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Unit 1 Science Fiction
Using Language
Write a sci-fi short story
What is the machine in the picture
It's a Time Machine.
If I could time travel, I would like to:
see my old actual self.
see my beloved ones who have passed away.
experience my childhood life again.
be able to predict the future or decide my future.
see what life/man the world/earth will be like in millions of years to come
see the wonders of the world in the near or distant future.
see what the future holds in store for us.
In groups, discuss what would do if you could time travel
The film Hi,Mom is about a daughter who took a time travel going back to the 1980s and met her mother, who had died in an accident.
Can you name some other films about time travelling
Back to the future
《回到未来》
Terminator
《终结者》
Some other films about time travelling
The time machine
《时间机器》
The film The Time Travel was adapted from H.G. Wells’ novel written in 1895. The famous science fiction writer H.G. Wells (1866 — 1946) who was referred to as “The Father of Science Fiction”, was an English novelist, teacher, historian and journalist.
Background Knowledge
Now let’s read the text adapted.
Look at the title and picture and guess what the text mainly talk about
Prediction
A man’s expriences in the Time Machine.
Skimming:
Find the structure of the time machine
the starting lever 启动杆
the leather seat 皮座椅
The main panel主面板
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Skimming
Match each paragraph with the main idea.
How I felt while time travelling
What I thought before I stopped the Time Machine and what happened when stopped it
How I got the first of all Time Machines started and what happened
How I ended up somewhere in the future after travelling thousands of years
What happened while I got the Time Machine working
1. How does the Time Traveller first know
has travelled through time
2. How does the Time Traveller feel when
travelling through time What
rhetorical devices (修辞手法) does the
writer use to describe his feelings
3. Why is the Time Traveller worried
about stopping the machine
4. Where does the Time Machine arrive
when the man finally stops it
Reading for details
5. How many times the Time Traveller
started the machine.
1. How does the Time Traveller first know has travelled through time
He saw the clock move forwards.
reference objects 参照物
2. How does the Time Traveller feel when travelling through time
It felt strange and unpleasant.
simile 明喻
overstatement 夸张
What rhetorical devices (修辞手法) does the writer use to describe his feelings
3. Why is the Time Traveller worried about stopping the machine
4. Where does the Time Machine arrive when the man finally stops it
5. How many times the Time Traveller started the machine?
“I” pushed/ pulled the lever
I pushed the
starting lever on
the main panel forwards an inch then immediately
backwards again.
l drew a breath, gripped the lever and pushed it forwards.
I pushed the lever further.
Like an impatient tool, I pulled the lever
backhards hard.
The Time Traveller started the machine 2 times.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 2
Para 4
Post -reading
Time Travel
When he finally stops
Who or what he will meet
What adventures
he will have
Will he return to his own time
Discuss what might happen next in the story.
Post-reading
Clue from the film
How many aspects would flash into your mind if you could invent a time machine
appearance
equipment
how to operate
destinations
(future / past)
feelings
through time travel
changes in the surroundings
events happening through travel
color
material
(metal / plastic)
outer shape
...
...
lever
panel
...
mind control
voice control
...
Post-reading: Let your imagination fly
Time Machine
某英文报社正在举行英文幻想故事大赛,请你根据所给出的故事开头(不计入总词数),续写一篇幻想小故事参赛。
Once upon a time, a young man was walking through a wood when he saw a shining ring lying on the ground. He just stood, wondering and then the ring said,“Young man, a kind girl is trapped by a witch in the castle ahead. If you are brave enough to rescue her, you will gain happiness. Put on me and I will help you.
科幻故事
科幻故事写作属于想象性作文。这类题目要求学生创造出从未接触甚至根本不存在的新形象。允许自由想象、自主发挥的空间较大, 因此需要灵活的思维和丰富的想象力。科幻故事是用幻想的形式, 表现人类在未来世界的物质精神文化生活和科学技术远景, 其内容交织着科学事实和预见、想象。特点是内容丰富、奇特, 并且情节合理。
科幻类作文包括两个主要因素:科学、幻想。科学既要有科学依据,要遵循科学原理。幻想是指对现实中不可能或者目前不可能发生的事情的奇特想象。能够展示科学世界的无限奥秘和神奇,启迪智慧,激励人们不断探索求知,但不是无限制地夸张与虚构。因此在写作时要注意:可以有新奇大胆的想象但要有一定的科学知识作基础,要科学幻想而不是胡思乱想。可以从自己的生活出发进行幻想,寻找题材,可以就如何解决现实或者未来世界中会出现的问题进行合理想象。
某英文报社正在举行英文科幻故事大赛,请你根据所给出的故事的开头(不计入总词数),续写一篇80词左右的科幻小故事参赛。
Once upon a time, a young man was walking through a wood when he saw a shining ring lying on the ground. He just stood, wondering and then the ring said, “Young man, a kind girl is trapped by a witch in the castle ahead. If you are brave enough to rescue her, you will gain happiness. Put on me and I will help you.” __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
要求:
1.内容丰富、奇特
2.情节合理
3.丰富的想象力
Let your imagination
run wild!
话题:科幻故事
时态人称:一般过去时,第三人称
文章架构:
Part 1: 讲述故事发展的过程;
Part 2: 叙述故事的结局
二、遣词造句,规范得体
1.这个年轻人毫不犹豫地戴上了这枚戒指。(hesitate)
The young man didn’t hesitate to put the ring on his finger.
2.他吃惊地发现自己消失了,其他人都看不见他。(disappear)
Surprisingly, he discovered that he disappeared, invisible to other
3.然后他神不知,鬼不觉地进入了城堡。(unnoticed)
Then he entered the castle unnoticed/without being noticed.
The young man didn’t hesitate to put the ring on his finger.
Surprisingly, he discovered that he disappeared, invisible to other people.
Then he entered the castle unnoticed/without being noticed.
6.用恰当的并列连词合并句1和2
The young man didn’t hesitate to put the ring on his finger, but surprisingly he discovered that he disappeared, invisible to other people.
5.他成功地将其毁掉,从而解除了女巫对女孩施的魔咒。(动词-ing短语作结果状语)
He destroyed it successfully, thus removing the magic spell put on the girl by the witch.
4.在这枚戒指的帮助下,他在一个金盒中找到了魔棒。(help)
With the help of the ring, he found the magical stick in a golden box.
With the help of the ring, he found the magical stick in a golden box.
He destroyed it successfully, thus removing the magic spell put on the girl by the witch.
7.用恰当的并列连词合并句4和5。
With the help of the ring, he found the magical stick in a golden box, and destroyed it successfully, thus removing the magic spell put on the girl by the witch.
Once upon a time, a young man was walking through a wood when he saw a shining ring lying on the ground. He just stood, wondering and then the ring said, “Young man, a kind girl is trapped by a witch in the castle ahead. If you are brave enough to rescue her, you will gain happiness.Put on me and I will help you.”
The young man didn’t hesitate to put the ring on his finger, but surprisingly he discovered that he disappeared, invisible to other people. Then he entered the castle unnoticed/without being noticed. He learned that the girl couldn’t move forever unless someone destroyed the witch’s magical stick. With the help of the ring, he found the magical stick in a golden box, and destroyed it successfully, thus removing the magic spell put on the girl by the witch.
The young man, together with the girl, defeated the witch, and they lived a happy life together ever after.