精品_高二英语A_biography_of_Isaac_Asimov课件

Mother had her third child. _1_93_1_ Started to take himself seriously as a writer. 1939 _B_e_ga_n_h_a_v_in_g_st_o_ri_es_p_u_b_lis_h_ed_i_n_s_ci_en_c_e _fi_ct_io_n__
A serves B satisfies
C promises D supports
8 All the preparations for the task _D___, we’re
ready to start .
A completed
B complete
C had been completed
D have been completed
according to the text ? C
A Issac Asimov didn’t publish books until he became a fulltime writer .
B Issac Asimov’s ideas about robots completely influenced scientists researching into artificial intelligence
_19_8_3__ Had a blห้องสมุดไป่ตู้od transfusion. Became infected
with HIV.
1992
D__ie_d _in_N__ew__Y_or_k_____________.
Language points
1. A Biography of Isaac Asimov
1942-1945 W__or_k_ed_a_s_ju_n_io_r_c_he_m_i_st_, P_h_i_la_d_el_ph_ia__N_a_vy_Y_a.rd

won an award for it.
_1_95_3__ Published first science book
stories. C. His science and history books. D. His books about the Bible and about
Shakespeare.
4. Why could Isaac Asimov become a writer ?
A A friend of his made him a writer
_m_a_g_az_i_ne_s_________________________.
Date
Event
_1_94_1_ Gained Master’s degree in chemistry.
1942
Finished working in the candy store.
_G_ot_m_a_r_ri_ed_________.
over other writers. • He developed 3 laws for robots.
Fast reading
• Which paragraph tells you when and where Asimov was born and died?
• Which paragraph tells you about the education?
2.When did he start having stories published?
In 1939. 3.How many children did he have?
Two children, a son and a daughter.
Multiple choices:

7. What might happen in a world where there were robots if Asimov‟s three laws didn‟t exist? D A. Maybe robots will harm or injure human beings. B. Maybe robots will disobey human beings. C. In order to protect their own existence, robots may injure human beings. D. All of the above.
7 Nick is looking for another job because he feels that nothing he does ____ B his boss . A serves B satisfies C promises D supports D we’re 8 All the preparations for the task ____, ready to start . A completed B complete C had been completed D have been completed
4 Was it during the Second World War ___he A died ? A that B while C in which D then 5 He made another wonderful discovery, A ____of great importance to science . A which I think is B which I think it is C which I think it D I think which is 6 Would you please tell me the way you B thought of _____difficulties ? A smoothing away B to smooth away C doing away with D to make your way to

Unit 2 Robots------Using Language
A biography of Isaac Asimov
a story of a person’s life was written by someone.
.
Isaac Asimov ( 1920-1992)
is esteemed as one of the finest writers of science fiction and scientific fact in the twentieth century.
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Isaac Asimov’s three laws for Robots: 1.First law: A robot must not injure
human beings or allow them to be injured. 2.Second law: A robot must obey the orders given to it by humans. 3.Third law: A robot must protect its own existence.
Moved with his family to New York. 1923
Parents bought a candy store.
1929 Started working in the candy store. Mother had her third child.
1931
Started take himself seriously as a writer.
.
3. 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.