Unit 2 Book 7
Using Language
A Biography
of Isaac Asimov
Leading in
Isaac Asimov ( 1920-1992 )
A Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry, producing a great number of books, best known for his science fiction books and for his popular science books.
in his home library in 1976
Old photos
speech
works:
I, Robot
《作品100》
《最新科学指南》
Scanning
Read the text over without pause and mark all the dates and numbers,paying attention to what happened to them.
Timeline of the events in Asimov’s life
1920: Born in Russia
1923: Moved with family to ________.
Parents bought a candy store.
1929: Started working _______ in the candy store.
____ Started to take himself seriously as a writer.
New York
part-time
1931
1939: Began having stories published in ____________ magazines.
____: Gained master’s degree in
chemistry.
____ : Got PhD in chemistry.
____ : Became a biochemistry teacher,
Boston University School of Medicine.
science fiction
1941
1948
1949
Timeline of the events in Asimov’s life
Timeline of the events in Asimov’s life
1950: Published his first novel.
Published_______. Developed three
laws for robots.
____: Published first science book.
____: Became a full-time writer.
1973: Divorced his first wife.
Married for a _______time.
1992: Died in _________.
I, Robot
1953
1958
second
New York
2. True or False:
1). Isaac Asimov’s best known work was his mystery stories.
2). Asimov was born in America on 2 January, 1920.
3). Asimov became a biochemistry teacher in 1949.
4). In 1931 Asimov’s talent for writing became obvious.
T
T
F
F
5). In 1950, he published his first science book.
6). “The Foundation Trilogy” consists of 3 stories about death and rebirth of a great empire in a galaxy of the future.
7). In his collection of short stories, he developed a set of three “laws” for robots.
T
T
F
Summary
Isaac Asimov(1920-1992) was a Russian-born _______ writer. He gained a master’s degree in _______ in 1941 and later got his PhD.
He was talented in writing. When he realized it ,he ______ ____teaching and became a full-time writer. In1950 he published his first novel.
gave up
American
chemistry
He was famous for his fiction stories and received many________.
His works had great _______ over other writers.
Asimov had two _________and two children.
He died of AIDS in New York in 1992.
awards
influence
marriages
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.
[翻译] 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,而且还有着惊人的智力,使他能对现在和过去的各种事物作出解释。
[点拨] 该句的主干为Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination and an amazing mind。 that引导的定语从句修饰imagination; with which引导的定语从句修饰mind。in the present and the past 修饰everything。
2. Among his most famous works of science fiction , one for which he won an award was the Foundation trilogy ( 1951-1953 ) ,three novels about the death and rebirth of a great empire in a galaxy of the future.
[翻译]在他那些最著名的科幻作品中,有一部获奖作品叫做《基地三部曲》(1951-1953),由三本小说组成,讲的是未来银河系中一个伟大帝国的灭亡和再生。
[点拨] 本句主干为: Among his most famous works of science fiction was the Foundation trilogy, 是倒装句,正常语序应为:The Foundation trilogy was among his most famous works of science fiction. 其中,“one” 指的是one of his works,后跟 for which 引导的定语从句;“three novels about …”是 the Foundation trilogy 的同位语。
Listening
Listen to the text ,paying attention to the pronunciation and internation.