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Unit 1 Science Fiction
Reading and Thinking
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What is an invention?
invention
discovery
powder
compass
printing
paper-making
Zhang Heng
Cai Lun
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
Thomas Edison
seismograph
Match the invention with its inventor
light bulb
Morse telegraph
paper-making
telephone
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Task 1: Read for the main idea and the structure
Main idea: It is mainly about
how a household _________ was
_________ ________ in a family.
robot
tested
out
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Part1(para1-2): Tony’s arrival at Claire’s home.
Part2 (Para.3-8) : The process of Tony helping Claire.
Part3 (para9) :The result of Tony living with Claire.
Larry’s company made a robot, which was going to by Larry’s wife, Claire.
Skimming for the setting, characters and main plots
Setting
household
be tested out
Characters
Main plots
a couple
test out
work on
a household robot
friends
Claire
Larry Belmont
Tony
Gladys Claffern
characters
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Task2: Read for the characters
Take notes on main characters and their relationships to each other.
Larry
Belmont
Tony
work on
Claire
Gladys
Claffern
envy/ admire
test out
a rich and powerful woman
a household robot
a couple
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Find out the main character and their relationships with each other.
Larry Belmont
an employee of a company that makes robots
Claire
Larry’s wife
Tony
the robot being tested out by Claire in her house
Gladys Claffern
a rich and powerful woman that Claire envies
Identify the genre of scientific fiction
Have you ever watched this movie? Is it happening now or in
the future? Is it real?
The movie is The Wandering Earth, it happened in the future and based on scientific imagination.
Scientific-fiction: Imaginary stories based on science
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Prediction
Look at the title and predict:
What does the word “adapted” mean?
2. Will there be a robot in this novel? What types of robot will it be?
改编, not directly quote from the original sci-fiction.
Yes, and the robot is a domestic robot.
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Pre-reading
1. Kill the snakes.
2. Call 119
If some snakes are found in your yards,
how will you deal with them?
How did the author do the research?
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2
The first thing I did was
A new approach was needed
Doing research
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to see if there were any products that might help me.
I set about researching the habits of the snakes.
Testing the solution
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attempt 1 attempt 2 attempt 3
result
The first attempt had little effect, so the plan needed . The second one had some effect, but it was still .
All the snakes were collected and
back into the wild.
adjusting
Failure
Failure
Success
dangerous
released
Which attempt was successful ?
Discuss any modern inventions you know in pairs.
Describe them to your partner and explain how they changed people’s lives.
online shopping
high-speed train
online payment
shared bike
Summary
What have you learnt in this class?
1. The benefits of inventions
2. The stages of an invention
Finding a problem
Doing research
Thinking of a
creative solution
Testing the solutions
Deciding on the invention
Applying for a patent
Inspiration
Great inventions are the driving force
in the development of our country.
伟大的发明是我们国家发展的动力
1. Find out great inventions in the world as many as possible.
2. Finish the exercise in the workbook.
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糖果
Thank you.
01_2 Read the story below, which was originally written by famous science fiction writer Isaac Asimov.
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