Unit 4 A Glimpse of the Future Developing ideas 课件(共20张PPT)-外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册
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(共20张PPT)
A glimplse of the future
B6U4
Developing ideas
Watch the video and answer the question.
How does Asimov set out the relationship between humans and robots
He puts forward the Three Laws of Robotics, which ensure that robots should always obey and protect humans.
The Three Laws of Robotics
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
-- Isaac Asimov
Activity 2 Complete the table to compare life on Earth with life
on the Moon.
Life on the Earth
Wear ordinary clothes and change according to the seasons.
Breathe the air freely.
Have to make an effort to jump high.
Keep pets, such as dogs, cats, etc.
Life on the Moon
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Wear spacesuits whenever outside.
Breathe from an air supply.
Jump high easily.
Keep robots as pets.
Published in March 1975
Scan and identify the setting of the story.
Title
Author
Setting
Time:
Place:
A Boy’s Best Friend
Isaac Asimov
In the future
On the Moon
crater
Read the passage and Complete the summary .
Title
Author
Setting
Time:
Place:
Characters
Jimmy, a Moon-born boy
A Boy’s Best Friend
Isaac Asimov
In the future
On the Moon
Mr Anderson, Jimmy’s father
Mrs Anderson, Jimmy’s mother
Robutt, a mechanical dog, Jimmy’s pet
Complete the summary of the story.
Plot
Jimmy’s parents get a dog from Earth. They want to give it to Jimmy as a pet. But for Jimmy, Robutt – a mechanical dog is his real friend and he refuses to send Robutt away and welcome the new real dog.
Different attitudes towards Robutt
Parents:
Jimmy:
They think Robutt is a mechanical imitation of a real dog.
He loves Robutt and treats him like a real dog.
Figure out the meaning of the words in the context.
His arms and legs were long ang agile. He looked thicker and stubbier with his spacesuit on ...
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.
“Come on, Robutt,” he shouted. Robutt, who could hear him by raido, squeaked and bounded after.
动作敏捷的
矮壮的
倾斜
环形山外侧向南倾斜，南面天空下方的地球全部显现出来，因此整个环形山山坡明亮了起来。
吱吱叫
Think & Share
1 What are the similarities and differences between Robutt and a real dog
Similarities:
Both are able to respond to orders given by human beings.
Both can outrace human beings.
Both can guide and protect human beings.
Differences:
They have different appearances.
A real dog is a living creature, while Robutt is a machine.
A real dog loves human beings as a result of its nature, while Robutt is just adjusted to act as though it loves human beings.
Think & Share
Please locate in the excerpts the foreshadowing of Jimmy’s final decision.
Think & Share
Total unfamiliarity with real dogs at all
An intimate relationship with Robutt
Please locate the foreshadowing of Jimmy’s final decision.
Think & Share
Can you imagine what would happen next (Pair work)
Work in groups. Give a talk on whether it is possible to have a real friendship with a robot.
Organise the main points you would like to cover and complete the table.
Point of view
Arguments
Supporting details
Conclusion
Give your talk to the class.
Useful expression
他虽然是个专家
他虽然很聪明
他虽然很努力
绊倒
hide(过去式、分词)
另一个男孩儿或女孩儿
Robutt只是设定好假装很爱你。
皱眉头
那是重要的
expert as/though he is
smart as/though he is
hard as he tries
trip (over/on sth.)
hide--hid--hidden
some other boy or girl
Robutt is just adjusted to act as though it loves you.
frown
That’s what counts.
Continuing a sci-fi story
Activity 5 Read the story and answer the questions.
1 What happened to the prison and what was the cause
There was a prison breakout, caused by faulty robotics.
2 What kind of job do you think Carolyn has
She might be a prison governor.
3 Are there any sentences that might foreshadow what will happen next Underline them.
Activity 6 Think about what will happen next, based on the examples of foreshadowing you have plete the notes to plan the rest of the story.
Setting
Time:________________________________
Place:________________________________
Characters_____________________________
______________________________________
Plot___________________________________
______________________________________
Ending__________________________________
_________________________________________
Now continue the story.
