应用英语教程综合英语4 课件 Unit 12 A look into the Future

I.Mini-ResearchSearchtheInternetforinformationaboutsciencefictionandanswerthefollowingquestions.Whatisthevalueofsciencefiction?Thevalueofsciencefictionisthetelescopethatlooksintothefuture.Throughsciencefictionliteratureandfilms,weareabletoaddresstechnologicalchange,existentialrisks,andculturalcrisesthatmaydefineourfuture.Pre-ClassTasksI.Mini-Research2.Willsciencefictionshapepeople’swayoflife?Whyorwhynot?Aswellasconsideringtheeffectsofcurrentanddevelopingtechnologies,sciencefictioncanhelpaddresslong-termproblems,suchasglobalwarming.Itcanhelpwiththedevelopmentofspaceexploration,andprepareusforproblemswemaynotanticipate.Pre-ClassTasksII.Co-LearningWatchavideoclipanddiscussthefollowingquestionsinagroup.Accordingtothevideoclip,whatideasdomostscience-fictionmoviescenteron?

2)WhoproposedtheThreeLawsofRobotics?3)Whatmightbetherelationbetweensciencefictionandthefuture?Pre-ClassTasksThenatureofhumanity.

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Sciencefictionmightpredictthefuture.III.PresentationHaveyoueverwatchedorheardofanyscience-fictionfilms?Workingroups,sharethefilms,andchoosethemostimpressiveonetointroducetotheclass.Pre-ClassTasksForexample,ToYourScatteredBodiesGobyPhilipJoséFarmer,TheShadowoftheTorturerbyGeneWolfe,AnathembyNealStephenson,RevelationSpacebyAlastairReynolds,TheLeftHandofDarknessbyUrsulaK.LeGuin,I,RobotbyIsaacAsimov,SirensofTitanbyKurtVonnegut.Listatleasttworeasons.BackgroundKnowledgeAbouttheAuthorEileenGunn—asciencefictionauthorandeditorbasedinSeattle,Washington,whobeganpublishingin1978.HerstoryComingtoTerms,inspired,inpart,byafriendshipwithAvramDavidson,wontheNebulaAwardforBestShortStoryin2004.TwootherstorieswerenominatedfortheHugoAward:StableStrategiesforMiddleManagement(in1989)andComputerFriendly(1990).BackgroundKnowledgeAbouttheTextThetextisexcerptedfromSmithsonianMagazineandavailableat/arts-culture/how-americas-leading-science-fiction-authors-are-shaping-your-future-180951169/#s7K1RBRweTlhhFLP.99.Theauthorofthisbook,EileenGunn—asciencefictionauthorandeditorbasedinSeattle,Washington,whobeganpublishingin1978.Herstory“ComingtoTerms”,inspired,inpart,byafriendshipwithAvramDavidson,wontheNebulaAwardforBestShortStoryin2004.TwootherstorieswerenominatedfortheHugoAward:“StableStrategiesforMiddleManagement”(in1989)and“ComputerFriendly”(1990).BackgroundKnowledgeAbouttheTextThisisapieceofexpositorywriting.Theauthorbeginswithpeople’sdisappointmentatthefailedpromisesofearly20th-centurysciencefiction.Thenshemovesontopointoutthefactthatsciencefictionisnottopredictthefuture,buttocontemplatepossiblefutures.Theclosetiebetweensciencefictionandtechnologymakesitpossibleforsciencefictionauthorstoinspirereaderswithtechnologicalknowledgetorealizetheirvisionandfortechcompaniestohireauthorstocreate“designfiction,”orstoriesaboutpotentiallymarketableproducts.Accordingtowhethertheyhavehopeforabetterfuture,sciencefictionauthorsaredividedintodystopianandutopianones.Againstthetilttowarddystopianfuturesinrecentyears,somesciencefictionwritersappealedforwriters,scientists,artists,andengineerstocreatemoreoptimisticnearfuture.Theauthoremployedexemplificationtodevelopheridea.Forexample,“flyingcars”inParagraph1isanexampleof“themostfancifulpromisesofearly20th-centurysciencefiction.”TextATextStructureBeginning(para.1)sTheauthorintroduces_____________________________________________________________________________________?Body(paras.2-3)Theauthorpointsoutthatsciencefictionisto_____________________________because__________________________________________________________________________Body(paras.4-7)Sincesciencefictioncanencouragereaderstoconvert___________into_____________,andtheconnectionbetween_______________and______________________________hasbecomestronger.Conclusion(paras.8-13)Againstthetrendtowarddystopianfutures,somescience-fictionwritersattemptedto_______________________________________________________________________________________________.people’smisconceptionofsciencefictionasapredictionofthefuturecontemplatepossiblefuturesthefutureisunknownandsciencefictionvariesinfeasibilityimaginationrealitytechcompaniessciencefictionwritersprovidetangiblesolutionstoproblemstoproblemsconfrontingthehumanraceDetailedAnalysisTextAPartI(para1)Theauthorintroducespeople’smisconceptionofsciencefictionasapredictionofthefuture.Comprehensioncheck1.Whydopeoplefeeldisappointedatnothavingflyingcars?Becausemostpeopleexpectsciencefictiontopredictthefuture.DetailedAnalysisTextAPartI(para1)Wordsandphrases1.