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Learn to use “witness”
In 1950 Asimov developed a set of three “laws” for robots. 1950 witnessed Asimov(’s) developing a set of three “laws” for robots.
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Hobby Famous saying
Asimov’s achievements achievements (Para. 5)
1. He received many awards, both for his science fiction books and his science books. 2. He invented a theoretical framework to show how ideas and thinking may develop in the future.
2. In 1950 Asimov published his first novel and in 1953 he published his first science book. = In 1950 Asimov published his first novel and in 1953 his first science book. Cross repeated words
4. In the last 30 years, the greatest number of laws have stopped our rights and progress = The last 30 years have ____________ seen/ witness the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress. (M1 U5 Page 34 Elias’s story)
选修7 unit two Using language
5). In 1950, he published his first science book. F 6). “The Foundation Trilogy” consists of 3 stories about death and rebirth of a great empire in a galaxy of the future. T 7). In his collection of short stories, he developed a set of three “laws” for robots. T
carry out
Make a list of the kinds of body part your robot would need to carry out your instructions. 为执行你的命令，列出你的机器人所需要的 各类身体组成部分。 carry out 实施，实现 他毫无困难的实施了那项计划。 He carried out the plan without difficulty.
自50年代初，至今已出版了300多部著
作。
Old photos
在家中图书室(1976年)
阿西莫夫与珍尼特
演讲
军旅戎装
阿西莫夫追悼会现场
works:
I, Robot
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Reading and discussing
1. Dealing with his Bibliography. Life 2 January, 1920-6 April, 1992 Place of birth He was born in Russia New York and death and died in _________ Books he Mystery stories, science and history books, wrote _________________ and books about the Bible and Shakespeare.
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2.It was when Asimoy was eleven years old-that his ta ent for writing became-obvious.-该句使用了强调句型It was.that. -调了时间状语从句when Asimov was-eleven years old。-Canyou thi of other examples?
Practise-1.He worked hard at his study.As a result.-h passed the exam easily.-2.As a result of his hard wo k,he passed-3.He ran into debt as a result of drinkin -too much,ob
Discuss his three laws for robots.-real-For or agains
Glance through the text quickly to find-the answers t the questions.-Which paragraph tells you when and-wh re Asimoy was born and died?Para.2-Which paragraph te ls you about his-education？Para.3-Which paragraph tel s you about awards-he received？Para.5
5In 1950,he published novel-and in 1953 his first sci nce book.F-6"The Foundation Trilogy"consists of-3 sto ies about death and rebirth of a-great empire in a ga axy of the future.T-7In his collection of short stori s,he-developed a set of three "laws"for-robots.T
人教版新课标选修七 Unit 2 using the language--reading and writing
1948 Got PhD in chemistry. 1949
Became a biochemistry teacher, Boston University School of Medicine.
1950 Published his first novel Published “I, Robot” Developed three laws for robots. 19511951-1953 Published “The Foundation Trilogy” and won an award for it.
1953 Published first science writer.
Para. 1 1.Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything . 主干： 主干：Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination and an amazing mind 介词+ which/whom 引导的定语从句结构 介词的选择问题： ① 或与前面的先行词的搭配有关 ② 或与后面的动词或词组的搭配有关
With/ from/ for/ of with 1. He seemed to be looking for the words _____ which he could explore what he was thinking about. from 2. The novel _____which the film has been adapted for children is written by a famous American writer. 3. The car, _____ which I paid a lot of money, is now out of date. for of 4. He is telling a story of a hero, ____whom everyone in the town is proud.
Became a biochemistry teacher, Boston University School of Medicine.
1950 Published his first novel Published “I, Robot” Developed three laws for robots. 19511951-1953 Published “The Foundation Trilogy” and won an award for it.
