Unit+1+Science+Fiction+Using+Language课件2021-2022学年高二下学期人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册.pptx

UNIT 1 SCIENCE FICTION;Do you know the man?;Three Body Problem won the Hugo Award, the first for an Asian author;The Wandering Earth In the film, based on a short story by Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin, the Earth is in danger of being destroyed by the dying sun. In response, humans around the world work together to build a giant engine system that will push the Earth away from the sun. Instead of abandoning the Earth, this time we’re taking it with us. Watch the video.; Using Language;the time machine;Look at the pictures, guess what they are.;1 In groups, discuss what would do if you could time travel? If I could time travel, I would like to: see my old actual self. see my beloved ones who have passed away. experience my childhood life again. be able to predict the future or decide my future. see what life/man the world/earth will be like in millions of years to come see the wonders of the world in the near or distant future. see what the future hold in store for us.;;3 Read the text again and anser the questions. 1. How does the Time Traveller first know he has travelled through time? He saw the clock indicate a time in the future. (Para. 1, the last two sentences) 2. How does the Time Traveller feel when travelling through time? What rhetorical devices does the writer use to describe his feelings. It felt strange and unpleasant. The writer uses all kinds of rhetorical devices, such as simile and overstatement. ;Simile: It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road. The sun and moon looked as if they were being grouwn across the sky,... Around me I saw trees growing like puffs of smoke;... I saw huge buildings rise up, then disappear like in a dream. Overstatement: I calculated that I was being pushed through time at hundreds of years a minute.;3. Why is the Time Traveller worried about stopping the machine? If he stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else, they would be forced together and explode lik