Doyouthinktherobotshavefeelings?Doyouthinkawomanwillfallinlovewitharobot?Thatcanhappeninafiction!

“SatisfactionGuaranteed”

isasciencefictionwrittenbyIsaacAsimov.

Sciencefiction

—stories,novels,etc.whichdescribeeventsandpeoplethatdon’texist,suchasXFile,StarWar.

Reading2-P16Abiography

ofIsaacAsimovGlancethroughthetextquicklytofindtheanswerstothequestions.WhichparagraphtellsyouwhenandwhereAsimovwasbornanddied?Whichparagraphtellsyouabouthiseducation?Whichparagraphtellsyouaboutawardshereceived?Para.2Para.3Para.5Scanthetextforspecificinformation.Trytoanswerthequestion.WhatsubjectdidAsimovteach?Whendidhestarthavingstoriespublished?Howmanychildrendidhehave?biochemistryIn1939.Two.ReadthetextcarefullyandcompletethetimelineoftheeventsinIsaacAsimov’slifeonpage17.1920192219231929BorninRussia.SisterbornMmovedwithfamilytoNewYorkParents

boughtacandystore.

Motherhadherthirdchild.

Startedworkinginthecandystore.

Startedtotakehimselfseriouslyasawriter.

1931DateEvent19391942-1945Beganhavingstoriespublishedinsciencefictionmagazines.GainedMastersdegreeinchemistry.Finished

workinginthecandystore.Gotmarried.Workedasajuniorchemist,PhiladelphiaNavyYard.GotPhDinchemistry.19411948194219501951-1953Becameabiochemistryteacher,BostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine.Publishedhisfirstnovel.Developedthreelawsforrobots.Published“I,Robot”.Published“TheFoundationTrilogy”andwonanawardforit.Publishedfirstsciencebook.Becameafull-timewriter.19491953195819731992Divorced

hisfirstwife.Hadabloodtransfusion.BecameinfectedwithHIV.Marriedforasecondtime.1983DiedinNewYork1.WhowasIsaacAsimov?A.AnAmericanscientistandwriterwhogothisPhDinphysicsin1948.B.ARussianscientistandwriterwhomarriedtwice.C.ARussian—Americanwriterandscientistwhobecameafull—timewriterin1958.D.AnAmerican-Russianwriterandscientistwhohadtwochildren.ComprehendingC

2.WhatwasAsimovbestknownfor?A.Hismysterystories.

B.Hissciencefictionstories.C.Hisscienceandhistorybooks.D.HisbooksabouttheBibleandaboutShakespeare.B

3.AllthefollowingstatementsareTRUEexcept_______.A.Asimov’stalentforwritingbecameobviousatage12.B.Hebeganhavinghisstoriespublishedinsciencefictionmagazinesin1939.C.Hepublishedhisfirstnovelin1950.D.Hepublishedhisfirstsciencebookin1953.A

4.InwhichbookdidAsimovdevelopasetofthree“laws”?A.TheFoundationTrilogy.

B.

I,Robot.C.Inhisfirstnovel.D.Inhisfirstsciencebook.B

5.WhatmighthappeninaworldwheretherewererobotsifAsimov’sthreelawsdidn’texist?A.Mayberobotswillharmorinjurehumanbeings.B.Mayberobotswilldisobeyhumanbeings.C.Inordertoprotecttheirownexistence,robotsmayinjurehumanbeings.

D.

Alloftheabove.D

LanguagepointsanAmericanscientistandwriter

一位科學家兼作家Thesingeranddancer________(be)comingforavisit.Thesingerandthedancer__________(be)comingforavisit.Aknifeandfork_______(be)onthedesk.is/wasare/wereis/wasAsimovhadbothanextraordinaryimaginationthatgavehimtheabilitytoexplorefutureworldsandanamazingmindwithwhichhesearchedforexplanationofeverything,inthepresentandthepast.Asimovhadbothanextraordinaryimagination

thatgavehimtheabilitytoexplorefutureworldsandanamazingmind

withwhichhesearchedforexplanationofeverything,inthepresentandthepast.阿西莫夫不僅有著超凡的想象力,使他能對未來世界進行探索,而且還有驚人的智力,使他能對現在和過去的各種事物作出解析。Heseemedtobelookingforthewordswithwhich

hecouldexpresswhathewasthinkingabout.Thenovelfrom

whichthefilmshasbeenadaptedforchildreniswrittenbyafamousAmericanwriter.Thecar,for

whichIpaidalotofmoney,isnowoutofdate.Heistellingastoryofahero,of

whomeveryoneinthetownisproud.Inthedarkstreet,therewasn’tasingleperson_______theycouldturnforhelp.A.whomB.whoC.towhomD.fromwhom

CTheNile,________electricityisproduced,nolongerdestroysvillagesandcrops.A.whichB.fromwhichC.fromitD.fromthatHowdoyoulikethecake?It’squitedifferentfrom_____Ihadlastmonth.A.thatB.whichC.theoneD.theonewhat

BCsearch+地方/人

在某地/某人身上尋找search(…)forsb./sth.

(于…處)尋找某人/某物insearchof

尋找,作狀語,表示目的Theenemies___________theRedArmymaneverywhere.Theyhave__________thewholecity_______themissingboy.Theboyhasbeentomanyplaces___________hislostcat.searchedsearched

forinsearchof…,hestartedtotakehimselfseriouslyasawriter.takesb/sthseriously

認真對待某人／某事Hetakesthingstooseriously.T:如果你不認真對待學習，接下來的這次考試你也許會考不好。Ifyoucan’ttreatyourstudyseriously,youmayfailinthecomingexamination.反義詞:

take…forgranted

認為……是理所當然的,想當然,不把……當回事Soonafterhisdivorcein1973,…divorcen.

離婚,脫離

vt.

使離婚,與……脫離askforadivorce;getdivorced;divorceAfromB使A與B相脫離Hiswifeaskedforadivorce.Theygotdivorcedlastyear.Theyaredivorcingeachother.Shedivorcedherhusbandtwoyearsago.Weshouldn’tdivorcetheoryfrompractice.leavesbalone考驗turnaround打電話給……testout