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The Time Machine
Using Language
UNIT 1 SCIENCE FICTION
Learning objectives
To know some famous science fiction writers.
To read for the main idea of the passage.
To discuss what you would do if you could time travel.
To write a sci-fi short story.
Lead-in: Do you know the time travelling
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
...
Brainstorm
Time Machine
Read an extract from this story and find the main idea.
What's the main idea of the text
The text mainly talks about ____________________________________________________________
in the Time Machine.
the Time Traveller's experiences and feelings
①
②
③
④
⑤
What happened
How I felt
What I thought
what happened
How I ended up
How does the author organize this story?
Para.4:_______________ before I stopped the Time Machine and ________________ when stopped it.
Para.5: _________________ somewhere in the future.
Para.1: How I got the Time Machine started for the
first time.
Para.2: ______________ while time travelling.
Para.3: ______________while time travelling.
The story is organized in time order.
Read for the main idea
Beginning
Development
Ending
1. What does the Time Machine look like
2. How did I get the Time Machine started for the first time
He saw the clock move forwards.
Para.1
3. How did I first know I had travelled through time
the leather seat
the starting lever
The main panel
It looks like a chair.
Use verb chains to vividly picture the process of operation.
How many times did I start the Time Machine
Like an impatient fool, I ______ the lever _____ .
How many times did I start the Time Machine
Para 1
I ________ the starting lever on the main panel _________ an inch then immediately __________ again.
pushed
forwards
backwards
Para 2
I drew a breath, gripped the lever and ________ __________.
pushed
it forwards
Para 3
I ________ the lever _______.
pushed
further
pulled
back
Para 4
The first time
The second time
What happened How did I feel
verb chains
What happened during time travelling
Simile
Overstatement
How fast my niece moved!
Para.2
How time flies!
How did I feel during time travelling
It is hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling. It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road.
Vividly present feelings
Simile
Para. 3
Could you find more sentences using the same rhetorical devices
The sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown across the sky, but soon there was division between night and day. Around me I saw trees growing like puffs of smoke; they grew, spread, and died in moments. I saw huge buildings rise up then disappear like in a dream. The whole surface of the earth was being changed, melting and flowing before my eyes.
Simile
Overstatement
Use rhetorical devices to give vivid discription.
Para. 3
A fast changing world is being flashed before the eyes!
What did I think before I stopped the Time Machine and what happened when I stopped it
Para.4
I had a strong urge to look at the random things that were being flashed before my eyes! I had thought about the risk of stopping the Time Machine many times. So long as I travelled at maximum speed, it didn’t matter. But if I stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else, we would be forced together and explode like a bomb! Like an impatient fool, I pulled the lever backwards hard. With a sudden jolt, the Time Machine was flipped on its side, and I was thrown through the air.
Simile
Climax of the story
Where did the Time Machine arrive when I finally stopped it
I was stunned for a moment, and then heard the sound of thunder. I was sitting in the rain in some mud next to the machine. “A fine welcome,” I said, “for a man who has travelled thousands of years to be here!”
Para. 5
An unexpected but happy ending
End with humorous linguistic description
The Time Machine (Adapted)
drew…gripped…pushed the lever forwards / further / backwards…
…move like a rocket…came as if …
…looked as if… growing like puffs of smoke…
… felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road. … like an impatient fool, …
I had a strong urge to…like a bomb…flipped
… was thrown through…
… “A fine welcome”… “for a man who …”
What
Language(Why)
verb chains
linguistic description
How
In time order
Summary
rhetorical devices
time-travelling experience
vivid
language
科幻故事写作属于想象性作文。要求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。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。
Writing Tips :
How to write a good sci-fi short story
Brainstorm
What will your time machine look like
magic school bus
racing car
door / portal / phone box
glass elevator with buttons to set the time
flying blanket / capsule
APP– Time Traveller
Imagine what it might feel like to travel through time.
Brainstorm
your feelings
nervous / draw a breath
excited / thrilled / waste no time
strange and unpleasant
frightened / horrible / frustrated
relieved / breathe a huge sigh of relief
horror / fear
light-headed
Comfortable / light-hearted
How to write a good sci-fi short story
A good sci-fi short story
organisation
useful expressions
elements
language feature
主要步骤:
一、确定主题
把生活中碰到的、电视上或书上看到的各种科幻形象特点揉合,充分发挥想象力,创造一个生动的角色,确定作文的主题。
二、构思情节
情节内容的设定要新奇,吸引人。充分发挥想象力,在科学基础上合理想象。比如写未来生活中的机器人,可以写外貌特征、功能,也可以写机器人的思想情感等。
Writing Tips :
三、连句成文
选定写作形象后根据要求在特定的情景中具体展开故事情节或写作片段。在这一过程中要列出写作素材,进行“精挑细选”,继而组句谋篇并注意时态、人称的合理使用。
Share your story with the rest of the class.
Exchange your draft with a partner and revise the draft using your partner's comments.
