英语 爱因斯坦

1). He felt all the pressure and responsibility of any young husband and father. 2). Galison: If Einstein hadn’t been born, his 1905 papers would have been written in some form by others. 3). Other physicists like Max Planck, more senior and experienced than Einstein, were closing in on the answer, but he got there first. 4). Einstein himself credited his discoveries to imagination and questioning more so than orthodox intelligence. 5). He failed in producing a unified field theory. 6). His brain looked much like any other.
Working on your own P.100
Parts Part One Part Two Part Three Paragraphs Paras. 1-3 Paras. 4-12 Paras. 13-21 Main Ideas A young husband and father, Albert Einstein had to work hard to support his family. Einstein made astonishing achievements in physics and thus revolutionized the field. Einstein’s discoveries were attributable to his imagination, questioning, disregard for authority, powers of concentration, and interest in science. Part Four Paras. 22-23 Einstein was not space alien.
Vocabulary P.104 1、accordingly 2、loose 3、 concentration 4、stimulating 5、fabric 6、if anything 7、 reality 8、intuition 9、 trifle 10、at the turn of the century 11、mess 12、 undermine
Pair work Content Questions （P.99） 1、He worked as a “Technical Expert, Third Class”. He needed the job to support his young family. 2、He published five of the most important papers in the history of science. This is because they proved that atoms and molecules existed, laid the foundation for quantum mechanics, describe the theory of special relativity, and advanced the famous equation: E=mc2. 3、He developed the Theory of Universal Gravitation then. 4、Because his ideas were far ahead of other scientists of his time. 5、He meant that like other scientists Einstein was a man of his time. If he hadn’t been born, his 1905 papers would eventually have been written in some form by others.
Translation
P.109
The volunteers sent/assigned by the Red Cross disinfected, with grea t caution, the drinking water in the village so as to avoid an outbreak plague. 红十字会派遣的志愿人员非常小心地对村里的饮用水进行消毒， 以避免爆发瘟疫。
4) As there were some major design flaws, the board of d irectors didn't approve of the economic stimulus package. 因存在一些设计上的重大缺陷，董事会没有同意那个 经济刺激计划。 5) Having realized that nobody could help him, Jordan fin ally came to the conclusion that he had to face reality an d take up/meet the challenge by himself. 乔丹意识到没人能给他帮助。终于做出结论他必须面 对现实，独自接受挑战。
6、What was remarkable about 1905 is that year a single person authored five of the most improtant papers in science. Einstein proposed in 1905 that light is particulate and for this he won the Nobel Prize in 1921. 7、Because if you did so you would find yourself disagreeing with phisicist James Clerk Maxwell, an Authority Figure who had proved that light was an electomagnetic wave. 8、He was not at all concerned about authority. He hated being told what was true. 9、Science was dinner-table conversation in the Einstein household when he was young. His interest in science came naturally. 10、He credited his discoveries to imagination and endless questioning more so that otthodox intelligence. 11、He struggled to produce a unified field theory, combinging gravity with other forces of nature, but he failed. 12、He found Einstein’s brain looked much like any other.
Einstein spent many years trying to unify the theories of electromag netism and gravity but failed. 爱因斯坦用了多年时间试图把电磁学理论和引力理论结合起来， 但没有成功。
Professor Wang received/won the Presidential Award for his excelle nce in stimulating students' creative imagination. 因其在激发学生创造性想象方面的出色表现，王教授获得了校 长奖。