【课件】Unit 1 Reading for Writing 课件人教版选择性必修第四册.pptx

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1、Unit 1 Science FictionUsing LanguageWrite a sci-fi short story人教版（人教版（2019）选择性必修四）选择性必修四Learning objectivesBy the end of this section,you will be able to:1.read a text about time travel;2.grasp the main idea of this text and its language features;3.continue to write the story with the help of some q

2、uestions;4.use guide to write a sci-fi short story about time travel;5.cooperate with group mates actively through checking your sci-fi stories together.Lead-inThink about the following questions.Have you read stories or watched films about time travelling?How would people feel when they travel thro

3、ugh time?If I could time travel,I could see the results of my actions or other peoples actions,and if the results were bad,I could travel back to the present time,too,and then take another course of action that had a better outcome.But I must learn not to depend on time travel and“cheat”every time w

4、hen I failed or met something bad.I will choose the most important moment to return and not to change others fates without consideration.What would you do if you could time travel?Pre-writingLearn the background of the text we will read.H.G.Wells(1866-1946)is along with Jules Verne most often credit

5、ed with being the inventor of the science fiction genre.He was born in Kent,England.When he was eight years old,his leg was broken in an accident,and this forced him to stay in bed for a long period of time.This was when he fell in love with books and decided to become a writer.His family suffered g

6、reat financial troubles when he was young,and as a result he was not able to attend school but was forced to work.Despite this,he studied on his own andin the end won a scholarship which allowed him to go to college.Eventually,he received a degree in zoology from the University of London.Wells had t

7、rouble finding and keeping work until the early 1890s,when he found great success writing articles for magazines.This led to him writing his first novel,The Time Machine,in 1895.He went on to write many Learn the background of the text we will read.other successful stories and novels,including The W

8、ar of the Worlds,The Invisible Man,and The Island of Doctor Moreau.There had been many writers before Wells who wrote fantastical stories of scientific advances.Wells contribution was the idea that all of the details in the story should be as closely grounded in reality as possible,with the exceptio

9、n of one element which was fantastical.By having everything else grounded in reality,audiences are more willing to accept the fantastical element as true.This philosophy is behind much of science fiction today,whereby everything in a story must be possible according to the Laws of Physics(compared t

10、o science fantasy,where the Laws of Physics usually do not apply).Wells wrote in a number of different genres besides science fiction and was enormously popular and successful.Predict what will be read in the following text.What do you want to know about the time machine?How to operate?What can be d

11、one with it?.Read an extract from The Time Machine,and find out how many times the Time Traveller started the machine.the first timeI pushed the starting lever on the main panel forwards an inch then immediately backwards again.the second timeI drew a breath,gripped the lever and pushed it forwards.

12、I pushed the lever further.Like an impatient fool,I pulled the lever back hard.1.He saw the clock move forwards.2.It felt strange and unpleasant.He uses the simile:“It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road.”3.If he stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else,they wo

13、uld be forced together and explode like a bomb.4.In some mud in the rain.Read the text again and answer the questions.1.How does the Time Traveller first know he has travelled through time?2.How does the Time Traveller feel when travelling through time?What rhetorical devices does the writer use to

14、describe his feelings?3.Why is the Time Traveller worried about stopping the machine?4.Where does the Time Machine arrive when the man finally stops it?Work in groups.Discuss what might happen next in the story.Use the following questions to help you and make brief notes.Then present your story to t

15、he class.The Time Traveller stops in the year 802701.The whole earth looks like a garden with beautiful,happy people called Eloi who play all the time,but this hides a horrible truth;there is a whole world of people called Morlocks who live underground in a dark,mechanised society who use the Eloi a

16、s a source of food.The Time Traveller meets an Eloi woman and falls in love with her.The Time Traveller and the Eloi woman are attacked by Morlocks.He is able to escape,but he loses contact with the woman and perhaps she is killed.The Morlocks then steal the Time Machine and use it as bait to captur

17、e and kill the Time Traveller.However,once he is in the Time Machine,he pulls the lever and begins to travel in time again and is able to make his escape.He travels 30 million years into the future to see the sun cool and the earth turn into a lifeless planet.He then travels back to the time from wh

18、ere he started out,only to find that three hours have passed.Write your outline with the help of the following chart.ContentRhetorical deviceBeginningDevelopingClimaxEnding_(Title)Post-writingExchange your draft with a partner and revise the draft using your partners comments.And share story with th

19、e rest of the class.I thought this summer vacation at Aunt Jennys would go as interesting as watching paint dry.Hers was an old house,built before time began,it seemed.One hundred years ago it was often filled with people coming to stay for the summer it was such large,grand house that there would b

