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UNIT 1 SCIENCE FICTION
Reading for Writing
lead-in Do you know the TIME MACHINE and do you desrie to own one?
Herbert George Wells(1866--1946): English Writter, the first one to write science fictions about time travelling. His famous science fictions includes The War of the Worlds (《星际战争》)
The Time Machine(1895), the first science fiction about time travelling, tells the story about a time traveller who can travell around time because of the the time machine (he travels to the year 802701).
Pre-reding
The Time Machine is an American action-science-fiction film released in 2002,directed by Simon Wells, who is the great-grandson of the original author. The machine in the picture is an important prop(道具) in this film.
the leather seat 皮座椅
the starting lever 启动杆
The main panel 主面板
1.What’s the main idea of the text?
A.A time traveller’s experience through the time.
B. An introduction to the time machine
C.The reasons for time travel
D.A biography of the science fiction writer H.G. Wells
Fast reading
How many times did the the Time Traveller pull and push the lever and what did he see then ?
Careful reading
the frist he pulled
Para. 1 It was at ten o'clock today that the first of all Time Machines began its career. I gave it a last check, and sat myself in the leather seat. I pushed the starting lever on the main panel forwards an inch then immediately backwards again. Looking around, I saw my laboratory exactly as before. Had anything happened? I thought my mind had tricked me. Then I saw the clock. A moment before, it was a minute or so past ten; now it was nearly half past three!
上午十点,所有时间机器中的第一台启动了共运转之旅。我最后检查了一遍机器,然后坐在皮椅上。我把主面板上的启动杆往前推了一英寸,然后又立刻向后拉。环顾四周,我看到实验室与以前一模样。发生什么事了吗?我以为我的大脑欺骗了我。然后我看了下时钟。片刻之前,大概是十点零一分,而现在已经快三点半了!
The first time he pushed and pulled the lever he saw:
1.the laboratory
2.the time
exactly as before
half past three(from ten o'clock )
1.最后检查一遍它
2.使自己在皮座椅上坐下
3.大约
4.大脑欺骗了我
5.强调句句型
6.环顾四周
Useful expressions of Para.1
give it a last/final check
sit/seat myself in the leather seat
or so
My mind had tricked me
It is/was被强调部分that/who句子其他成分
look around
Para. 2 I drew a breath, gripped the lever and pushed it forwards. The laboratory went hazy around me. My niece came in to fetch something, maybe her handkerchief, apparently without seeing me. It probably took her a minute, but to me she moved like a rocket! I pushed the lever further. Night came as if a lamp was being turned out, and in another moment came the day. Tomorrow night came, then skipped to day, again and again, faster and faster still.
我吸了一口气,一把抓住操纵,往前推了一下。实验室在我身边变得模糊不清。我的侄女进来拿东西,也许是拿她的手帕,但她显然没看见我。她大约花了一分钟时间,但在我看来,她的动作快如火箭!我把操纵杆再往前推了下。夜幕降临了,仿佛一盏灯正在熄灭,转眼间,白昼就来临了。第二天夜晚降临,接着又跃进到白天。如此反复,越来越快。
The second time he pushed the lever he saw: 1.the lab
2.his niece
The third time he pushed lever he saw:
went hazy
moved like a rocket
Time skipped again and again, faster and faster.
1.吸了一口气
2.抓紧操纵杆
3.为某人去拿...
4.夜幕降临
5.快速转移到白天
6. (灯)熄灭了
7.做某事花了某人多长时间
8.(介词短语前置)完全倒装句
draw a breath =take a breath
grip the lever (firmly/tightly)
fetch sb sth /fetch sth for sb.
night came
skip to day
turn out
Useful expressions of Para.2
It takes/took sb. st. to do sth.
介词短语+谓语+主语
In another moment came the day.
Para. 3 It is hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling. It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road. As my pace grew faster, the walls of the laboratory fell away, and I was left in the open air. The sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown across the sky, but soon there was division between night and day. Around me I saw trees growing like puffs of smoke; they grew, spread, and died in moments. I saw huge buildings rise up then disappear like in a dream. The whole surface of the earth was being changed, melting and flowing before my eyes. I calculated that I was being pushed through time at hundreds of years a minute.
