選修7-Unit-2-Robots-A-Biography-of-Isaac-Asimov-ReadingPPT優(yōu)秀課件

1、1Unit 2 Robots-Using LanguageA biography of Isaac Asimova story of a persons life was written by someone.2 Isaac Asimov ( 1920-1992) is esteemed as one of the finest writers of science fiction and scientific fact in the twentieth century. Asimov was born on January 2, 1920, in a middle-class Jewish

2、family in Russia. His family immigrated to the United States in 1923, settling in Brooklyn, New York. 3 艾薩克阿西莫夫（英語(yǔ)：Isaac Asimov，1920年1月2日1992年4月6日），美國(guó)著名科幻小說(shuō)家、科普作家、文學(xué)評(píng)論家，美國(guó)科幻小說(shuō)黃金時(shí)代的代表人物之一。 阿西莫夫一生著述近500本，題材涉及自然科學(xué)、社會(huì)科學(xué)和文學(xué)藝術(shù)等許多領(lǐng)域.其作品中以基地系列、銀河帝國(guó)三部曲和機(jī)器人系列三大系列被譽(yù)為“科幻圣經(jīng) ”。曾獲代表科幻界最高榮譽(yù)的雨果獎(jiǎng)和星云終身成就大師獎(jiǎng)。小行星5020、阿西

3、莫夫科幻小說(shuō)雜志和兩項(xiàng)阿西莫夫獎(jiǎng)都是以他的名字命名。 他提出的“機(jī)器人學(xué)三定律”被稱(chēng)為“現(xiàn)代機(jī)器人學(xué)的基石”。4I, Robot 機(jī)械公敵機(jī)械公敵5Bicentennial Man 機(jī)器管家機(jī)器管家6 Choose the best answer for each question. 1. Who was Isaac Asimov? A. An American scientist and writer who got his Ph.D. in physics in 1948. B. An Russian scientist and writer who married twice. C. A

4、n Russian - American scientist and writer who became a full time writer in 1958. D. An American - Russian scientist and writer who had 2 children.7 2. What was Isaac Asimov best known for? A. His mystery stories.B. His science fiction stories.C. His science and history books.D. His books about the H

5、oly bible and Shakespeare.8 3. In which book did he develop a set of three laws? A. The Foundation Trilogy B. I, RobotC. In his first novel D. In his first science book. 9 4. All the followings are true except _.A. Asimovs talent for writing was obvious when he was 12. B. He began having his stories

6、 published in science magazine in 1939.C. He published his first novel in 1950.D. He published his first science book in 1953.10Sister born.Moved with his family to New York.Started working in the candy store.Date1920Born in Russia.Event19221923Parents bought a candy store.1929Mother had her third c

7、hild.1931Started take himself seriously as a writer.11Event1939Began having stories published in science fiction magazine.1941 Gained masters degree in Chemistry.1942Finished working in the candy store.Got married.1942-1945Worked as junior chemist in Philadelphia Navy Yard.1948Got PhD in chemistry.1

8、949Become a biochemistry teacher.12DateEvent1950Published his first novel.Published “I, Robot.”1951-1953 Published the Foundation Trilogy.1953Published first science book.1958Became a full-time writer.1973Divorced his first wife.Married for a second time.1983Had a blood transfusion. 1992Died in New

9、York.13Fast reading to match the main idea with each paragraph.Para 1 Para 2Para 3Para 4Para 5Para 6A. His talent for writing.B. His famous works.C. His marriage.D. His birth and death.E. A great scientist and writer.F. His experience.14The Analysis of some complex sentences Isaac Asimov was an Amer

10、ican scientist and writer who wrote around 480 books that included mystery stories, science and history books, and even about the Holy Bible and Shakespeare. 2. Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched

11、for explanations of everything , in the present and the past.15The Analysis of some complex sentences Isaac Asimov was an American scientist and writer who wrote around 480 books that included mystery stories, science and history books, and even about the Holy Bible and Shakespeare. 2. Asimov had bo

12、th an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything , in the present and the past.163. It ended in New York on 6 April, 1992, when he died as a result of an HIV infection that he had got from a b

13、lood transfusion nine years earlier.4. It was when Asimov was 11 years old that his talent for writing became obvious.5. Among his most famous works of science fiction, one for which he won an award was the Foundation Trilogy, three novels about the death and rebirth of a great empire in a galaxy of

14、 the future.173. It ended in New York on 6 April, 1992, when he died as a result of an HIV infection that he had got from a blood transfusion nine years earlier.4. It was when Asimov was 11 years old that his talent for writing became obvious.5. Among his most famous works of science fiction, one for which he won an award was the Foundation Trilogy, three novels about the death and rebirth of a great empire in a galaxy of the future.181.F