1、Unit 1 Science FictionReading for WritingLead-in:Can you name some films about time travelling?Terminator终结者Back to the Future 回到未来 The Time Machine时间机器Hi ,Mom你好，李焕英The film Hi,Mom is about a daughter who went back to the 1980s and met her mother ,who had died in an accident.Post-reading Are you cur
2、ious about how it feels to take a time travel ?Lets watch a film clip from The Time Machine.The surroundings are changing very fast,especially the buildings ,which appear and disappear repeatedly.The film The Time Machine is adapted from the novel written in 1895 by famous science fiction writer H.G
3、.Wells.Pre-readingLook at the title and illustrations the starting lever the leather seat The main panelWhat does the time machine look like? It looks like a chair/sofa.Para1:The start of a _Para 2:When the Time Machine speeded upPara 3:When the Time Machine ran even fasterTime MachineThe lab looked
4、 exactly before but about _ hours had passed.The lab went _ and my _couldnt see me and moved like a _.five and a half haze rocketThe walls of the lab _ and I was left in _,with things around me_fast.fell awaythe open airpara4:The Time Machine came to a stopIt was a _ to stop the Time Machine. Eventu
5、ally, it was _ on its side.riskflippedPara5: Remarks on my time travelThe traveler has traveled _ years into the future.thousands of StructureniecechangingReadingScan the story again , find out how many times the Time Traveller started the machine.I pushed the starting lever onthe main panel forward
6、s an inch then immediatelybackwards again.Like an impatient tool, I pulled the lever backhards hard.The Time Traveller started the machine twice. Para 1 Para 2 Para 4l drew a breath, gripped the lever and pushed it forwards.I pushed the lever further. Read the story carefully and answer the question
7、s.1. How does the Time Traveller first know has travelled through time?2. How does the Time Traveller feel when travelling through time?What rhetorical devices does the writer use to describe his feelings?3. Why is the Time Traveller worried about stopping the machine?4. Where does the Time Machine
8、arrive when the man finally stops it?1 How does the Time Traveller first know he has travelled through time? He saw the clock move forwards.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 unple
9、asant.The writer uses overstatements.3. Why is the Time Traveller worried about stopping the machine?He had thought about the risk of stopping the Time Machine.In some mud in the rain. 4. Where does the Time Machine arrive when the man finally stops it?Writing Writing practice: 兴宁一中学生报英语角举办科幻故事征文比赛，
10、兴宁一中学生报英语角举办科幻故事征文比赛，主题是主题是My Amazing Experience of Time Travel ，词数，词数80左右。左右。 要求：要求：1.内容丰富、奇特内容丰富、奇特2.情节合理情节合理3.丰富的想象力丰富的想象力Let your imagination run wild!体裁话题体裁话题：关于时间旅行的科幻故事关于时间旅行的科幻故事时态人称时态人称：一般过去时，第一人称一般过去时，第一人称布局文章架构布局文章架构： 首段首段: 中段中段: 尾段尾段:谋篇布局谋篇布局Your experience of time travel and feelings,in
11、cluding the interesting things and people you would like to meet there. Background of the story and The start of your time machineThe remarks on the time travelWriting It was 10 p.m tonight and I gave my time machine a last check,which is shaped like a watch .I pressed the time botton of “Tang Dynas
12、ty”and chose the destination-Changan.A moment later,I felt dizzy and fell asleep. When I woke up and opened my eyes ,I found myself lying outside the Changan city gate.Then I walked into the city.It was really a lively city with splendid architecture. .People around me were dressed in magnificent Ta
13、ng costumes .Feeling hungry and curious ,I went into a hotel .I said to the waiter like “Da Xia”in the novel :“A plate of beef and a bottle of wine!”I was waiting for the dishes when I heard a man reciting the poem:“Viewing the waterfall at Mount Lu”. I asked him:“A good poem!Who wrote it?”The man a
14、nswered:“Me.”I couldnt believe my ears-I came across Li Bai!Then I had a good talk with him and learned a lot about Tang poetry. After one hour,the bell of my time machine rang.Its time to go back to my age!I pressed the button of “return” and in a few seconds I was lying on my bed.What an amazing experience!the start of time machinethe experience of time travelthe remarks on the experience
