UNIT 5 Great People
第五单元 伟人
Lesson 34: A Universe of Thought
第三十四课： 思维的领域
THINK ABOUT IT!Why do people study?

What do you think is the most important thing for a student?

Why was Einstein successful?

Albert Einstein had one of the great minds of last century.
艾伯特爱因斯坦是上世纪具有非凡才智的人之一。
During his lifetime,Einstein thought about the universe and solved many problems in physics.
在他的一生中，爱因斯坦思考宇宙，并解决了很多物理学的问题。
Einstein is most famous for his Theory of Relativity.
爱因斯坦以他的相对论闻名遐迩。
What do you do with your mind?
你的智慧是用来做什么的？
You think!This is what I think:
你用它来思考！这就是我思考的：
E = MC^2.E = MC^2。

He once said,"I think and think for months and years.
他曾经说：“我成年累月地思考。
Ninety-nine times,the conclusion is false.
99次结论都是错误的。
The hundredth time I am right."
第一百次我对了。”
Quick Quiz!
小测验！
Did Einstein receive the Nobel Prize for the Theory of Relativity?
爱因斯坦因他的相对论获得过诺贝尔奖吗？
No!It was for his work in another part of physics.
没有！是因为他对物理学其他领域的贡献而获奖的。
Did Einstein have a wife?
爱因斯坦有妻子吗？
Yes.He had two wives.
有，他有两位妻子。
He divorced his first wife.
他与第一位妻子离婚了。
How many children did Einstein have?
爱因斯坦有多少个孩子？
He had three children.
他有三个孩子。
His first child,a daughter,was born in 1903.
他的第一个孩子是女儿，出生于1903年。
Nobody knows what happened to her.
没人知道她怎么样。
Later,he had two sons.
后来，他有两个儿子。
Einstein's childhood and early years
爱因斯坦的童年及早年生活
Einstein was born in 1879 in Germany.
爱因斯坦1879年生于德国。
After he had finished school,he studied physics in Switzerland.
毕业后，他在瑞士学习物理。
In 1905,Einstein began to write articles about physics.1905年，
爱因斯坦开始写关于物理的文章。
For one of those articles,he received the Nobel Prize,but not until
1921.直到1921年，因其中一篇文章，他获得了诺贝尔奖。
Einstein,the teacher
爱因斯坦——教师
"The important thing," Einstein said,"is not to stop questioning."
爱因斯坦说：“重要的是不要停止提问。”
He also said,"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
他还说，“没有犯过错误的人永远不会尝试新东西。”
Einstein taught at universities in Switzerland and Germany.
爱因斯坦在瑞士和德国的大学里教书。
He left Germany in 1933 and went to teach at Princeton University in the United States.
1933年他离开德国到美国普林斯顿大学任教。
Einstein died in 1955.
爱因斯坦于1955年逝世。
One week before his death,he signed his last letter.
在他死前一周，他写下最后一封信。
The letter asked people to give up nuclear weapons.
信中要求人们放弃核武器。
This is Princeton University,a famous university in the United States.
这是普林斯顿大学——美国的著名学府。
Albert Einstein taught here.
艾伯特爱因斯坦曾在此执教。
LET'S DO IT!Many people want to be famous.

Is it important to be famous?

In a small group,discuss why you do or don't want to be famous.

Try using the following phrases:

It's important / not important to be famous because ______.

I want / don't want to be famous because ______.

Give an oral report to the rest of the class.