1、Lesson 9: Chinas Most Famous “Farmer”I. Learning aims:Master the new words: universe, Albert Einstein, lifetime, solve, theory, relativity, Switzerland, pioneer, Nobel, Princeton, nuclear, weapon, conclusion, false II. Learning important and difficult points: 1）Einstein is most famous for his Theory
2、 of Relativity.2）For one of those articles, he received the Nobel Prize in 1921.3）The important thing is not to stop questioning.4）Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.Language Points:1. produce【用法】作及物动词，意为“出产、生产”，是后加名词或代词作宾语。【举例】Our factory produces radios and television
3、s. 我们工厂生产收音机和电视机。【拓展】product是produce 的名词形式，意为“产品”。【举例】This kind of product sells well. Is that so? 这种产品很畅销。是这样吗？2. In the dream, he grew a new type of rice that was as big as a peanut. 在梦中，他种了一种想花生一样大的水稻。【用法】句式asas表示程度相同，第一个as是副词，后加形容词或副词的原级。【举例】Jim is as honest as Billy. 吉姆和比利一样诚实。She works as care
4、fully as her sister. 她和她姐姐工作一样认真。【拓展】句式not as (so) as 表示一方不如另一方。【举例】The weather in Beijing is not as (so) hot as that in Wuhan. 北京的天气不如武汉的天气热。I dont run as (so) fast as you. 我不如你跑得快。3. Since then, he has spent much of his time researching and developing new varieties. 从那时起，他花费很多时间研究和开发新品种。【用法】表示“花费”
5、，可用于两个句式中：spendon和spend(in) doing。【举例】Each person spent about 100 yuan on food every month. 在伙食上每人每月花100元左右。 He doesnt spend all his time (in) working. 他没有把全部精力用在工作上。【拓展】不能说spend money in buying something，要说spend money on something 或spend money to buy something。不能说spend time to do something，而要说spend time in doing something。在主动语态中，spend(in) doing中的介词in可以省略，在被动语态中则不能省略。【举例】Three hours was spent in doing the work. 做这项工作花了三个小时的时间。