1953 Published first science writer.
Para. 1 1.Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything . 主干： 主干：Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination and an amazing mind 介词+ which/whom 引导的定语从句结构 介词的选择问题： ① 或与前面的先行词的搭配有关 ② 或与后面的动词或词组的搭配有关
With/ from/ for/ of with 1. He seemed to be looking for the words _____ which he could explore what he was thinking about. from 2. The novel _____which the film has been adapted for children is written by a famous American writer. 3. The car, _____ which I paid a lot of money, is now out of date. for of 4. He is telling a story of a hero, ____whom everyone in the town is proud.
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5. ★talent n. 天才；特殊能力；才干 ①It was when Asimov was eleven years old that his talent for
writing became obvious.
早在阿西莫夫11岁的时候，他的写作才华就已经显露出来了。 ②Britain has lost lots of its football talents to clubs abroad. 英国有许多足球天才流失到了国外足球俱乐部。
Ⅱ. 重点短语 aside 1. set _____ (钱或时间) 将……放在一边；为……节省或保留
to 2. be attached __
in all 3. __ bound to 4. be ______
喜欢，依恋 一共；总计 一定做……
p (sb. ) ___
6. It ended in New York on 6 April，1992，when he died as a result of an HIV infection that he had got from a blood transfusion nine years earlier. 【分析】 主干句→
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Ⅰ. 下面是本部分的重点词汇，请完成下列题目
A)把下列单词与其英文释义搭配起来。
B)根据词性和汉语意思写出单词，并进行拓展。 statement n. )陈述 7. state(vt. )陈述；宣布→_________( theory n. )理论 8. theoretical (adj. )理论(上)的→______( disobey vt. &vi. )(反义词) 9. obey(vt. &vi. )服从；顺从→_______( assess vt. )评估；评价 10. assessment(n. )评价；评定→_______(
人教英语选修7Unit2Using language(共18张PPT)
that his talent for writing became obvious.
正是在阿西莫11岁的时候，他的写作才华就 已经显露出来了。
昨天正是因为她妈妈生病了，她才不能和我们一起去。
It was because her mother was ill that she didn’t go with us yesterday.
_1_9_4_1_ 1942
Gained Master’s degree in chemistry. Finished working in candy store.
_G_o_t_m__a_r_ri_e_d_.
19421945
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Got PhD in chemistry.
_1_9_4_9_ 1950
Became a biochemistry teacher, Boston University School of Medicine.
Published his first novel._P__u_b_li_s_h_e_d_“_I_, _R_o_b_o_t_”____. Developed three laws for robots.
stories_p_u_b__li_s_h_e_d_ in science fiction magazine
and in 1950 he published his _f_ir_s_t_novel.
He was well-known for his fiction stories and received_m__a_n_y__a_w_a_r_d_s. His works _i_n_fl_u_e_n_c_e_d_ other writhers and scientists
正是在阿西莫11岁的时候，他的写作才华就 已经显露出来了。
昨天正是因为她妈妈生病了，她才不能和我们一起去。
It was because her mother was ill that she didn’t go with us yesterday.
_1_9_4_1_ 1942
Gained Master’s degree in chemistry. Finished working in candy store.
_G_o_t_m__a_r_ri_e_d_.
19421945
_1_9_4_8_
_W__o_r_k_e_d__a_s__a_j_u_n__io_r__c_h_e_m__i_s_t___ _in__t_h_e__P_h_i_l_a_d_e_l_p_h_i_a_N__a_v_y__Y_a_r_d.
Got PhD in chemistry.
_1_9_4_9_ 1950
Became a biochemistry teacher, Boston University School of Medicine.
Published his first novel._P__u_b_li_s_h_e_d_“_I_, _R_o_b_o_t_”____. Developed three laws for robots.
stories_p_u_b__li_s_h_e_d_ in science fiction magazine
and in 1950 he published his _f_ir_s_t_novel.
