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Unit 1 Science Fiction
Reading and Thinking
Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
—Isaac Asimov
今天的科幻小说即明天的科学现实。
——艾萨克·阿西莫夫
Teaching Objectives:
1. Better master the usages of past participles serving as an attribute, adverbial, predicative, or object complement.
2. Rewrite the sentences using past participles and recognise the difference.
Key and difficult points:
Key point:Differ the usages of past participles serving as an attribute, adverbial, predicative, or object complement..
Difficult point:Improve their expressions by using past participle.
Part 1
Lead-in
Watch the video and guess what happened to this girl
What would you do if you could time travel
turn the clock back
go to the future
Part 2
Reading
Look at the title.
What do you think a time machine looks like
magic school bus
racing car
door / phone box/hole
glass elevator with buttons to set the time
flying blanket / capsule
APP– Time Traveller
The time machine starring Rod Taylor.
Herbert George Wells (1866 — 1946) , sometimes referred to as “The Father of Science Fiction”
the leather seat
The main panel
the starting lever
Scan the text and complete main idea of each paragraph.
Para.1
How I got the Time Machine started for the first time.
__________________while time travelling.
Fast reading
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
__________________while time travelling.
__________________before I stopped the Time Machine and __________________when I stopped it.
__________________somewhere in the future.
What happened
How I felt
What I thought
what happened
How I ended up
Read for information
1. How does the Time Traveller first know he has travelled through time
2. How does the Time Traveller feel when travelling through time
3. Why is the Time Traveller worried about stopping the machine
4. Where does the Time Machine arrive when the man finally stops it
Read for details
1. How did I get the Time Machine started for the first time
2. How did I first know I had travelled through time
Use verb chains to vividly picture the process of operation.
He saw the clock move forwards.
Read for details
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
simile 明喻
overstatement 夸张
Read for details
3. Why is the Time Traveller worried about stopping the machine
4. Where does the Time Machine arrive when the man finally stops it
Read for details
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
backhands hard.
The Time Traveller started the machine 2 times.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 2
Para 4
Post -reading
Discuss what might happen next in the story.
Time Travel
When he finally stops
Who or what he will meet
What adventures
he will have
Will he return to his own time
Clue from the film
Part 3
Writing
假定你是李华,你的朋友 John 发来邮件询问你公司最新研制的家用机器人的情况。根据下列提示,给他回复,包括以下内容:
1.在外形上更接近人而不是机器;
2.可以做饭,可根据个人口味进行调整;
3.可以陪老人聊天,下国际象棋、锻炼身体等;
4.能及时处理紧急情况
注意:
1.词数 80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.开头和结尾已经给出,不计人总词数。
Dear John,
I'm pleased that you are interested in the robot developed by our company.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Looking forward to your earliest reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
Make notes of your ideas.
确定写作体裁主题
体裁
电子邮件
主题
机器人的相关功能
确定时态和人称
以一般现在时为主
以第三人称为主
明确写作要点
给 John 写回信,开头点题→介绍机器人的相关功能(做饭、陪老人、救助老人等)→期盼回复
分段
第一段表明写信目的;
第二段机器人的外观、功能等;
第三段盼望早日回复。
Complete the sentences
1.这个机器人在外表上更像是一个人,而不是一台机器。(more like...than)。
______________________________________________________________
2.这个机器人比旧版的机器人要好。(be superior to)。
______________________________________________________________
3.它非常先进,可以做饭,可以根据每个人的口味来调整。(so...that, advanced)
______________________________________________________________
4.该机器人也可以处理紧急情况。(deal with, emergency)
______________________________________________________________
The robot is more like a human than a machine in appearance.
The robot is superior to the old ones.
It's so advanced that it can cook meals, which can be adjusted according to everyone's taste.
The robot can also deal with emergencies.
Complete the sentences
5.如果一位老人突然病了,它可以叫医生帮忙。(fall ill, call sb. for help)。
______________________________________________________________
6.它被测试完毕后,很快就会上市。(test out, come on the market)。
______________________________________________________________
7.如果你看到它,你就会有强烈的购买欲望。(have an urge to do sth.)
______________________________________________________________
If an old man falls ill suddenly, it can call doctors for help
When it has been tested out, it will come on the market soon.
If you see it, you'll have a strong urge to buy it
Sample
Dear editor,
I'm pleased that you are interested in the robot developed by our company.
The robot is more like a human than a machine in appearance. The robot is superior to the old ones. It's so advanced that it can cook meals, which can be adjusted according to everyone's taste. Moreover, it can also accompany the elderly in chatting, playing chess and doing exercise. The robot can also deal with emergencies. For example, if an old man falls ill suddenly, it can call doctors for help. When it has been tested out, it will come on the market soon. If you see it, you'll have a strong urge to buy it.
Looking forward to your earliest reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
more like 更像是;更接近
fall ill 生病
test out 测试
have a strong urge to do sth.
有强烈的欲望做某事
Part 4
Writing
Vocabulary
take over
take away 拿走;夺走
take back 收回;带回;使回忆起
take down 写下,记下;拆卸
take in 吸收;理解;欺骗;收留
占上风;取而代之;接管;接手
Though technology is used to help us, we should not allow it to take over our lives.
虽然科技是用来帮助我们的,但我们不应该让它来控制我们的生活。
take off (飞机)起飞;开始成功;脱掉(衣服等);摘掉
take on 具有,呈现;担任,承担;雇用
take up 占据;从事;继续
Vocabulary
fallaway
fall apart 破碎;破裂;崩溃
fall behind (sb./sth.) 落后;落在······后面
fall in love with 爱上……
fall over sb./sth. 被……绊倒;几乎被……绊倒
(逐渐)减少;消失
His supporters fell away as his reputation declined.
随着他的声望下降,他的支持者渐渐离他而去。
Vocabulary
urge
have an urge to do sth. 有强烈的欲望做某事
urge sth./sb. on 催促某物/某人前进
urge sb.to do sth.催促某人做某事
urge that...(should) do sth.极力主张/强调······做某事
It is urged that...(should) do sth.坚决要求……做某事
n.强烈的欲望;冲动
vt.催促;力劝;大力推荐;极力主张
She could hear him urging her on as she ran past.
她跑过他面前的时候,听到他在为她加油。
Part 5
Assessing Your Progress
Complete the following sentences using the correct forms of the words in the box.
explode
superior to
calculate
fetched
dismissed
suspend
pace
has an urge to
Read and complete the following sentences with appropriate forms of the words in brackets.
1. Mobile phones must _______________ during the concert. (switch off)
2. When I came here at this time last year, the conference hall _______________. (build)
3. Topics like life in the future, AI development, and aliens _______________ in sci-fi. (often find)
4. Do you know which country ____________ by Italy, Austria, Germany, and France (border)
5. Continuous research _________________ on smart schools, smart homes, and smart cities. (conduct)
be switched off
was being built
are often found
is bordered
is being conducted
Read and complete the following sentences with appropriate forms of the words in brackets.
6. It should ____________ that the result of your examinations will not ____________. (note; publicise)
7. It ____________ that more species will become extinct if we continue to destroy the ecosystem. (assume)
8. All members of the audience should ____________ smartly, and the wearing of slippers ____________ in the concert hall. (dress; not allow)
be noted
be publicised
is assumed
be dressed
is not allowed
SEE YOU NEXT TIME