大学英语精读第二册unittheprofessorandtheyoyo.pptx

Warm-up questions:;Sir Isaac Newton(1642-1727) 牛顿; A Brief Introduction to Albert Einstein Einstein’s Chronology ;Before Reading_2_2_1;Before Reading_2_2_2;Before Reading_2_2_3;More about Einstein;More about Einstein;;Before Reading_3;New Words & Expressions;modest: adj.;display : ;impress: vt. ;make/ leave an impression on somebody 给某人留下印象; function:;frustrate: 1) to prevent the fulfilment of; defeat someone 　挫败，破坏，阻挠 ;ambition: n. a strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power 野心；抱负，雄心;Collocation:;correspond: vi.;我打开包裹，仅仅为了满足自己的好奇心。;pursue: vt.;approach:;2) coming nearer 接近，靠近;Make Sentences;The Professor and the Yo-Yo;After Reading_2_1;Main Ideas;The Professor and the Yo-Yo ;I was made to feel at ease when Einstein said, “I have something to show you.” (Passive Structure 被动结构);be/feel at ease: in a relaxed position 无拘束的,自由自在的,安适的;few, a few, little, a little （1）few, a few是可数的, little, a little是不可数的。 （2）a few, a little含肯定意味，few, little含否定意味。;point out: explain, call to attention 使注意；指出;off balance: unsteady or unsteadily, in danger of falling 失去平衡的;轮到我时，我露了几手并向他指出，绕错的线圈使玩具失去了平衡。;An Analysis of Einstein’s Personality(Paras.2-9) ;An Analysis of Einstein’s Personality ;;2. As a boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could.;come to terms with: accept (something one doesn't want to acce