Unit 1 Science fiction Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

授课时间：4月20日 教学内容：UNIT1 Reading and Thinking 教学目标： 1.讨论机器人及其对人类的影响 2.预测文本内容 3.获取关键信息并发现文本结构 4.小组讨论给故事编写结尾 教学重难点：获取关键信息并理解故事主人公的情感变化 Unit 1 Science Fiction Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact. ---Isaac Asimov Theme picture 1. What is science fiction? Science fiction, SF or sci-fi for short, is a form of fiction that deals principally主要地 with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals. （科学幻想，科幻） It is also a type of book, film/movie, etc. that is based on imagined scientific discoveries of the future, and often deals with 以……作为内容space travel and life on other planets. （科幻小说或影片等） Nineteen Eighty-four (《1984》) George Orwell Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (《仿生人会梦见电子羊吗》) Philip K. Dick Foundation (《基地》) Isaac Asimov The Time Machine (《时间机器》) H. G. Wells 《三体》 (The Three-Body Problem) 刘慈欣 《流浪地球》 (The Wandering Earth) 刘慈欣 Lead-in Isaac Asimov is an American scientist and author, who wrote science fiction and proposed three Laws of Robotics in the 1940's. Law Ⅰ: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 第1定律：机器人不能伤害人类，或因不作为 （袖手旁观）使人类受到伤害； Law Ⅱ: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 第2定律：机器人必须服从人类的命令，除非这些命令和第一定律相抵触； Law Ⅲ: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. 第3定律：在不违反第一、第二定律的前提下，机器人必须保护自己不受伤害 2. What could robots do in our daily life? Brainstorming 1. What is a robot? A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. The industrial robot can be used to produce cars The robot which can do rescue work Domestic robots家用机器人 The robot which can mow the lawn (除草机器人) Entertainment robots 娱乐型机器人 The robot which can dance with men Do you think it is possible for a robot to think for itself ? have feelings? have its own needs and