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课件网) UNIT 1 SCIENCE FICTION Using Language： Write a sci-fi short story (I) To know some famous science fiction writers. To read for the main idea of the passage. To discuss what you would do if you could time travel. To write a sci-fi short story. Look at the pictures, guess what they are. Enjoy a short video Background Knowledge The Time Machine The film, The Time Machine was adapted from a novel of the same name, written by H. G. Wells. Look at the portrait. Who is he H.G. Wells (1866-1946) is — along with Jules Verne — most often credited with being the inventor of the science fiction genre. He was born in Kent, England. Well’s contribution was the idea that all of the details in the story should be as closely grounded in reality as possible, with the exception of one element which was fantastical. By having everything else grounded in reality, audiences are more willing to accept the fantastical element as true. Look at the pictures. What does the time machine look like How is it different from what you expected Read an extract from this story written in 1895 and find the main idea. What's the main idea of the text The text mainly talks about _____ in the Time Machine. the Time Traveller's experiences and feelings 1. How does the Time Traveller first know has travelled through time 2. How does the Time Traveller feel when travelling through time 3. Why is the Time Traveller worried about stopping the machine 4. Where does the Time Machine arrive when the man finally stops it Tasks: reading for details Para1 It was at ten o'clock today that the first of all Time Machines began its career. I gave it a last check, and sat myself in the leather seat. I pushed the starting lever on the main panel forwards an inch then immediately backwards again. Looking around, I saw my laboratory exactly as before. Had anything happened I thought my mind had tricked me. Then I saw the clock. A moment before, it was a minute or so past ten; now it was nearly half past three! 1. How does the Time Traveller first know he has travelled through time He saw the clock move forwards. reference objects 参照物 Para3 It is hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling. It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road. As my pace grew faster, the walls of the laboratory fell away, and I was left in the open air. The sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown across the sky, but soon there was division between night and day. Around me I saw trees growing like puffs of smoke; they grew, spread, and died in moments. I saw huge buildings rise up, then disappear like in a dream. The whole surface of the earth was being changed, melting and flowing before my eyes. I calculated that I was being pushed through time at hundreds of years a minute. 2. How does the Time Traveller feel when travelling through time It felt strange and unpleasant. simile 明喻 overstatement 夸张 Rhetorical d ... ...
