UNIT 5 Great People
第五單元 偉人
Lesson 34: A Universe of Thought
第三十四課： 思維的領域
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.
艾伯特愛因斯坦是上世紀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，愛因斯坦思考宇宙，并解決了很多物理學的問題。
Einstein is most famous for his Theory of Relativity.
愛因斯坦以他的相對論聞名遐邇。
What do you do with your mind?
你的智慧是用來做什么的？
You think!This is what I think:
你用它來思考！這就是我思考的：
E = MC^2.E = MC^2。

He once said,"I think and think for months and years.
他曾經說：“我成年累月地思考。
Ninety-nine times,the conclusion is false.
99次結論都是錯誤的。
The hundredth time I am right."
第一百次我對了。”
Quick Quiz!
小測驗！
Did Einstein receive the Nobel Prize for the Theory of Relativity?
愛因斯坦因他的相對論獲得過諾貝爾獎嗎？
No!It was for his work in another part of physics.
沒有！是因為他對物理學其他領域的貢獻而獲獎的。
Did Einstein have a wife?
愛因斯坦有妻子嗎？
Yes.He had two wives.
有，他有兩位妻子。
He divorced his first wife.
他與第一位妻子離婚了。
How many children did Einstein have?
愛因斯坦有多少個孩子？
He had three children.
他有三個孩子。
His first child,a daughter,was born in 1903.
他的第一個孩子是女兒，出生于1903年。
Nobody knows what happened to her.
沒人知道她怎么樣。
Later,he had two sons.
后來，他有兩個兒子。
Einstein's childhood and early years
愛因斯坦的童年及早年生活
Einstein was born in 1879 in Germany.
愛因斯坦1879年生于德國。
After he had finished school,he studied physics in Switzerland.
畢業后，他在瑞士學習物理。
In 1905,Einstein began to write articles about physics.1905年，
愛因斯坦開始寫關于物理的文章。
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，他獲得了諾貝爾獎。
Einstein,the teacher
愛因斯坦——教師
"The important thing," Einstein said,"is not to stop questioning."
愛因斯坦說：“重要的是不要停止提問。”
He also said,"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
他還說，“沒有犯過錯誤的人永遠不會嘗試新東西?！?br />Einstein taught at universities in Switzerland and Germany.
愛因斯坦在瑞士和德國的大學里教書。
He left Germany in 1933 and went to teach at Princeton University in the United States.
1933年他離開德國到美國普林斯頓大學任教。
Einstein died in 1955.
愛因斯坦于1955年逝世。
One week before his death,he signed his last letter.
在他死前一周，他寫下最后一封信。
The letter asked people to give up nuclear weapons.
信中要求人們放棄核武器。
This is Princeton University,a famous university in the United States.
這是普林斯頓大學——美國的著名學府。
Albert Einstein taught here.
艾伯特愛因斯坦曾在此執教。
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.