Unit4AGlimpseoftheFutureDevelopingideasReading課件高二英語選擇性

外研選擇性必修第三冊Unit4Period4Reading教學(xué)目

Lead-in視頻：IsaacAsimovandtheThreeLawsofRoboticsWatchthevideoandanswerthequestions.1HowdoesAsimovsetouttherelationshipbetweenhumansandrobots?2HaveyoureadanyofAsimov’snovels?Ifso,shareonestoryyou’vereadwiththeclass.Ifnot,wouldyouliketoreadthem?Whyorwhynot?HeputsforwardtheThreeLawsofRobotics,whichensurethatrobotsshouldalwaysobeyandprotecthumans.12Tounderstandthethegeneralideaandspecificinformationofthestory,knowtheusageofforeshadowing,talkaboutthepossibilityofhavingafriendshipwitharobotTousethekeylanguagepointsfromthepassagecorrectly目標(biāo)一:Tounderstandthethegeneralideaandspecificinformationofthestory,knowtheusageofforeshadowing,talkaboutthepossibilityofhavingafriendshipwitharobotActivity1:CompletethetabletocomparelifeonEarthwithlifeonthemoon.LifeonEarth?Wearordinaryclothesandchangeaccordingtotheseasons.?Breathetheairfreely.?Havetomakeanefforttojumphigh.?Keeppets,suchasdogs,cats,etc.LifeontheMoon?______________________________________________________________________?___________________________________

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___________________________________Wearspacesuitswheneveroutside.Breathefromanairsupply.Jumphigheasily.Keeprobotsaspets.NowreadthepassageandfindoutwhatlifeontheMoonislikeinthenovel.Activity2:Readthetitle,lookatthepictures,predictwhatthepassageisabout.ABoy’sBestFriendItisaboutaboywhomakesfriendswithamachinedog.Activity3:Completethesummaryofthestory.TitleAuthorSettingTime:Place:Characters?Jimmy,aMoon-bornboy?_____________________________________________?_____________________________________________?_____________________________________________ABoy’sBestFriendIsaacAsimov

InthefutureOntheMoonMrAnderson,Jimmy’sfatherMrsAnderson,Jimmy’smotherRobutt,amechanicaldog,Jimmy’spetPlotJimmy’sparentsgetadogfromEarth.TheywanttogiveittoJimmyasapet.But...JimmyalreadyhasarobotpetnamedRobutt.HisparentsthinkitwouldbegoodforJimmytohavearealdog,andthathewouldlikeit.TheywanttosendRobutttoanotherfamily.Tohisparents’

surprise,Jimmyrefusestoaccepttherealdog,becausehelovesRobuttandhebelievesRobuttloveshimtoo.ForJimmy,Robuttisnotjustamechanicaldog,butarealfriend.DifferentattitudestowardsRobutt?Parents:?Jimmy:Nowtalkaboutyourattitudestowardsthestory.TheythinkRobuttisamechanicalimitationofarealdog.HelovesRobuttandtreatshimlikearealdog.Activity4:ThinkandShare1WhatarethesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenRobuttandarealdog?Similarities:Bothareabletorespondtoordersgivenbyhumanbeings.Bothcanoutracehumanbeings.Bothcanguideandprotecthumanbeings.Differences:Theyhavedifferentappearances.Arealdogisalivingcreature,whileRobuttisamachine.Arealdogloveshumanbeingsasaresultofitsnature,whileRobuttisjustadjustedtoactasthoughitloveshumanbeings.2IsthereanyforeshadowingofJimmy’sfinaldecision?Findcluesinthereadingpassage.LearningtolearnForeshadowingiswhentheauthorgivesaclueastowhatistocomelaterinthestory.Thisoftenappearsatthebeginningofastory,orachapter,andhelpsthereaderdevelopexpectationsaboutthecomingeventsinastory.Yes,thereis.Atthebeginningofthestory,weknowJimmyhasneverseenarealdog.ItalsoseemsthathespendsalotoftimewithRobutt.JimmyplayswithRobuttenthusiastically,shouting“Comeon,Robutt”.Inthemiddleofthepassage,wearetoldthat“Jimmycouldn’tgowrongwhileRobuttwasaround”,indicatingthatRobuttprotectsJimmywell.3Whatothersci-finovelsaboutrobotscanyouthinkof?Shareonewiththeclass.Vingtmillelieuessouslesmers(《海底兩萬里》).4Thetworeadingpassagesinthisunitshowusdifferentaspectsoftechnologyinthefuture.Whichofthesedoyoumostexpecttoencounterinyourlifetime?Self-driving.Activity5:Workingroups.Giveatalkonwhetheritispossibletohavearealfriendshipwitharobot.1Answerthequestionstohelptoformyourpointofview.?WhydoJimmyandhisparentshavedifferentfeelingstowardsRobutt?BecauseJimmywasbornontheMoon,hehasneverseenarealdog.HehasbeengettingalongwellwithRobutt,andthushasdevelopedanaffectionforhim.Hecannotfigureoutwhyarealdogisbetterthanamechanicaldog,despitehisfather’sexplanation.WhileJimmy’sparentshaveseenrealdogsbeforetheyleftEarth.Theyknowwhatrealdogslooklike.TheythinkRobuttisjustamachine.?IfyouwereJimmy,whichonewouldyouchoose,Robuttorarealdog?2Organisethemainpointsyouwouldliketocoverandcompletethetable.Pointofview

