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课件网) Unit 4 A glimpse of the future Developing ideas — writing 【版本：新外研 册别：选择性必修三】 contents Post-writing While-writing Pre-writing Homework I II III IV V Language points I Pre-writing Have you read science fictions Share them with the class. 《2001太空漫步》 《银河帝国》 《流浪地球》 Foreshadowing is often used in a story, when the author gives a clue as to what is to come later in the story. Let’s read the part of the sci-fi story to find how the author uses foreshadowing. Read the passage (P47) and answer the questions. 1 What happened to the prison and what was the cause 2 What kind of job do you think Carolyn has 3 Are there any sentences that might foreshadow what will happen next Underline them. Check the answers 1 What happened to the prison and what was the cause There was a prison breakout, caused by faulty robotics. 2 What kind of job do you think Carolyn has She might be a prison governor. Check the answers 3 Are there any sentences that might foreshadow what will happen next Underline them. Todd cried out in shock and waved his … Another prison breakout: faulty robotics blamed. …“Julius was telling me about it. That place isn’t as advanced as ours. It was not until an hour later that he noticed that Carolyn had left her emergency call device on the breakfast table. But the report says that even new, regularly-maintained robots can break down,” Todd protested. “And in a maximum-security prison like yours, one small error could cause a lot of problems.” sci-fi story Characters Setting Plot Ending Think about structure of a story and complete the outline. Think about structure of a story and complete the outline. Setting time: in the future /… place: on Earth / at the prison weather: cloudy day/ rainy day/ … … background Think about structure of a story and complete the outline. Characters humans robots UFOs … aliens faulty robotics uncontrolled robotics Think about structure of a story and complete the outline. Plot beginning development climax … conflict Ending common ending miserable ending win-win ending mysterious ending … II While-writing Think about what will happen next, based on the examples of foreshadowing you have plete the notes to plan the rest of the story. (P47) Think about what will happen next, based on the examples of foreshadowing you have plete the notes to plan the rest of the story. (P47) Setting Time： Place： Characters Carolyn A prison governor In the future At prison Carolyn’s husband Carolyn’s colleague Uncontrolled robot Todd Julius Robot Think about what will happen next, based on the examples of foreshadowing you have plete the notes to plan the rest of the story. (P47) Carolyn looked out of the reinforced glass of her office window into the prison below. She was shocked that the robots were out of control. Most had stopped moving at all. Some circled aimlessly around and around. She could see prisoners rushing out ... ...