He was well-known for his fiction stories and received_m__a_n_y__a_w_a_r_d_s. His works _i_n_fl_u_e_n_c_e_d_ other writhers and scientists
人教版高中英语选修7 Unit2 Using language 语言点课件
栏目 导引
Unit 2 Robots
2. junior adj.较年幼的；资历较浅的；地位较低的
n．年少者；晚辈；等级较低者
(教材P16)In 1942 he joined the staff of the Philadelphia Navy Yard as a junior chemist and worked there for three years. 1942年，他在费城海军造船厂里担任初级化学师，并在那里 干了三年。 归纳拓展 (1)be junior to比……地位低；比……年幼 (2)senior adj.高级的；年长的；地位较高的；资历较深的栏目 Leabharlann 引Unit 2 Robots
4. divorce n．离婚；断绝关系
vt.与……离婚；与……脱离 (教材P16)Soon after his divorce in 1973，Asimov married again but he had no children with his second wife. 1973年离婚不久，阿西莫夫又结婚了，但是他与第二任妻 子没有生育儿女。 归纳拓展 divorce A from B 使A与B分开
栏目 导引
Unit 2 Robots
归纳拓展 (1)with affection 充满感情地 gain/win one’s affections 得到某人的爱情 have an affection to/for sb.深爱着某人 set one’s affections on/upon sb.倾心于；对……有好感 (2)affect v．影响；感染；感动；喜欢
归纳拓展
(1)have a talent for sth.
有……的天分
be of talent 有天赋的
Unit 2 Robots
2. junior adj.较年幼的；资历较浅的；地位较低的
n．年少者；晚辈；等级较低者
(教材P16)In 1942 he joined the staff of the Philadelphia Navy Yard as a junior chemist and worked there for three years. 1942年，他在费城海军造船厂里担任初级化学师，并在那里 干了三年。 归纳拓展 (1)be junior to比……地位低；比……年幼 (2)senior adj.高级的；年长的；地位较高的；资历较深的栏目 Leabharlann 引Unit 2 Robots
4. divorce n．离婚；断绝关系
vt.与……离婚；与……脱离 (教材P16)Soon after his divorce in 1973，Asimov married again but he had no children with his second wife. 1973年离婚不久，阿西莫夫又结婚了，但是他与第二任妻 子没有生育儿女。 归纳拓展 divorce A from B 使A与B分开
栏目 导引
Unit 2 Robots
归纳拓展 (1)with affection 充满感情地 gain/win one’s affections 得到某人的爱情 have an affection to/for sb.深爱着某人 set one’s affections on/upon sb.倾心于；对……有好感 (2)affect v．影响；感染；感动；喜欢
归纳拓展
(1)have a talent for sth.
有……的天分
be of talent 有天赋的
选修七Unit 2 using language
2.When Asimov was three, he moved with his parents and his one-year-old sister to New York City. There his parents bought a candy store which they ran for the next 40 or so years.
Which law is the story “Satisfaction Guaranteed” based on?
What might happen in a world where there were robots if Asimov’s three laws did not exist? double-edged sword
What is worse, if a robot breaks down people will no longer have the useful skills of decorating and cooking, therefore, they would find it very difficult to manage their lives. Life will become a doctor’s nightmare!
1.Asimov had both an extraordinary _________________________________________ imagination that gave him the ability to ___________________________________ explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for _________________________________________ explanations of everything, in the present ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________ and the past.
人教英语选修7Unit2 using language(共18张PPT)
and books, which helped him win many awards. inspired other writers and artificial intelligence
His ideas scientists.
He
had
省略句
two marriages and died of HIV infection due to blood transfusion.
became…teacher
Summary writing
Year
1950 1953 1958 1973 1992
Event published .. novel. published ….science book. gave up teaching to become… divorce…married died of…
Summary writing
Write a summaryof a biography
What’s your principle of deciding what should
be included?
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1929 pregnant …working in the store. 1973
1931 started to take….as…..
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1939 published stories...
1941 gained a master’s degree.