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3Giveyourtalktotheclass.Nowvoteforthebestspeaker.Askthemtosharetheirexperiences.目標(biāo)二:TousethekeylanguagepointsfromthepassagecorrectlyActivity1:Findtheimportantwords,phrases,andlanguagepointsyouwanttosharewithyourpartner.Thendiscussingroupsandsharetheirusagewiththeclass.1gothrough在該句子中表示“經(jīng)歷”之意，此外，它還有“查閱；瀏覽；完成；通過；審查；用完；仔細(xì)檢查”?！窘滩脑摹縃e’sattherocketstation,goingthroughthetests.他在火箭站接受測試?！揪湫头治觥縢oingthroughthetests現(xiàn)在分詞短語作伴隨狀語?！驹~匯拓展】goafter追逐；追求；追擊goahead前進(jìn)goagainst背叛；違背；違反；不利于goinfor愛好；酷愛；從事goby（指時間）過去goover越過……；溫習(xí)gowrong出故障2withsth.on穿著某物【教材原文】Helookedthickerandstubbierwithhisspacesuiton,buthecouldhandlethelunargravityasnoEarth-bornhumanbeingcould.穿著太空服的他雖然看起來臃腫矮胖了一些，但他能承受月球引力，而在地球上出生的人是不能承受這種引力的?！揪湫头治觥勘揪錇閺?fù)合句。句中but引導(dǎo)轉(zhuǎn)折意義的并列句，asnoEarth-bornhumanbeingcould為省略了handlethelunargravity的比較狀語從句。3TheoutersideofthecraterslopedsouthwardandtheEarth,whichwaslowinthesouthernsky,wasnearlyfull,sothattheentirecrater-slopewasbrightlylit.Paraphrase:Theentirecrater-slopefacedsouthandwasbrightlylitbythesun’sreflectionontheEarth,whichwasjustabovethehorizontothesouth.【句型分析】本句是一個復(fù)合句，其中and連接兩個并列句，which引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，sothat引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句。【詞義解釋】southward是副詞，意為“向南方”。以-ward結(jié)尾的副詞都有“向……方向”的意思，如forward意為“向前”，northward意為“向北方”。sothat在此引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句，意為“因此，所以”。例如：Itooknonoticeofhim,sothatheflewintoarage.4Theslopewasagentleoneandeventheweightofthespacesuitcouldn’tkeepJimmyfromracingupitinafloatinghopthatmadethegravityseemnonexistent.Paraphrase:Jimmywasabletoboundeasilyupthegentleslope,hardlynoticingtheweightofhisspacesuitbecauseoftheMoon’slowgravity.keepsb.fromdoingsth.意為“阻止某人做某事”，相當(dāng)于stopsb.fromdoingsth.。例如：Theseworrieskeptherfromsleepingproperly.本句中的racingup，inafloatinghop等描述非常生動，raceup意為“越上”，inafloatinghop意為“跳著”。

5outrace超越【教材原文】Jimmy,expertthoughhewas,couldn’toutraceRobutt,whodidn’tneedaspacesuit,andhadfourlegsandtendonsofsteel.論速度，吉米雖然是個能手，但他比不過羅布特，因為他有四條腿和鋼鐵作的肌腱，還不用穿太空服。6Jimmycouldn’tgowrongwhileRobuttwasaround,trippinghimwhenhewastooneararock,orjumpingonhimtoshowhowmuchhelovedhim,orcirclingaroundandsqueakinglowandscaredwhenJimmyhidbehindarock,whenallthetimeRobuttknewwellenoughwherehewas.Paraphrase:JimmywasalwayssafewhileRobuttwaswithhim.Robuttwouldknockhimoutoftroublewhenhewastooneararock,jumponhimtoshowhowmuchhelovedhim,orgoroundincirclesmakingnoisesasifhewasscaredwhenJimmyhidbehindarock.RobuttalwaysknewverywellwhereJimmywas.trip意為tomakesomeonefallbyputtingyourfootinfrontofthemwhentheyaremoving“把（某人）絆倒”，例如：Hedidn’tnoticemeandstretchedouthisfootsuddenly,almosttrippingme.7JimmyheldouthisarmsandRobuttwasintheminonebound.Paraphrase:WhenJimmyopenedhisarms,Robuttjumpedintothematonce.holdout意為“伸出（手或手里的東西）”。例如：Sheheldoutherhandtohim.bound是一個多義詞，在本句中用作名詞，意為alongorhighjumpmadewithalotofenergy“跳躍”。(1)adj.一定會；很可能會boundtodo/besth.(2)受（法律、義務(wù)或情況）約束（必須做某事）；有義務(wù)（做某事）boundbysth.todosth.例如：Youareboundbythecontracttopaybeforetheendofthemonth.(3)v.&n.跳躍8IloveRobuttandthat’swhatcounts.Paraphrase:IloveRobutt,andthatisthemostimportantthing.count是一個多義詞，在本句中用作動詞，意為tobeimportantorvaluable“重要”。例如：Whatreallycountsiswhether