时间旅行带来的陌生感和不适感是难以解释的。我感到我好像坐在一部汽车里,飞驰在蜿蜒的道路上。我的速度越来越快,实验室的墙壁随之坍塌,我置身野外。太阳和月亮看起来似乎正被抛向天空,但是很快就有了昼夜之分。环顾四周,我看到树木似青烟升起,不断生长,变得枝繁叶茂,片刻之后枯亡。我看到大楼拔地而起,继而消逝,犹如梦中。地球的整个表面都在变化,在我的眼前熔化、流动。我估算我一分钟要穿越数百年的时间。
1. 在一条蜿蜒的路上
2. 逐渐消失/坍塌
3.在户外
4.昼夜之分
5.缕缕青烟
6.片刻
7.拔地而起/上升
8.似乎/好像
division between night and day
puffs of smoke
in the open air
on a winding road
fall away
Useful expressions of Para.3
in moments
rise up
as if/as though
Para. 4 I had a strange urge to look at the random things that were being flashed before my eyes! I had thought about the risk of stopping the Time Machine many times. So long as I travelled at maximum speed, it didn’t matter. But if I stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else, we would be forced together and explode like a bomb! Like an impatient fool, I pulled the lever backwards hard. With a sudden jolt, the Time Machine was flipped on its side, and I was thrown through the air.
我有一种强烈的欲望,想看看眼前那些随机闪现的东西!我已多次考虑过停下时间机器的风险。只要我以最高的速度前进,就不会有什么问题。但是,如果我停下来,同一空间被别的东西占据,我们就会被挤在一起,然后像炸弹一样爆炸!我就像个失去耐心的傻瓜,使劲向后拉了下操纵杆。突然一震,时间机器侧翻了,我被抛向了空中。
The fourth time he pulled the lever he saw:
1.the machin
2.he himself
was flipped on its side
was thrown through the air.
1.有一种强烈的欲望想做某事
2.以最高的速度前进
3.像炸弹一样爆炸
4.伴随着突然的颠簸/震动
5.侧翻
6.昏迷了一会儿
7....的风险
8.只要
with a sudden joilt
have a strong urge to look
travel at maximum speed
explode like a bomb
flip on one’s side
be stunned for a moment
Useful expressions of Para.4
the risk of doing...
as long as/so loge as
Para. 5 I was stunned for a moment, and then heard the sound of thunder. I was sitting in the rain in some mud next to the machine. “A fine welcome,” I said. “for a man who has travelled thousands of years to be here!”
我一时惊呆了,然后听到雷声。我坐在雨中的一堆烂泥上,时间机器躺在旁。“对一个穿越了数千年才来到这里的人来说,这欢迎真是别开生面!”我说道。
2.What’s the meanings of the following expressions?
昏迷了一会儿
1.What did the Time Traveller meet when he stopped?
A. A dinosaur B. A storm
C. A volcano D.An explorer of a bomb
be stunned for a moment
next to
thousands of years
紧挨着在旁边
数千年
the frist he pulled
at 10:00 am
1.the laboratory
2.the time
as before
half past three
the second he pulled
1.the lab 2.his niece
went hazy
moved like a rocket
the third he pulled
Time skipped again and
again, faster and faster.
the fourth he pulled
1.the machin
2.he
was flipped on its side
was thrown through the air
What might happen next in the story?
Disscussion and writing
1.What date do you think it is when the Time Traveller finally stops ?
2.What do you think is different about that time from the time he left ?
3.Who or what do you think the Time Traveller will meet ?
4.What adventures do you think he will have in the future ?
5.Do you think he will ever return to his own time ?
Use the following questions to help you continue the story.
writing
a last check
sat myself in
Drawing a breath
gripped
went hazy
mind had tricked me
puffs of smoke
at maximum speed
fell away
in the open air
spinning
had an urge
exploded like a bomb
a sudden jolt
flipped
stunned
What
a fine welcome
One possible sample of Continued plot
The Time Machine hummed as it shot forward, years melting into a golden blur. When it stopped, I stepped out into a world of soft light—trees grew in spirals(螺旋状), their leaves glowing like emeralds(翡翠). The air smelled of honey and ozone(臭氧). Ahead, a river of silver flowed not downward, but upward, twisting into the sky.
“Hello?” I called, voice echoing(回荡) through the silent valley. A figure emerged from the mist—a girl, no older than ten, with skin like pale moonlight and hair that shimmered(闪烁) like starlight. She wore a gown(长袍) of woven light, and in her hand, a crystal sphere(水晶球) that pulsed(跳动) gently.
“Traveler,” she said, her voice like wind chimes(风铃). “You are far from your time.”I froze. “How do you know I’m from the past?”
Todays science fiction is tomorrows science fact.
今天的科幻小说,即明天的科学现实。
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