Unit 13 Albert EAinstein

Step1.教师把课文的两个难句指出来，与学生们一起分析，如：
　　It appeared to me that the experience was useful.
　　But Einstein was able to prove that light coming from the stars was bent as it passed the sun.

Step2.讲解第一句时，教师应对appear和seem进行比较，以及后边应接什么成分。举例进行说明，最后让学生们自己讲解。

Step3.讲解第二句时，第一步需要给学生们指出that的用法，第二步是as的用法，第三步讲解light coming from the stars的含义。
Step4.教师把两个句子进行改写，做单项选择填空的形式等等以达到巩固的效果。

重点难点
When he was a young boy he used to ask lots of questions...
　　used to do sth. 意为"过去常常做某事"
　　be used to doing sth. 意为"习惯于做某事"
　　be used to do sth. 意为"被用来干什么"
　　I used to drink coffee in the evening, but now I am used to drinking coffee in the morning.
　　Computers can be used to do a lot of work nowadays.

　　By the time he was fourteen years old, he had learned maths all by himself.
　　by与时间名词连用时表示"到某时为止"，"不迟于...(时间)"
　　当by后接将来时间时，句子时态用一般将来时或将来完成时；当by后接过去时间时，句子时态用过去完成时。当by后接现在时间时，句子时态用现在完成时。
　　My mother will be back by 5 o'clock this afternoon.
　　We had learned 2000 English words by the end of last term.
　　By the end of this century, China will have become a more powerful and beautiful country in the world.
　　By now, several bridges have been built over the Changjiang River.

　　He found it hard to get along with the other boys.
　　在一个含有复合宾语（即：宾语+宾补）的句子中，当宾语是不定式短语或从句时，由于不定式短语或从句较长，所以常使用it作形式宾语，而把真正的宾语置于句尾，以保持句子的平衡。Eg.
　　I found it difficult to learn French well.
　　They kept it quiet that he was dead.
　　All through his life Einstein was content to spend most of this time alone, although he married twice and had lots of close friends.
　　content adj. 满足的；满意的；愿意的
　　be content with sth. 对...感到满意;
　　be content to do sth. 愿意做某事
　　She is content with her present job.
　　I am always content with very little.
　　I shall be well content to do so.

　　With the pay that he received and saved, he went on with his studies at university, where he received a doctor's degree in 1905.
　　receive意为"收到"，accept意为"接受"，二者的语义有别。
　　I received her invitation last week, but I didn't accept it.
　　a doctor's degree; a master's degree; a bachelor's degree
receive/win/get a doctor's degree/a master's degree/a bachelor's degree
　　Tom received a doctor's degree in physics in Boston University last term.

Einstein lived the rest of his life quietly in the USA.
　　1)此句中的live是及物动词，常用于live...a life结构。意为"过着"（某种）生活。
　　live a happy life; live a hard life; live a miserable life; live a quiet life
　　They are used to living a quiet life in the country.
　　The children in the city are living a happy life.
　　2)句中的rest意为"其余的（部分或人），其他的（部分或人）"，使用时须与the连用。
　　Pick out the good apples and throw away the rest.
　　Some of the boys climbed the hill, the rest played games.

　　Such was Albert Einstein, a simple man and the 20th century's greatest scientist.
　　爱因斯坦就是这样一个人，一个质朴的人，一位二十世纪最伟大的科学家。
　　此句是倒装句。句中的such是代词，作"这"或"这些"讲。谓语动词根据情况用单数或复数。
　　Such is my wish.
　　Such were his words.
　　Such is the answer to the question.

　　But Einstein stuck to his opinion and went on with his research.
　　1)动词短语stick to意为"坚持（意见，看法等）"，其中to是介词，后跟名词或代词。
No matter what you say, I will stick to my opinion.
　　I will stick to my work until it's finished.
　　2)stick(stuck, stuck)既可以作动词，也可以作名词。意为"贴，粘"，"卡住，陷在...里（无法移动）"、"手杖".
　　The old woman cannot walk without a walking stick.
　　Don't forget to stick a stamp on an envelope before you put it into the mailbox.
　　The car stuck in the mud.
　　The key has stuck in the lock.

语法：名词性从句——主语从句
　　用作主语的从句叫主语从句，它是名词性从句这一。引导主语从句的连接词有：连词that, whether；连接代词who, what和which；连接副词when/where/how/why etc.
　　What he wanted to see was an end to all the armies of the world.
　　What he has done has nothing to do with us.
　　That there is life on another planet is almost impossible.
　　Who killed the young man remains a question.
　　When we will hold the meeting hasn't been decided yet.
　　Whether we can control the floods is still uncertain.
　　Which team will win the football match is still unknown.
Why he didn't tell the truth wasn't quite clear.
　　以上例句中的主语从句都是放在句首，但是，有时主语从句太长时，如果放在句首，会使句子显得笨重。因此，我们常用it作形式主语，而把主语从句挪到后面去。可用it作形式主语的主语从句常见结构有：
⒈It is+adj./n.+ that-clause.
　　It's a pity that... 遗憾的是......; It's possible that... 可能是.......
　　⒉It is said/reported that......据说/据报道...
　　⒊It seems/happened that...似乎/碰巧......
　　It is possible that he misunderstood what I said.
　　It is reported that many people are homeless after the floods.
　　It happened that I was free that day.
　　whatever, whoever也可以引导主语从句。
　　Whoever comes will be welcome. Whatever she did was right.