Unit 2 Reading+more practice 课件 2025-2026学年沪教牛津版（广州深圳沈阳通用）九年级英语上册

Two Geniuses Unit 2 Great minds 1 Warm up: Guess who the great minds are. a famous Chinese mathematician and the teacher of Chen Jingrun. The most famous physicist in the 20th century. The father of the Theory of Relativity. Albert Einstein A great teacher and philosopher in the Spring and Autumn Period Confucius A physicist and chemist. The first woman to win a Nobel Prize. A comic actor of silent films. He showed a great sense of humour. What do these people have in common? They are geniuses! mathematician physicist educator chemist actor Marie Curie Charlie Chaplin Hua Luogeng They are_ . creative, smart, successful 2 Pre-reading: Look at the pictures and answer the questions below: What is the difference between the first and the last picture? 2. What is the man doing in the second picture? The two people in the car have changed seats. He is giving a lecture/speech. Two geniuses geniuses 1 audience 3 Two geniuses geniuses 1.Who is the other genius? 2.What kind of story is it? a. A funny story B. a sad story Predicting Pre-reading: The other genius is Hans. 1 2 While-reading: Read the story quickly and answer the questions.(P19) Reading for a general idea 4 While-reading: Read the story carefully and decide whether the statements are true or false. Find evidence from the story to support your answers. P21 2 Einstein was a popular lecturer. T/F 2. Hans was tired of driving Einstein.T/F 3. Einstein wanted to avoid giving his lecture. T/F 4. Hans had a very good memory. T/F 5. Hans answered the difficult questions. T/F Einstein often received invitations to explain his theories … Hans often said: “It’s a pleasure to drive a genius like you… I’ve listened to your lecture so many times that I’ve learnt it by heart. Einstein stood up and answered the question perfectly. I‘m so tired. I wish I could avoid giving my lecture tonight 5 Read after the recording and put the sentences in the right order. a Hans and Einstein left the university happily, with Einstein driving. b Einstein answered the question perfectly. c A man asked a difficult question. d Hans offered to give a lecture for Einstein. e Hans asked Einstein to answer the question. While-reading 3 6 a Hans and Einstein left the university happily, with Einstein driving. b Einstein answered the question perfectly. c A man asked a difficult question. e Hans asked Einstein to answer the question. d Hans offered to give a lecture for Einstein. 3 While-reading Read after the recording and put the sentences in the right order. 7 5 parts of the plot of a story. 8 • Resolution / Ending: Understand the structure of the plot of a story. • Exposition / Opening background information. • Rising action: a problem the characters face. • Climax / Turning point: an unexpected turn. • Falling action: how the problem is solved. how the story ends. 9 a Hans and Einstein left the university happily, with Einstein driving. b Einstein answered the question perfectly. c A man asked a difficult question. d Hans offered to give a lecture for Einstein. e Hans asked Einstein to answer the question. Complete the diagram according to the story. Write the letters in the correct boxes. P21 c e b a D1 4 Para. 1–3 Para. 4–5 Para. 6 Para. 7 Para. 8 这就是听说考试复述的常规套路! 10 1. On the trips, what did Hans often say to Einstein? “It’s a pleasure to drive a genius like you.” 2. One evening, when Einstein said he wanted to avoid giving his lecture, how did Hans help solve this problem? Hans offered to give the lecture for him. 3. Why did Hans think he could do this? Because he had listened to the lecture so many times that he had learnt it by heart. While-reading: Read the “opening” and answer the questions. (paragraph 1-3) 5 11 While-reading: Read the“rising action” and choose the right answer to the questions. (paragraph 4-5) 1. How was Hans’s lecture at the university? It was successful. It was not successful. 2. How did Hans feel when a man asked the question? He felt confident. He felt worried. 12 While-reading: Read the rest of the story and fill in the blanks. (paragraph 6-8) Einstein thought they were _ _.Hans just laughed and said it was _ an easy question _ even his driver could answer it. Then Einstein answer the question without _. On their way home, Hans _ to drive but Einstein refused. He laughed and said, “It’s a _ to drive a genius like you, Hans” in trouble such that difficulty offered pleasure 13 Post-reading Finish the table. on the way to theuniversity at the university on the way back Hans offered to _. _ but could not answer a man’s difficult question. He had a good idea-he _ _. offered to _ Einstein was too tired to _ _. _ give his lecture and helped Hans _. _ give the lecture for Einstein give the lecture gave the lecture asked Einstein to answer it listened to Hans answer the question drive drove the car Critical thinking: Do you agree that Hans was a genius? Why? It’s a pleasure to drive a genius like you, Hans. It’s a pleasure to drive a genius like you, Doctor. 15 What can we learn from the story? a. No pains, no gains. b. Once bitten, twice shy. c. The future is what you make it. d. Don’t judge a person from his appearance. f. Chance favors the prepared mind. 一分耕耘,一分收获。 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。 未来由你创造。 不要以貌取人。 机会只留给有准备的人。 Reading II Unit 2 Great minds 17 Language points 18 单击“同步练习”字样,可打开Language points同步练习的Word文档超链接。 1.认为阿尔伯特,爱因斯坦是一位天才 2.有幽默感 3.收到邀请 4.在这些旅途中 5.做...真是一件令人高兴的事情 6.去一所大学的路上 7.避免做演讲 8.令我的听众失望 9.我听了如此多次你的讲座,已经把它背得滚瓜烂熟了。 10.被领到了大厅的前面 11.轻而易举地 12.鼓掌喝彩 13.最后 14.