(共30张PPT)
UNIT 4
A glimpse of the future
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Developing ideas
A Boy’s Best Friend
1. Students could learn some words and phrases.
2. Students could get the main idea of this passage.
3. Students could write a passage about this topic——
A Boy’s Best Friend.
Learning Aims:
小男孩最好的朋友
What is your understanding of this title?
Share with others
A Boy’s Best Friend
Brainstorming:Before learning this passage, what ideas come to your mind
1. friendship
2. AI
3. robot
Have you read any of Asimov’s novels
艾萨克·阿西莫夫(Isaac Asimov,1920年1月2日-1992年4月6日),俄罗斯犹太裔美国科幻小说作家、科普作家、文学评论家,美国科幻小说黄金时代的代表人物之一。
阿西莫夫一生著述近500本,题材涉及自然科学、社会科学和文学艺术等许多领域,与罗伯特·海因莱因、亚瑟·克拉克并列为科幻小说的三巨头。 同时也是著名的门萨学会会员,并且后来担任副会长。 其作品中以《基地系列》《银河帝国三部曲》和《机器人系列》三大系列被誉为“科幻圣经”。曾获代表科幻界最高荣誉的
雨果奖和星云终身成就大师奖。小行星5020、《阿西莫夫科幻小说》
杂志和两项阿西莫夫奖都是以他的名字命名。 他提出的
“机器人学三定律”被称为“现代机器人学的基石”。
Have you read any of Asimov’s novels
Learning to learn
Learning to learn
Foreshadowing is when the author gives a clue as to what is to come later in the story. This often appears at the beginning of a story, or a chapter, and helps the reader develop expectations about the coming events in a story.
What is foreshadowing
Now look for the main idea of this part?
1 Mr Anderson said, “Where’s Jimmy, dear ”
“Out on the crater,” said Mrs Anderson.
“Robutt is with him. Did he arrive ”
“Yes. He’s at the rocket station, going through the tests. I haven’t really seen one since I left Earth 15 years ago.”
2 “Jimmy has never seen one,” said Mrs Anderson.
3 “Because he’s Moon-born and can’t visit Earth. That’s why I’m bringing one here. I think it’s the first one ever on the Moon.”
start of the story-some introdutions of places and time!
Take notes quickly!
重点词汇
Anderson 安德森 ; 安德森
Jimmy 吉米
crater 坑 ; 火山口 ;
Mrs 太太,夫人
rocket 火箭武器 ; 火箭 ;
bring 带…到某处 ; 带来 ;
on the Moon 在月球上
4 Jimmy was out on the crater, as his mother had
said. His arms and legs were long and agile. He
looked thicker and stubbier with his spacesuit
on, but he could handle the lunar gravity as no
Earth-born human being could. The outer side
of the crater sloped southward and the Earth,
which was low in the southern sky, was nearly
full, so that the entire crater-slope was brightly
lit. The slope was a gentle one and even the
weight of the spacesuit couldn’t keep Jimmy
from racing up it in a floating hop that made
the gravity seem nonexistent.
Now look for the main idea of this part?
some descriptions of crater!
Take notes quickly!
重点词汇
arms and legs 四肢
stubbier stubby的变形
spacesuit 航天服 ; 宇航服
lunar gravity 月球引力 ; 月亮引力
human being 人类 ; 人
sloped 倾斜 ; 有坡度 ;
southward 向南方 ; 向南方向
so that 因此 ; 以便
5 “Come on, Robutt,” he shouted. Robutt, who could hear him by radio, squeaked and bounded after.
6 Jimmy, expert though he was, couldn’t outrace Robutt, who didn’t need a spacesuit, and had four legs and tendons of steel. Jimmy couldn’t go wrong while Robutt was around, tripping him when he was too near a rock, or jumping on him to show how much he loved him, or circling around and squeaking low and scared when Jimmy hid behind a rock, when all the time Robutt knew well enough where he was.
