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1、New College English III Unit Four Imagination and Creativity,Instructor: Zhang Jianghua,Teaching Objectives,Know the definition and importance of creativity. Grasp the structure and main ideas for each part. Master useful words and expressions. Write a unified essay with topic sentences and supporti
2、ng evidences.,Warm-up Activity,What is creativity? Enjoy some pictures about creativity and think on which aspects can we be creative. Group discussion Brainstorming,What is creativity? It is the bringing into being of something which did not exist before, either as a product, a process or a thought
3、.,Many people think creation is only the business of scientists or inventors and it is not close to our daily life. Is it right ?,The answer is,NO,Creation is just in our daily life!,The first way: try to make your life more convenient,The second way: try to make your life more funny,The third way:
4、try to make your life more comfortable,The fourth way: try to make your life more romantic,The fifth way: try to make your life more safe,The sixth way: try to make your life more beautiful,Brainstorming,white, messy hair,a genius imaginative Theory of Relativity,What will occur to you whenever “Ein
5、stein” is mentioned?,A space alien?,Was Einstein a space alien?,Einstein had to work hard to support his family.,Factors leading to Einsteins achievements.,How Einstein revolutionized physics.,Structure Analysis,Paras.1-3,Paras.4-12,Paras.13-21,Einsteins brain and brainpower werent limitless.,Paras.
6、22-23,Global Reading of Text A,Skimming & Scanning: Work in groups to find out supporting facts concerning whether Einstein was a space alien.,Group 2 Paras. 8-9,Group 1 Paras. 1-3,* Task: Underline the words, phrases or sentences.,For the third night in a row, his baby son Hans, crying, kept the ho
7、usehold awake until dawn. When Albert finally dozed off it was time to get up and go to work. He couldnt skip a day. (para 1),Detailed Reading of Text A,Part One: Paras. 1-3,three nights in a row,doze off in class,skip class,Lets make a mini story ,Relations were strained.,Para. 2,Necessity to harmo
8、nize tight relations between his mother and wife.,Albert felt all the pressure and responsibility of any young husband and father. (Para. 3),Work. Family. Making ends meet.,expenses,income,One factor contributing to the current U.S. debt crisis is that _ _(政府长期收支不平衡).,make ends meet,the government h
9、as been unable to,make ends meet for a long time,Part Two (Para 4-12): What are His Scientific Achievements?,1. He proved that and existed. 2. He argued that light came in little bits (later called “photons”) and thus laid the foundation for quantum mechanics.,atoms,molecules,3. He described his : s
10、pace and time were threads in a common fabric, he proposed, which could be bent, stretched and twisted. 4. E=mc,theory of special relativity,Was Einstein a space alien?,No. Can you find the quote of Peter Galison? (Para. 9),“Einstein was no space alien,” laughs Harvard University physicist and scien
11、ce historian Peter Galison. “He was a man of his time.”,If Einstein hadnt been born, those papers would have been written in some form, eventually, by others. (Para. 9),If Einstein hadnt been born, those papers would have been written in some form, eventually, by others. (Para. 9),Subjunctive Mood (
12、虚拟语气),What would have happened if Steve Jobs hadnt been born?,?,Einstein was just a normal human being, but,Whats remarkable about 1905 is that a single person authored all five papers. (Para. 10),Why was Einstein so successful?,Blackbody radiation,Part Three (paras 13-21): Support ones central idea
13、 with facts,Factors contributing to Einsteins achievements: Pair work,Read paragraphs 13-21 and find out the factors. You can discuss with your classmates sitting beside you. Key words have been given to you.,Group Discussion: Supporting Details,The whole class is divided into 5 groups. Each group w
14、ill explore supporting details of one factor. For example, group one will find out why Einstein disregarded for authority.,Factors contributing to Einsteins achievements,Supporting facts,disregard for authority,1. Einstein proposed that light was made of particles, disagreeing with James Clerk Maxwe
15、ll, an Authority Figure of his time. 2. Einstein wasnt beholden to a thesis advisor or any other authority figure after he received his Ph.D. in 1905.,Table Completion,Factors contributing to Einsteins achievements,Supporting facts,ability to question,Einstein was constantly doubting and questioning
16、 in the school, enraging his 7th grade teacher.,belief in intuition and inspiration,Einsteins failure to understand lights duality didnt slow him down, instead, he adopted the intuitive leap as a basic tool.,Factors contributing to Einsteins achievements,Supporting facts,interest in science,Science was dinner-table conversation in the Einsteins household.,powers of concentration,Einstein would engros