1942 finished ….worked as … got married
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1.Greetings 2.When did you go to America? 3.When did you start having stories
published? You can ask more questions as you like.
Fill in the blanks
Isaac Asimov was an _A_m__e_ri_c_a_nscientist and writer who was born in __R_u_s_s_ia_ in 1920. When he was three, he m__o_v_e_dwith his family to New York City.
•Sister born
•Moved with family to New York Parents bought a candy store. •Started working in candy store. Mother had her third child.
•Started to take himself serious新科学指南》
I, Robot 《作品100》
Scanning
• Read the passage and match.
Para.1 Para.2 Para.3
•His awrds •His identity and achievements •His education and job
Para.4
•His birth and the reason of his death
Para.5
•His marriage
Para.6
•His talent for writing
Date 1920 1922 1923 1929
published? You can ask more questions as you like.
Fill in the blanks
Isaac Asimov was an _A_m__e_ri_c_a_nscientist and writer who was born in __R_u_s_s_ia_ in 1920. When he was three, he m__o_v_e_dwith his family to New York City.
•Sister born
•Moved with family to New York Parents bought a candy store. •Started working in candy store. Mother had her third child.
•Started to take himself serious新科学指南》
I, Robot 《作品100》
Scanning
• Read the passage and match.
Para.1 Para.2 Para.3
•His awrds •His identity and achievements •His education and job
Para.4
•His birth and the reason of his death
Para.5
•His marriage
Para.6
•His talent for writing
Date 1920 1922 1923 1929
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▪ 1_9_4_1_ Gained Master’s degree in chemistry.
▪ 1942 Finished working in the candy store.
▪ 1942-1945 _________________________. ▪ ____ Got PWhoDrkiendcahsemjunisitorryc. hemist . ▪ ____ BecaPmheilaadbeilopchhiaemNaisvtyrYyatreda.cher,
1B9o4s8ton University School of Medicine.
▪ 11994590 Published his first novel.
1951-1953 Published “The Foundation Trilogy” and won an award for it.
_1_9_5_3_ Published first science book _1_9_5_8_ Became a full-time writer.
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2. Deep Reading :
▪ Date
Event
▪ 1920 Born in Russia. ▪ __t_o_N__e_w. York
▪
Parents bought a candy store.
1973 Divorced his first wife. _1_9_8_3_ Had a blood transfusion. 1992 __D_ie_d__in__N_e_w__Y_o_rk_________.
Step III: Read the passage aloud. If you still have any question, mark it and put it forward later. If not, do the following exercises to check yourself.
选修7 unit 2 using language
Do you have anything to say? (you是to say的逻辑主语)
6．当不定式隐含在for sb to do结构中 时。
例如： This is the best book to read (=for us／ you to read)．
The important thing to do is to lock the door when we leave the house．
Who’s the original writer of “Satisfaction Guaranteed”?
阿西莫夫是一位多产得惊人的作家， 自50年代初，至今已出版了300多部著 作。
Old photo
在家中图书室（1976年）
阿西莫夫与珍尼特
演讲
军旅戎装
阿西莫夫追悼会现场
作品：
一、 不定式的被动形式有下列用法
1．作主语： It is an honour for me to be asked to speak here. 2．作宾语： She asked to be sent to work in Xinjiang.
3．构成复合宾语： He wanted the letter to be typed at once. She didn’t like herself to be praised like that. 4．构成复合谓语： The books are not allowed to be taken out of the room.
A. The Foundation Trilogy BB. I, Robot C. In his first novel D. In his first science book.
6．当不定式隐含在for sb to do结构中 时。
例如： This is the best book to read (=for us／ you to read)．
The important thing to do is to lock the door when we leave the house．
Who’s the original writer of “Satisfaction Guaranteed”?
