A Biography of Isaac Asimov

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1 传记 10 框架，结构

2 圣洁的 11 思考

3 兼职的 12 离婚

4 全体员工 13 为 节省时间

5 年幼的 14 豪华的

6 生物化学 15 收件人

7 天才 16 总计

8 章，篇 17 喜爱

9 理论上的 18 一定做…

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艾萨克 · 阿西莫夫 Isaac Asimov, ( 1920-1992) ， 美籍犹太人，为本世纪最顶尖的科幻小说家

之一，曾获代表科幻界最高荣誉的雨果奖和星云终身成就「大师奖」。以他的名字为号召的「艾西莫夫科幻杂志」，是美国当今数一数二的科幻文学重镇。

阿西莫夫是一位多产得惊人的作家，自 50 年代初，至今已出版了 300 多部著作。

works ：

I, Robot 《作品 100》 《最新科学指南》

Look through the text and get the main idea of each para.

Para1 birth and death

Para2 life experience

Para3 his achievements

Para4 marriage life

Para5 how he began writing

Para6 most famous works

Skimming

Ex1on P17 complete the timeline of the events

Date Event1920 Born in Russia.1922 ___________.1923 ___________________________. Parents bought a candy store.1929 ___________________________. Mother had her third child.____ Started to take himself seriously as a

writer.1939 ________________________________ ________________________________.

Sister bornMoved with family to New York

Started working in a candy store

1931

Began having stories published in science fiction magazines

Scanning

Date Event____ Gained Master’s degree in

chemistry.1942 Finished working in the

candy store. ________________.1942-1945 _____________________________.____ Got PhD in chemistry.____ Became a biochemistry

teacher, Boston University School of

Medicine.1950 Published his first novel. _____________ . Developed

three laws for robots.

1941

Got marriedWorked as junior chemist, Philadelphia Navy Yard

19481949

Published “I, Robot”

Date Event1951-1953 Published “The

Foundation Trilogy” and won an award for it._____ Published first science

book_____ Became a full-time

writer.1973 Divorced his first

wife.

__________________________._____ Had a blood transfusion.

Became infected with HIV.1992 ________________________.

1953

1958

Married for a second time1983

Died in New York

Turn to para5 and get to know his works

True or false

1 Asimov received awards for his science fiction books

2 He won an award for Foundation trilogy and I ,Robot

3 Foundation trilogy was loosely based on the fall of the Roman Empire.

4 Foundation trilogy is famous for three laws for robots

5 I ,Robot is famous for the theoretical framework

6 Asimov’s ideas about robots had an effect on both writers and scientists who research into artificial intelligence.

F

F

TF

F

T

Question time

Look through the passage again and find out any sentence you can’t understand

Group A: para1-3

Group B: para4-6

Phrases:

1 an American scientist and writer 一个美国科学家兼作家

2 mystery stories 怪诞小说 science fiction stories 科幻小说 a collection of short stories 短篇小说集

3 have an extraordinary imagination 有超凡的想象力 an amazing mind 惊人的头脑 / 智慧

4 search for 寻找

5 as a result of… 由于

6 a blood transfusion 输血

7 be pregnant with a child 怀上一个孩子

8 work part-time 做兼职工作 a part-time job 一份兼职工作 adj. work full- time 做全职工作 a full-time writer 一个专职 / 全职作家9 help out 帮忙

10a junior chemist 一个初级化学师 a junior middle school 初级中学 a senior middle school 高级中学

这俩词无比较级不和 than 连用

be junior/ senior to 比……年幼 / 年长（资历浅 / 资格老）

She is junior to me . 她比我年幼

She is three years junior to me. =She is junior to me by three year. 她比我小三岁

11 have a gift/ talent for sth/ doing sth

对……有天赋

He has a talent/ gift for singing.

a talented/ gifted musician adj. 有天赋的

12 take … seriously 认真 / 严肃对待……

13 have stories published

14 be loosely based on… 大致以……为基础15 a theoretical framework 一个理论框架 theory n. 理论16 research into= do some research into 研究……17 artificial intelligence 人工智能18 marry sb 娶 / 嫁给某人 be/ get married to sb 与某人结婚

divorce n./vt.

