Unit 1 Science Fiction Using Language 课件-【上好课】高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

UNIT 1 SCIENCE FICTION Using Language Do you know the man? Liu Cixin He is one of the most famous science-fiction novelists all over the world. His Three Body Problem has become such an international cultural phenomenon that business and government leaders have read the books and drawn lessons from it. Warming up Three Body Problem won the Hugo Award, the first for an Asian author Barack Obama: “wildly imaginative, really interesting”. Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi, said the book gave him ideas about marketing competition. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder, recommends it. The Wandering Earth In the film, based on a short story by Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin, the Earth is in danger of being destroyed by the dying sun. In response, humans around the world work together to build a giant engine system that will push the Earth away from the sun. Instead of abandoning the Earth, this time we’re taking it with us. Watch the video. 1. Background information The Time Machine was written by famous science fiction writer H.G.Wells. British writer Sept21, 1866 — Aug13, 1946 Famous works： The Time Machine (1895) The War of the Worlds (1898) The First Men in the Moon (1901) The Discovery of the Future (1902) Herbert George Wells 2. Reading Task 1. Choose the best answer after reading the passage. 1. The first of all Time Machines began its career at ______. A. ten o'clock B. half past ten C. three o'clock D. half past three 2. Why is the author invisible to his niece? A. Because he is hidden from her. B. Because they are not in the same time. C. Because there is no lamp in the room. D. Because he moves like a rocket. Task 2. Find out how many times the Time Traveler started the machine. I pushed the starting lever on the main panel forwards an inch then immediately backwards again. (Para. 1) I drew a breath, gripped the lever and pushed it forwards. (Para. 2) Twice Task 3 : Read the pas