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1、Using language Reading and discussing,Unit 2,A Biography of Isaac Asimov,A science fiction writer,Leading in,Isaac Asimov,(1920-1992)，艾萨克阿西莫夫,One of the greatest science fiction writer in the world in the last century,3.his famous works:I,Robot(我，机器人);the Foundation Trilogy（基地三部曲）,2.had written 480
2、books covering various scientific topics,“I,ROBOT”(机械公敌),Get familiar with some words before you read,Holy Bible 圣经staff N 全体成员the Philadelphia Navy Yard 费城海军工厂A junior chemistry 初级化学师Biochemistry 生物化学Talent N 天赋Chapter N 章节Galaxy N 银河系the fall of the Roman Empire 罗马帝国的衰落Theoretical framework 理论框架Th
3、ree laws for robots 机器人三大原则The Foundation Trilogy 基地 三部曲Artificial intelligence 人工智能Divorce V 离婚,First reading,Glance through the passage and then find out if these contents are talked about and marked the paragraph where they appeared,His achievements and talents,His birth year and death year,His e
4、ducation and work experience,His family,His childhood stories,Para.1,Para.2,Para.3,Para.4,Para.6,His literature works,Para.5,Read about Isaac Asimov and complete the timeline of the events in his life.Date Event Born in Russia._._.Parents bought a candy store._.Mother had her third child._ Started t
5、o take himself seriously as a writer._ _.,Sister born,Moved with family to New York,Started working in a candy store,1931,Began having stories published in science fiction magazines,Task 2:(pair work),Date Event_ Gained Masters degree in chemistry.Finished working in the candy store._.1942-1945 _._
6、Got PhD in chemistry._ Became a biochemistry teacher,Boston University School of Medicine.Published his first novel._.Developed three laws for robots.,1941,Got married,1948,1949,Published“I,Robot”,Worked as junior chemist,Philadelphia Navy Yard,Date Event1951-1953 Published“The Foundation Trilogy”an
7、d won an award for it._ Published first science book_ Became a full-time writer.Divorced his first wife._._ Had a blood transfusion.Became infected with HIV.1992 _.,1953,1958,Married for a second time,1983,Died in New York,Task 3:write a summary of Asimovs life in 150200 words.Follow the steps below
8、.,1.Look back at the timeline of Asimovs life,2.Underline the most important parts of his life that made him a great writer of science fiction.This can serve as the outline of your summary.,3.Begin by giving your assessment of Asimov as a writer.Then write down the important parts you have underline
9、d.,4.Use a clear simple style as if you were writing to younger students in your school.,An outline of the summary:,Paragraph 1:an assessment of Asimov as a writer,Paragraph 2:to write the important parts you have underlined,1941 Gained Masters degree in chemistry.,1939 Began having stories publishe
10、d in science fiction magazines,19421945 Worked as junior chemist,Philadelphia Navy Yard,1948 Got PhD in chemistry.,1949 Became a biochemistry teacher,Boston University School of Medicine.,Published his first novel Published“I,Robot”Developed three laws for robots.,1951-1953 Published“The Foundation
11、Trilogy”and won an award for it.,1953 Published first science book,1958 Became a full-time writer.,the most important parts of his life that made him a great writer of science fiction,Language Points,Para.1,1.Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future wo
12、rlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything.,主干：,Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination and an amazing mind,介词+which/whom 引导的定语从句结构,介词的选择问题：,或与前面的先行词的搭配有关,或与后面的动词或词组的搭配有关,3.The car,_ which I paid a lot of money,is now out of date.,4.He is telling a story of a
13、 hero,_whom everyone in the town is proud.,1.He seemed to be looking for the words _ which he could explore what he was thinking about.,2.The novel _which the film has been adapted for children is written by a famous American writer.,With/from/for/of,with,from,for,of,Para.3,1.Run=manage,Run a school
14、/a factory/a company,2.Help out/help sb.out 帮助某人摆脱困境,Para.4,1.It was when Asimov was eleven years old that his talent-,强调句型,2.Take sth seriously(as-)把-当作（某物），严肃对待,3.From 1942 to 1948 he worked as a junior chemist,junior adj.younger,lower in rank 较年轻的/职位稍低的 He is the junior employee in the firm.,He i
15、s two years junior to me.,=he is two years younger than me,senior:older;higher in rank 较年长的；职位稍高的 He is two years senior to me.,Take sth for granted 把-视作当然,翻：尽管父母的爱是无私的，但也不要把它视为当然的。（unselfish),Although the love from parents is unselfish,please dont take it for granted.,Take it for granted that+从句“想当
16、然地认为-,翻：在古代，人们想当然地认为地球就是宇宙的中心。,In ancient times,people took it for granted that the Earth was the center of the universe.,Para.5,1.Among his most famous works of science fictions,one for which he won an award was the Foundation Trilogy.,2.He is also well known for his collection of short stories,I,Robot,in which he developed a set of three“laws“for robots.,重点语句,