20、e thirty or forty guests at a time,and the host barely knew who some of them were.Then there was the host himself my great grandfather.He was widely thought of as the smartest,funniest man of his age,and people would come from all over the world to see him.But that was all in the past.Now the only p

21、erson who lived here was Aunt Jenny,who lived in one small part of the house and kept the rest closed up.Then I caught the sun shining in my eyes from a tall mirror in the hallway.“How pretty!It must be a hundred years old.If only I could go back and see my greatgrandfather!”I said,cleaning the dirt

22、 off the mirror with my hand.Suddenly,the shiny mirror became a sea of clouds and I felt myself being pulled inside it.The world began to spin,and I felt confused.Then,just like that,everything stopped.I looked around,and there I was with the mirror and in the samehall,but things were different.The

23、family photos on the wall were now replaced by paintings of people I did not recognise.The furniture all looked new but old-fashioned at the same time.“I must be one hundred years into the past!”I thought to myself.Then a woman wearing old-fashioned clothing came down the hall.Drawing near,she frown

24、ed and said,“Oh,that wont do!The party starts in twenty minutes and you are still in casual clothes!What?You didnt bring anything?Ive got a lovely dress you can borrow.I think it will just fit.”She led me away to her room and helped me get dressed like I was an old friend,and then together we went d

25、own to the parlour,which was filled with people dressed in fine clothes gathering around my great grandfather,listening to every word he said.I spent the summer there,pretending to be a distant cousin from the city who was there on holiday.No one seemed to mind or care,as my great grandfather was qu

26、ite wealthy and always had lots of guests.I tried to spend as much time as possible with my greatgrandfather and his friends,and it was the most wonderful time of my life.Then when the end of summer drew near,I went back to the mirror and rubbed it with my hand again.I found myself back in the same

27、hall,but in modern time.Not a minute had passed.Then I realised that I still had a full summer ahead at boring Aunt Jennys.“Now what am I going to do?”I asked myself.Words and Expressions Night came as if a lamp was being turned out,and in another moment came the day.(P8)夜幕降临了，仿佛一盏灯正在熄灭，转眼间，白昼就来临了。t

28、urn out 关掉；熄灭；在场；使朝外；结果是 例句例句例句例句Please turn out the lights when you leave the room.你离开房间时，请把灯关掉。The whole village turned out to welcome the hero.全村人都出来欢迎这位英雄。搭配搭配搭配搭配turn up 调高（音量等）；出现，到来turn down 调低（音量等）；拒绝turn on 打开（水、煤气、电灯等）As my pace grew faster,the walls of the laboratory fell away,and I was l

29、eft in the open air.(P8)我的速度越来越快，实验室的墙壁随之坍塌，我置身野外。pace /pes/n.速度；步伐；节奏 vt.&vi.确定速度；调整节奏搭配搭配搭配搭配at a(n).pace以步伐set off at a steady/gentle/leisurely pace 以稳定的/徐缓的/悠闲的步子出发keep pace with.与并驾齐驱pace the room 在房间里踱来踱去pace about走来走去，来回踱步pace round sth.在四处走动例句例句例句例句Its predicted that temperatures will keep i

30、ncreasing at a steady pace every year.据预测，气温将以稳定的速度逐年上升。As my pace grew faster,the walls of the laboratory fell away,and I was left in the open air.(P8)我的速度越来越快，实验室的墙壁随之坍塌，我置身野外。fall away （逐渐）减少；消失例句例句例句例句The sales of cold drinks usually fall away in winter.冷饮的销售额在冬季通常是要减少的。拓展拓展拓展拓展fall back 后退，后撤，撤

31、退，退让 fall behind 落后；拖欠fall off 数量减少；质量下降fall down 跌倒；掉下；倒塌；失败fall out 争吵；解散 fall over 倒下，摔倒fall ill 生病 fall in love with爱上，喜爱 I had a strange urge to look at the random things that were being flashed before my eyes!(P8)我有一种强烈的欲望，想看看眼前那些随机闪现的东西！urge /d/n.强烈的欲望；冲动 vt.催促；力劝；大力推荐have an urge to 有强烈的欲望做某

32、事搭配搭配搭配搭配urge sb.to do/into doing sth.催促某人做某事urge that.(should)do sth.极力主张；强调It is urged that.(should)do sth.极力主张例句例句例句例句 I have a strong urge to travel all over the world.我极想环游世界。拓展拓展拓展拓展 urgent adj.急迫的，紧急的urgency n.紧迫；急迫；急事Polish up your story with the advice from your classmates and your teacher.Read your classmates stories and recommend one you prefer.