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1、Unit 2,Robots,Using Language (II),A biography of Isaac Asimov,Skimming:,Glance through the passage and then find out the answers to the following questions:,Which paragraph tells you when and where Asimov was born and died? Which paragraph tells you about his education? Which paragraph tells you abo

2、ut awards he received?,Para.2,Para.3,Para.5,Read through the text and then find out the answers to the following questions.,What subject did Asimov teach? When did he start having stories published? How many children did he have?,Fast reading,He taught biochemistry.,In 1939.,Two children, a son and

3、a daughter.,Read about Isaac Asimov and complete the timeline of the events in his life. Date Event Born in Russia. _. _. Parents bought a candy store. _. Mother had her third child. _ Started to take himself seriously as a writer. _ _.,Sister born,Moved with family to New York,Started working in a

4、candy store,1931,Began having stories published in science fiction magazines,Date Event _ Gained Masters degree in chemistry. Finished working in the candy store. _. 1942-1945 _. _ Got PhD in chemistry. _ Became a biochemistry teacher, Boston University School of Medicine. Published his first novel.

5、 _ . Developed three laws for robots.,1941,Got married,1948,1949,Published I, Robot,Worked as junior chemist Yard,Date Event 1951-1953 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 tra

6、nsfusion. Became infect with HIV. 1992 _.,1953,1958,Married for a second time,1983,Died in New York,Asimovs 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 being are no

7、t 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 the human beings).,Discussion,Which set of laws do you think is better? why? 2. What might happen in a world where there were robots if Asimovs three law

8、s did not exist?,Free Talk,The singer and the dancer _ (be) Coming for a visit.,The singer and dancer _ (be) coming for a visit.,1. an American scientist and writer 一位科学家兼作家 如果两个名词指同一人或物，一般只用一个冠词，谓语动词用单数形式。,is / was,are / were,A knife and fork _ (be) on the desk.,is / was,Language points,2. Asimov h

9、ad 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. Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination and an amazing mind是句子主要部分，动词不定式to explore future worlds修饰abili

10、ty，with which引导的定语从句修饰an amazing mind。 with which是“介词+ which / whom”结构。如： The car, for which I paid a lot f money, is broken now.,3. From 1942 to 1948 he worked as a junior chemist junior adj. 较年轻的/职位稍低的 He is the junior employee in the firm . He is two years junior to me. senior 较年长的；职位稍 高的 He is t

11、wo years senior to me. senior citizens 老人,4. It was when Asimov was eleven years old that his talent for writing became obvious. 这句话是“It + be + 被强调成分+ that +剩余部分”结构。如： It was in this village that I spent my childhood. It is by bus that I go to school every day. How long ago was it that you last saw

12、her?,5. , he started to take himself seriously as a writer. take sb. / sth. seriously 认真对待某人某事 He takes things too seriously. 他对事太认真了。 You cant take her promises seriously; she never keeps her word. If you cant take your study seriously, you will fail in the coming examination. take for granted 认为是理

13、所当然的，想当 然，不把当回事,6. Soon after his divorce in 1973, divorce n. 离婚; 脱离 vt. 使离婚; 与.脱离 His wife asked for a divorce. They got divorced last year. They are divorcing each other. She divorced her husband two years ago.,7.词语辨析: award / honour / prize / reward 1) award (奖, 奖品; 奖金)指因竞赛获胜、工作成绩显著或某一值得称赞的行为而获得的奖品。 2) honour (荣誉) 比prize与award更普通，往往指非官方的、私人的荣誉奖励。 3) prize (奖金；奖品，赠品；战利品) 指在比赛、竞争、工作、学习中优胜者所获得的奖赏。可能是钱，也可能是物品。 4) reward (报答，酬劳) 并不指某种荣誉，而指应得的报酬。,Fill in the blanks with honour, prize, award or reward. He won the _ for the best