英语Unit Two Success Story successstory听说 导学案

1、Unit Two Success StoryListening and SpeakingIntroduction:1. Vocabulary: Words and expressions related to SUCCESS.2. Drills: About Succsess3. Language function: Introducing great minds, genius and successful people.Pre-classI. Vocabulary of occupationspainstaking 辛勤的,苦干的,刻苦的 passionate 充满热情的 persever

2、ing 不屈不挠的 practical 实干的 precise 一丝不苟的 punctual 严守时刻的 purposeful 意志坚强的 pushy 有进取心的active 积极的dreamer 梦想家ambitious 有抱负的aspiring 有理想的determined 坚定的enterprising 有魄力的,有进取心的successful 成功的(Level-A) I. First Read aloud the passage and then answer the question.What was Franks first job? Yesterday afternoon Fr

3、ank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man. Before he retired, Frank was the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day. He saved money for years and

4、 in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own. In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time he had two helpers. In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people. Frank smiled when he remembered his hard

5、early years and the long road to success. He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in. She wanted him to repair their grandsons bicycle!II. Find some information on Albert Einstein.(Level-B) First Read aloud the passage and then answer the question.What was Franks first job? Yeste

6、rday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man. Before he retired, Frank was the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day. He saved mo

7、ney for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own. In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time he had two helpers. In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people. Frank smiled when he rem

8、embered his hard early years and the long road to success. He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in. She wanted him to repair their grandsons bicycle!While-classI. Drills: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer.Einsteins father was _ .a successful businessmanan electr

9、ical engineeran electriciana shop ownerThe Danube is _ .the longest river in the worldthe longest and principal river in Europethe source of Europes longest riverB and CEinstein was _ .lively, optimistic and liked playing with other kidswarm-hearted, ready to help and liked readinglonely, timid and

10、liked playing alone in the woodshard-working and willing to help his father with the family businessII. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks. Einsteins _ were not confined to his _ alone. His friend Dr. Otto wrote, “_ his devotion to _, no cause was more important or _ to his heart than the

11、_ that the institution of war be forever _ .”III. Listen to the passage and complete the following forms about Bells information and his inventions.Place/school/universitydateyearsBornEdinburgh_/DiedBaddeck, Nova Scotia_/SchoolingA private school/_Edinburgh Royal High School/_/Attended a few lecture

12、sIV. Oral Practice oneWhat do you think Einstein was like? And can you give some stories about other scientists?Post-class(Level- A) I. Conduct a survey “Which success story impresses you most?” and prepare to introduce the presentation in next class.1. scientists2. entertainers3. artists4. athletes

13、(Level- B) Conduct a survey “Which success story impresses you most?” and prepare to introduce the presentation in next class.while class Tape script: I. Albert Einstein was a German-born HYPERLINK /wiki/Theoretical_physicist o Theoretical physicist theoretical physicist. He developed the HYPERLINK

14、/wiki/Theory_of_relativity o Theory of relativity theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of HYPERLINK /wiki/Modern_physics o Modern physics modern physics (alongside HYPERLINK /wiki/Quantum_mechanics o Quantum mechanics quantum mechanics). Einsteins work is also known for its influence on the

15、HYPERLINK /wiki/Philosophy_of_science o Philosophy of science philosophy of science. Einstein is best known in popular culture for his HYPERLINK /wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence o Massenergy equivalence massenergy equivalence formula HYPERLINK /wiki/E%3Dmc2 o E=mc2 E = mc2 (which has been dubbe

16、d the worlds most famous equation). HYPERLINK /wiki/Albert_Einstein l cite_note-9 He received the 1921 HYPERLINK /wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics o Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the HYPERLINK /wiki/Ph

17、otoelectric_effect o Photoelectric effect photoelectric effect, a pivotal step in the evolution of HYPERLINK /wiki/Introduction_to_quantum_mechanics o Introduction to quantum mechanics quantum theory.Near the beginning of his career, Einstein thought that HYPERLINK /wiki/Newtonian_mechanics o Newton

