Unit 1 People of Achievement ---Using LanguageTHE MAN WHO CHANGED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE 【核心素养】1. To enhance the reading and writing skills;2. To learn Albert Einstein’s life and his achievements;3. To learn how to introduce about someone you admire;【情境导入】1. What do you know about Albert Einstein?2. Watch a short video about the Albert Einstein.【阅读深思】Read the passage quickly and answer the following question:Which of the following about Albert Einstein are not included in the passage?A. his achievementsB. his familyC. his characterD. his experienceE. his hobbiesF. his appearanceG. his death H. his wife and children【自学反馈】Activity 1: Read the text again and fill in the forms according to the passage.【自主探究】自主探究1：Discuss the following questions in pairs1. Apart from his remarkable achievements, what does the passage tell us about Einstein’s life?2. What impressed you most about Einstein? State your reasons.自主探究2：Study the organisation and language features1. What type of writing is this text? How does the writer develop the text?2. Find the descriptions that tell us what Einstein looked like and what kind of person he was.3. What rhetorical devices are used in the passage? Give examples.【成果展示】Please show your answers based on the above discussion.【点评精讲】1. General structure and language features of the passage;2. Useful expressions for introducing someone you admire.(1) Birth date(2) Introduction to the age, height, weight etc.(3) Words and expressions for character and qualities(4) words and expressions for comment3. Complicated sentence analysis【随堂检测】Albert Einstein is _________ (consider) a genius. the greatest scientist in modern physics and one of the _________ (smart) men. He made numerous _________(contribute) to the world._________ 14 March 1879, he was born in Germany. In 1896 he managed _________ (enter)-university and graduated in 1900. In 1905, he earned a doctorate in physics and _________ (publish) four extraordinary physics papers. Not until 1909 _________ he enter research full-time at a university. And in 1922, He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Unfortunately, in 1933, he had to flee Germany after Hitler came to power _________ he was a Jewish. He took up a position as a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, USA _________ continued to make great achievements in physics and mathematics. On 18 April 1933, he passed _________.【巩固应用】Choose the person you are going to write about. It should be someone you think is great in some way. It can be an ordinary person, such as a parent, a relative, or a friend.Write an introduction to the person in 100 words.参考答案Unit 1 People of Achievement ---Using LanguageTHE MAN WHO CHANGED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE【阅读深思】Read the passage quickly and answer the following question:Which of the following about Albert Einstein are not included in the passage?A. his achievementsB. his familyC. his characterD. his experienceE. his hobbiesF. his appearanceG. his death H. his wife and children【自学反馈】Activity 1: Read the text again and fill in the forms according to the passage.【自主探究】自主探究2：Study the organisation and language features1. What type of writing is this text? How does the writer develop the text?It is a biography. The writer developed the text in order of time.2. Find the descriptions that tell us what Einstein looked like and what kind of person he was. Slightly odd-looking, a thick moustache and long white hair; courageous and kind, gentle, kind andfunny, sometimes forgot things, loved by his friends and neighbours.3. What rhetorical devices are used in the passage? Give examples.Simile.He had a thick moustache and long white hair, which sometimes stood on end as though he had just received an electric shock.【随堂检测】Albert Einstein is considered (consider) a genius. the greatest scientist in modern physics and one of the smartest (smart) men. He made numerous contributions (contribute) to the world.On 14 March 1879, he was born in Germany. In 1896 he managed to enter (enter)-university and graduated in 1900. In 1905, he earned a doctorate in physics and published (publish) four extraordinary physics papers. Not until 1909 could/did he enter research full-time at a university. And in 1922, He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Unfortunately, in 1933, he had to flee Germany after Hitler came to power because he was a Jewish. He took up a position as a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, USA and continued to make great achievements in physics and mathematics. On 18 April 1933, he passed away.。