Extensive reading(Page 16)

作品：

I, Robot 《 OPUS 100》 《 NEW GUIDE

TO SCIENCE》

I, Robot 《机械公敌》

Bicentennial Man 《机器管家》

艾萨克 · 阿西莫夫

Isaac Asimov

Reading for general idea

• Para. 1

• Para. 2

• Para. 3

• Para. 4

• Para. 5

• Para. 6

• General introduction

• Birth & death

• Education

• Talent for writing

• Achievements

• Marriage

Reading for details

• 1922 Sister born

• 1923 Moved with family to New York

• 1929 Started working in the candy store

• 1939 Began having stories published…

• 1942 Got married

Read about Isaac Asimov and complete

the timeline of the events in his life.

Reading for details

• 1942-45 Worked as junior chemist…

• 1950 Published I, Robot.

• 1973 Married for a second time

• 1992 Died in New York

Read about Isaac Asimov and complete

the timeline of the events in his life.

Choose the best answer:

1.How many years did Isaac Asimov work in the store?

A. 5 B. 9 C. 11 D. 13

2. What was Asimov best known for?

A. His mystery stories.

B. His science fiction stories.

C. His science and history books.

D. His books about the Bible and about Shakespeare.

3. All the followings are true except____.

A. Asimov’s talent for writing wasn’t obvious when he was young.

B. He began having his stories published in science fiction magazine in 1939.

C. He published his first novel in 1950.

D. He published his first science book in 1953. 4. In which book did he develop a set of

three laws?

A. The Foundation Trilogy

B. I, Robot

C. In his first novel

D. In his first science book.

Discussion

• Isaac Asimov developed three laws for robots.

• The first law was:

• “A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured.”

Asimov’s Laws for RobotsFirst Law

A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured.

Second Law

A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings (as long as human beings are not injured).

Third Law

A robot must protect its own existence (as long as human beings are not injured; and as long as the robot does not disobey human beings).

How to describe “General introduction”?

• Isaac Asimov was an American scientist and writer, who….

• Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that… and an amazing mind with which….

How to describe “Birth & death”?

• Asimov’s life began in…, where he was born on…, and ended in….

How to describe “Education”?• …he gained a master’s degree in c

hemistry.• In 1948 he got his PhD in chemitry.

How to describe the experience “in time order”?

• When he was 3 years old, he….• At the age of 9, he….• He did sth. until 1942.• In 1942, he….• The next year, he….• It was when… that his talent for w

riting became obvious.

How to describe “Achievements”?

• Throughout his life, he received many rewards for….

• He was well/best known for his….

• Some of his ideas about… influenced….

• 根据内容提示，介绍爱因斯坦的生平。• 内容提示： 1 ）生于 1879 年，德国。 2 ）从小喜欢问问题。到 14 岁就自学完了高等数学，

并决心成为物理学家，将自己的一生奉献给科学事业。

3 ）家庭并不富裕，但父母还是设法送他进了一所技术学校，后来又将他送到瑞士苏黎世大学。就在那时，那开始了研究工作，完成了著名的相对论。

• 写作要求：• 1 ）不要逐字翻译，为使文章流畅，可适当

增减内容；• 2 ）至少使用两个归纳的句型；• 参考词汇：• 技术学校： A technical school• 苏黎世大学： the University of Zurich• 相对论： Theory of Relativity

A sample of a new type of robot.The rubbish collector

The rubbish collector is a robot about

half the size of a small car. Its body is

square and contains a large rubbish bin

inside it. It has a camera attached to the

top front of its body. Also at the front is

a pair of arms.

Underneath it has four wheels and six

legs. With the camera it can “see”

rubbish such as paper, glass, and

plastic. If the surface of the ground is

smooth, it runs on its wheels, and if the

ground is rough, it unfolds its legs and

walks.

When it sees a piece of rubbish, it stops

and uses its arms to pick it up and put

it in its rubbish bin. However, when it

sees a person, an animal or a plant, it

goes around it as it is able to recognize

when something is not a piece of

rubbish.