Unit 1 People of achievement Using Language2课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 1 People of achievement Using language 2: Introduce someone you admire Lead-in Can you guess who he is ?  a Jewish  worked in the Swiss patent office  Get Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921  E=mc²  The theory of relativity Albert Einstein What's the main idea of the text? The text mainly talks about Einstein's _________ and ______________. life story achievements 1. What type of writing is this text? How does the writer develop the text? P9 3 ·It's a biography. ·According to the timeline. Born in Germany 1879 1896 1955 1933 Failed to enter university 1895 Entered university Graduated from university 1900 Took a job as a clerk in the Swiss patent office 1902 1905 Entered research full-time at a university 1909 Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics 1922 Fled Germany Passed away Read the text and complete the timeline. Then introduce Einstein's life story and achievements in your own words. Make a timeline Making a timeline that shows when different events happened can help you understand how the events are connected to each other. P8 1 Earned a doctorate in physics and published four extraordinary physics papers Learn about the structure Brief introduction (Para.1) Life experience (Para. 2~4) Appearance & personality (Para.5) Great loss (Para.6) Read again and answer the following questions Q1: Which of the following about Einstein is true according to the text? A. Once the gentle genius was not so good at studying. B. He managed to enter university in Switzerland at 16. C. He was born in west Germany on 14 March 1879. D. He didn’t obtain exceptional scores in maths and physics. √ Q2: Why was he awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize? He was awarded for the explanation of the photoelectric effect. Q3: What can be indicated from the sentence “Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein”? He was a modest figure who didn't want fame. Q1: Apart from his remarkable achievements, what does the passage tell us about Einstein's life ? Discussion Birth Death Education Passion for knowledge Work Odd-looking Willingness to help others, humor Q2: What impressed you most about Einstein ? State your reasons. Discussion never give up work hard great achievements modest When faced with the failure or difficulties, he didn't give up and chose to work hard to achieve his dream. For example, he failed in the entrance exam, but he chose to study harder for another year to achieve his dream. Moreover, because he was Jewish when Hilter came into power, the door of academic institution was closed to him. But after he succeeded in moving to America, he make great achievements in physics and mathematics. 10 Language features 1. Find the descriptions that what Einstein looked like and what kind of person he was. What Einstein looked like: What kind of person he was: a genius long white hair a courageous and kind kind and funny man sometimes forgot things loved by many people slightly odd-looking a thick moustache Language features 2. What rhetorical devices are used in the passage? Give examples. Para. 4 Metaphor(暗喻)& Personification(拟人) Language features 2. What rhetorical devices are used in the passage? Give examples. Para. 5 Simile(明喻） Life experience ( growth process and study experience) Appearance and personality Impressive stories Great loss . . Brief introduction (Achievements of Einstein) Einstein's achievements and life story 1 2 3 4 5 Write an introduction about someone you admire. 1. choose the person you are going to write about. 2. Make a list of things that need to be included. 3. Use your notes to write about your introduction. 4. Sum up how you feel about this person. Lavf58.29.100 Bilibili VXCode Swarm Transcoder v0.7.68 $$