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Unit 1 Science Fiction
Reading and Thinking
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To develop your interest in reading English novels by appreciating the story.
To develop your reading habits, like general reading, scanning for details and how to analyze and appreciate literature works (deep reading).
To develop your communicative ability through designed group and pair activities.
Step1 Lead in
Reading and Thinking
---Explore the relationship between humans and robots
Watch the video and answer the following questions.
1. Who is Sophia and what does she look like?
2. What can Sophia do ?
3. Do you think a robot can have its own feelings or thoughts?
1. Who is Sophia and what does she look like?
2. What can Sophia do?
3. Do you think a robot can have its own feelings or thoughts?
make good communication and
play jokes
look like humans and have facial expressions
plan to dominate the human race
(kidding)
good at playing
games
A robot can only do what it’s programmed to do
even though they can show feelings using facial expressions .
Sophia
created by the founder of Hanson Robotics Dr David Hanson
Tony
a robot character (similar to Sophia)
created by the great writer Isaac Asimov
裸阳
我,机器人
Issac Asimov (1920-1992)
a famous American science fiction writer
develop a set of three “laws’”for robots
Issac Asimov
(1920-1992)
Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
第一定律:机器人不得伤害人类个体,或者目睹人类个体将遭受危险而袖手不管。
第二定律:机器人必须服从人给予它的命令,当该命令与第一定律冲突时例外。
第三定律:机器人在不违反第一、第二定律的情况下要尽可能保护自己的生存。
Step 2 Prediction
Look at the title and answer the following questions:
1. Whose satisfaction do you think will be guaranteed?
2.What does the word “adapted” mean?
Rewritten&Adjusted
It is originally written