典题演练
你校校报英语角举办科幻故事征文比赛,请你写一个关于飞碟的故事参加比赛。内容包括:
时间,地点; 2.主要情节; 3.你的感受。
注意:1词数80左右; 2.故事题目已经给出,不计入总词数。
The Flying Saucer
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
谋篇布局
遣词造句
1.晚上太热了,我在帐篷里睡不着。
It was so hot at night __________________ in the tent.
2.我爬出帐篷, 四处走动以便冷静下来。
I crawled out of the tent and walked around ________________.
3.突然,一道亮光划过天空,一个飞碟出现在我的帐篷附近。
Suddenly a bright light ________________ and a flying saucer appeared near my tent.
4.它看起来就像我白天读的书里的一样。
It looked just like the one in the book ________________ during the day.
5.我赶紧躲在一块石头后面,看见一个外星人从一扇圆门里走了下来。
I quickly hid ________________ and saw an alien come down through a round door.
that I couldn't fall asleep
to cool down
flashed across the sky
I had read
behind a stone
6.他走进我的帐篷,手里拿着什么东西出来了。
He walked into my tent and came out ___________________.
7.然后不明飞行物飞走了。我立刻跑进帐篷,发现我的平板电脑不见了。
The UFO then flew away. I immediately ran into my tent and found that ________________.
8.我很困惑,我不能相信我所看到的。
I was so puzzled that I couldn't believe ________________. ?
with something in his hand
my Pad was gone
what I had seen
完美成篇
The Flying Saucer
It was hot at night and I couldn't fall asleep in the tent, so I crawled out of the tent and walked around to cool down.The sky was clear and stars were shining.
Suddenly a bright light flashed across the sky and then near my tent appeared a flying saucer, which looked just like the one in the book I had read during the day.I quickly hid behind a stone and saw an alien come down through a round door.He walked into my tent and came out with something in his hand.The UFO then flew away.I immediately ran into my tent and found that my Pad was gone.
I was so puzzled that I couldn't believe what I had seen. But I decided that the next time the alien came, I would talk to him.
Sample
I felt my heart racing and blood rushing when I finally stood before my Time Machine which is shaped like flying saurcer with an automatic door. After giving it a last check, I fastened my seat belt, pressed the red button and ordered with my exciting voice, “Please take me to the year of 3000.” The flying saurcer floated above the ground immediately, moving swiftly in a certain direction. Looking outside of the window, I found everything flew backwards, faster and faster, until all the things became hazy. It was hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling. It seemed as if I sat on the Doraemon’s time machine and entered the time tunnel, which made me dizzy.
A few minutes later, the saucer landed gently and the automatic door opened itself. What looked like a floating steel city unfolded before my eyes. All the buildings were made of steel and glass, shining like diamond in the sun. Various kinds of vehicles were flying in the air, heading in all directions. One of them stopped in front of me and an unfamiliar figure stepped out of the car. What a creature! She was tall, slim and with two large eyes and pointed ears just like aliens appearing in the film. She greeted me with my language and told me that she knew I came from 1000 years ago. I was stunned and couldn’t help saying, “What an amazing new world.”
simile
verb chains
In time order
overstatement
appearance
operation
what happened
how I felt
what happened + what I thought
社会发展到了2030年,照顾老年人成了一个突出的社会问题。你公司顺应社会需求适时推出了家用机器人。该机器人的主要功能有:
1、可以在固定的时间做饭。
2、可以陪老人聊天、下棋、做运动等。
3、及时处理突发事件等。
请你根据以上内容写一篇发言稿,在新闻发布会上向
大家推荐你公司的这一新产品。
Writing2
注意:1、词数100左右;
2、可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
3、发言稿的开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you for attending our company’s news conference. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you.
① 随着经济的发展,人们变得比以前更忙,没有足够的时间照顾老人。(不定式短语)
________________________________, people become busier than before and don’t have enough time __________________________.
② 我们公司推出了这款家用机器人。
Our company brings out ___________________________.
With the development of economy
to attend to the elderly
the household robot
Reference Sentences
③ 它安装了特别的程序,能在固定时间里做饭,也能陪老人聊天、下棋和做运动。(倒装句式)
It has been equipped with a special programme. Not only _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
cook meals at a fixed time but also accompany old people by
having a chat, playing chess and doing exercise.
④ 它能处理突发事件。 ______________________________________
⑤ 我相信如果你拥有一款这样的机器人会对你有很大的帮助。
I believe it would be a great help to you ________________________.
It can deal with emergencies.
if you own such a robot
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you for attending our company's news conference. As you know, with the development of economy, people have to face various pressures. They don't have enough time to attend to the old people in their family, which has become a prominent(突出的) social problem. To solve this problem, our company put out the household robot, which is designed to take care of old people. It can cook meals at a fixed time which can be adjusted according to individual needs.
参考范文
It can also accompany old people by having a chat, playing chess, and doing exercise. Moreover, it can deal with emergencies. For example, if an old man falls ill suddenly, the robot will call doctors for help.
It would be a great help for you if you own such a robot.
Thank you.
Polish your science fiction according to your members’ opinion.
Assignment
Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
—— Isaac Asimov
Let your imagination fly!