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Unit 5
Science fiction
Reading and Thinking
1. To figure out how science fiction is developed and how many elements it includes.
2. To complete the story with bold but reasonable imagination.
3. To develop a right and critical attitude towards the development of robots and AI.
Learning aims：
Do you think it possible for a robot to ----
look like a human being
have its own feelings or thoughts
Watch the video clip of the Robot Sophia（索非亚机器人）in a TV show with the questions in mind.
今天的科幻小说即明天的科学现实。
—— 艾萨克·阿西莫夫
Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
——Isaac Asimov
Whose satisfaction do you
think will be guaranteed
Step 2 Pre-reading: Prediction
Maybe the customers’ .
Step1: Read and Find (Paragraphs1-4)
Larry Belmont
Claire
Tony
Gladys Claffern
a man working for a company that made robots
Larry’s wife
a robot
one of the richest and most powerful women around
Step2: Read and Predict (Paragraphs1-4)
What would happen next
Conflict is one of the key elements of a narrative. It refers to the struggle that grows between two opposing forces in a narrative. A narrative may have multiple conflicts.
Individual vs. Individual
Individual vs. Nature
Individual vs. Self
Individual vs. Society
Examples of Conflicts
Step2: Read and Predict (Paragraphs1-4)
What would happen next
Examples of Conflicts
Claire vs. Tony
Claire vs. Gladys Claffern
Claire vs. Herself
Examples of Conflicts
Claire vs. Tony
Claire vs. Gladys Claffern
Claire vs. Herself
As a favor, Tony promised to help Claire make herself more beautiful and her home more elegant. ____ ____________________________ ____________________________
Step2: Read and Speak (Paragraphs1-4)
What would happen next
Group work: think of a short continuation to deal with one of the conflicts, then share it with us.
Stages of scientific research
Find a problem
Ask a question
Think of a method
Collect data
Analyse the results
Find supporting evidence
Draw a conclusion
while reading
Order
Cholera
Who
What
A _________doctor who even attend ________________
when she gave birth.
He had desire to ________________once and for all.
famous
Queen Victoria
destroy cholera
John
Snow
Read para.1 quickly and fill in the mind map.
Read for details.
while reading
Though being famous, he was still devoted to defeating “King Cholera”
What It’s one of ________________________ in the world, because it causes _ ____________________________.
When ___________________________
Where __________
What results _________________________________________
the most feared diseases
severe diarrhoea, dehydration and even death
In the early 19th century
Europe
Millions of people died from the disease.
Cholera
Read para.1 quickly and fill in the mind map.
Find the problem
Research background
“King Cholera”
Para. 1
Cholera was caused by bad air.
Cholera was caused by an infection from germs in food or water.
Para.2
Para.2 (two contradictory theories about how cholera spread)
Read the text quickly and finish the two tasks.
No.1： Match the main idea with each part.
C Larry persuaded Claire to accept the robot that would be tested out.
B The result of Claire living with the robot.
A The process of the robot helping Claire.
Para 3- 8:
Para 9:
Para 1-2:
Setting
Conflict
Conclusion
Skim for the characters (their traits and relationships)
a household robot
Claire
Larry Belmont
Gladys Claffern
one of the richest and most powerful women around
made this household robot
(Claire wished to be)
Tony
A couple
tested out

Task 3: Read carefully for the plot
A household robot was going to be _________ by Claire
Claire’s problems Tony’s help
1.She thought she was not _______. 2.Her house was not _______. 3.She wanted to be like _______________. 4.The saleswoman was _______ to her. 5.She was so clumsy to _____________________. 1.He gave her a new _______ and improved the _______ she wore.
2.He____________the house completely.
3.He suggested a _____in her house.
4.He made the woman changed her_________.
5.He managed to _________ in time from the next room.
On the night of the party, before the guests ________, Tony took her in his arms, said that he did not want ___________ the next day, and that he felt more than just the _______ to please her.
Setting (para.
1-2)
Conflict
(para.3-8)
Conclusion
(para.9)
Gladys Claffern
rude
fall off the ladder
clever
elegant
hairstyle
makeup
transformed
party
attitude
catch her
tested out
arrived
desire
to leave her
Claire’s feelings changed.
Read carefully for the change of Clarie’s feeling，and complete the chart.
Task 4
Occasion Claire
1 Before he arrived dislike him
2 was alarmed
3 felt embarrassed
4 admired him
5 called him a dear
6 felt warmth
7 felt being envied
8 cried all night
Check the answer
1 before he arrived
2 when she first saw him
3 when Tony asked if he should help her get dressed
4 when Tony offered sympathy to her
5 when he helped her talk to the saleswoman
6 when she fell and Tony caught and held her
7 after the ladies saw Tony holding her and speaking to her lovingly through the window
8 after she remembered he was just a machine and shouted “Leave me alone!”
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Claire’s
feelings
when she first saw him
Before Tony arrived
when Tony asked...
help her get dressed
when Tony offered sympathy
when Tony ... talk
to the saleswoman
dislike
alarmed
embarrassed
admiring trusting
thankful
Occasion
Read the story carefully and pay attention to the changes of Claire’s feelings towards Tony as the story developed.
shy
nervous
when Claire fell and Tony held her
Comparison
the same as similar to similarly more like
just as in comparison
in the same way
Contrast
different from but
while whereas
although however
on the other hand
in contrast
Tony
Human being
programmed to appear sensitive and caring;
can show true sensitivity and care;
offers sympathy; treats people kindly; warm body
facial expression never changes;
smooth hair;
facial expression changes often;
always the same
emotions can change
In what aspects do you think Tony is satisfying
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Tony’s __________________ is satisfying because __________________.
Tony’s __________________ is satisfying because __________________.
Tony’s __________________ is satisfying because __________________.
Tony’s __________________ is satisfying because __________________.
appearance
daily service
effective solution
timely protection
he seemed more like a human
he always treated her with dignity
he made the saleswoman apologize
he caught her when she fell
Snow prove on of the two contradictory theories by…
Detailed reading
making an immediate ___________(investigate)
marking on an ______________(epidemiology) map
analysing the ______ between deaths and drinking water.
announcing the result with ___________(fact) evidence.
investigation
epidemiological
link
factual

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