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

Unit 1 Science Fiction Reading and thinking 1 Lead in What are they? robots There are many types of robots. industrial robots repetitive, or boring tasks entertainment robots household robots serve us Have you read any science fiction? What elements does science fiction usually include? Yes, I have read some, such as The Three-Body Problem and The Wandering Earth. These stories often contain scientific devices that we do not have now, and technologies that seem impossible, such as time travel. The characters may have bodies, cultures, and backgrounds that are very different than our own. The themes often include space exploration, alien contact, AI, and the future of humans, etc. 《三体》 (The Three-Body Problem) 刘慈欣 《流浪地球》 (The Wandering Earth) 刘慈欣 Isaac Asimov 1920---1992 1920---1992 1920---1992 I Robot (2004) I Robot (2004) I Robot (1950) How do they get on with each other? Explore the relationship between humans and robots Period 1 Step 1 Pre-reading What’s the genre（体裁）of this text? A. Narration 记叙文 B. Exposition 说明文 C. Argumentation 议论文 My First Template Step 1 Pre-reading Satisfaction Guaranteed Whose satisfaction do you think will be guaranteed? How do you understand the word “adapted”? My First Template Step 2 Reading for the main idea and the structure Main idea: It is mainly about how a household _________ was _________ ________ in a family. robot tested out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Part1 Tony’s arrival at Claire’s home. Part2 (Para.2-8) The process of Tony helping Claire. Part3 The result of Tony living with Claire. Step 3 Reading for the characters Read the story originally written by famous science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. Take notes on main characters and their relationships to each other. Larry Belmont Gladys Claffern Claire Tony couple made test out friends Claire wished to be a household robot My First Template SATISFACTION GUARANTEED