A possible version
Carolyn had a long commute to the prison, even by aircar. When she arrived, everything seemed normal, except for a robot lying at the front gate, motionless. It’s an old model, she thought. They broke down now and again. She passed through the gate, noting that everything else was apparently in order.
But just as she closed her office door behind her, a loud alarm sounded. Carolyn’s blood froze. She had only ever heard that sound during drills. It can’t be! she thought. A general systems failure! She looked out of the reinforced glass of her office window into the prison below. Sure enough, the robots were out of control. Most had stopped moving at all. Some spun aimlessly around and around. But others were randomly operating things, including the cell gates, and she could see prisoners rushing out to freedom. “Grab the robots’ weapons and run!” shouted the prisoners.
Carolyn opened her bag and reached for her emergency call device. Her heart sank as she realised she had left it at home. I need to call in the police, she thought. But how Without the device, she couldn’t communicate. Nothing in the prison would work properly now.
There was a voice behind her. “Looking for one of these ”
Carolyn gasped. “Julius!” There was her secondin-command, holding an emergency caller in his hand. “What are you doing in my office ”
“It should be my office!” snarled Julius. “I’ve worked here for forty years… and the City Commissioners gave you the job as prison governor! But now you’ll pay. You’ll all pay! I can make every robot in every prison in the city go crazy. The prisoners will escape, and the city will burn!”
Then the door burst open, and the room was suddenly flooded with riot police. And there was… Todd!
“I took the aircar over here to bring you this,” he said quietly, winking as he pushed the emergency call device secretly into her hands. “I could see there was trouble, so I activated it to call in the police.”
“It was Julius,” said Carolyn, watching the police bundle Julius out of the door. “He’s gone mad.”
“Sure,” said Todd. “But now we know how easy it is to cause a mass robot breakdown. You’ll have to write a report. Make some recommendations to upgrade the robots.”
“I know.” Carolyn slid from Todd’s hug and walked towards the door. She could see the police rounding up the prisoners. “But right now, I’ve got a prison to run.”
A glimplse of the future
B6U4
Developing ideas
Watch the video and answer the question.
How does Asimov set out the relationship between humans and robots
He puts forward the Three Laws of Robotics, which ensure that robots should always obey and protect humans.
The Three Laws of Robotics
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
-- Isaac Asimov
Activity 2 Complete the table to compare life on Earth with life
on the Moon.
Life on the Earth
Wear ordinary clothes and change according to the seasons.
Breathe the air freely.
Have to make an effort to jump high.
Keep pets, such as dogs, cats, etc.
Life on the Moon
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Wear spacesuits whenever outside.
Breathe from an air supply.
Jump high easily.
Keep robots as pets.
Published in March 1975
Scan and identify the setting of the story.
Title
Author
Setting
Time:
Place:
A Boy’s Best Friend
Isaac Asimov
In the future
On the Moon
crater
Read the passage and Complete the summary .
Title
Author
Setting
Time:
Place:
Characters
Jimmy, a Moon-born boy
A Boy’s Best Friend
Isaac Asimov
In the future
On the Moon
Mr Anderson, Jimmy’s father
Mrs Anderson, Jimmy’s mother
Robutt, a mechanical dog, Jimmy’s pet
Complete the summary of the story.
Plot
Jimmy’s parents get a dog from Earth. They want to give it to Jimmy as a pet. But for Jimmy, Robutt – a mechanical dog is his real friend and he refuses to send Robutt away and welcome the new real dog.
Different attitudes towards Robutt
Parents:
Jimmy:
They think Robutt is a mechanical imitation of a real dog.
He loves Robutt and treats him like a real dog.
Figure out the meaning of the words in the context.
His arms and legs were long ang agile. He looked thicker and stubbier with his spacesuit on ...
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.
“Come on, Robutt,” he shouted. Robutt, who could hear him by raido, squeaked and bounded after.