阿西莫夫是一位多产得惊人的作家， 自50年代初，至今已出版了300多部著 作。
Old photo
在家中图书室（1976年）
阿西莫夫与珍尼特
演讲
军旅戎装
阿西莫夫追悼会现场
作品：
一、 不定式的被动形式有下列用法
1．作主语： It is an honour for me to be asked to speak here. 2．作宾语： She asked to be sent to work in Xinjiang.
3．构成复合宾语： He wanted the letter to be typed at once. She didn’t like herself to be praised like that. 4．构成复合谓语： The books are not allowed to be taken out of the room.
A. The Foundation Trilogy BB. I, Robot C. In his first novel D. In his first science book.
公开课选修7-Unit-2-Using-languagePPT课件
unit2 robots
Using Language
2021
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An American scientist and writer
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Asimov wrote or edited more than five hundred books. Asimov's most famous work are the Foundation Series and the Robot series.
_P__u_b_l_is_h_e_d__I_,_R_o_b__o_t____. Developed three laws for robots.
1951-1953: Published the Foundation
trilogy and won an award for it
_________:Published first science book
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Para2Asimov在写作方面很有天赋。当他意 识到这点，他放弃教学并成为专业作家。 1939年，Asimov在科幻小说杂志上发表文 章，并在1950年出版了他的第一部小说。 他以他的科幻小说而出名并多次获奖。《 基地》三部曲和《我，机器人》在年轻人 中很受欢迎。他的作品对其他作家影响深 远。
Became infected with HIV.
1992 : __D__ie_d__i_n_N__e_w__Y__o_r_k___
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A set of three laws for robots. Do you know what are the other two laws?
2021
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fiction magazine and in 1950 he published his first
Using Language
2021
1
An American scientist and writer
2021
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Asimov wrote or edited more than five hundred books. Asimov's most famous work are the Foundation Series and the Robot series.
_P__u_b_l_is_h_e_d__I_,_R_o_b__o_t____. Developed three laws for robots.
1951-1953: Published the Foundation
trilogy and won an award for it
_________:Published first science book
2021
18
Para2Asimov在写作方面很有天赋。当他意 识到这点，他放弃教学并成为专业作家。 1939年，Asimov在科幻小说杂志上发表文 章，并在1950年出版了他的第一部小说。 他以他的科幻小说而出名并多次获奖。《 基地》三部曲和《我，机器人》在年轻人 中很受欢迎。他的作品对其他作家影响深 远。
Became infected with HIV.
1992 : __D__ie_d__i_n_N__e_w__Y__o_r_k___
2021
13
A set of three laws for robots. Do you know what are the other two laws?
2021
14
fiction magazine and in 1950 he published his first
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Got married
1942- Worked as junior chemist, 1945 Philadelphia Navy Yard
1948 Got PhD in chemistry.
1949
1950
19511953
Became a biochemistry teacher, Boston University School of Medicine. Published his first novel. Published “I, Robot” Developed three laws for robots.
HIV infection that he had got from a blood transfusion nine years earlier.
一位美国科学家兼作家
以…而最为著名 科幻故事 两者都… 超乎寻常的想象力 探索未来世界 做某事的能力 寻找…
an American scientist and writer
硕士学位
费城海军造船厂 作为一名初级化学师 在那儿工作 三年的时间 第二年 放弃… 一位全职作家
a master's degree
Philadelphia Navy Yard as a junior chemist work there for three years The next year give up a full-time writer
in the present and the past. began in sp. be born on+ date ended in as a result of
get from a blood transfusion nine years earlier
When Asimov was three, he moved with his parents and his one-year-old sister to New York City. There his parents bought a candy store
他写作的天赋
his talent for writing
复述一个故事
retelling a story
Hale Waihona Puke 认真的把自己当做一名作家来对 待take himself seriously as a writer
自己的故事被出版
having stories published
Throughout his life, Asimov received many awards, both for his science fiction books and his science books. Among
present and the past.
