【正文】 d about was worn out, so much so that I thought I would never )single out:separate or choose from a group for special treatment or of us did a very good job but the teacher singled out for is an honour for him to have been singled out to represent the school at the celebration )point out :draw attention to, explain was pointed out to us that it was getting very )off balancea)not in balance, not bale to keep from turning over or falling 39。 teacher has a good way to put his nervous students at doctor soon made the worried patient at solved the problem with ).e to terms with:accept( disagreeable)as it is。make at ease。t have said those bitter remarks about )having a sharp unpleasant taste, causing sorry have learned a bitter lesson in the ) bitterness(n.)11)argue a)(vt.)try to prove giving reasons, maintain by reasoning argued that the world was )(vi.)(for or against)give reasons for or against sth.,(over / against)discuss the debate, one team argued for political reform, the other team argued against )approach a)(n.)method of doing take a more romantic approach to the historic event than )(n.)way, path approaches to the park were blocked after the )(n.)ing near to pop star is easy of )(v.)e near night approaches, nightingales start to )fortune : )luck, chance decided to try his fortune )a large sum of money has made a fortune by hard ).at ease: free from worry or nervousness。s top ).pursue: )follow, go on steadily with(study or other activity) consistently pursued his task no matter how bad the situation )follow in order to catch or do harm to policeman pursued the ) pursuit(n.) work hard in pursuit of )display a)(v.)show is fashion designer39。.For example: Though her life was in the balance, she thought only of the safety of her )impress:a)have a strong effect on the mind or feeling example: I was deeply impressed by the scenery impressed me as a modest parents impress on me the importance of honesty time and )fix(sth.)deeply or firmly on the mind or memory words were strongly impressed on my )immune:be immune to: be free from or unaffected example: Vaccination makes people immune to seems to me that few people are immune to vanity or )exclusively:only。off attention: “in the balance”, means 39。lose one s balance: be in balance。not large in size or amountFor example: The police came to suspect the man who lived a luxurious life on a modest ).balance: Useful phrases: keep one39。 his achievements Introductory remarks: Einstein is one of the greatest scientists of all ideas and theories have, directly or indirectly, influenced many areas of the modern world ——science, art, and spite of his great achievements and fame, he always remained a simple man: he was honest and open, very easy to get along with。第一篇：大學(xué)英語精讀第三版第二冊U4教案Unit 4 The Professor and the YoYo Teaching Time: 8 hours Students’ level: nonEnglish majors of the second semester of the 1st Objectives: students have an idea about the Einstein’s unusual personality whether as a scientist or as an average ).Analyze the personal characteristics of ).Understand the way of life of the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the : ambition, application, approach, argue, bewilder, capable, correspond, display, exclusively, mainly, fortune, function, immune, impress, modest, observe, present, profound, pursue, puzzle, relatively, seriesPhrases amp。 Expressions: at ease, off balance, e to terms with, as far as, mean nothing to, believe in, so much so that, a series of, take apart, work out, capable of, single out Grammar: be made to, that clause the reading, Ss should acquire the skill—reading beyond the writing, Ss should get to know the paragraph developing —writing in logical the listening, Ss finish Unit 4 directed by the Procedures: Activities information: Einstein amp。he lived a plain life and had simple habits, caring very little for material the text The Professor and the YoYo, whose author is the son of a close friend of Einstein’s, sheds more light on Einstein’s personality both as a scientist and as a words and expressions: 1).modest: , showing, not a too high opinion of one’s merits, abilities, example: Asian women are more modest and shy, yet they tend to have an inner 。s balance。be out of balance。undecided39。 example: Eton college is an exclusively male public school in report is written exclusively for the country39。s dream to display their dresses in )(n.)displaying, show or exhibition you interested in anything on display, sir? 8)function a)(v.)work government functions through various )(n.)special activity or purpose of a person or thing one grows older, there is usually something wrong with body )frustrate :)cause(sb.)to have feeling of annoyed, upset disappointment at home all day frustrated her because she had been a brilliant scientist before her )make(plan, effort etc)useless, defeat bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going )bitter :)filled with anger or hatred shouldn39。 example: The doctor soon made the worried patient feel at was not at ease(or ill at case)at such a big party. set / put ease。with ease。reach an agreement has taken me a long time to e to terms with the fact that I’ll never be a good seems that the two sides will never e to terms(with each other).We have e to terms with them that the meeting will be delayed until next she had to e to terms with the difficult )as far as:to the extent example: As far as I know he will be away for three will help you as far as he )so much so that: to such an extent that。t rock the boat, you will throw it off balance and get it turned ) keep one39。lose one39。22)work out a)solve, find by calculation didn39。s nodding?He was not upset about the fact that the young man pointed out his wrong way of playing, He was modest and easy to get along with.(4)Do you think that daily matter show a person39。t fight against things he couldn39。s your point of v