动作敏捷的
矮壮的
倾斜
环形山外侧向南倾斜，南面天空下方的地球全部显现出来，因此整个环形山山坡明亮了起来。
吱吱叫
Think & Share
1 What are the similarities and differences between Robutt and a real dog
Similarities:
Both are able to respond to orders given by human beings.
Both can outrace human beings.
Both can guide and protect human beings.
Differences:
They have different appearances.
A real dog is a living creature, while Robutt is a machine.
A real dog loves human beings as a result of its nature, while Robutt is just adjusted to act as though it loves human beings.
Think & Share
Please locate in the excerpts the foreshadowing of Jimmy’s final decision.
Think & Share
Total unfamiliarity with real dogs at all
An intimate relationship with Robutt
Please locate the foreshadowing of Jimmy’s final decision.
Think & Share
Can you imagine what would happen next (Pair work)
Work in groups. Give a talk on whether it is possible to have a real friendship with a robot.
Organise the main points you would like to cover and complete the table.
Point of view
Arguments
Supporting details
Conclusion
Give your talk to the class.
Useful expression
他虽然是个专家
他虽然很聪明
他虽然很努力
绊倒
hide(过去式、分词)
另一个男孩儿或女孩儿
Robutt只是设定好假装很爱你。
皱眉头
那是重要的
expert as/though he is
smart as/though he is
hard as he tries
trip (over/on sth.)
hide--hid--hidden
some other boy or girl
Robutt is just adjusted to act as though it loves you.
frown
That’s what counts.
Continuing a sci-fi story
Activity 5 Read the story and answer the questions.
1 What happened to the prison and what was the cause
There was a prison breakout, caused by faulty robotics.
2 What kind of job do you think Carolyn has
She might be a prison governor.
3 Are there any sentences that might foreshadow what will happen next Underline them.
Activity 6 Think about what will happen next, based on the examples of foreshadowing you have plete the notes to plan the rest of the story.
Setting
Time:________________________________
Place:________________________________
Characters_____________________________
______________________________________
Plot___________________________________
______________________________________
Ending__________________________________
_________________________________________
Now continue the story.
A possible version
Carolyn had a long commute to the prison, even by aircar. When she arrived, everything seemed normal, except for a robot lying at the front gate, motionless. It’s an old model, she thought. They broke down now and again. She passed through the gate, noting that everything else was apparently in order.
But just as she closed her office door behind her, a loud alarm sounded. Carolyn’s blood froze. She had only ever heard that sound during drills. It can’t be! she thought. A general systems failure! She looked out of the reinforced glass of her office window into the prison below. Sure enough, the robots were out of control. Most had stopped moving at all. Some spun aimlessly around and around. But others were randomly operating things, including the cell gates, and she could see prisoners rushing out to freedom. “Grab the robots’ weapons and run!” shouted the prisoners.
Carolyn opened her bag and reached for her emergency call device. Her heart sank as she realised she had left it at home. I need to call in the police, she thought. But how Without the device, she couldn’t communicate. Nothing in the prison would work properly now.
There was a voice behind her. “Looking for one of these ”
Carolyn gasped. “Julius!” There was her secondin-command, holding an emergency caller in his hand. “What are you doing in my office ”
“It should be my office!” snarled Julius. “I’ve worked here for forty years… and the City Commissioners gave you the job as prison governor! But now you’ll pay. You’ll all pay! I can make every robot in every prison in the city go crazy. The prisoners will escape, and the city will burn!”
Then the door burst open, and the room was suddenly flooded with riot police. And there was… Todd!
“I took the aircar over here to bring you this,” he said quietly, winking as he pushed the emergency call device secretly into her hands. “I could see there was trouble, so I activated it to call in the police.”
“It was Julius,” said Carolyn, watching the police bundle Julius out of the door. “He’s gone mad.”
“Sure,” said Todd. “But now we know how easy it is to cause a mass robot breakdown. You’ll have to write a report. Make some recommendations to upgrade the robots.”
“I know.” Carolyn slid from Todd’s hug and walked towards the door. She could see the police rounding up the prisoners. “But right now, I’ve got a prison to run.”