B.T asks Ss to survey Text A with three minutes and find out the main idea. C.T explains the language points and some structures of Text A and help Ss practice them. D.Ss discuss"Was Einstein a Space Alien?" 3)Post-reading Tasks A.Tdictates some new words and expressions of Text A to check whether they have grasped them. B.T checks on home reading (Text B)and explains important language points and difficult sentence structures C.T guides Ss to learn how to prepare enough material and achieve unity in writing an essay D.Speaking Task:What role do you think imagination plays in promoting the advancement of science and technology? 2.基本概念和知识点 1)Some basic concepts(Cultural background) patent office;Sir Isaac Newton;Max Planck;Maxwell's equations; unified field theory 2)Important language points: doze ff approve:strain;mess;in a row:plague;remarkable,come to a conclusion;loose;beyond any doubt,not get anywhere/get nowhere;not give/care a fig for sb./sth.;accordingly;disdain:believe in;intuition; stimulate;credit,if anything;a trifle 3)Grammatical structures: A.the use of"like'”and“as” B.the structure "with noun complement" 4)Understand difficult sentences A.All of his 1905 papers unraveled problem being worked on,with mixed success.by other scientists. B.He described his theory of special relativity:space and time were threads in a common fabric,he proposed,which could be bent,stretched and twisted. 3.问题与应用（能力要求 1Tguides s through some after-text exerises of Text As that Ss can master the use of some key words and expressions and structures. 2)Tasks Ss to form into groups of three or four and discuss questions: 10 10 B.T asks Ss to survey Text A with three minutes and find out the main idea. C.T explains the language points and some structures of Text A and help Ss practice them. D. Ss discuss “Was Einstein a Space Alien?” 3) Post-reading Tasks A. T dictates some new words and expressions of Text A to check whether they have grasped them. B.T checks on home reading (Text B) and explains important language points and difficult sentence structures. C.T guides Ss to learn how to prepare enough material and achieve unity in writing an essay. D. Speaking Task: What role do you think imagination plays in promoting the advancement of science and technology? 2. 基本概念和知识点 1) Some basic concepts (Cultural background) patent office; Sir Isaac Newton; Max Planck; Maxwell’s equations; unified field theory 2) Important language points: doze off; approve; strain; mess; in a row; plague; remarkable; come to a conclusion; loose; beyond any doubt; not get anywhere / get nowhere; not give/ care a fig for sb./ sth.; accordingly; disdain; believe in; intuition; stimulate; credit; if anything; a trifle 3) Grammatical structures: A. the use of “like” and “as”; B. the structure “with + noun + complement” 4) Understand difficult sentences: A. All of his 1905 papers unraveled problem being worked on, with mixed success, by other scientists. B. He described his theory of special relativity: space and time were threads in a common fabric, he proposed, which could be bent, stretched and twisted. 3. 问题与应用（能力要求） 1) T guides Ss through some after-text exercises of Text A so that Ss can master the use of some key words and expressions and structures. 2) T asks Ss to form into groups of three or four and discuss questions: