高一(春)-02-Unit Two(不定式1).doc

Unit Two Travelling Around the World Warm-up: Let’s learn more about Albert Einstein extraordinary B. disappointment C. offered D. but E. caught F. simplicity G. calculating H. waiting I. request J. created K. however He was one of the greatest scientists the world has ever known, yet if I had to express the character of Albert Einstein in a single word, I would choose 1 . Perhaps an interesting story will help. Once, 2 in a downpour, he took off his hat and held it under his coat. Asked why, he explained, with admirable logic, that the rain would damage the hat, 3 his hair would be none the worse for its wetting. This ability to go to the heart of a matter was the secret of his major scientific discoveries ? this and his 4 feeling for beauty. I first met Albert Einstein in 1935, at the famous Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. He had been among the first to be invited to the Institute, and was 5 full freedom as to salary (薪水). To the directors 6 , Einstein asked for impossible sum: it was far too small. The director had to plead with him to accept a larger salary. I admired Einstein, and hesitated before visiting him about some ideas I had been working on. When I finally knocked at his door, a gentle voice said, Come. I entered his office and found him seated at a table, 7 and smoking his pipe. Dressed in ill-fitting clothes, his hair characteristically awry (乱蓬蓬的), he smiled a warm welcome. His naturalness at once set me at ease. As I began to explain my ideas, he asked me to write the questions on the blackboard so he could see how they developed. Then came the 8 , Please go slowly. I do not understand things quickly. This from Einstein! He said it gently, and I laughed. From then on, all the fears were gone. Einstein was an accomplished amateur musician. We used to play duets, he on the violin, I at the piano. One day he surprised me by saying Moz