Asimov's life began in Russia, where he was born on 2 January, 1920. It ended in New York
on 6 April, 1992, when he died as a result of an
It was when Asimov was eleven years old that his talent for writing became obvious. He had told a friend two
chapters of a story he had written. The friend thought
1983 Had a blood transfusion. Became infected with HIV.
1992 Died in New York
Asimov’s Laws For Robots
First Law: A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured. Second Law: A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings (as long as human being are not injured). Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence (as long as human beings are not injured; and as long as the robot does not disobey the human beings).
他他于1941年发表的作品《Runaround》中第一次明确 提出了著名的“阿西莫夫机器人三定律”, 即： 一、机器人不得伤害人类，或看到人类受到伤害而袖手旁观； 二、在不违反第一定律的前提下，机器人必须绝对服从人类
给与的任何命令； 三、在不违反第一定律和第二定律的前提下, 机器人必须尽力
保护自己。 以其名字命名的《阿西莫夫科幻小说》杂志, 至今仍然是 美国当今数一数二的科幻文学畅销杂志。
Complete the timeline of the events. Date Event 1920 born in Russia.
1922 sister born
1923 1929
moved with family to New York Parents bought a candy store.
Unit 2 Robots
Using Language
艾萨克·阿西莫夫(1920-1992), 当代美国最著名的科幻大师、世界 顶尖级科幻小说作家, 他也是位文学评论家, 美国科幻小说黄金 时代的代表人物之一。他一生高产, 著述颇丰, 一生著述近 500本, 其中有100多部科幻小说, 早已远远超过了“著作等身” 的地步, 是本世纪最顶尖的科幻小说家之一。曾获代表科幻界 最高荣誉的雨果奖和星云终身成就「大师奖」, 以他的名字为 号召的「阿西莫夫科幻杂志」，是美国当今数一数二的科幻 文学重镇。他是一位生于俄罗斯的美籍犹太人, 作品极其丰富， 代表作有《我, 机器人》(I, Robot) 、《基地》系列、 《钢窟》(The Caves of Steel) 系列、《赤裸太阳》 (The Naked Sun) 等。
But he is best known for his science fiction
stories. Asimov had both an extraordinary
imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything, in the
started working in candy store.
Mother had her third child.
1931 Started to take himself seriously as a writer.
1939 1941 1942
Bean having stories published in science fiction magazines Gained Masters degree in chemistry. Finished working in candy store.
he was retelling a story from a book. This really surprised Asimov and from that moment, he started to take himself seriously as a writer. Asimov began having stories published in science fiction magazines in 1939. In 1950 he published his first novel and in 1953 his first science book.
Published “The Foundation Trilogy” and won an award for it.
1953 Published first science book.
1958 Became a full-time writer.
1973
Divorced his first wife. Married for a second wife
which they ran for the next 40 or so years. At
the age of nine, when his mother was pregnant with her third child, Asimov started working part-time in the store. He helped out through his school and university years until 1942, a year after he had gained a master's degree in chemistry. In 1942 he joined the staff of the Philadelphia Navy Yard as a junior chemist and worked there for three years. In 1948 he got his PhD in chemistry. The next year he became a biochemistry teacher at Boston University School of Medicine. In 1958 he gave up teaching to become a full-time writer.
be best known for
1942- Worked as junior chemist, 1945 Philadelphia Navy Yard
1948 Got PhD in chemistry.
1949
1950
19511953
Became a biochemistry teacher, Boston University School of Medicine. Published his first novel. Published “I, Robot” Developed three laws for robots.
HIV infection that he had got from a blood transfusion nine years earlier.
