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Unit 1 People of achievement
Using Language
Yongchuan Senior High
Isabelle
1. He was a great physicist.
2. He was Jewish.
3. He founded the theory of relativity.
Alber Einstein
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
What do you know about Albert Einstein?
Reading
— for the genre(体裁) & main idea
The text mainly talks about
Albert Einstein's ________ and ____________.
life story
What's the genre of the text?
A. Exposition 说明文
B. Biography传记
C. Argumentation 议论文
D. Practical writing 应用文
achievements
The story of a person’s life written by somebody else.
The characteristics of biography (人物传记)
the third person
birth and death time
family background
childhood
turning points in life
quotes their own or other people’s words
In time order
A+B+C+D+E+F+G
Para 3: Work experience & achievement
Para 4: turbulent(动荡的) Mid-life
Para 5: Appearance & personality
Para 6: Death
Para1: Brief Introduction
Para 2: Educational experience
General information about his greatest contribution and personal qualities
His life story and achievement
His appearance and personality
His death
How does this part develop?
Reading
Read and complete the timeline.
1895
failed to enter university
entered university
graduated
1900
Took a job
as a clerk in the Swiss patent office
1905
Entered research full-time at a university
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics
1922
Fled Germany
Passed away
Earned a doctorate in physics and published four extraordinary physics papers
Born in Germany
1879
1896
1955
1933
1902
1909
Reading
Make a timeline
Making a timeline that shows when different events happened can help you understand how the events are connected to each other.
Writing features
General impression
gentle genius
courageous
kindness
supporting details
Key words Supporting details
Achievement
published four extraordinary physics papers in one year
‘New Isaac Newton’
General theory of relativity and E= MC2
Noble Prize in Physics
Mira