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课件网) 人教版（2019）选择性必修四 Unit 1 Science Fiction Using Language (Reading for Writing) Write a sci-fi short story Learning objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: read a text about time travel; grasp the main idea of this text and its language features; continue to write the story with the help of some questions; write a sci-fi short story about time travel. Lead-in Have you ever seen these films What do they have in common Time travelling What would you do if you could time travel If I could time travel, I would like to: experience my happy childhood again; see my beloved ones who have passed away. see what life / the world / earth will be like in the faraway future. 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. When he was eight years old, his leg was broken in an accident, and this forced him to stay in bed for a long period of time. This was when he fell in love with books and decided to become a writer. His family suffered great financial troubles when he was young, and as a result he was not able to attend school but was forced to work. Despite this, he studied on his own and in the end won a scholarship which allowed him to go to college. Eventually, he received a degree in zoology from the University of London. Wells had trouble finding and keeping work until the early 1890s, when he found great success writing articles for magazines. This led to him writing his first novel, The Time Machine, in 1895. He went on to write many Reading Learn the background of the text we will read. other successful stories and novels, including The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau. There had been many writers before Wells who wrote fantastical stories of scientific advances. Wells’ 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. This philosophy is behind much of science fiction today, whereby everything in a story must be possible according to the Laws of Physics (compared to science fantasy, where the Laws of Physics usually do not apply). Wells wrote in a number of different genres besides science fiction and was enormously popular and successful. Look at the title and pictures. Then predict what the text will talk about. A. The Time Traveller’s feelings through time travel. B. The Time Traveller stopped the machine and went somewhere. C. The Time Traveller sat in his laboratory to test out his machine. D. The Time Traveller’s first experiences and feelings in the Time Machine. Read the text carefully and figure out the main idea of each paragraph. THE TIME MACHINE (Adapted) It was a ... ...
