Unit 4 A Glimpse of the Future Developing ideas Reading课件-2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit 4 A glimpse of the future Developing ideas — reading 【版本：新外研　册别：选择性必修三】 1 Learning Objectives Get the main idea of the passage and give the outline of the story. Understand the topic of the passage and develop an emotional attitude of positive acceptance but critical view of technological innovation. Pay attention to the features and writing technique of the passage, and write a science fiction. 2 Post-reading Careful reading Fast reading Pre-reading Homework I II III IV V VI Language points contents 3 I Pre-reading 4 Think about the life on the Moon. Is it different from that on Earth? Share your opinion with the class. 5 The passage (P44-45) is extracted from a science fiction named A Boy’s Best Friend written by Isaac Asimov. Read and find out what life on the Moon is like in the novel. Before reading, let’s read the short introduction to Isaac Asimov, the author of A Boy’s Best Friend. Isaac Asimov (1920 — 1992) American author and biochemist, a highly successful and prolific writer of science fiction and of science books for the layperson. He wrote or edited about 500 volumes, of which the most famous are those in the Foundation and robot series. The first three books of which won the Hugo Award for “Best All-Time Series” in 1966. His other major works are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series, in which he put forward the Three Laws of Robotics — an idea which continues to exercise some influence today. Background information A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. Let’s read the adaptation of excerpts from A Boy’s Best Friend ! The events in the passage take place on the Moon, where Jimmy and his parents live. The boy has a best friend Robutt, who is a rob