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1、Return to Menu,Unit 2,Passage A Think About It Read About It Talk About It Write About It,1. What do you think makes a successful scientist?,Curiosity, patience, determination, genius, persistence .,Reference:,2. What kind of boy was Einstein in his parents eyes?,They might have thought him slow bec
2、ause he hardly spoke until he was almost three years old.,Reference:,3. Einstein once said: “Curiosity has its own reason for existence.” How do you understand this statement?,Einstein was right because he himself was passionately curious when he was young. His curiosity was sparked by wanting to kn
3、ow what controlled the compass needle and this led to his later success.,Reference:,Read About It Language Points Content Awareness Language Focus,One advantage Albert Einsteins developing mind enjoyed was the opportunity to communicate with adults in an intellectual way. His uncle, an engineer, wou
4、ld come to the house, and Albert would join in the discussions. His thinking was also stimulated by a medical student who came over once a week for dinner and lively chats. At age 12, Albert Einstein came upon a set of ideas that impressed him as “holy.” It was a little book on Euclidean plane geome
5、try. The concept that one could prove theorems of angles and lines that were in no way obvious made an “indescribable impression” on the young student. He adopted mathematics as the tool he would use to pursue his curiosity and prove what he would discover about the behavior of the universe.,Albert
6、Einsteins wealth of new ideas peaked while he was still a young man of 26. In 1905 he wrote 3 fundamental papers on the nature of light, a proof of atoms, the special theory of relativity and the famous equation of atomic power: E=mc2. For the next 20 years, the curiosity that was sparked by wanting
7、 to know what controlled the compass needle and his persistence to keep pushing for the simple answers led him to connect space and time and find a new state of matter. What was his ultimate quest? “I want to know how God created this world . I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.”,evide
8、nt adj. easily seen or understood; obvious,Examples The threat of inflation is already evident in bond prices. The audience waited with evident excitement for the performance to begin.,evident adj. easily seen or understood; obvious,Examples To every question the police officer asked, the suspect re
9、sponded “I dont know.” For patients who do not respond to drug treatment, surgery is a possible option.,evidence n. information that gives proof or reasons to believe or agree with sth,Examples The police have found no evidence of a terrorist link with the murder. The broken window is the evidence t
10、hat someone has broken in.,respond v. to say or do sth as a reaction to sth that has been said or done,Examples To every question the police officer asked, the suspect responded “I dont know.” For patients who do not respond to drug treatment, surgery is a possible option.,stir v. 1) to excite,Examp
11、les The story of Harry Potter has stirred childrens imagination. We create services that stir the soul.,stir v. 1) to excite, 2) to be roused,Examples The mothers grief stirred when she saw the photo of her son, who died in a traffic accident. The emotion of the viewers stirred by the program.,intel
12、lect n. 1) the ability to use the power of reason,Examples Bill Gates is a man noted more for his intellect than his charm. The problem oversteps my intellect., 2) a person of great intellectual ability,Examples Maria Gomez, a historian, socialist and one of the great intellects of our time, died at
13、 the age of eighty-nine. I admire the intellects capacity of work.,fool . into . to deceive sb into doing sth,Examples Tim was fooled into spending all his money on lottery tickets. It was not fair for Jean to fool Robert into believing that she was in love with him.,invisible adj. that can not be s
14、een,Examples Invisible marks on the bank note make it almost impossible to fake. The Stealth fighter is an aircraft designed to be invisible to radar.,invisibility n. the state of not being seen,Examples His novel focused on the social invisibility of black people. The path was obscured almost to th
15、e point of invisibility.,up to as a maximum number of amount,Examples This language lab can hold up to about 40 people. Up to two hundred people died in the air crash.,methodically adv. in a very ordered, careful way,Examples Jean methodically put the things into her suitcase. Could you arrange the
16、files methodically so that it will be convenient to get any file you need?,come over to make a short informal visit,Examples Whenever in trouble, she would come over to us for help. Ill come over to see you on my next day off.,come upon to meet, find, or discover esp. by chance,Examples Believe it or not, John came upon his wife to be in a flight to China. I came upon this cool cap in a small store in Paris.,in no way not at all,Examples Theory c