The divorce rate is down. 离婚率下降了 (n.)

He finally got over from his divorce. 他最终从离婚中缓过劲来了 (n.)

Mr. Smith divorced his wife. (vt.)

史密斯先生和他妻子离婚了

Homework

1p86 2 -8 11- 12 小注

2 查出 初中词汇表 中不认识的词

3 阅读 P57 R3

•1. Do the exercises on P22 基础训练

•2. Finish the following choosing questions.

Task 2 detailed reading

Learning tips: if necessary, ignore the clauses,and find the main structure of sentences

• 1. A • 2. D comic 喜剧的• 3. A 11 years old• 4. C HIV infection• 5. A influence other writers and e

ven scientists researching into artificial intelligence

The keys to the exercises on P22

Exercise :

1 What’s the main idea of the text ?

Introduce a famous American science fiction writer Isaac Asimov’s life and works .

2 How many years did Issac Asimov work in store?

A 5 B 9 C 11 D 13

D

1929-1942

3. 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.

B

4. 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.5. .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 magazine in 1939. C. He published his first novel in 1950. D. He published his first science book in 1953.

B

A

6. What might happen in a world where there were robots if Asimov’s three laws didn’t exist?

A. Maybe robots will harm or injure human beings.

B. Maybe robots will disobey human beings.

C. In order to protect their own existence, robots may injure human beings.

D. All of the above.

D

7. Why could Issac Asimov become a writer ?

A A friend of his made him a writer

B His parents wanted him to be a writer

C He had the talent for writing

D He had so many experiences in his life .

C

8. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text ?

A Issac Asimov didn’t publish books until he became a fulltime writer .

B Issac Asimov’s ideas about robots completely influenced scientists researching into artificial intelligence

C Robots should protect human beings in “I,robot .”

D Issac Asimov wrote some famous plays about Shakespeare .

C

Task 3 Discuss

Imagine it is the future and people

have household robots. Discuss what

positive or negative effect the situatio

n would be.

Positive effects

People will be relived from doing household cleaning or cooking. Robots will be able to rebuild and decorate the home and design and do the garden. People will be free to work or enjoy their leisure time. Life will become an endless paradise!

Negative effects

People will become fat and lazy if they

no longer have to take care of their

houses or their gardens. There will be

many medical problems with people who

are overweight or do not do enough

exercise. The hospitals will be crowded

with lazy and sick people.

What is worse, if a robot breaks down ，people will no longer have the useful sk

ills of decorating and cooking, therefor

e, they would find it very difficult to m

anage their lives. Life will become a do

ctor’s nightmare!

Summary

We know the mian information of Isaac Asimov.

Also ,we know the main method to write a perso

n’s biography.

Homework

Write a paragraph describing the

robot and what it can do.

未来的保姆 可以更准确地识别出讲话者的方位，并能在噪音中识别语音，可识别手写体文字，为增强与机器人之间的合作等功能提高了通信能力。

Language points

• 1. A Biography of Isaac Asimov• biography n. 传记• bio(尤其供公开发表的 ) 个人简历 (biography 的缩写 )

• bio cards 传记档案卡 ; bio information 传记资料• bio- 表示“生命 , 生物”之义• biophysics 生物物理学• biochemistry n. 生物化学

2 . an American scientist and writer 一位科学家兼作家

The singer and dancer _______( be ) coming for a visit .

The singer and the dancer __________(be)

Coming for a visit .

A knife and fork _______ ( be ) on the desk .

is / was

are/ were

is / was

3 explanation n.解释 , 解说 , 说明 , 辩解 , 互相讲明• What is your explanation for being late? • The only explanation for his behavior is that he’s

mad. • explain v.解释 , 说明• explain sth to sb• We explained our plan to the committee.

• 4. 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 is two years junior to me.• senior: older; higher in rank 较年长的；职位稍

高的 • He is two years senior to me. • senior citizens 老人