“Whereareourflyingcars?”becameaplaintivecryofdisappointmentasthemillenniumarrived,reflectingtheprevailingmoodthatscienceandtechnologyhadfailedtoliveuptothemostfancifulpromisesofearly20th-centurysciencefiction.(Para.1)aplaintivecryofdisappointment:asadcryshowingdisappointment悲恸失望的喊声liveupto:toachievewhatisexpected,esp.highstandards不辜负；做到Weexpectedalotofher,andherperformanceliveduptoourexpectations.DetailedAnalysisTextAPartII(paras2-3)Theauthorpointsoutthatsciencefictionistocontemplatepossiblefuturesbecausethefutureisunknownandsciencefictionvariesinfeasibility.Comprehensioncheck2.AccordingtoUrsulaK.LeGuin,whydoscience-fictionwritersfindthefutureappealing?Becausethefutureisunknownandwriterscancreateanypossibility.DetailedAnalysisTextAPartII(paras2-3)Wordsandphrases2.…ablackboxwhere“anythingatallcanbesaidtohappenwithoutfearofcontradictionfromanative…”(Para.2)Meaning:…aspacewhere“sciencefictionwritercancreateeverypossibilityandthereisnoneedforthemtoworryaboutbeingrefutedsincenobodyhasexperiencedthefuture…”contradictionfromanative:alocalresident’sactofsayingthatsomeoneelse’sopinion,statementetc.iswrongornottrue.Inthiscontext,anativereferstoapersonwhohasexperiencedthefuture.DetailedAnalysisTextA3.Becausesciencefictionspansthespectrumfromtheplausibletothefanciful,itsrelationshipwithsciencehasbeenbothnurturingandcontentious.(Para.3)Meaning:Sciencefictionmayexertbothbeneficialandcontroversialinfluenceonsciencebecausesciencefictionvariesinitsfeasibilityandimaginativeness.fanciful:imaginedratherthanbasedonfacts—oftenusedtoshowdisapprovalDetailedAnalysisTextAPartIII(paras4-7)Sincesciencefictioncanencouragereaderstoconvertimaginationintoreality,andtheconnectionbetweentechcompaniesandsciencefictionwritershasbecomestronger.Comprehensioncheck3.Accordingtothetext,howcansciencefictionhelprealizeseeminglyweirdideas?Itcansparktheimaginationofthosereaderswiththetechnicalknowledge.Asaresult,theymayhelprealizethevisioninthesciencefiction.DetailedAnalysisTextAPartIII(paras4-7)Comprehensioncheck4.WhydoestheauthormentionJordinKareinparagraph5?Heisatypicalexampletoillustratetheinfluenceofsciencefictionontechnologists.DetailedAnalysisTextAPartIII(paras4-7)Wordsandphrases4.…thanks,inpart,tosciencefiction’scapacitytosparkanimaginativefireinreaderswhohavethetechnicalknowledgetohelprealizeitsvisions.(Para.4)Meaning:…becausesciencefictioncaninspirereaderswhohavethetechnicalknowledgetomaterializetheimaginationofsciencefictionwriters.sparkafirein:produceafire;(figurative)encourage,stimulateBythistime,thegrenades(手榴弹)hadsparkedafireinthebuilding.DetailedAnalysisTextA5.Perhapsnothingbetterdemonstratestheclosetiebetweensciencefictionandtechnologytodaythanwhatiscalled“designfiction”—imaginativeworkscommissionedbytechcompaniestomodelnewideas.(Para.6)Meaning:Maybe“designfiction,”orimaginativeworksdesignatedbytechcompaniestoconstructnewideascanbestdisplaythecloseconnectionbetweensciencefictionandtechnology.tie:thefriendlyfeelingsthatpeoplehaveforotherpeople,orspecialconnectionswithplacesFamilytiesareweakerifyoumovealongwayaway.DetailedAnalysisTextA6.Thereisnothingweirdaboutacompanydoingthis—commissioningastoryaboutpeopleusingatechnologytodecideifthetechnologyisworthfollowingthroughon.(Para.7)followthroughon/with:todosomethingasthenextpartofanactivityorperiodofdevelopmentGiventhesuccessofourinitiative,wedecidedtofollowitthroughwithfurtherinvestment.DetailedAnalysisTextA7.I’vebeeninengineeringdiscussionsinwhichtheargumentturnedonwhatitwouldbeliketousetheproduct,andfictioncanbeawayofgettingatthatexperience.