Unit 1 People of Achievement Using Language 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 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 Pre-listening: guessing While-listening: matching While-listening: ticking √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Function Expression Showing personality Although…, he sometimes forgot things… …he helped a little girl…her homework …often encountered … “…Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein!” forgetable affable popular&famous humorous Find the example sentences of these rhetorical devices(修辞手法) in the passage. Analogy类比 a comparison of one thing with another thing that has similar features (即把A比作B) Metaphor隐喻 compares two things that are unrelated, but which is similar in some way (比较两件不相关但在某些方面相似的事情) Simile明喻 compares two things by using words such as “like” or “as” 用“like”或“as”等词来比较两件事 Personification 拟人 a thing, idea, or animal is given human attributes 赋予一个事物、想法或动物人类的属性 Euphemism 委婉语 use indirect word(s) to refer to sth. embarrassing or unpleasant (用委婉的词代替一些令人尴尬/不快的东西) 3.Find the example sentences of these rhetorical devices(修辞手法) in the passage. Rhetorical device Analogy as the new Issac Newton Metaphor the doors of acdemic institutions Simile as though he had just received an electric shock Personification (hair)stood on end Euphemism passed away Analogy 类比 Metaphor 隐喻 Simile 明喻 Personification 拟人 Euphemism 委婉语 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) Maybe you can know more about him after reading the passage. Read the title. What do you expect to read from the text? THE MAN WHO CHANGED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE 改变了我们对宇宙认知的人 Who? How? What kind of person? Scan the passage and answer the questions. 1. What's the main idea of the text? 2.Match the main idea with each paragraph. The text mainly talks about Einstein’s life story and achievements. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 A. Work experience B. Death C. General introduction D. Early life/Education E. His odd look and anecdotes(轶事) F. His turbulent mid-life Can you divide them into three parts? Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 3 General introduction (contributions & qualiries) His life story & achievements Appearance&Personality Death Read the text and complete the timeline. Born in Germany 1879 1896 1955 1933 1895 Failed to enter university Entered university 1900 Graduated from university 1902 Took a job as a clerk in the Swiss patent office 1905 Earned a doctorate in physics and published four extraordinary physics papers 1909 Entered research full-time at a university 1922 Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics Fled Germany Passed away How does the writer develop the text? It develops chronologically/in time order. While-reading: study the language features The text mainly talks about Albert Einstein’s _________ and ______________. 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 life story achievements Expressions: Expressions: describing appearance showing personality slightly odd-looking, kind, funny despite his peculiarities,... have a thick moustache and long white hair Although..., he sometimes forgot things... ...he helped a little girl... her homework ... often encountered.. “...Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein!” Rhetorical device Analogy Metaphor Simile Personification Euphemism as the new Issac Newton the doors of academic institutions as though he had just recieved an electric shock (hair) stood on end passed away Function Expression Showing personality Although…, he sometimes forgot things… …he helped a little girl…her homework …often encountered … “…Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein!” forgetable affable popular&famous humorous Find the example sentences of these rhetorical devices(修辞手法) in the passage. Analogy类比 a comparison of one thing with another thing that has similar features (即把A比作B) Metaphor隐喻 compares two things that are unrelated, but which is similar in some way (比较两件不相关但在某些方面相似的事情) Simile明喻 compares two things by using words such as “like” or “as” 用“like”或“as”等词来比较两件事 Personification 拟人 a thing, idea, or animal is given human attributes 赋予一个事物、想法或动物人类的属性 Euphemism 委婉语 use indirect word(s) to refer to sth. embarrassing or unpleasant (用委婉的词代替一些令人尴尬/不快的东西) 3.Find the example sentences of these rhetorical devices(修辞手法) in the passage. Rhetorical device Analogy as the new Issac Newton Metaphor the doors of acdemic institutions Simile as though he had just received an electric shock Personification (hair)stood on end Euphemism passed away Analogy 类比 Metaphor 隐喻 Simile 明喻 Personification 拟人 Euphemism 委婉语 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. $$