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课件网) UNIT 1 SCIENCE FICTION The Time Machine（adapted） Have you read stories or watched films about time travelling what would do if you could time travel If I could time travel，I could see the results of my actions or other people’s actions，and if the results were bad，I could travel back to the present time，too，and then take another course of action that had a better outcome. But I must learn not to depend on time travel and “cheat” every time when I failed or met something bad. I will choose the most important moment to return and not to change others’ fates without consideration. Lead-in What would you do if you could time travel Rewind midterms to memorize formulas, then steal future AI study hacks to out-study the whole class. 穿越回期中考重背公式，再溜去未来抄AI解题思路，卷爆全班。 想穿越到未来看看火星殖民地，借辆飞行汽车试试！ What you would do if you could time travel Visit the future to see if humans live on Mars. Maybe borrow a flying car and test it. How can one achieve time travel You need a time machine. Do you know who is the first writer of Time machine Herbert George Wells（赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯） 生卒年份：1866年9月21日—1946年8月13日 国籍：英国 身份：著名小说家、记者、社会评论家，被誉为“科幻小说之父”之一。 主要成就与作品： 科幻文学先驱：其作品结合科学理论与社会批判，开创现代科幻文学先河。 代表作：《时间机器》（1895）、《隐身人》（1897）、《世界大战》（1898）、《莫洛博士岛》（1896）。 特色：擅长以科学幻想隐喻社会问题（如阶级矛盾、技术伦理），并对未来技术发展提出警示。 影响与地位： 与儒勒·凡尔纳并称科幻文学两大奠基人，但威尔斯更注重社会寓言与哲学思考。 预言了原子弹、基因工程、太空探索等现代科技概念。 其他贡献： 撰写大量社会评论、历史著作（如《世界史纲》），倡导世界主义与和平主义。 the time machine Sometimes referred to as “The Father of Science Fiction”, Herbert George Wells (1866 — 1946) was an English novelist, teacher, historian and journalist. the leather seat 皮座椅 the starting lever 启动杆 The main panel 主面板 Read and find out how many times the Time Traveller pulled and pushed the lever and what the danger was when he stopped the time machine. ① ② ③ ④ How many times did the the Time Traveller pull and push the lever Underline the descriptive sentences. Read for the scene description Times What he saw The first time: push the lever and pull immediately Lab : _____ Clock:10--3:30 The second time: push the lever Lab: _____ Niece: move like a _____ The third time: push the level further Lab:_____ a.Moon and sun: as if they _____ b._____ between night and day a.Around me.Trees: grew, spread and _____ in moments b.Huge buildings: rise up and _____ c.Earth: changed, _____ and _____. The fourth time: pull the lever The time machine was _____ on its side and I was _____through the air as before went hazy rocket fell away were being thrown division died disappear flowing melting flipped thrown It was at ten o’clock today that the first of all Time Mach ... ...