7 He heard his father’s voice on his private wavelength. “Jimmy, come back. I have something to tell you.”
Now look for the main idea of this part?
Take notes quickly!
重点词汇
Come on 出场 ; 来吧! 干吧! 加油!
squeak 短促而尖厉地叫
outrace 超越 ;赶过;胜过
spacesuit 航天服 ; 宇航服
go wrong 出岔子,出差错
squeak 短促而尖厉地叫 ;
all the time 总是,一直
come back 回来 ; 回忆起,
Now look for the main idea of this part?
13 “He does everything I want him to do, Dad. He understands me.”
14 “No, son. Robutt is just a machine. It’s just programmed to act the way it
does. A dog is alive. You’ll see the difference once he gets here.”
15 Jimmy looked at Robutt, who was squeaking again, a very low, slow squeak
that seemed frightened. Jimmy held out his arms and Robutt was in them in
one bound.
16 Jimmy said, “What will the difference be between Robutt and the dog ”
17 “It’s hard to explain,” said Mr Anderson, “but it will be easy to see. The dog
will really love you. Robutt is just adjusted to act as though it loves you.”
Take notes quickly!
重点词汇
understands 懂 ; 理解 ; 领会 ;
programmed 编写程序 ; 程序化的,程控的
Jimmy 吉米
squeak 吱吱声 ; 尖叫声 ;
seemed 好像,似乎,
frightened 害怕的 ; 受惊的
Anderson 安德森 ; 安德森
be easy to see 显而易见
Now look for the main idea of this part?
18 “But, Dad, we don’t know what’s inside the dog, or what his feelings are.
Maybe it’s just acting, too.”
19 Mr Anderson frowned. “Jimmy, you’ll know the difference when you
experience the love of a living thing.”
20 Jimmy held Robutt tightly. He was frowning, too, and the desperate look
on his face meant that he wouldn’t change his mind. He said, “But what’s
the difference how they act How about how I feel I love Robutt and
that’s what counts.”
21 And the little robot-mutt, which had never been held so tightly in all its
existence, squeaked high and rapid squeaks – happy squeaks.
(Adaptation of excerpts from “A Boy’s Best Friend” by Isaac Asimov)
Take notes quickly!
重点词汇
Adaptation 改编版 ;
living thing 生物
tightly 紧紧地 ; 牢固地 ; 紧密地
frown 皱眉 ; 蹙额 ;
How about... ...怎么样,如何
in all 非常 ; 总计
squeaks 短促而尖厉地叫 ;
Complete the summary of the story.
Title
Author
Setting
●Time
●Place
A Boy’s Best Friend
Issac Asimov
In the future
On the moon
Complete the summary of the story.
● Jimmy a Moon-born boy
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Jimmy’s father
Jimmy’s mother
a mechanical dog, Jimmy’s pet
Mr. Anderson
Mrs. Anderson
Characters
Robutt
Complete the summary of the story.
Plot
Jimmy’s parents get a dog from Earth.
They want to give it to Jimmy but Jimmy has a robot pet named Robutt.
Complete the summary of the story.
Plot
Jimmy refuses to accept the real dog.
For Jimmy, Robutt is not just a mechanical dog, but a real friend.
Complete the summary of the story.
Different attitudes
●Parents
●Jimmy
Robutt is a mechanical imitation of a real dog.
He loves Robutt and treats him like a real dog.
What are the similarities and differences between Robutt and a real dog
respond to orders
outrace human beings.
different appearances.
A real dog is a living creature, while Robutt is a machine.
Similarities:
Differences:
Is there any foreshadowing of Jimmy’s final decision Find clues in the reading passage.
Yes, there is.
At the beginning of the story and in the middle of the passage.
What other sci-fi novels about robots can you think of
your opinions
... ...
AI
Three bodies problem
Try to think about others
Question
Talk with others.
Write your ideas.
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Thank you!