北师大版高中英语选择性必修第二册精品课件 UNIT 5 EDUCATION Section A TOPIC TALK LESSON 1.ppt

UNIT5EDUCATIONSectionATOPICTALKLESSON1

素养导航?明目标

激情早读?拓视野TheManWhoChangedOurUnderstandingoftheUniverseAlbertEinstein,whoisperhapsthegreatestscientistinmodernphysics,isoftenconsideredoneofthesmartestmenwhoeverlived.Hemadenumerous1contributionstotheworld,themostwell-knownbeingthegeneraltheoryofrelativity2andthefamousformulaE=mc2.Einsteinwasnotonlyagenius;hewasacourageousandkindfigurelovedbymanypeople.

ThisgentlegeniuswasborninGermanyon14March1879.Whenhewas16,hetriedtoenteruniversityinSwitzerland,butfailedduetohislowscoresinthegeneralpartoftheentranceexam,despiteobtainingexceptionalscoresinmathsandphysics.Afterstudyingforanotheryear,hemanagedtopasstheexam,enteringuniversityin1896andgraduatingin1900.

Aftertwoyearsoflookingforworkasateacher,EinsteintookajobasaclerkintheSwisspatentoffice.Whileworkingthere,outofastrongpassion3forknowledge,hecontinuedtostudy,earningadoctorateinphysicsin1905.Thatsameyear,whichwaslaterrecordedasamiracleyearinscience,hepublishedfourextraordinaryphysicspapers.Followingthis,hegraduallybecamefamousthroughouttheworldasthenewIsaacNewton...In1922,hewasawardedthe1921NobelPrizeforPhysicsforhisexplanationofthephotoelectriceffect.

Circumstanceschangedin1933,whenHitlercametopower4inGermany...Asaconsequence,hehadtofleeGermany.AfterspendingtimeinEurope,hefinallytookupaposition5asaresearcherattheInstituteforAdvancedStudyinPrinceton,USA.Followingthat,hecontinuedtomakegreatachievementsinphysicsandmathematics....On18April1955,itwasreportedthatEinsteinhadpassedaway6,andthewholeworldmournedthegreatlossofabrilliantscientist.(节选自人教版选择性必修第一册Unit1)

【词汇积累】1.numerousadj.众多的;许多的2.relativityn.相对性;相对论3.outofastrongpassion出于强烈的激情4.cometopower上台;当权5.takeupaposition担任职务6.passaway去世

P