Unit2ABiographyofIsaacAsimov課件-高中英語人教版選修七

ABiographyofIsaacAsimov1.to

figureoutthestructureofthetextwith6TstrategyandABCDEtemplate2.towriteasummaryofAsimov’slifeTeachingObjectives:Bytheendofthisperiod,youwillbeableto…6TSTRATEGYTextTopicThreadTransitionThemeTask01TOPICAnalysisI.TOPICAnalysisTopic1:Anexcellentscientistandwriter.IsaacAsimovwasanAmericanscientistandwriterwhowrotearound480booksthatincludedmysterystories,scienceandhistorybooks,andevenbooksabouttheHolyBibleandShakespeare.Butheisbestknownforhissciencefictionstories.Asimovhadbothanextraordinaryimaginationthatgavehimtheabilitytoexplorefutureworldsandanamazingmindwithwhichhesearchedforexplanationsofeverything,inthepresentandthepast.Topic2:Hisbirthanddeath.I.TOPICAnalysis

Asimov'slifebeganinRussia,wherehewasbornon2January,1920.ItendedinNewYorkon6April,1992,whenhediedasaresultofanHIVinfectionthathehadgotfromabloodtransfusionnineyearsearlier.Topic3:Hisexperiencebeforebecomingafull-timewriter.I.TOPICAnalysis

WhenAsimovwasthree,hemovedwithhisparentsandhisone-year-oldsistertoNewYorkCity.Therehisparentsboughtacandystorewhichtheyranforthenext40orsoyears.Attheageofnine,whenhismotherwaspregnantwithherthirdchild,Asimovstartedworkingpart-timeinthestore.Hehelpedoutthroughhisschoolanduniversityyearsuntil1942,ayearafterhehadgainedamaster'sdegreeinchemistry.In1942hejoinedthestaffofthePhiladelphiaNavyYardasajuniorchemistandworkedthereforthreeyears.In1948hegothisPhDinchemistry.ThenextyearhebecameabiochemistryteacheratBostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine.In1958hegaveupteachingtobecomeafull-timewriter.

I.TOPICAnalysis

ItwaswhenAsimovwaselevenyearsoldthathistalentforwritingbecameobvious.Hehadtoldafriendtwochaptersofastoryhehadwritten.Thefriendthoughthewasretellingastoryfromabook.ThisreallysurprisedAsimovandfromthatmoment,hestartedtotakehimselfseriouslyasawriter.Asimovbeganhavingstoriespublishedinsciencefictionmagazinesin1939.In1950hepublishedhisfirstnovelandin1953hisfirstsciencebook.Topic4:Histalentforwriting.I.TOPICAnalysis

Throughouthislife,Asimovreceivedmanyawards,bothforhissciencefictionbooksandhissciencebooks.Amonghismostfamousworksofsciencefiction,oneforwhichhewonanawardwastheFoundationtrilogy(1951-1953),threenovelsaboutthedeathandrebirthofagreatempireinagalaxyofthefuture.ItwaslooselybasedonthefalloftheRomanEmpirebutwasaboutthefuture.ThesebooksarefamousbecauseAsimovinventedatheoreticalframeworkwhichwasdesignedtoshowhowideasandthinkingmaydevelopinthefuture.Heisalsowellknownforhiscollectionofshortstories,I,Robot(1950),inwhichhedevelopedasetofthree"laws"forrobots.Forexample,thefirstlawstatesthatarobotmustnotinjurehumanbeingsorallowthemtobeinjured.Someofhisideasaboutrobotslaterinfluencedotherwritersandevenscientistsresearchingintoartificialintelligence.Topic5:Hisachievementsandfamousworks.I.TOPICAnalysisAsimovwasmarriedtwice.Hemarriedhisfirstwifein1942andhadasonandadaughter.Theirmarriagelasted31years.Soonafterhisdivorcein1973,Asimovmarriedagainbuthehadnochildrenwithhissecondwife.

Topic6:Hismarriage.Related

LEXISAnexcellentscientistandwriterHislifeexperiencebeforebecomingawriterTopicAnalysisHismostfamousworksHisbirthanddeath.Histalentforwriting.wrotearound480books;bestknownforhissciencefictions;anamazingimagination;theabilitytoexplorefutureworlds.anamazingmind1wasbornon;diedasaresultofanHIVinfection;2histalentforwritingbecameobvioustoldafriendtwochaptersofastoryretellingastoryfromabooktakehimselfseriouslyasawriterbeganhavingstoriespublished45movedtoNewYorkcitystartedworkingpart-timegainedamaster’sdegreejoinedthestaffof…asajuniorchemistbecameabiochemistryteachergaveupteachingreceivedmanyawardsHismostfamousworksofsciencefictionbewellknownforhiscollectionsof……influencedother…Hismarriage.wasmarriedtwice;theirmarriagelasted…35602ThemeAnalysis123456Anexcellentscientistandwriter.Hisbirthanddeath.Hisexperiencebeforebecomingafull-timewriter.Histalentforwriting.Hisachievementsandfamousworks.Hismarriage.IsaacAsimov’slifeandachievementsinwriting.THEME03Thread&TransitionAnalysisGeneralp2p3p4p5p6p1ParticularStructureBorninRussiaShowedtalentforwritingandstartedtotakehimselfseriouslyasawriterPublishedhisfirstnovel;publishedI,RobotPublishedtheFoundationtrilogyandwonanawardforit

PublishedfirstsciencebookThread1920193119501951-1953195321TransitionIsaacAsimov’s

lifeTheroadtoawriter81958Becameafull-timewriterDiedinNewYork19921939Beganhavingstoriespublishedinsciencefictions3456705ABCDETemplateGroupwork:RearrangethispassageaccordingtoABCDEtemplate.AdmirationDeedsBackgroundCharacteristicsEvaluationIsaacAsimovmademanyachievementsinwriting.IsaacAsimov

wasborninRussia;hegraduatedfromuniversityin1942andin1943hegainedaMaster’sdegree;in1948hegothisPhDinchemistry;in1949hebecameabiochemistryteacheratBostonUniver