摘要:
该初中英语课件围绕“伟大人物——爱因斯坦”展开,核心知识点包括universe、theory等科学家相关词汇及change one’s mind、solve problems等短语。课堂导入通过“谈论爱因斯坦的伟大之处”对话活动激活学生旧知,从词汇学习到阅读匹配标题梳理文章结构,再到语言点详解与练习,构建从输入到输出的学习支架。
其亮点在于语言点讲练结合,如“mind”的名词与动词用法通过例句和单选练习强化,“solve/solution”的词性转换练习提升语言能力。读后活动“介绍 favorite scientist”结合时间顺序提问,培养思维品质。资料兼顾语言能力与科学精神培养,学生能提升表达与探究能力,教师可获得系统教学流程与多样化活动支持。
内容正文:
Unit 4 Great People
Lesson 2 A universe of thought
学习目标
Learn Einstein’s persistent, questioning spirit; develop the courage to seek truth.
Correctly use target phrases and orally introduce a scientist clearly.
Master key words and phrases about scientists
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Lead in
01
New words
02
While-reading
03
Post-reading
04
Summary
05
Language points
06
Exercises
07
Homework
08
Contents
universe /ˈjuːnɪvɜːs/
theory /ˈθɪəri/
relativity /ˌreləˈtɪvəti/
article /ˈɑːtɪkl/
pioneer /ˌpaɪəˈnɪə(r)/
receive /rɪˈsiːv/
prize /praɪz/
weapon /ˈwepən/
conclusion /kənˈkluːʒn/
course /kɔːs/
n. 宇宙;世界
n. 理论;学说;原理
n. 相对论;相对性
n. 文章;条款;物品
n. 先驱;先锋
v. 收到;接纳
n. 奖;奖品;奖赏
n. 武器;兵器
n. 结论;结尾
n. 进展;课程
New words
1 What do you know about Einstein?
In what way is he great?
Talk with your partner.
Lead in
2 Read the passage and match the heading to its part.
A Einstein’s famous sayings
B Einstein’s early years
C Einstein, the teacher
A
B
C
While-reading
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3 Read the passage again and fill in the chart.
Germany
Nobel Prize
pioneer
Germany
the USA
1955
1879
1933
While-reading
1.mind (可数)名词 头脑,思想,想法,智力, 主意。
常用短语 : change one’s mind改变主意,
make up one’s mind做出决定
keep…in mind将……记在心中,
例句:He has a brilliant mind.
他智力超群。
动词 “介意” never mind不要紧
例句:——Would you mind closing the door?
——(如果介意)You'd better not.
——(如果不介意) Of course not.
Language points
Language points
单项选择
1.— Would you mind opening the window?
— ________ The room is too hot.
A. You’d better not B. Of course not
C. Sorry, I do D. Never mind
2.—Would you mind ________ the radio down? I’m reading.
A. turn B. to turn C. turning D. turned
3.—I’m afraid I can’t help you now.
—________. I can ask others for help.
A. Of course B. Never mind C. That’s right D. Good luck
B
C
B
Language points
2.solve v. 解决、解答 solution n. 解决办法
例句:The government is trying to solve the problem of air pollution.
政府正尽力解决空气污染问题
There is a simple solution to this problem.
这个问题有一个简单的解决办法。
练习:1.We need to find a good ______ (solve) to the physics problem.
Einstein spent years ______ (solve) hard problems about the universe.
solution
solving
Language points
3. show interest in =be interested in (sth./doing sth.)
对……表现出兴趣;对……感兴趣
例句: He shows a strong interest in physics.
= He is very interested in physics.
他对物理非常感兴趣。
练习:用所给词适当形式填空
1. The little boy shows great interest in ________ (explore) the universe.
2. Most students show little interest in ________ (solve) difficult problems.
exploring
solving
Language points
4. pay attention to 注意;关注 to 是介词,后面 + 名词 /doing
draw attention to 吸引对…… 的注意
例句:Please pay attention to what the teacher says.
请注意听老师讲的内容。
练习:You must pay attention to ______ carefully in class.
A. listen B. listening C. listened D. listens
B
Language points
5. even though 虽然;尽管(引导让步状语从句)
区分:even though = although,不能和 but 连用
例句:Even though he met many failures, he never gave up.
尽管他遭遇无数失败,他从未放弃。
练习:Even though he was poor, ______ he kept studying hard.
A. but B. so C. / D. and
C
Language points
6.go on
① go on to do sth. 做完一件事后,继续去做另一件事
② go on doing sth. 不间断继续做同一件事
例句:After school, he went on to study physics in Switzerland.
毕业后,他前往瑞士攻读物理。(换一件事,to do)
He went on writing articles day and night.
他日夜不停地写论文。(同一件事,doing)
练习:After finishing maths homework, she went on ______ English
exercises.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. did
C
Language points
7. in the field of在…… 领域;在…… 方面(多用于学术、科学、专业)
同义替换:in the area of
例句:She makes great achievements in the field of medicine.
她在医学领域取得巨大成就。
练习:Many new discoveries have been made ______ the field of biology.
A. in B. on C. at D. for
A
Language points
8. pass away
①去世(委婉说法,替代 die,礼貌正式)
②(时光)度过;消逝
③(情绪 / 病痛)消失
例句:The hard days passed away soon.
艰难的日子很快过去了。
拓展搭配:
pass by 路过;pass on 传递;pass down 传承
练习:Huang Xuhua, the father of China’s nuclear submarines
(中国核潜艇之父) ________ ________ in Wuhan in 2025.
passed away
Language points
9. conclusion n. 结论;推论
conclude v. 得出结论;结束
固定搭配:
draw a conclusion 得出结论;in conclusion 总而言之
例句:We can draw a clear conclusion from the experiment.
我们能从实验中得出清晰结论。
练习:After many tests, they finally drew a __________ (conclude).
conclusion
Language points
10. false adj. 错误的;虚假的
反义词:true 真实的
拓展:false information 虚假信息;false idea 错误观点
例句:Don’t believe false news online.
不要相信网上的虚假消息。
练习:同义转换
This conclusion is not correct.
This conclusion is ______
false
Summary
universe
theory
relativity
article
pioneer
receive
prize
n.宇宙;世界
n.理论;学说;原理
n.相对论;相对性
n.文章;条款;物品
n.先驱;先锋
v.收到;接纳
n.奖;奖品;奖赏
Summary
weapon
conclusion
course
false
mind
solve
solution
n.武器;兵器
n.结论;结尾
n.进展;课程
adj.错误的;虚假的
n.头脑;智力;主意;介意
v.解决;解答
n.解决办法
Summary
pass away
in the field of
pay attention to
even though
go on
give up
show interest in
never mind
be famous for
去世;消逝
在…… 领域
注意;关注
虽然;尽管
继续
放弃
对…… 表现出兴趣
不要紧;没关系
因…… 闻名
Exercise
4 Complete the passage with the correct forms of the phrases.
go on be famous for give up pass away
Einstein is my favourite scientist. He ____________ the Theory of Relativity and the equation E=MC². After finishing school, Einstein _________ to study physics and then wrote many articles. In 1933, he went to teach at a university in the USA. In his last letter, he asked people to _________ nuclear weapons. Though he has _________, his mind continues to influence us a lot.
is famous for
went on
give up
passed away
5 Who is your favourite scientist? Talk about him/her with your partner.
Post-reading
5 Who is your favourite scientist? Talk about him/her with your partner.
A When and where was he/she born?
B What are his/her main achievements?
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Homework
Copy all key words and phrases from the text .
Write 5 sentences to retell Einstein’s life(or other scientists) in time order.
Thank you!
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