Unit Two 大学体验英语第三册电子教案.doc

Unit two Nobel Prize Winners Learning Objectives 1) provide some clues to what makes a Nobel Prize Winner. 2) give guidance to learners to listen and talk about famous person. 3) provide students with new words and expressions 4) learn how to analyze word formation 5) ask learners to write in a chronological sequence. Passage A Einstein’s Compass I. Pre-reading T A. Introductory Questions 1. What do you think makes a successful scientist? 2. What kind of boy was Einstein in his parents' eyes? 3. Einstein once said: "Curiosity has its own reason for existence." How do you understand this statement? B. Introductory Remarks Albert Einstein: German-American physicist who contributed more than any other scientist to the 20th-century vision of physical reality. His special and general theories of relativity revolutionized modern thought on the nature of space and time and formed a theoretical basis for the exploitation of atomic energy. He won a 1921 Nobel Prize for his explanation of the photoelectric（光电的）effect. II. While-reading Activities A. Language Points 1. evident a. Examples The threat of inflation is already evident in bond prices. The audience waited with evident excitement for the performance to begin. 2. respond v. Examples To every question the police officer asked, he responded “I don’t know.” For patients who do not respond to drug treatment, surgery is a possible option. 3. stir v. — 1) to excite 2) to be roused Examples Henry Porter has stirred children’s imagination. The mother’s grief stirred when she saw the photo of her son, who died in a traffic accident. 4. intellect n. Examples Gates is a man noted more for his intellect than his charm. Maria Gomez, historian, socialist and intellect, has died at the age of eighty-nine. 5. intellect n. — 1) the ability to use the power of reason 2) a person of great intellectual ability Examples Gates is a man noted more for his intellect than his charm. Maria Gomez, historian,