高中英语选修7Unit2ReadingandWriting

1、Unit 2Reading and WritingWhat have you known about Asimov?What else do you want to know about him? / What do you want to know about a famous person?Education experiencesFamily How he discovered his talentAchievementsWorking experiencesA biography may include:Education and working experiencesFamily H

2、ow the person discovered his / her talentAchievementsDates when the person was born (and died)A brief introductionEducation and working experiencesFamily How he discovered his talentAchievementsDates when he was born (and died)A brief introductionPara 1AwardsPara 3Para 4Para 5Para 6Para 2Match each

3、paragraph with its main ideaRead the biography carefully and completed the timeline of the events in his life :Born in Russia. Parents bought a candy store. Mother had her third child. Started to take himself seriously as a writer. 19201922192319291931Sister born.Moved with family to New York.Starte

4、d working in candy store. 1939194119421942-451948Began having stories published in science fiction magazine .Worked as junior chemist.Got married.1949Gained Masters degree in chemistry. Finished working in candy store. Became a biochemistry teacher, Boston University School of Medicine. Got PhD in c

5、hemistry.Published his first novel.Developed three laws for robots. Published “The Foundation Trilogy” and won an award for it. Published first science book. Became a full-time writer.Divorced his first wife. Had a blood transfusion. Became infected with HIV. 19501951-53195819731983Published “I, Robot”Died in New York.Married for a second time.19921953Write a short summary of Asimovs life.You can refer to the time line and the following expressions.Isaac Asimov was born He was an American He was best known forIn 1931, Home work Search for some information about a great person who you