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Text A General Understanding

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Global Reading >> Part Division of the Text

Parts	Para(s)	Main Ideas
1	1~3	A young husband and father, Albert Einstein had to work hard to support his family.
2	4~12	Einstein made astonishing achievements in physics and thus revolutionized the field.
3	13~21	Einstein’s discoveries were attributable to his imagination, questioning, disregard for authority, powers of concentration, and interest in science.
4	22~23	Einstein was not a space alien.

Global Reading >> Further Understanding

I. For Part 1 Discussion

In this part, Einstein was portrayed as a young working father who strived to shoulder the job and family responsibilities and strike a balance between the two. Discuss with your partner and list the possible reasons why the author portrayed Einstein this way.

(=On the one hand, the author aroused readers’ interest and curiosity about Einstein by presenting an image different from the stereotyped one of a bushy-haired superthinker; on the other hand, the author intentionally used this image as an echo to the title, indicating that Einstein was not a space alien.)

II. For Part 2 True or False

1. Einstein’s job as a professor of physics enabled him to publish five important papers in 1905. (F)

(=Four years before Einstein got a job as a professor of physics, he published five important papers in 1905.)

2. In his theory of quantum mechanics, Einstein proposed that space and time were threads in a common fabric. (F)

(=In his theory of special relativity, Einstein proposed that space and time were threads in a common fabric.)

3. Einstein came from the same place where Newton grew up. (F)

(=Einstein and Newton came from different places but both of them enjoyed high reputation in the world.)

4. According to Peter Galison, if Einstein hadn’t been born, his 1905 papers would eventually have been written in some form by others. (T)

III. For Part 3 Table Completion

Factors contributing to Einstein’s achievements	Supporting facts
disregard for authority	1. Einstein proposed that light was made of particles, disagreeing with James Clerk Maxwell, an Authority Figure of his time. 2. Einstein wasn’t beholden to a thesis advisor or any other authority figure after he received his Ph.D. in 1905.
ability to question	Einstein was constantly doubting and questioning in the school, enraging his 7th grade teacher.
belief in intuition and inspiration	Einstein’s failure to understand light’s duality didn’t slow him down; instead, he adopted the intuitive leap as a basic tool.
interest in science	Science was dinner-table conversation in the Einstein’s household.

IV. Questions and Answers

1. What did Einstein struggle to do later in life? Did he succeed in his effort?

(=He struggled to produce a unified field theory, combining gravity with other forces of nature, but he failed.)

2. Why did Dr. Thomas Harvey remove Einstein’s brain without permission in 1955?

(=Because he would like to see whether Einstein’s brain was different from that of others’.)

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