cookies cottage

sweater

backwards

Pre-reading: Discuss in pairs

1.Great people are still human.

2. Great people must achieve great things in their lives.

3.Great people must be very intelligent and excellent in every way.

4. Great people may be weak in one

area or another.

5. Great people only make friends

among

themselves.

6. Great people never do silly things.

Read the passage and decide whether the follow statements are T (Ture) or F(False).

1.One day ,Einstein went out wearing

his sweater backwards.( )

2.When Einstein was walking home

from work,he met a little boy.( )

T

F

3.Albert Einstein looked like a famous

scientist.( )

4.Einstein never did anything stupid.( )

5.Einstein made friends with the little girl

because she told the truth about him.( )

F

F

T

While-reading: Answer the questions

1 Why did Einstein often pay

no attention to the world around

him?

2 Why did the little girl think

Einstein looked like Einstein?

Because he spent so much

time considering scientific

puzzles.

Einstein had wild white

hair and a white

moustache.

While-reading: Answer the questions

3 Why didn’t the little girl believe

that the man was Einstein?

Because Einstein wore his sweater

backwards and she thought a

genius like Einstein would never do

something so silly.

4 Why did Einstein make friends

with the little girl?

5 What did the little girl do at Einstein’s

cottage?

Because the little girl

always told the truth about him.

She brought him cookies,

and in return he instructed her in her

maths homework.

While-reading: Answer the questions

Fill in blanks according to the passage.

A story about Einstein

One afternoon, Einstein was home from work. On the way ,he a 12-year-old girl.They were walking side by side.The girl said ,You look just like that famous ,Albert Einstein.He also has white hair and a white .”

Einstein told the little girl who he was but she didn’t him.Einstein asked her

walking

saw

scientist

moustache

wild

believe

why. She said that a would never do something Einstein felt pleased to hear someone tell the truth about his .

From that day on, Einstein was friends with the little girl and helped her with her maths .

Discuss in pairs

What can we learn from the passage?

genius

so

in return

appearance

Silly.

Useful expressions

1.pay no attention to sth. 不注意，不留意 pay attention to sth. 注意

2.side by side 肩并肩；并排 1 ） shoulder to shoulder 并肩地（齐心

协力地） 2 ） step by step 逐步地

3.It’s a pleasure to do sth. 做某事很愉快

4. in return 作为回报

5. instruct sb.in 指导某人……

6. be direct with sb. 坦率对待某人

7. from that day on 从那天起 1 ） from then on 从那时起 2 ） from now on 从现在起

Post-reading: Post-reading: 首字母填空首字母填空

1 Einstein likes considering scientific

p______.

2 Einstein sometimes wears his

s______ backwards.

3 There are some w______ animals in

this zoo.

uzzles

weater

ild

4 The little girl was very d______ with

Einstein.

5 The little girl brings Einstein cookies

and he i_______ her in her maths ho

mework.

6 The little girl often went to visit Einst

ein’s c_______ after school.

irect

nstructs

ottage

Post-reading: Post-reading: 首字母填空首字母填空

Post-reading: Post-reading: 单项选择单项选择1.He spent an hour _______ the picture.

A. to draw B. drawing C. draw

2. Einstein was walking home _____ work.

A. to B. from C. at

3. Einstein spent ________ time on her.

A. such much B. so many C. so much

4. She sent me a present and _____ return I

instruct her _____ her English homework.

A. in, on B. on, in C. in

完成句子：1. 他是第一个教我音乐的人。He was the frst person____ _______me____

music.

2. 对不起，我没留意到这个拼写错误。Sorry ,I ____ ___ _________ ___this spelling

mistake.

to instruct in

paid no attention to

3. 从今天起，我们并肩作战。______ ______ ___we’ll fight____ ___ ____.

4. 听到有人夸我漂亮真是件愉快的事情。____ ___ ________to hear someone say I’m

beautiful.

From today on side by side

It’s a pleasure

Homework:

1.Read the passage fluently after class and retell the story .

2. Do Exs B1and B2 in BookB on page 89.