(Para.7)turnon:alsoturnuponsomething.Ifasituation,event,argumentetc.turnsonaparticularthingoridea,itdependsonthatthing.Asusual,everythingturnedonhowmuchmoneywasavailable.DetailedAnalysisTextAPartIV(paras8-13)Againstthetrendtowarddystopianfutures,somescience-fictionwritersattemptedtoprovidetangiblesolutionstoproblemsconfrontingthehumanrace.Comprehensioncheck5.Howdidsciencefictionperceivescientificprogressintheearlypartofthe20thcentury?Positive,beingabletomaketheworldabetterplace.DetailedAnalysisTextAPartIV(paras8-13)Comprehensioncheck6.Whatisthechallengetotheapproachadoptedbyscience-fictionwriterswhotakeonbig,difficultproblemsintheirstories?Notallproblemslendthemselvestotangiblesolutions.DetailedAnalysisTextAPartIV(paras8-13)Comprehensioncheck7.WhatarethepurposesofBruecknerandNovy’scourseScienceFictiontoScienceFabrication?Toconsiderthesocialcontextofthetechnologiesdevisedinsciencefiction,buildadevicebasedonsciencefiction,anddiscusstheethicalimplicationsoftheirdevice.DetailedAnalysisTextAPartIV(paras8-13)Comprehensioncheck8.Doestheauthoranswerthequestion“howscience-fictionauthorsareshapingyourfuture”?Whyorwhynot?Yes,inParagraph2,theauthorsays,“itcontemplatespossiblefutures.”DetailedAnalysisTextAPartIV(paras8-13)Wordsandphrases8.Iamcompelledtofearthatsciencewillbeusedtopromotethepowerofdominantgroups,ratherthantomakemenhappy.(Para.9)Implication:Scienceshouldbeusedtomakemenhappy,ratherthantoenhancethepowerofdominantgroups.DetailedAnalysisTextA9.Thedistinctionbetweendystopiaandutopiamayoftenseemtohingeonwhethertheauthorpersonallyhashopeforabetterfuture.(Para.9)hingeon:Ifaresulthingesonsomething,itdependsonitcompletely.Hispoliticalfuturehingesontheoutcomeofthiselection.DetailedAnalysisTextA10.Hedoesnot,however,succumbtodespair,andheworksouthissolutionsincomplex,realistic,well-researchedscientificdetail.(Para.9)succumbto:tostopopposingsomeoneorsomethingthatisstrongerthanyou,andallowthemtotakecontrolSuccumbingtopressurefromthechemicalindustry,GovernorBlakelyamendedtheregulations.DetailedAnalysisTextA11.NealStephenson—authorofAnathem,Reamdeandadozenorsootherwide-rangingnovels—hashadenoughofdystopias.(Para.10)wide-ranging:includingawidevarietyofsubjects,things,orpeoplewide-rangingproposalstoimprovetherailnetworkhavehadenoughof:spokenusedtosayyouaretiredorangryaboutasituationandwantittostopI’vejustabouthadenoughofyourstupidremarks.DetailedAnalysisTextA12.Thestoriestakeonbig,difficultproblems:Stephenson’sstoryenvisionstheconstructionofa15-mile-highsteeltowerreachingintothestratosphere,whichwouldcutdownonthefuelneededtolaunchspacevehicles…(Para.11)takeon:toagreetodosomeworkortoberesponsibleforsomethingGibsonistakingonthepostofvicepresident.DetailedAnalysisTextA13.Anunderlyingchallengetothisapproachisthatnotallproblemslendthemselvestotangiblesolutions…(Para.12)lenditselfto:Ifsomethinglendsitselftosomethingelse,itissuitableforthatthingorcanbeconsideredinthatway.Thenovel’scomplex,imaginativestyledoesnotlenditselftotranslation.TextAComprehensionFindoutinformationaboutthefollowingandshareyourfindingsinagroup.1HaveSpaceSuit—WillTravelHaveSpaceSuit—WillTravel:isasciencefictionnovelforyoungreadersbyAmericanwriterRobertA.Heinlein,originallyserializedinTheMagazineofFantasy&ScienceFiction(August,September,October1958)andpublishedbyScribner’sinhardcoverin1958.ThelastHeinleinnoveltobepublishedbyScribner’s,itwasnominatedforaHugoAwardin1959andwontheSequoyahChildren’sBookAwardfor1961.Heinlein’sengineeringexpertiseenabledhimtoaddrealisticdetail;duringWorldWarII,hehadbeenacivilianaeronauticsengineeratalaboratorywhichdevelopedpressuresuitsforuseathighaltitudes.TextAComprehension2BertrandRussellBertrandArthurWilliamRussell,3rdEarlRussellOMFRS(18May1872—2February1970)wasaBritishpolymath,philosopher,logician,mathematician,historian,writer,socialcritic,politicalactivist,andNobellaureate.Throughouthislife,Russellconsideredhimselfaliberal,asocialistandapacifist,althoughhealsosometimessuggestedthathisskepticalnaturehadledhimtofeelthathehad“neverbeenanyofthesethings,inanyprofoundsense.”RussellwasborninMonmouthshireintooneofthemostprominentaristocraticfamiliesintheUnitedKingdom.1Completethesentenceswiththeproperformofthewordsinparentheses.1)InChapter2ofherthesis,shegoesontotestthe____________oftheseassumptions.(plausible)2)Aseriesof____________ruinedtheoldcouple—floods,afailedharvest,andthedeathofason.(calamitous)3)

