Unit 1 Reading Thinking课文讲解课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

Unit 1 Science Fiction Reading and Thinking 1. Recently it had begun experimenting with a household robot. It was going to be tested out by Larry’s wife, Claire. 最近，公司用一台家用机器人来做实验。它将由拉里的妻子克莱尔来测试。 experiment with …用…做实验 test out 测试; 检验 2. Claire didn’t want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be away on a business trip for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her to be harmed. 【翻译】 克莱尔并不想她家里有个机器人，尤其是在她丈夫要出差三周的时候，但是拉里劝她说机器人不会伤害她，也不会让她受到伤害。 that引导的宾语从句 as引导时间状语从句 but连接的并列复合句 especially 修饰整个句子 on business 出差 harm vt/n. 伤害；坏处 do harm to… =be harmful to… 对…有害 allow sb to do sth 允许某人做某事 alarmed adj.害怕的；惊慌的 alarming adj. 令人惊恐的 3.On the second morning, Tony brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing.Now she was being looked after by a robot that looked so human and it was disturbing. 第二天，托尼带来了早餐然后问她是否需要帮忙穿衣服。现在，她被看起来像人的机器人照顾着，这太令人不安了。 具体某一天的上/下午用介词on be dressed in 穿着…衣 dress up 打扮；盛装 was being looked after 进行时态的被动语态 human adj. 人性的；人的 disturbing adj.令人不安的；令人烦恼的 4.Claire thought it was ridiculous that she was being offered sympathy by a robot, but she gradually admired his wisdom and integrity and began to trust him. He always treated her with dignity. 克莱尔觉得一个机器人对她表示同情十分荒谬，但是她逐渐地佩服他的智慧和忠诚并开始信任他。他总是有尊严地对待他。 it 是形式主语, that she was being offered sympathy by a robot引导的主语从句 sympathy n.同情 show feel sympathy for sb 同情某人 sympathetic adj. 同情的 in the integrity 原封不动地 with dignity 有尊严地 lose dignity失去尊严 stand on one’s dignity 保持尊严 ridiculous adj. very silly or unreasonable 愚蠢的; 荒唐的, 可笑的 e.g. It's ridiculous that we have to wait six weeks. 【句式】It is / was ridiculous that … ……是荒谬的。 【常用搭配】 a ridiculous idea 荒唐的主意 look ridiculous 看上去可笑 sound ridiculous 听起来荒谬 absolutely/totally ridiculous 荒谬绝伦 【语境应用】完成句子。 1) ______________________ (……是荒谬的) they are short o