2023学年完整公开课版Unit2RobotsUsingLanguage5

Unit2RobotsUsingLanguageDoyouthinktherobotshavefeelings?Doyouthinkawomanwillfallinlovewitharobot?Thatcanhappeninafiction!

“SatisfactionGuaranteed”

isasciencefictionwrittenbyIsaacAsimov.

Sciencefiction

—stories,novels,etc.whichdescribeeventsandpeoplethatdon’texist,suchasXFile,StarWar.

Whatdoyouthinkofthestory“SatisfactionGuaranteed”?1.Doyoulikethestory?Why?2.DoyouthinkhumanwillbeabletomakearobotlikeTony?3.DoyoulikearobotlikeTonyatyourhouse?Discussion:Listening

and

speakingSpeaking1.2.3.4.Theexpressionsaboutsuppositionandbelief:Ithink/Isuppose/IguessIwonder

IbelieveMaybe…BrainstormingImagineitisthefutureandpeoplehavehouseholdrobots.Dividethestudentsintotwobiggroups,groupAandgroupB.Group

Awillhavethetasktodiscussthequestion:Whatdoyouthinkthepositiveeffectsofthissituation?GroupBwillhavetodiscussthequestion:Whatdoyouthinkthenegativeeffectsofthissituation?Andeachbiggroupcanbedividedintogroupsoffour.Duringdiscussion,pleaseusewordsintheaboveform.Intheend,eachbiggroupchoosetwostudentstopresenttheirideastothewholeclass,andtheothergroupmatescanaddhisorherpoints.AbiographyofIsaacAsimovReading,speakingandwriting艾萨克·阿西莫夫(1920-1992),当代美国最著名的科幻大师、世界顶尖级科幻小说作家,他也是位文学评论家,美国科幻小说黄金时代的代表人物之一。他一生高产,著述颇丰,一生著述近500本,其中有100多部科幻小说,早已远远超过了“著作等身”的地步,是本世纪最顶尖的科幻小说家之一。曾获代表科幻界最高荣誉的雨果奖和星云终身成就「大师奖」,以他的名字为号召的「阿西莫夫科幻杂志」，是美国当今数一数二的科幻文学重镇。他是一位生于俄罗斯的美籍犹太人,作品极其丰富，代表作有《我,机器人》(I,Robot)、《基地》系列、《钢窟》(TheCavesofSteel)系列、《赤裸太阳》(TheNakedSun)等。他他于1941年发表的作品《Runaround》中第一次明确提出了著名的“阿西莫夫机器人三定律”,即：一、机器人不得伤害人类，或看到人类受到伤害而袖手旁观；二、在不违反第一定律的前提下，机器人必须绝对服从人类给与的任何命令；三、在不违反第一定律和第二定律的前提下,机器人必须尽力保护自己。以其名字命名的《阿西莫夫科幻小说》杂志,至今仍然是美国当今数一数二的科幻文学畅销杂志。

SkimmingGlancethroughthepassageandthenfindouttheanswerstosuchquestions:WhichparagraphtellsyouwhenandwhereAsimovwasbornanddied?2.Whichparagraphtellsyouabouthiseducation?3.Whichparagraphtellsyouaboutawardshereceived?WhichparagraphtellsyouwhenandwhereAsimovwasbornanddied?2.Whichparagraphtellsyouabouthiseducation?Para.2Para.33.Whichparagraphtellsyouaboutawardshereceived?Para.5Readthroughthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions:

WhatsubjectdidAsimovteach?Whendidhestarthavingstoriespublished?3.Howmanychildrendidhehave?1.WhatsubjectdidAsimovteach?2.Whendidhestarthavingstoriespublished?3.Howmanychildrendidhehave?Hetaughtbiochemistry.In1939.Twochildren,asonandadaughter.1.WhowasIsaacAsimov?A.AnAmericanscientistandwriterwhogothisPhDinphysicsin1948.B.ARussianscientistandwriterwhomarriedtwice.C.ARussian—Americanwriterandscientistwhobecameafull—timewriterin1958.D.AnAmerican-Russianwriterandscientistwhohadtwochildren.ComprehendingC

2.WhatwasAsimovbestknownfor?A.Hismysterystories.

B.Hissciencefictionstories.C.Hisscienceandhistorybooks.D.HisbooksabouttheBibleandaboutShakespeare.B

3.AllthefollowingstatementsareTRUEexcept_______.A.Asimov’stalentforwritingbecameobviousatage12.B.Hebeganhavinghisstoriespublishedinsciencefictionmagazinesin1939.C.Hepublishedhisfirstnovelin1950.D.Hepublishedhisfirstsciencebookin1953.A

4.InwhichbookdidAsimovdevelopasetofthree“laws”?A.TheFoundationTrilogy.

B.

I,Robot.C.Inhisfirstnovel.D.Inhisfirstsciencebook.B

5.WhatmighthappeninaworldwheretherewererobotsifAsimov’sthreelawsdidn’texist?A.Mayberobotswillharmorinjurehumanbeings.B.Mayberobotswilldisobeyhumanbeings.C.Inordertoprotecttheirownexistence,robotsmayinjurehumanbeings.

D.

Alloftheabove.D

1920192219231929borninRussia.sisterbornmovedwithfamilytoNewYorkParentsboughtacandystore.Motherhadherthirdchild.

startedworkingincandystore.

