1、1.Have you ever read any science fiction stories?2.Do you know about some science fiction writers?Who are they?Do you know what is science fiction?Page 58What do science fiction writers often write about?It is a type of writing based onfantasyimaginationWhat will happen in tomorrows world.What eleme
2、nts make up a story?charactersStoryline(plot)timeplace(setting)topicLearning Aims Know what science fiction is like Appreciate excerpts from two pieces of science fiction stories Write your own science fiction stories Jules Verne ju:lz ven (1828 1905)the father of science fictionbe noted for writing
3、 about space,air,and underwater travelJourney to the Centre of the EarthTimePlaceCharactersPlotIn 1863 the centre of the Eartha German professor,Otto Lindenbrock;his nephew Alex Hans,the guideThey travel to the centre of the earth through a volcano and experienced a lot of unusual things thereRead a
4、fter the tape and fill in the chartPlace 1A vast room with a large 1.A forest and huge 2.on the shores.Place 2On a boat made by themselves.Two dinosaurs rose and 3._ each other.Place 3In the forest they saw huge insects,strange 4.and a huge man sitting against a tree.Place 4At the 5.they made a 6.to
5、 blow up the rocks and their boat floated forward wildly.Place 5From the 7.of the hole to the outside world.The water pushed them up until into the 8.oceancreaturessunlight List the unusual things experienced mushroomsfoughtexitbombbottomThe Time MachineHave you ever read about or seen a film about
6、a time machine?Herbert George Wells(1866-1946)an English writerknown for his science fiction novels1.What did the writer decide to see using the time machine the writer had made?2.Which year did the writer go to?What did the writer find there?Read after the tape and answer the questions.If you had a
7、 time machine,what would you like to see,the future or the past?Why?What would you expect to see there?Pair Work:discussionThose that take us back are memoriesand those that carry us forward are dreams.-H.G.Wells带着我们回到过去的叫做回忆;让我们继续前行的是梦想！The Last ManThe last man on earth sat alone in a room.There wa
8、s a knock on the door.-Flitwick Brown地球上最后一个人地球上最后一个人独自坐在房间里，这时，忽然响起了敲门声charactersplace(setting)Storyline(plot)fantasy or imagination.寰宇独予，坐闻门响Group work:write a science fiction storyWhen will your story happen?Who will be your main characters?Where will your story happen?What is the plot?Tell a science fiction story read two pieces of science fiction stories discussed the basic elements of a story write the outline of our own storySummary Polish your writing Share your story with your classmatesHomework