想问你一个问题 have a sense of humour consider Albert Einstein a genius receive invitations on these trips It’s a pleasure to do... avoid giving my lecture on their way to a university let my audience down I’ve listened to your lecture so many times that I’ve learnt it by heart. be guided to the front of the hall without difficulty join in the applause at the end would like to ask you a question 15.然后他问了一个非常难的问题以至于汉斯丝毫不知道他在说什么。 16.脸色变白 17.这是如此简单的一个问题,甚至我的司机也能回答 18.他们离开了大学,由爱因斯坦驾车。 19.主动开车 20.能为您这样的天才驾车是我的荣幸。 He then asked a question so difficult that Hans had no idea what he was talking about. turn pale That’s such an easy question that even my driver can answer it. They left the university, with Einstein driving. offer to drive It’s a pleasure to drive a genius like you. 1. Farmer: It's a _ to work in the fields. (happy thing) 2. Doctors warn people to _ too much sun this summer. (keep away from) 3. Famous artist: _ yourself and your own ideas. (believe in) 4. Student learns the whole dictionary _. (by remembering every word) 5. Astronaut returns to Earth _. (with no trouble at all) 6. Dance on Saturday night! All students are invited to _ the activity. (take part in) pleasure avoid by heart without difficulty join in Trust The words in italics explain the meanings of some words on page 19. Find these words to complete the headlines. Change their forms if necessary. (P 20) C1 C Vocabulary Task 10 17th March Earlier _, my friend offered me a ticket for Dr Yang's lecture at the _, so I decided to go. Many people _ Dr Yang one of the cleverest women in the world. She did not _ me _. The lecture was very successful. She also has a great _ of humour and made many people laugh. She received a lot of applause at the end. university considered let down sense tonight Complete the diary below with the words from the box. (P 20) consider sense university let … down tonight C2 Task 11 consider...a genius 认为某人是天才 幽默感 收到邀请 很愉快做某事 on one’s way to 某人去...的路上 avoid doing sth 阻止做某事 let sb down 使某人失望 在这些旅途中 give a lecture 给演讲 so...that 如此...以至于 learn sth by heart 熟记/背诵 be guided to 被领到... take a seat 坐下 轻而易举 join in 参加=take part in 在最后 would like to do sth =feel like doing sth 想要做某事 so...that 如此以至于 have no idea 不知道 turn pale 变苍白 be in trouble 处于困难之中 such... that 如此以至于 with sb doing 某人做...(表伴随) 主动提出 Revision Albert Einstein was _ a genius. He also had a _. Once, Einstein was _ to a university to _, but he was too tired _ speak that night. So his driver, Hans, _ to present the lecture _ because he had learnt it _. So they changed places without telling it to others. Hans went to the front of the hall and did the job _ _. However, at the end of the lecture, a professor asked Hans a difficult question. Hans couldn’t understand it at all, but he asked Einstein, _ was pretending to be his driver, to answer the question. After the lecture, Einstein gave praise to Hans for his performance. considered as sense of humour invited offered give a lecture instead to by heart without difficulty who 26 More Practice P29 Where did Einstein and the little girl meet each other? 2.Why did not the girl believe Einstein? 3.Why did the girl’s mother go to visit Einstein? 4.What made Einstein and the little girl become friends? She wanted to know why he spent so much time with her daughter. The girl told Einstein the truth about his look and brought him cookies. In return, Einstein helped the girl with her Maths homework. Because Einstein was wearing his sweater backwards, the girl thought he could not be very clever. They met each other on their way home. Read the passage and answer the questions. (P29) Task 2 下班走回家 同时 一个12岁女孩 肩并肩 好奇地 时不时 be the first person to do 是第一个做...的人 告诉我真相 与某人花很多时间 sth is easy to do 某事容易.... 作为回报 帮助某人某事 Translation. 1. at the same time 2. side by side 3. from time to time 4. wear…backwards 5. tell sb the truth 6. in return 同时 并排;肩并肩地 偶尔地 将……穿反了 告诉某人真相 作为回报 Task 4 2 Culture corner Do you know any stories about Newton? If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulder of Giants.如果说我看得比别人更远些,那是因为我站在巨人的肩膀上。 Other well-known sayings Seeing is believing.眼见为实。 Bad news travels fast.坏消息传得快。 Old habits die hard.旧习难改 Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。 It’s never too late to learn. 学习永远不嫌晚。 What sayings have you selected in your group? Share it with your peers. 初中英语谚语 有志者,事竟成。 *Where there is a will, there is a way. 好的开端是成功的一半。 * Well begun is half done. 金窝、银窝,不如自己的草窝。 * East, west, home is best. 学无坦途。 * There is no royal road to learning. 三思而后行。 * Look before you leap. First think, then act. 亡羊补牢,犹为未晚。 * It is never too late to mend. Time is money. 时间就是金钱。 A friend in need is a friend indeed.  患难见真交。 Great hopes make great man. 远大的希望,造就伟大的人物。 All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。 Art is long, but life is short. 人生有限,学问无涯。 Stick to it, and you'll succeed.  只要人有恒,万事都能成。 8 It is better to give than to receive.  给予比索取更伟大 10 Time is money. But I think time is more important than money.  时间就是金钱。但是我认为时间比钱更重要 11 She is always thinking of others but never thinks of herself.  她总是处处为别人着想而不想自己 12 How time flies!  时间过得真快呀 13 They both think that to work hard is the key to success.  他们认为工作是打开成功之门的钥匙 15.Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.  早睡早起,富裕、聪明、身体好。 16.A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 17.It is good to learn at another man's cost. 前车之鉴。 18. Keeping is harder than winning. 创业不易,守业更难。 19.Let's cross the bridge when we come to it. 船到桥头自然直。 20.More haste, less speed.  欲速则不达。 21.No pains, no gains. 不劳则无获。 22.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try 世上无难事,只要肯登攀。 null 2014-04-09T14:04:21+08:00 133673.8 $