Albert Einstein is considered as one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century．Even as Einstein was thoughtful．It was said that he was a slow talker and he did not start talking until he was three years old．The boy was encouraged by his uncle, an engineer, and by a medical student who ate dinner once a week at the Einstein's home．

　　Albert Einstein was born on March 14,1879, in Germany．Though he attended school as a young boy, his real studies were done at home with books on maths, physics and philosophy．By the age of 12 he had taught himself geometry(几何学)．A teacher advised Einstein to leave school, since he destroyed the other students' respect for the teacher．When he was 15, he had to leave school in mid-term to join his parents, who had moved to Italy．

　　At the age of 16 he failed the exam to enter a school, where he would have been trained as an electrical engineer．At that time, Einstein developed a plan．He decided to enter a school to study maths and physics so that he could become a teacher．In 1900 he graduated as a teacher of maths and physics．His teachers did not think very highly of him, so he had difficulty in finding a job in a university．In 1901 he took a job as a high school teacher and married Mileva Martisch．One year later, Einstein became a teacher at the University of Bern．In 1905 Einstein wrote a paper on what is now known as the Special Theory of Relativity(狭义相对论)．He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his work on the photoelectric effect(光电反应)．

　　Did you know that there is even a crater(陨石坑)on the moon named after Einstein?

1．What do people think of Einstein?

People think that Einstein _______________________．

2．Einstein started to speak very early when he was a little boy, didn't he?

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3．Why did Einstein have to leave school when he was fifteen?

Because he had to _____________________________

4．When did Einstein become university teacher?

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5．What did Einstein win in 1921?Why?

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　　Albert Einstein was a great scientist．He had many inventions all his life．He was born in 1879．As a boy he was not happy in school．He seemed to be slower than others and he often failed in his exams．Most of his teachers didn't like him．His parents, however, loved him very much．They often said to the teachers, “Albert is a bright boy．He failed in some of the exams because he had no interest in those subjects．” They believed their son would do something great．One day, the Einsteins and their friends were having a picnic by the river．Someone said, “See how happily the other children are playing and laughing, but not Albert．He is just sitting and looking at the river．” Albert's mother heard this and said, “Albert is quiet, because he's thinking．Let's wait and see．He'll become a great scientist, I believe．”

　　She was right．Later, Albert Einstein did very well in physics．He won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921．He became one of the greatest scientist in the world．He became very famous all over the world from then on．

1．What did Albert Einstein do?

2．What did he win in 1921?

3．Why did he fail in some exams?

4．When was he born?

5．Einstein wasn't good at all subjects, was he?