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Warm-up Background Information Detailed Study Assignment Discussion what do you think of Albert Einstein? What do you think of the great people? How to define “great” in “great people”? Such as William Shakespeare, Doris Lessing, Toni Morrison, Mark Twain Bill Gates, Li Yanhong, Yang Zhiyuan, Ma Yun Churchill, Mao Zedong, Barack Obama As Einstein was a late talker, his parents were worried. At last, at the supper table one night, he broke his silence to say, The soup is too hot. Greatly relieved, his parents asked why he had never said a word before. Albert replied, Because up to now everything was in order. Einstein came to Princeton University and was asked what he would require for his study. He replied: “A desk, some pads and a pencil, and a large wastebasket to hold all of my mistakes.” Once Einstein sent this reply, along with a page full of diagrams, to a fifteen-year-old girl who had written for help on a homework assignment: Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics; I can assure you that mine are much greater. Speaking at the Sorbonne during the 1930s, Einstein said, If my relativity theory is verified, Germany will proclaim me a German and France will call me a citizen of the world. But if my theory is proved false, France will emphasize that I am a German and Germany will say that I am a Jew. One day during his tenure as a professor, Albert Einstein was visited by a student. The questions on this years exam are the same as last years! the young man exclaimed. Yes, Einstein answered, but this year all the answers are different. In 1931 Charlie Chaplin invited Albert Einstein, who was visiting Hollywood, to a private screening of his new film City Lights. As the two men drove into town together, passersby waved and cheered. Chaplin turned to his guest and explained: The people are applauding you because none of them understands you and applauding