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Unit 1 Science Fiction
Reading and Thinking
Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
---Isaac Asimov
Learning Objectives
1. To develop your interest in reading English novels by appreciating the story.
2. To develop your reading habits,like general reading, seanning for details and how to anal yze and appreciate literature works (deep reading) .
3. To develop your communicative ability through designed group and pair activities.
1.What do you see in the picture?
2.What do you think of when you see this picture?
Look at the picture on Page 1 and discuss the following questions.
buildings and machines in the future
spaceship...
science fiction、science fiction film
AI 、technology、robot
Lead in
Discussion
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Have you read any science fiction? What elements does science fiction usually include?
《三体》
(The Three-Body Problem)
刘慈欣
《流浪地球》
(The Wandering Earth)
刘慈欣
Lead in
Discussion
Elements of science fiction
scientific theme...
characters (robots, aliens..)
futuristic technology
Robot
Watch a short video
Industrial robots 工业机器人
Can you think of any other type of robot?
Domestic robots家用机器人
Entertainment
robots
娱乐型机器人
The robot which can dance with men
The robot which can be used to explore space
Brainstorm
2. Do you think it is possible for a robot to
look exactly like a human being?
think by itself ?
have feelings?
1. How do robots already help humans today?
If a robot like Sophia lives with you, what will happen?
Isaac Asimov(1920-1992),a famous American science fiction writer
full of imagination and creativity
develop a set of three ‘laws’ for robots
其作品以《基地系列》、《银河帝国三部曲》和《机器人系列》三大系列被誉为“科幻圣经 ”。曾获代表科幻界最高荣誉的雨果奖和星云终身成就大师奖。他提出的“机器人学三定律”被称为“现代机器人学的基石”。
Isaac Asimov is an American scientist and author, who wrote science fiction and proposed three Laws of Robotics in the 1940's.
Law Ⅰ: A robot may not injure a human being or,
through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
第1定律:机器人不能伤害人类,或因不作为
(袖手旁观)使人类受到伤害;
Law Ⅱ: A robot must obey the order