Startedtotakehimselfseriouslyasawriter.1931DateEventCompletethetimelineoftheevents.19391942-1945BeanhavingstoriespublishedinsciencefictionmagazinesGainedMastersdegreeinchemistry.Finishedworkingincandystore.GotmarriedWorkedasjuniorchemist,PhiladelphiaNavyYardGotPhDinchemistry.19411948194219501951-1953Becameabiochemistryteacher,BostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine.Publishedhisfirstnovel.Developedthreelawsforrobots.Published“I,Robot”Published“TheFoundationTrilogy”andwonanawardforit.Publishedfirstsciencebook.Becameafull-timewriter.19491953195819731992Divorcedhisfirstwife.Hadabloodtransfusion.BecameinfectedwithHIV.Marriedforasecondwife1983DiedinNewYorkWhichlawisthestory“SatisfactionGuaranteed”basedon?2.WhatmighthappeninaworldwheretherewererobotsifAsimov’sthreelawsdidnotexist?DiscussionAsimov’sLawsForRobotsFirstLaw:Arobotmustnotinjurehumanbeingsorallowthemtobeinjured.SecondLaw:Arobotmustobeytheordersgiventoitbyhumanbeings(aslongashumanbeingarenotinjured).ThirdLaw:Arobotmustprotectitsownexistence(aslongashumanbeingsarenotinjured;andaslongastherobotdoesnotdisobeythehumanbeings).1.ABiographyofIsaacAsimovbiographyn.传记bio(尤其供公开发表的)个人简历(biography的缩写)biocards传记档案卡;bioinformation传记资料bio-

表示“生命,生物”之义biophysics生物物理学biochemistryn.生物化学Languagepoints

anAmericanscientistandwriter

一位科学家兼作家Thesingeranddancer________(be)comingforavisit.Thesingerandthedancer__________(be)comingforavisit.Aknifeandfork_______(be)onthedesk.is/wasare/wereis/was3.fiction:stories/novels,etcwhichdescribeeventsandpeopledonotexistnon-fiction:writingthatisaboutrealpeople,eventsandfactsliterature:writingthatisconsideredtobeworkofart,includingnovels,playsandpoetry

4.Asimovhadbothanextraordinaryimagination

thatgavehimtheabilitytoexplorefutureworldsandanamazingmind

withwhichhesearchedforexplanationofeverything,inthepresentandthepast.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,而且还有惊人的智力,使他能对现在和过去的各种事物作出解析。1)“介词＋which/whom”的结构引导定语从句句子分析:Asimovhadbothanextraordinaryimaginationandanamazingmind是句子的主要部分,had在句中有两个宾语imagination和mind,他们分别带了自己的宾语从句。that引导的从句修饰imagination;withwhich引导的定语从句修饰mind。动词不定式toexplorefutureworlds修饰ability。Heseemedtobelookingforthewordswithwhich

hecouldexpresswhathewasthinkingabout.Thenovelfrom

whichthefilmshasbeenadaptedforchildreniswrittenbyafamousAmericanwriter.Thecar,for

whichIpaidalotofmoney,isnowoutofdate.Heistellingastoryofahero,of

whomeveryoneinthetownisproud.Inthedarkstreet,therewasn’tasingleperson_______theycouldturnforhelp.A.whomB.whoC.towhomD.fromwhom

CTheNile,________electricityisproduced,nolongerdestroysvillagesandcrops.A.whichB.fromwhichC.fromitD.fromthat---Howdoyoulikethecake?---It’squitedifferentfrom_____Ihadlastmonth.A.thatB.whichC.theoneD.theonewhat

BC2)search+地方/人

在某地/某人身上寻找searchfor

寻找某物=search+place+for+objectinsearchof

寻找,作状语,表示目的Theenemies___________theRedArmymaneverywhere.Theyhave__________thewholecity_______themissingboy.Theboyhasbeentomanyplaces___________hislostcat.searchedsearched

forinsearchof3)explanation

n.

解释,解说,说明,辩解,互相讲明Whatisyourexplanationforbeinglate?Theonlyexplanationforhisbehavioristhathe’smad.explain

v.

解释,说明explainsthtosbWeexplainedourplantothecommittee.

5.From1942to1948heworkedasajunior

chemist…

junioradj.younger,lowerinrank

较年轻的/职位稍低的

Heisthejunioremployeeinthefirm.Heistwoyearsjuniortome.

senior:older;higherinrank

较年长的;职位稍高的

Heistwoyearsseniortome.

senior

citizens

老人6.hestartedtotakehimselfseriouslyasawriter.takesb/sthseriously:认真对待某人／某事Hetakesthingstooseriously.他对事太认真了。Youcan’ttakeherpromisesseriously;sheneverkeepsherword.Ifyoucan’ttreatyourstudyseriously,youwillfailinthecomingexamination.反义词:

take…forgranted

认为……是理所当然的,想当然,不把……当回事7.Soonafterhisdivorcein1973,…divorcen.

离婚,脱离

vt.

使离婚,与……脱离askforadivorce;getdivorced;divorce…fromHiswifeaskedforadivorce.Theygotdivorcedlastyear.Theyaredivorcingeachother.Shedivorcedherhusbandtwoyearsago.Weshouldn’tdivorcetheoryfrompractice.8.awardvt/n

honour/prize/reward

Hewonthe________forthebeststudentofyear.It’san_________tohearyouspeaksohighlyofme.HewontheNobel________forliterature.Hegota________of$100forhelpingthem.awardhonourPrizerewardleavesbalone考验turnaround打电话给……testout让……一个人呆着setaside将……放在一边ringup转向,回转CanyouguesstheChinesemeaningofeachphrases?1.Howmanypeople__________whileIwasout?2.Themodelmust_____________beforeweputitintomassproduction.3._______________,Isawanoldfriendofmine,whomIhaven’tseenforyears4.Sheisveryupset.______________forafewminutes.5.It’stime