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,