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Unit 1 Science Fiction
Using Language
Write a sci-fi short story
What is the machine in the picture?
It's a Time Machine.
If I could time travel, I would like to:
see my old actual self.
see my beloved ones who have passed away.
experience my childhood life again.
be able to predict the future or decide my future.
see what life/man the world/earth will be like in millions of years to come
see the wonders of the world in the near or distant future.
see what the future holds in store for us.
In groups, discuss what would do if you could time travel?
The film Hi,Mom is about a daughter who took a time travel going back to the 1980s and met her mother, who had died in an accident.
Can you name some other films about time travelling?
Back to the future
《回到未来》
Terminator
《终结者》
Some other films about time travelling
The time machine
《时间机器》
The film The Time Travel was adapted from H.G. Wells’ novel written in 1895. The famous science fiction writer H.G. Wells (1866 — 1946) who was referred to as “The Father of Science Fiction”, was an English novelist, teacher, historian and journalist.
Background Knowledge
Now let’s read the text adapted.
Look at the title and picture and guess what the text mainly talk about?
Prediction
A man’s expriences in the Time Machine.
Skimming:
Find the structure of the time machine
the starting lever 启动杆
the leather seat 皮座椅
The main panel主面板
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Skimming
Match each paragraph with the main idea.
How I felt while time travelling
What I thought before I stopped the Time Machine and what happened when stopped it
How I got the first of all Time Machines started and what happened
How I ended up somewhere in the future after travelling thousands of years
What happened while I got the Time Machine working
1. How does the Time Traveller first know
has travelled through time?
2. How does the Time Traveller feel when
travelling through time? What
rhetorical devices (修辞手法) does the