一位美国科学家兼作家
以…而最为著名 科幻故事 两者都… 超乎寻常的想象力 探索未来世界 做某事的能力 寻找…
an American scientist and writer
硕士学位
费城海军造船厂 作为一名初级化学师 在那儿工作 三年的时间 第二年 放弃… 一位全职作家
a master's degree
Philadelphia Navy Yard as a junior chemist work there for three years The next year give up a full-time writer
in the present and the past. began in sp. be born on+ date ended in as a result of
get from a blood transfusion nine years earlier
When Asimov was three, he moved with his parents and his one-year-old sister to New York City. There his parents bought a candy store
他写作的天赋
his talent for writing
复述一个故事
retelling a story
Hale Waihona Puke 认真的把自己当做一名作家来对 待take himself seriously as a writer
自己的故事被出版
having stories published
Throughout his life, Asimov received many awards, both for his science fiction books and his science books. Among
present and the past.
Asimov's life began in Russia, where he was born on 2 January, 1920. It ended in New York
on 6 April, 1992, when he died as a result of an
It was when Asimov was eleven years old that his talent for writing became obvious. He had told a friend two
chapters of a story he had written. The friend thought
1983 Had a blood transfusion. Became infected with HIV.
1992 Died in New York
Asimov’s Laws For Robots
First Law: A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured. Second Law: A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings (as long as human being are not injured). Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence (as long as human beings are not injured; and as long as the robot does not disobey the human beings).
他他于1941年发表的作品《Runaround》中第一次明确 提出了著名的“阿西莫夫机器人三定律”, 即： 一、机器人不得伤害人类，或看到人类受到伤害而袖手旁观； 二、在不违反第一定律的前提下，机器人必须绝对服从人类
给与的任何命令； 三、在不违反第一定律和第二定律的前提下, 机器人必须尽力
保护自己。 以其名字命名的《阿西莫夫科幻小说》杂志, 至今仍然是 美国当今数一数二的科幻文学畅销杂志。
Complete the timeline of the events. Date Event 1920 born in Russia.
1922 sister born
1923 1929
moved with family to New York Parents bought a candy store.
Unit 2 Robots
Using Language
艾萨克·阿西莫夫(1920-1992), 当代美国最著名的科幻大师、世界 顶尖级科幻小说作家, 他也是位文学评论家, 美国科幻小说黄金 时代的代表人物之一。他一生高产, 著述颇丰, 一生著述近 500本, 其中有100多部科幻小说, 早已远远超过了“著作等身” 的地步, 是本世纪最顶尖的科幻小说家之一。曾获代表科幻界 最高荣誉的雨果奖和星云终身成就「大师奖」, 以他的名字为 号召的「阿西莫夫科幻杂志」，是美国当今数一数二的科幻 文学重镇。他是一位生于俄罗斯的美籍犹太人, 作品极其丰富， 代表作有《我, 机器人》(I, Robot) 、《基地》系列、 《钢窟》(The Caves of Steel) 系列、《赤裸太阳》 (The Naked Sun) 等。
But he is best known for his science fiction
stories. Asimov had both an extraordinary
imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything, in the
started working in candy store.
Mother had her third child.
1931 Started to take himself seriously as a writer.
1939 1941 1942
Bean having stories published in science fiction magazines Gained Masters degree in chemistry. Finished working in candy store.
he was retelling a story from a book. This really surprised Asimov and from that moment, he started to take himself seriously as a writer. Asimov began having stories published in science fiction magazines in 1939. In 1950 he published his first novel and in 1953 his first science book.
Published “The Foundation Trilogy” and won an award for it.
1953 Published first science book.
1958 Became a full-time writer.
1973
Divorced his first wife. Married for a second wife
which they ran for the next 40 or so years. At
the age of nine, when his mother was pregnant with her third child, Asimov started working part-time in the store. He helped out through his school and university years until 1942, a year after he had gained a master's degree in chemistry. In 1942 he joined the staff of the Philadelphia Navy Yard as a junior chemist and worked there for three years. In 1948 he got his PhD in chemistry. The next year he became a biochemistry teacher at Boston University School of Medicine. In 1958 he gave up teaching to become a full-time writer.
be best known for