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课件网) Unit 2 Great minds Period 1 Reading I 牛津深圳·广州版 九年级上 Learning objects 1. Knowledge objectives: Enable students to acquire the basic usage of some words and phrases. 2. Skill objectives: Use skimming and prediction to get the main idea of the text. 3. Emotional objectives: Develop students’ interest in reading the stories of great minds in Chinese and foreign history. 4. Thinking quality objectives: Extract and sort out the key information of the text to obtain the main idea of this article, and find similarities in the same type of text. Do you know these people What did they do Discuss these with your classmates. Albert Einstein Marie Curie Confucius Hua Luogeng Charlie Chaplin What do you know about geniuses minds Lead in Great minds A mind means a person who is very intelligent. genius A genius means a great mind. They are all great minds. Lead in Albert Einstein was a scientist/physicist. People regard him as the father of modern physics. Lead in Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Lead in Confucius was a teacher and philosopher in the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. He is remembered for his famous sayings. Lead in Hua Luogeng was a Chinese mathematician. He is famous for his important contributions to number theory. Lead in Charlie Chaplin was a comic actor and film director. Lead in Presentation mind n. 聪明人；富有才智的人 astronomer n. 文章 The astronomer is watching the stars. She was one of the greatest minds of her time. genius n. 天才 consider v. 认为；觉得 The musical genius was a composer even in childhood. I will consider your offer, but I think I can find a better one. Presentation sense n. 理解力；判断力 humour n. 幽默 Presentation Women love men with a sense of humour. He is a man with humor. invitation n. 邀请 theory n. 学说；论；说 I got a wedding invitation from my friend. That student is interested in all kinds of science theories. Presentation university n. 大学 pleasure n. 乐事；快事 Tsinghua University is one of the most famous universities in China. Presentation The little girl takes pleasure in eating cakes. avoid v. 避免；避开 She’s been avoiding my calls all week. He gave a lecture in front of many people. Presentation lecture n. 讲座；演讲 tonight adv. 在今夜；在今晚 audience n. 听众；观众 Tonight’s news is about the accident that happened earlier today. The audience in the meeting hall stayed quiet. Presentation trust v. 信任；信赖 seat n. 座位 When you climb, you should trust your partner. A child safety seat is used for babies to travel in cars safely. Presentation applause n. 鼓掌；喝彩 pale adj. 苍白的 Her colleagues are giving her a big round of applause. He looks so pale. Presentation Look at the pictures, the title and the introduction to the story on page 19. Pre-reading Before you read Answer the questions below. 1. Who are probably the two geniuses？ a. Einstein and ... ...
