Unit 3 Starting out 课件-2022-2023学年高一英语外研版（2019）必修第三册

Unit 3 The world of science -starting out Has it become a reality now? Mary Shelley, the author of sci-fi Frankenstein, mentioned the use of electricity and organs to revive a person who had no heartbeat in Frankenstein. become a reality French artist Jean-Marc Cote imagined air bus in 1990 Has it become a reality now? Have you ever read these novels? Have you noticed any inventions in the novels? Read the inventions from these novels and choose those that have become a reality. It is a fantasy novel written by British author J.K. Rowling. It is the first novel in the Harry Potter series and Rowling's debut novel. The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H.G. Wells, published in 1895 and written as a frame narrative. The work is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time.travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel forwards and backwards in time. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle. In the Year 2889 is a 1967 science fiction film about the aftermath of a future nuclear war. A nuclear war has wiped out most of Earth's population. The film follows a group of survivors who are holed up in a secluded valley and must protect themselves from rising radiation levels, mutants, and in some cases, each other. The Machine Stops is a science fiction short story by E.M. Forster. The story, set in a world where almost all humans have lost the ability to live on the surface of Earth and each individual lives in isolation in a "cell" relying on a giant machine to provide their needs, predicted future technologies such as instant messaging and the Internet inventions that have become a reality People nowadays can have video chats with each other via mobile phones and computers connected to the Internet. And many newspapers have offered their readers free digital editions. Furthermore, live chat rooms make it possible for people to communicate with reporters, statesmen and s