全新版大学英语第三册(第二版)_unit_4_Imagination_and_Creativity~.ppt

1、1,Unit4ImaginationandCreativity,WasEinsteinaSpaceAlien?ByTonyPhiffips,Lead-in,aspacealien:外星人Whatwilloccurtoyouwheneverthephrase“aspacealien”ismentioned?,Lead-in,Theycomefromouterspace.,Lead-in,Theyhaveunusualappearances.,Lead-in,Theyhavesuperpower.,Inourdailylife,somepeoplearedescribedasaspacealien

2、,becauseoftheirunusualappearanceorabilities.Describethefollowingpicturesbysaying“Maybehe/sheisaspacealien,because”E.g.Maybeheisaspacealien,becauseherunsextremelyfast.,Lead-in,Maybeheisaspacealien,becausehelooksextremelyeccentric(古怪的）.,Lead-in,Maybesheisaspacealien,becausesheeatshugemeals.,Maybeheisa

3、spacealien,becauseheswimsextremelyfast.,Maybeheisaspacealien,becausehelooksodd(古怪的）andheplaysfootballextremelywell.,Lead-in,WasEinsteinaSpaceAlien?,WhataboutEinstein?Whydidtheauthorraisethisquestion?,TeachingPlan,GlobalReadingDetailedReadingDebateSummaryFurtherInformation,GlobalReading,1.Readthetext

4、quicklyandanswerthequestion:“WhatimpressionhasEinsteininthetextmadeonyou?”,GlobalReading,2.Readthetextagaincarefullyand(1)dividethetextinto4parts;(2)reportthemainideaofeachpartin1-2sentences;(3)reportwhatyouhavelearnedaboutEinsteinineachpart.,DetailedReading,VocabularySentencesStructure,Vocabulary,他

5、生病的整个阶段都表现出非凡的忍耐力,Heshowedremarkableendurancethroughouthisillness,Whatremarkableabout1905isthatasinglepersonauthoredallfivepapersRemarkableadjstriking,Vocabulary,Relationswerestrained.1)makeasituationorrelationshipmoredifficult,该事件使得两国关系趋于紧张。,Theincidenthasstrainedrelationsbetweenthetwocountries.,2)

6、stretchtightlybypulling,负载过重会把绳子拉紧到崩断的地步。,Tooheavyaloadwillstraintheropetoitsbreakingpoint.,Collocation：,straineverynerve,尽力,strainonesmuscles,绷住劲,Sentences,Hedidntresistbeingtoldwhattodo,notsomuch,buthehatedbeingtoldwhatwastrue.Notsomuch-NotextremelyHedidntextremelyresistbeingtoldwhattodo,buthehate

7、dbeingtoldwhatwastrue.,Structure,Thatdidntslowhimdown.Slowdown:exertanegativeeffectonthedevelopmentofsth/sbExercise:压力总能让人放慢脚步，sotrytorelaxyourselfwheneveryoufeelstressful.Pressurearealwaysabletoslowonedown,Debate,Imaginationvs.knowledgeisaconstantbattlethatisstillbeingfought.Einsteinusedtosay“Imagi

8、nationismoreimportantthanknowledge”whilesomeotherexpertsattachmoreimportancetoknowledge.Whatsyouropinion?Dividetheclassintotwogroupsandhaveadebateonit,onegrouparguingfortheimportanceofimaginationoverknowledgeandtheotheragainstit.,Summary,Whathavewelearnedtoday?1.contentofthetextThetextisabout(who)Ei

9、nsteinisa(job,whatkindofperson)ThefactorscontributingtoEinsteinsachievementsare(e.g.greatconcentration)Theconclusionis2.vocabulary:strain,remarkable3.structure:slowdown,FurtherInformation,Thetheoryofspecialrelativity狭义相对论理论,In1905AlbertEinsteinpublishedhispaperontheSpecialTheoryofRelativity,which,asiswellknown,isconcernedwiththecharacteristicsofspace,timeandmatterwhenamasspossessesaconstantvelocit