高二英语下学期unit12-a.pptVIP

Unit 12 Fact and fantasy Listening integrating skills Brainstorming Do you like science fiction? Why? If you don’t like science fiction, why not? Free talk: Let’s share our favorite science fiction. What is the difference between science fiction and fantasy stories? Listening Listen to the tape and try to catch the answer to the question mentioned on the tape. Further listening 1.Which other writers are mentioned in the listening text? What did they write? 2. Why does Mark like to read I, Robot ? 3. Lao She’s City of Cats is also mentioned, but it isn’t about technology. What science is involved in it? 1. What other writers are mentioned in the listening text? What did they write? Writers Works Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues under the sea / A journey to the moon Wells The First Men in the Moon / The war of the worlds Lao She City of cats Mary Shelley Frankenstein 2. Why does Mark like to read I, Robot? 3. Lao She’s City of Cats is also mentioned, but it isn’t about technology. What science is involved in it? Mark wants to read I, Robot because he has seen the movie. Lao She’s City of Cats is about social or political science. What kind of literature do you think Frankenstein is? Why? A famous science fiction novel, which is written by “the mother of science fiction novel”----- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the wife of the world famous poet----Shelley). First reading: True or False ( ) I had a miserable childhood. ( ) I was not interested in the structure of languages or law, so my father asked me to learn the secrets of heaven and earth. ( ) I wanted to know where the principle of life came from, and I worked very hard. ( ) I discovered how to create life from dead matter, and immediately I tried it. ( ) I collected many materials which came from butcher shops and hospitals to do my job secretly. ( ) The being that I created was very