【公開課課件】選修七Unit 2 A biography of Isaac Asimov

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UsingLanguageAbiographyofIsaacAsimov

Q1:WhatdoyouknowaboutAsimov?（3分鐘）

S1:....Thatcanhappeninafiction!

“SatisfactionGuaranteed”

isasciencefictionwrittenbyIsaacAsimov.

Sciencefiction

—stories,novels,etc.whichdescribeeventsandpeoplethatdon’texist,suchasXFile,StarWar.

Leadingin

艾薩克·阿西莫夫

IsaacAsimov(1920-1992)

美籍猶太人，為20世紀最頂尖的科幻小說家之一，曾獲代表科幻界最高榮譽的雨果獎和星云終身成就「大師獎」。以他的名字為號召的「艾西莫夫科幻雜志」，是美國當今數(shù)一數(shù)二的科幻文學重鎮(zhèn)。作品：I,Robot《作品100》《最新科學指南》SkimmingGlancethroughthepassageandthenfindouttheanswerstosuchquestions:WhichparagraphtellsyouwhenandwhereAsimovwasbornanddied?2.Whichparagraphtellsyouabouthiseducation?3.Whichparagraphtellsyouaboutawardshereceived?WhichparagraphtellsyouwhenandwhereAsimovwasbornanddied?2.Whichparagraphtellsyouabouthiseducation?Para.2Para.33.Whichparagraphtellsyouaboutawardshereceived?Para.5Readthroughthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions:

WhatsubjectdidAsimovteach?Whendidhestarthavingstoriespublished?3.Howmanychildrendidhehave?Sanning1.WhatsubjectdidAsimovteach?2.Whendidhestarthavingstoriespublished?3.Howmanychildrendidhehave?Hetaughtbiochemistry.In1939.Twochildren,asonandadaughter.

Q2:SevenminutestoreadandnameasmanymajoreventsthathappenedinAsimov’slife?(selfreadingactivity（10分鐘）

1920192219231929borninRussia.sisterbornmovedwithfamilytoNewYorkParents

boughtacandystore.

Motherhadherthirdchild.

startedworkingincandystore.

Startedtotakehimselfseriouslyasawriter.

1931DateEventCompletethetimelineoftheevents.19391942-1945BeganhavingstoriespublishedinsciencefictionmagazinesGainedMastersdegreeinchemistry.Finished

workingincandystore.GotmarriedWorkedasjuniorchemist,PhiladelphiaNavyYardGotPhDinchemistry.19411948194219501951-1953Becameabiochemistryteacher,BostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine.Publishedhisfirstnovel.Developedthreelawsforrobots.Published“I,Robot”Published“TheFoundationTrilogy”andwonanawardforit.Publishedfirstsciencebook.Becameafull-timewriter.19491953195819731992Divorced

hisfirstwife.Hadabloodtransfusion.BecameinfectedwithHIV.Marriedforasecondwife1983DiedinNewYork

Q3:WhatkindofpersonisAsimov?(self-thinkingandexploringandthenadiscussion）1.WhowasIsaacAsimov?A.AnAmericanscientistandwriterwhogothisPhDinphysicsin1948.B.ARussianscientistandwriterwhomarriedtwice.C.ARussian—Americanwriterandscientistwhobecameafull—timewriterin1958.D.AnAmerican-Russianwriterandscientistwhohadtwochildren.Comprehending

2.WhatwasAsimovbestknownfor?A.Hismysterystories.

B.Hissciencefictionstories.C.Hisscienceandhistorybooks.D.HisbooksabouttheBibleandaboutShakespeare.3.AllthefollowingstatementsareTRUEexcept_______.A.Asimov’stalentforwritingbecameobviousatage12.B.Hebeganhavinghisstoriespublishedinsciencefictionmagazinesin1939.C.Hepublishedhisfirstnovelin1950.D.Hepublishedhisfirstsciencebookin1953.

4.InwhichbookdidAsimovdevelopasetofthree“l(fā)aws”?A.TheFoundationTrilogy.

B.

I,Robot.C.Inhisfirstnovel.D.Inhisfirstsciencebook.

5.WhatmighthappeninaworldwheretherewererobotsifAsimov’sthreelawsdidn’texist?A.Mayberobotswillharmorinjurehumanbeings.B.Mayberobotswilldisobeyhumanbeings.C.Inordertoprotecttheirownexistence,robotsmayinjurehumanbeings.D.

Alloftheabove.

DiscussionQ4:Whatmakeshimsuchawell-knownfict