2019新人教高中英语选择性必修四
Unit 1 Science Fiction
Reading and Thinking公开课教案
Teaching aims:
1.Enable students to figure out how science fiction is developed and how many elements it includes.
2.Guide students to identify the theme expresd in science fiction and complete the story with bold but reasonable imagination.
3.Help students to develop a right and critical attitude towards the development of robots and AI.
Teaching key points:
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1. Lead students to figure out the development and elements of science fiction.
2. Help students complete the story with bold but reasonable imagination.
Teaching difficult points:
1.Instruct students to understand the theme expresd in science fiction.
2.Lead students to develop a right and critical attitude towards the development of robots and AI.
Teaching procedures:
StepⅠLead-in
Greet students and ask them questions:
Questions:
1酵素的作用.Have you read any science fiction?
2.What elements does science fiction usually include?
美国成人明星Suggested answers:
1.Yes, I have read some, such as The Three-Body Problem and The Wandering Earth.
2.The stories often contain scientific devices that we do not have now, and technologies that em impossible, such as time travel. The characters may have bodies, cultures, and backgrounds that are very different than our own. The themes often include space exploration, alien contact, AI, and the future of humans, etc.
StepⅡWhile-reading
Activity 1 Skim for the information about characters and the structure
Read the story. Take notes on who the people are and their relationships with each other.
Suggested answers:
1.a company that made robots; husband; domestic; Larry’s company; take care of Claire; richest and most powerful women; wished to be
Activity 2Analy the structure.
Suggested answers:
Meet;Help;Love
Activity3Read for detailed information
Understand foreshadowings(伏笔)
①Although it was completely innocent, Claire felt guilty.(Para.6)
②He suggested that she invite Gladys and her friends to the hou ...(Para.7)
③She heard him declare that he did not want to leave her the next day, and that he felt more than just the desire to plea her. (Para.9)
Suggested answers:
①It turned out that Tony was a robot, so there was no crisis in Claire’s marriage. But Claire might have fallen in love with Tony before she knew it.
②Gladys and her friends all admired her beauty.She even heard Gladys said that she envied her, especially when she saw the handsome robot.
③Her heart was hurt becau Tony just did it as it had been programmed, so she cried all night. At last, Tony was nt back to the company and was to be upgraded(升级).
Activity 4Predict the ending
①How do you think this story will end? Work in groups and come up with an ending.
·How will Claire react?
·Will Tony leave?
·What will happen to them?
·...
②Then listen to the rest of the story. How different is it from your ending?
Suggested answers:
①The answer may vary.
②Tony let her go and disappeared from sight. It was then that Claire realid that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window. Her guests had en everything! The women were impresd by Claire, the hou and the delicious cuisine. Just before they l
eft, Claire heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never en anyone so handsome as Tony. What a sweet victory to be envied by tho women! She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover.
从你眼中Then she remembered—Tony was just a machine. She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed. She cried all night. The next morning a car drove up and took Tony away. The company was very plead with Tony’s report on his three weeks with Claire. Tony had protected a human being from harm when he prevented Claire from falling off a ladder. He had also opened the curtains that night so that the other women would e him and Claire, which would make them envy Claire. But even though Tony had been so clever, he would have to be rebuilt—you cannot have women falling in love with machines.累的图片
Activity5 Find more detailed information.
Claire’s feelings towards Tony changed as the story developed. Read the passage carefully and complete the mind map.
Claire’s changes of feelings towards Tony
Suggested answers:观察小狗的作文
disliked; when she first saw him; felt embarrasd; offered sympathy for her; called him a dear; felt his warmth; envied; cried all night
StepⅢ Post-reading
Debate in two groups
The topic is “The Relationship with Robots: Good or Bad for Humans?” The speech shoul
d include the following four parts:opening statement,position(观点),argument,conclusion.
Suggested answers:
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. A great philosopher Emil Cioran once said, “A man is a robot with defects.”
种子包衣We believe that it will be good and important to have robots help humans.
From one perspective, ...
In addition, ...
