Reading and thinking 教案-高中英语人教版(2019)选择性必修第四册

2019新人教高中英语选择性必修四
Unit 1 Science Fiction
Reading and Thinking公开课教案
Teaching aims:
1.Enable students to figure out how science fiction is developed and how many elements it includes.
2.Guide students to identify the theme expressed in science fiction and complete the story with bold but reasonable imagination.
3.Help students to develop a right and critical attitude towards the development of robots and AI.
Teaching key points:
1.Lead students to figure out the development and elements of science fiction.
2.Help students complete the story with bold but reasonable imagination.
Teaching difficult points:
1.Instruct students to understand the theme expressed in science fiction.
2.Lead students to develop a right and critical attitude towards the development of robots and AI.
Teaching procedures:
StepⅠLead-in
Greet students and ask them questions:
Questions:
1.Have you read any science fiction?
2.What elements does science fiction usually include?
Suggested answers:
1.Yes, I have read some, such as The Three-Body Problem and The Wandering Earth.
2.These stories often contain scientific devices that we do not have now, and technologies that seem impossible, such as time travel. The characters may have bodies, cultures, and backgrounds that are very different than our own. The themes often include space exploration, alien contact, AI, and the future of humans, etc.
StepⅠWhile-reading
Activity 1 Skim for the information about characters and the structure
Read the story. Take notes on who these people are and their relationships with each other.
Suggested answers:
1.a company that made robots; husband; domestic; Larry’s company; take care of Claire; richest and most powerful women; wished to be
Activity 2Analyse the structure.
Suggested answers:
Meet;Help;Love
Activity3Read for detailed information
Understand foreshadowings(伏笔)
①Although it was completely innocent, Claire felt guilty.(Para.6)
②He suggested that she invite Gladys and her friends to the house ...(Para.7)
③She heard him declare that he did not want to leave her the next day, and that he felt more than just the desire to please her. (Para.9)
Suggested answers:
①It turned out that Tony was a robot, so there was no crisis in Claire’s marriage. But Claire might have fallen in love with Tony before she knew it.
②Gladys and her friends all admired her beauty.She even heard Gladys said that she envied her, especially when she saw the handsome robot.
③Her heart was hurt because Tony just did it as it had been programmed, so
she cried all night. At last, Tony was sent back to the company and was to be upgraded(升级).
Activity 4Predict the ending
①How do you think this story will end? Work in groups and come up with an ending.
·How will Claire react?
·Will Tony leave?
·What will happen to them?
·...
②Then listen to the rest of the story. How different is it from your ending?
Suggested answers:
①The answer may vary.
②Tony let her go and disappeared from sight. It was then that Claire realised that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window. Her guests had seen everything! The women were impressed by Claire, the house and the delicious cuisine. Just before they left, Claire heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony. What a sweet victory to be envied by those women! She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover.
Then she remembered—Tony was just a machine. She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed. She cried all night. The next morning a car drove up and took Tony away. The company was very pleased with Tony’s report on his three weeks with Claire. Tony had protected a human being from harm when he prevented Claire from falling off a ladder. He had also opened the curtains that night so that the other women would see him and Claire, which would make them envy Claire. But even though Tony had been so clever, he would have to be rebuilt—you cannot have women falling in love with machines.
Activity5 Find more detailed information.
Claire’s feelings towards Tony changed as the story developed. Read the passage carefully and complete the mind map.
Claire’s changes of feelings towards Tony
Suggested answers:
disliked; when she first saw him; felt embarrassed; offered sympathy for her; called him a dear; felt his warmth; envied; cried all night
StepⅠ Post-reading
Debate in two groups
The topic is “The Relationship with Robots: Good or Bad for Humans?” The speech should include the following four parts:opening statement,position(观点),argument,conclusion.
Suggested answers:
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. A great philosopher Emil Cioran once said, “A man is a robot with defects.”
We believe that it will be good and important to have robots help humans.
From one perspective, ...
In addition, ...
Lastly, ...
In conclusion, ...
StepⅠSummary
A household robot 1.(call) Tony was to be tested 2.in Larry’s house. Though Claire, Larry’s wife, didn’t like 3.idea at the beginning, she was persuaded to let the robot accompany her while her husband was away on a business trip. The robot looked like a tall and handsome man with smooth hair. Though his facial 4.(express) never changed, the robot spoke in a deep voice. At the first sight of Tony, Claire felt alarmed because he seemed 5. (much) like a human than a machine. So when Tony offered to help dressing, Claire felt 6.(embarrass).
However, Tony gradually won Claire’s trust. He took good care of Claire and even managed to rescue her when she fell off the ladder. He also helped Claire realise her dreams by 7.(make) her home elegant, giving her a new haircut and changing her makeup. Therefore at the party all the guests who 8.(invite) were filled with admiration when they saw her house was 9.(complete) changed. Claire felt satisfied and recovered her confidence. And Tony said he was so attached 10.her that he hated to leave her.
Suggested answers:
1.called
2.out
3.the
4.expression
5.more
6.embarrassed
7.making
8.were invited
pletely 10.to。