethestorytakesanunexpectedturn Fallingaction Thispartdescribeshowtheproblemissolved Thispartbringsthestorytoanend Readthestoryagainanddivideitintofivepartsaccordingtotheplotofthestory Paragraphs1 3 Paragraphs4 5 Paragraph6 Paragraph7 Paragraph8 C1Thewordsinitalicsexplainthemeaningsofsomewordsonpage19 Findthesewordstocompletetheheadlines Changetheirformsifnecessary pleasure avoid trust byheart withoutdifficulty joinin Vocabulary C2Completethediarybelowwiththewordsfromthebox tonight university consider let down sense Usefulexpression ManypeopleconsiderAlbertEinstein 1879 1955 agenius Thisstoryabouthimshowsthathealsohadasenseofhumour Einsteinoftenreceivedinvitationstoexplainhistheoriesatdifferentuniversities Onthesetrips hisdriverHansoftensaidtohim It sapleasuretodriveageniuslikeyou DrEinstein Oneevening ontheirwaytoauniversity Einsteinsaid I msotired IwishIcouldavoidgivingmylecturetonight Hans butIdon twanttoletmyaudiencedown Iknowwhattodo saidHans Icangivethelectureforyou Youcantrustme I velistenedtoyourlecturesomanytimesthatI velearntitbyheart Nooneknowsyouatthisuniversity sotheywon tfindout So theychangedplaces Attheuniversity Hanswasguidedtothefrontofthehall Einsteintookaseat listenedtoHansgivehislecturewithoutdifficulty andjoinedintheapplauseattheend However beforeHansleft amanshouted I dliketoaskyouaquestion HethenaskedaquestionsodifficultthatHanshadnoideawhathewastalkingabout Einsteinturnedpale Ohno hethought Nowwe reintrouble ButHansjustla