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PracticeTextAWorkinagroupanddiscussthefollowingtopic.Theauthorinthetextproposesthatsciencefictionmayinspirebreakthroughsintechnology.Canyouprovideexamplestosupportheropinion?Sharetheexamplesinyourgroup.Oral

PracticeTextAManyresearchersacknowledgetherolethatsciencefictionhasplayedintriggeringtheirinterestinscienceandinspiringbreakthroughs.Indeed,therearemanyexamplesoffictionaltechnologiesthathavelateremergedintherealworld.In1945,longbeforethefirstsatelliteorbitedEarth,ArthurC.Clarkefamouslydescribedhowradiosignalscouldbounceoffsatellitesforlong-distancecommunication.Today,communicationssatellitesarecommon.ThecommunicatorsinStarTrekandDickTracy’svideowristwatchhaveremarkablesimilaritiestotoday’ssmartphonesandsmartwatches.Thentherearethevariousdisobedientrobotsfrom2001:ASpaceOdysseyandBladeRunner,whichhumansaredesperatelyhopingtoavoid.AndKITT,thedriverlesscarfromtheTVseriesKnightRider,isnolongersciencefiction.WritingTextAThefollowingaresomequotesaboutsciencefiction.Choosetheonethathasresonanceforyouandwriteanessayinnolessthan200words.Youressayshouldincludethefollowingaspects.1)

Tellyourreadersthequoteyouagreewith.2)

Giveyourownunderstandingorinterpretationofthisquote.3)

Presentevidence,analysis,andreasoningtosupportyourviewpoint.WritingTextAIfsciencefictionisthemythologyofmoderntechnology,thenitsmythistragic.—UrsulaK.LeGuinIndividualscience-fictionstoriesmayseemastrivialasevertotheblindercriticsandphilosophersoftoday—butthecoreofsciencefiction,itsessence,theconceptaroundwhichitrevolves,hasbecomecrucialtooursalvationifwearetobesavedatall.—IsaacAsimovScience-fictionwriters,Iamsorrytosay,reallydonotknowanything.Wecan’ttalkaboutscience,becauseourknowledgeofitislimitedandunofficial,andusuallyourfictionisdreadful.—PhilipK.DickTextAWritingTextA

IfindmyselfresonatewithwhatIsaacAsimovsaidaboutsciencefiction,“Individualscience-fictionstoriesmayseemastrivialasevertotheblindercriticsandphilosophersoftoday—butthecoreofsciencefiction,itsessence,theconceptaroundwhichitrevolves,hasbecomecrucialtooursalvationifwearetobesavedatall.”Itarticulatedtheimportanceofsciencefictiontohumanbeings.TextAWritingTextAFirstofall,sciencefictioncanchangetherealitybyinspiringscientisttocreateabetterworld.Forexample,theimaginedcurtain