1、1Unit 2 Great PeopleLesson 8 A Universe of ThoughtNavigation of the course(课程导航)Teaching aims（教学目标）1. 掌握本课单词和短语2. 了解伟大的科学家爱因斯坦的生命历程3. 学习科学家对事业的执着精神Teaching important points(教学重点)New words and phrases of the section.Teaching difficult points(教学难点)Enable to say something about Eninstein Guiding teachi
2、ng scene(教学情景导入)Everything has no a hundred of good or a hundred of bad. Do you know about the theory? Its Einsteins Theory of Relativity. He is famous for it. He thought about the universe and solved lots of problems in physics. Lets know about him.Teaching steps(教学过程设计)Step1. Show a picture of Alb
3、ert Einstein with two questions, and then let the students discuss.1. Who is he?2. Do you know anything about him?Step2. Ask the students to listen to the tape, and then read the text, and last complete the sentences.1897 Einstein was born in Germany.1905 He began to write articles about physics.192
4、1 He received the Nobel Prize for one of those articles.1933 He taught at Princeton University.1955 He died.Step 3. Explain the text and know about the language notes.21. Einstein is most famous for his Theory of Relativity.be famous for 指 “以而著称, 以而闻名”多用于指好的方面 ,for 表示原因。be famous as “作为而出名” 例: Jorda
5、n is famous as a basketball player.2. After he finished school, he went on to study physics in Switzerland.go on doing sth.继续做相同的事，可以指不停地做，也可指间断后继续做。go on to do sth.接着做另一件事，即接下去做与原来不同的一件事They went on talking all the way. 一路上他们一直在说话。After he read the book, he went on to write the report. 看完书后，他继续写报告。
6、3. 辨析：die, dead, dying 和 death1）die 作动词，强调动作，为短暂性动词，不能和表示时间段连用。例如：Li Leis grandfather died in 2000.李磊的爷爷死于 2000年。2）dead 意为“死的” ，为形容词，作表语和定语，强调状态。当有时间段时，用 be dead，不能用 die。例如：There is a dead dog lying on the road.有一只死狗躺在大道上。3）dying 为 die的现在分词，也可作形容词，意为“垂死的” ，常用作定语或表语。例如：The cat is dying.这猫正垂死挣扎。4）deat
7、h 是 die的名词形式。如：The death of his pet dog made him sad.Step4. Come to “Lets Do It”. Let some students give a report in front of the class. If the others have the same opinion with him, he can stand up and add the necessary content.Step5. Evaluation standards:1. Einstein has been _ (die) for many years
8、 .（dead）2. The _ (die) of this little dog made Kate quite sad. （death）3. They _ (solve) the problem at last.（solved）4. Albert Einstein had one of the great _ (mind) of the 20th century. （minds）35. Einstein was _ (bear) in 1879 in Germany .（born）Homework(作业)1. Finish the remaining exercises in the ac
9、tivity book.2. Preview the next reading in the student book.3. Sum what you learn from the text.Teaching reflection (教学反思)学过这一课之后，学生们懂得了短语 be famous for与短语 be famous as的区别。建立良好的师生关系,经常和学生一起反思学习过程中的不足,并加以改正.教和学是一对矛盾，作为矛盾双方的教师和学生如何和谐融洽师生关系，对完成教学至关紧要。如果他们对某个老师有好感，他们就对老师的这门课感兴趣并分外重视，肯下大气力学这门课。如果他们不喜欢某一位老师，由于逆反心理，他们也就不愿学或不学这位老师的课。所以，教师要深入学生，和学生打成一片，了解学生的兴趣，爱好，喜怒哀乐情绪的变化，时时处关心学生，爱护学生，尊重学生，帮助学生。这样，师生才能关系和谐，感情融洽，兴趣盎然地进行学习。
