课件23张PPT。Unit 2 RobotsReading &Writingstock Warren Buffett What quality of Buffett impresses you most?
Thinking outside the box.
Isaac AsimovWhat do you want to know about him?Asimovfamilyeducationborndiedand so on…ReadingA biography of
Isaac Asimov
ReadingAnswer the following questions:
1.What does the word biography mean in the title ?
2.Which paragraph tells you when and where Asimov was born and died?
3.Which paragraph tells you about his education?
4.Which paragraphs tell you about his writing career ?
1.What does the word biography mean in the title ?It means an account of a person’s life
written by someone else.2.Which paragraph tells you when and where Asimov was born and died?
Para.2.
3.Which paragraph tells you about his education?
Para.3. Para.4 and Para.5.4.Which paragraphs tell you about
his writing career?Organizationbrief assessment of AsimovWhen and where was he born and died?educationsome events about his writing careerbeginningmiddleendmarriageFind out the usual structure of writing a biography of a person. Structurebeginningmiddleendendbrief assessment background
(born,died, family life,education,hobby…)main achievements / something special… Writing Write a short biography of Buffett as a man who is always ready to think outside the box.[key words]:biographyBuffettthink outside the box Pre-writingSome events about Buffett’s thinking outside the box: at 8 collecting and selling the used balls
at 11 …
during high school …
…
Structurebeginningmiddleendendbrief assessment background
(born,died, family life,education,hobby…)main achievements / something special… Buffett’s thinking outside the box Post -writingShare your writing with the others in your small group of four.
AssignmentRevise the reading passage.
Complete your whole writing about Buffett.ReadingSomething mentioned in the brief
assessment of Asimov:jobmain achievementsspecial qualityReadingFind out the important events in Asimov’s writing career. DateEvent1931193919501951-1953195319581931Started to take himself seriously as a writer.1939Began having stories published in science
fiction magazines.
1950Published his first novel.
Published I,Robot.
Developed three laws for robots.
1951-1953Published the Foundation trilogy and won an award for it.
1953Published first science book.1958Became a full-time writer.