Book7 Unit 2 Robots 编者杨敏 Period Four Reading 2 and language study

Book7 Unit 2 Robots 编者杨敏 Period Four Reading 2 and language study

教学目标 1.To know about the main events in Isaac Asimov’s life. 2. Master and use some important words and phrases. 重点难点 1. Help students to use the structures freely and correctly. 2.Improve the students’ reading skills.新知预习新知预习课文理解 1. 预习课文，写出相关信息。 Name: ______________________________ Profession: __________________________ Birthplace: __________________________ Died (date): _________________________ Best known for: ______________________

2. 读课文，判断正(T)误(F)。 ( ) 1) Isaac Asimov wrote about 480 books even including the Bible and Shakespeare. ( ) 2) Asimov’s life began in Russian on 2 January, 1920 and ended there on 6 April,1992. ( ) 3) Asimov died of Aids when he was infected from a blood transfusion. ( ) 4) In 1949 Asimov became a biochemistry teacher at the Philadelphia University. ( ) 5) When he was eleven, Asimov told a friend a story which was written by himself. ( ) 6) Asimov began having stories published in newspapers in 1939. ( ) 7) His most famous works of science fiction was “The Foundation Trilogy”, in which he developed a set of three “laws” for robots. ( ) 8) Asimov’s first marriage started at the age of 22 and ended when he was 53. F F T F T F F T

课堂探究 【探究1】课文理解 1. Carry out the task of Ex.1 on P17. 2. Write out the three laws for robots by Isaac Asimov. First Law: _____________________________________ Second Law: _____________________________________ Third Law: _____________________________________ A robot must not injure human or allow them to be injured. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings (as long as human beings are not injured). 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).

【探究2】重点单词1. staff (P16, L16) In 1942 he joined the staff of the PhiladelphiaNavy Yard as ajunior chemist and worked there for three years. （译） ________________________________ 。【例释】The company has got a staff of about 40. 这家公司大约有40名职员。staff n. ________；_________.表示全体人员是集合名词，用作主语时，谓语动词可用单数 (视为整体)或复数(考虑个体)。【运用】翻译下列句子。 1）The teaching staff of this college is/are excellent. _______________________________________ 2) Our hospital is staffed with 30 doctors. _______________________________________2. junior (P16, L17) In 1942 he joined the staff of the PhiladelphiaNavy Yard as ajunior chemist and worked there for three years. （译）_________________________________。【例释】 1) Tom is junior to me. 汤姆比我年龄小。 2) My cousin is a junior officer. 我表弟是个下级军官。 3) He is two years junior to me. = He is junior to me by two years. 他比我小两岁。

【归纳】junior adj.较年幼的，资历较浅的，地位较低的 n.年少者，晚辈，等级较低者【运用】She is three years junior _______ me. A. with B. by C. than D. to 3. divorce (P16, L36) Soon after his divorce in 1973, Asimov married again but he had no children with his second wife. （译）。【例释】1) Their marriage ended in divorce.他们的婚姻以失败收场。 2) They advocated a complete divorce of government and religion. 他们主张政教完全分离。 3) Mr. Hill divorced his wife at the age of 70. 希尔先生70岁的时候与他妻子离婚。 4) He is unable to divorce fantasy from reality. 他不能将幻想与现实分开。【归纳】divorce n.离婚；断绝关系 vt 与……离婚；与……脱离 get a divorce 离婚；get divorced离婚； divorce sth. from sth. 把…与…完全分开【运用】译出下列句子。 1) 她爸妈想离婚。 _______________________________________ 2) He divorced (his wife) and remarried later. _______________________________________

【探究3】重点短语 1. take…seriously (P16, L22) This really surprised Asimov and from that moment, he started to take himself seriously as a writer. （译）。【例释】 1) He takes things too seriously. 他看待事情太认真了。 2) You can’t take her promises seriously, for she never keeps her words. 她答应的事不必当真，她从来说话不算数。【归纳】take…seriously 认真对待……；严肃对待…… 【运用】 He began to take political science ______only when he left school. A. strictly B. truly C. carefully D. seriously

【探究4】佳句欣赏 1. Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanation of everything, in the present and the past. (译) _____________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 解析：该句的主句是Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination and an amazing mind.句中有两个定语从句，前一个的引导词是that; 后一个为“with which he searched for explanation of everything” 是“介词+关系代词”引导的定语从句，修饰mind。

在使用该结构时，应注意其中介词的选择： 1) 根据与先行词的搭配。 1) Soon they arrived at a house, in front of which sat a little boy. (译)_____________________________________。 2) 根据从句中的短语动词搭配。 In the dark street, there wasn’t a single person ______ she could turn for help. A. to whom B. for who C. to which D. for whom 3) 根据句子的意思来确定介词 The plane may be several hours late, ______ there’s no point in our waiting. A. in which case B. in case C. which case D. which in case

达标练习 I.单项填空 1) She brought with her three friends, none of ______ I had ever met before. A. them B. who C. whom D. these 2) Gun control is a subject, ______ Americans have argued for a long time. A. of which B. with which C. about which D. into which 3) He was educated at the local high school, ______ he went on to Beijing University. A. after which B. after that C. in which D. in that 4) Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree, ______ they can be controlled on purpose. A. with which B. to which C. of which D. for which

II.翻译句子 1.这家公司大约有40名职员。 ______________________________________ 2.汤姆比我年龄小两岁。 ______________________________________ 3.最后他们的爸妈离婚了。 ______________________________________ 4.她对待工作很认真。 _____________________________________ The company has got a staff of about 40. Tom is junior to me by two years. /Tom is two years junior to me. At last their parents get divorced/ divorce She takes her work too seriously.

Homework Go over words and expressions. Preview the next period.

Book7 Unit 2 Robots 编者杨敏 Period Four Reading 2 and language study