内容正文:
Using Language
Unit 01
Science Fiction
新人教选择性必修四
To know some famous science fiction writers.
To read for the main idea of the passage.
To discuss what you would do if you could time travel.
To write a sci-fi short story.
Learning objectives
B.
IMPORTAINT POINT
Part 1
Lead In
B.
2.Have you read stories or watched films about time travelling? What would do if you could time travel?
If I could time travel, I could see the results of my actions or other people's 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.
1. Do you have an urge to time travel or space travel ?
B.
IMPORTAINT POINT
Part 2
Pre-reading
B.
Look at the portrait, Who is he?
He is H.G.Wells, a famous science fiction writer who wrote The Time Machine.
B.
Skim the title and predict the plot
the starting lever
the leather seat
The main panel
Look at the pictures on pages 9. What does the time machine look like? How is it different from what you expected?
It looks like a chair.
B.
IMPORTAINT POINT
Part 3
While-reading
B.
Scan the story, find out how many times the Time Traveller started the machine.
I pushed the
starting lever on
the main panel forwards an inch then immediately
backwards again.
l drew a breath, gripped the lever and pushed it forwards.
I pushed the lever further.
Like an impatient tool, I pulled the lever
backhards hard.
The Time Traveller started the machine twice.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
B.
Listen and read the story carefully and answer the questions.
1. How does the Time Traveller first know he has travelled through time?
He saw the clock move forwards.
B.
He felt strange and unpleasant.
2. How does the Time Traveller feel when travelling through time?
What rhetorical devices does the writer use to describe his feelings?
The writer uses overstatements
B.
3. Why is the Time Traveller worried about stopping the machine?
He had thought about the risk of stopping