(共18张PPT)
Module 7 Unit 2
An American scientist and writer
Best known for his science fiction books.
Read for structure
A biography of Isaac Asimov
Biography传记
story of a person’s life written by___________
Autobiography自传
story of a person’s life written by______________________________
somebody else
a person himself
or herself
If you are asked to write a biography of a person, what will you write about?
Who is he /she?
When was he/she born or died?
How is he/she educated?
What is his working experience?
What are his/her achievements?
How about his/her marriage?
What are his/her hobbies?
Para1:
Para2:
Para3:
Para4:
Para5:
Para6:
A: his awards
B: his marriage
C: his education
D: his talent
E: Who Isaac Asimov is
F: the time and the place
he was born and died
Main idea for each paragraph
The passage is mainly about an _________ scientist and writer Isaac Asimov’s _____ and ___________________.
American
life
awards/ achievements
1920
1922
1923
1929
____
Born in Russia
________________________.
Sister was born
________________________.
Parents bought a candy store.
His family moved to New York
________________________.
Mother had her third child.
Started working in the candy store
Started to take himself seriously as a writer.
1931
1939
_____
1942
1942-1945
_____
_____________________________________________________.
Began having stories published in science fiction magazines
Gained Master’s degree in chemistry.
Finished working in candy store.
___________.
Got married
__________________________________________________________.
Worked as a junior chemist in the Philadelphia Navy Yard
Got PhD in chemistry.
1941
1948
_____
1950
1951-1953
_____
_____
Became a biochemistry teacher, Boston University School of Medicine.
Published his first novel.______________________. Developed three laws for robots.
Published “I, Robot”
Published “The Foundation Trilogy” and won an award for it.
Published first science book.
Became a full-time writer.
1949
1953
1958
1973
_____
1992
Divorced his first wife.
____________________________.
Had a blood transfusion. Became infected with HIV.
___________________________.
Married for a second time
1983
Died in New York
追悼会现场
阿西莫夫与珍尼特
Isaac Asimov was a Russian-born American writer. His family_______to the United States when he was three years old and ________in New York. He ______a master’s degree in chemistry and later_____________. After he graduated, he became a ____________teacher at Boston University. He was ________in writing. When he realized it, he gave up _________and became _________________In 1939 he had stories__________ in science fiction magazine.
moved
settled
got his PhD
a full-time writer,
teaching
A summary
gained
talented
published
biochemistry
and in 1950 he published his _____novel. He was well-known for his fiction stories and received____________. His works __________ other writhers and scientists researching into artificial intelligence . Asimov _______________ twice and had _______children . His first marriage _______ 31 years. He married again soon after his _______ but had no children with his second wife.
many awards
influenced
was married
lasted
divorce
two
first
Review the useful expression
怀孕(着)…
认真对待…某人某物
使某人/某物被…
获得化学硕士学位
因…而获奖
be pregant with..
take sb./sth. seriously
have sb./sth. done
gain a master’s degree in chemistry
win an award for …
1.Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything, in the present and the past.
使他能对现在的
和过去的各种事物做出解释。
阿西莫夫不仅有着超凡的想象力,
使他能对未来
世界进行探索,
而且有着惊人的智力,
主语
谓语
宾语
宾语
定语从句
定语从句
2. when Asimov was eleven years old
his talent for writing became obvious.
正是在阿西莫11岁的时候,他的写作才华就已经显露出来了。
It was
that
It was
that
昨天正是因为她妈妈生病了,她才不能和我们一起去。
It was because her mother was ill that she
didn’t go with us yesterday.
Asimov’s three laws for Robots
First law A robot must not injure human
beings or allow them to be injured.
Second law A robot must obey the orders given
to it by human beings .(as long
as human beings are not injured.
Third law A robot must protect its own existence
(as long as human beings are not
injured ;and as long as the robot
does not disobey human beings).
一、机器人不得伤人,或任人受伤而袖手旁观;
二、除非违背第一定律,机器人必须服从人的命令;
三、除非违背第一及第二定律,机器人必须保护自己。
Post-reading
Discussion
Why did Isaac Asimov develop the laws for robots?
He thinks the robot is _____________________for human race. It can only ___________________us human beings to make the world _________________our life ______________. Otherwise it will cause ______________for human beings. At the same time we should __________________our inventions and use them wisely.
an invention and a tool
serve and protect
more advanced ,
more convenient
disasters
take good care of