Unit 1 Using Language Reading for Writing 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第四册

BY YUSHEN Unit 1 Science Fiction Using Language Write a sci-fi short story 人教版（2019）选择性必修四 Learning objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: 1. read a text about time travel; 2. grasp the main idea of this text and it’s language features; 3. continue to write the story with the help of some questions; 4. use guide to write a sci-fi short story about time travel; 5. cooperate with group mates actively through checking your sci-fi stories together. Lead-in Think about the following questions. Have you read stories or watched films about time travelling? How would people feel when they travel through time? If I could time travel, I could see the results of my actions or other peoples actions, and if the results were bad, I could travel back to the present time, too, and then take another course of action that had a better outcome. But I must learn not to depend on time travel and “cheat” every time when I failed or met something bad. I will choose the most important moment to return and not to change others fates without consideration. What would you do if you could time travel? Suggested Answer Pre-writing Learn the background of the text we will read. H.G. Wells (1866-1946) is — along with Jules Verne — most often credited with being the inventor of the science fiction genre. He was born in Kent, England. When he was eight years old, his leg was broken in an accident, and this forced him to stay in bed for a long period of time. This was when he fell in love with books and decided to become a writer. His family suffered great financial troubles when he was young, and as a result he was not able to attend school but was forced to work. Despite this, he studied on his own and in the end won a scholarship which allowed him to go to college. Eventually, he received a degree in zoology from the University of London. Wells had trouble finding and keeping work until the early 1890s, when he found great success writing articles for magazines. This led t