18、ian mechanics Newtonian mechanics was no longer enough to reconcile the laws of HYPERLINK /wiki/Classical_mechanics o Classical mechanics classical mechanics with the laws of the HYPERLINK /wiki/Electromagnetic_field o Electromagnetic field electromagnetic field. This led him to develop his HYPERLIN

19、K /wiki/Special_theory_of_relativity o Special theory of relativity special theory of relativity during his time at the HYPERLINK /wiki/Swiss_Patent_Office o Swiss Patent Office Swiss Patent Office in HYPERLINK /wiki/Bern o Bern Bern, Switzerland. Briefly before, he aquired the HYPERLINK /wiki/Swiss

20、_citizenship o Swiss citizenship Swiss citizenship in 1901, which he kept for his whole life, after being stateless for more than five years. He realized, however, that the principle of relativity could also be extended to HYPERLINK /wiki/Gravitational_fields o Gravitational fields gravitational fie

21、lds, and with his subsequent theory of gravitation in 1916, he published a paper on general relativity. He continued to deal with problems of HYPERLINK /wiki/Statistical_mechanics o Statistical mechanics statistical mechanics and quantum theory, which led to his explanations of HYPERLINK /wiki/Parti

22、cle o Particle particle theory and the HYPERLINK /wiki/Brownian_motion o Brownian motion motion of molecules. He also investigated the thermal properties of light which laid the foundation of the HYPERLINK /wiki/Photon o Photon photon theory of light. In 1917, Einstein applied the general theory of

23、relativity to model the large-scale structure of the HYPERLINK /wiki/Universe o Universe universe. He was visiting the United States when HYPERLINK /wiki/Adolf_Hitler o Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 and, being HYPERLINK /wiki/Jewish_people o Jewish people Jewish, did not go back to

24、 Germany, where he had been a professor at the HYPERLINK /wiki/Prussian_Academy_of_Sciences o Prussian Academy of Sciences Berlin Academy of Sciences. He settled in the United States, becoming an HYPERLINK /wiki/American_citizen o American citizen American citizen in 1940. HYPERLINK /wiki/Albert_Ein

25、stein l cite_note-BoyerDubofsky2001-13 On the eve of HYPERLINK /wiki/World_War_II o World War II World War II, he endorsed a HYPERLINK /wiki/Einstein%E2%80%93Szil%C3%A1rd_letter o EinsteinSzilrd letter letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt alerting him to the potential development of extremely p

26、owerful bombs of a new type and recommending that the U.S. begin similar research. This eventually led to what would become the HYPERLINK /wiki/Manhattan_Project o Manhattan Project Manhattan Project. Einstein supported defending the HYPERLINK /wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II o Allies of World War II Al

27、lied forces, but generally denounced the idea of using the newly discovered HYPERLINK /wiki/Nuclear_fission o Nuclear fission nuclear fission as a weapon. Later, with the British philosopher HYPERLINK /wiki/Bertrand_Russell o Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell, Einstein signed the HYPERLINK /wiki/Rus

28、sell%E2%80%93Einstein_Manifesto o RussellEinstein Manifesto RussellEinstein Manifesto, which highlighted the danger of nuclear weapons. Einstein was affiliated with the HYPERLINK /wiki/Institute_for_Advanced_Study o Institute for Advanced Study Institute for Advanced Study in HYPERLINK /wiki/Princet

29、on,_New_Jersey o Princeton, New Jersey Princeton, New Jersey, until his death in 1955.Einstein published HYPERLINK /wiki/List_of_scientific_publications_by_Albert_Einstein o List of scientific publications by Albert Einstein more than 300 scientific papers along with over 150 non-scientific works. O

30、n 5 December 2014, universities and archives announced the release of Einsteins papers, comprising more than 30,000 unique documents. Einsteins intellectual achievements and originality have made the word Einstein synonymous with HYPERLINK /wiki/Genius o Genius genius. HYPERLINK /wiki/Albert_Einstei

31、n l cite_-17 Key:c b cII.Einsteins _interests_ were not confined to his _research_ alone. His friend Dr. Otto wrote, “_Except for_ his devotion to _science_, no cause was more important or _closer_ to his heart than the _determination_ that the institution of war be forever _abolished_ .”III.Coming up with a single invention would be quite an achievement for most peo