1、人教选择性必修第四册 Unit 1 Using Language(II)Write a sci-fi short story教学目 Lead-in视频：视频：时间机器真的能实现？时间机器真的能实现？学习目标学习目标12To understand the meaning of time travel in science fiction works and analyse the rhetorical and linguistic features of the text by reading The Time Machine To imagine boldly and write a logi
2、cal sci-fi story目标一：目标一：To understand the meaning of time travel in science fiction works and analyse the rhetorical and linguistic features of the text by reading The Time Machine Activity 1:Look at the pictures and answer the questions.u Do you know the man?u What does the time machine look like?A
3、ctivity 2:The Time Machine was written in 1895 by famous science fiction writer H.G.Wells.Read an extract from this story,and find out how many times the Time Traveller started the machine.2 timesI pushed the starting lever on the main panel forwards an inch then immediately backwards again.I drew a
4、 breath,gripped the lever and pushed it forwards.I pushed the lever further.I pulled the lever backwards hard.Activity 3:Read the text again and answer the questions.1.How does the Time Traveler first know he has travelled through time?2.How does the Time Traveler feel when travelling through time?W
5、hat rhetorical devices does the writer use to describe his feelings?3.Why is the Time Traveler worried about stopping the machine?4.Where does the Time Machine arrive when the man finally stops it?Suggested Answers1.He saw the clock move forwards.2.It felt strange and unpleasant.He uses the simile:I
6、t felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road.3.If he stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else,they would be forced together and explode like a bomb.4.In some mud in the rain.Activity 4:Work in groups.Discuss what might happen next in the story.lWhat date do you think
7、it is when the Time Traveller finally stops?lWhat do you think is different about that time from the time he left?lWho or what do you think the Time Traveler will meet?lWhat adventures do you think he will have in the future?lDo you think he will ever return to his own time?Step 1:Use the following
8、questions to help you and make brief notes.Step 2:Refer to the mind map below for additional information.Time TravelHow do we feel to time travel?(rhetorical devices like metaphors,similes and overstatements)How to prove we have actually time travelled?(evidence like clock or people)What are the pro
9、blems caused by time travel?(any worry or danger)The destination of the time travel(when and where)How to operate the machine?The problem of coming back(challenges)Encounters in the new world(people,things,adventures)The difference between now and then(rhetorical devices like compare and contrast)Su
10、ggested Answer The Time Traveller stops in the year 802701.The whole earth looks like a garden with beautiful,happy people called Eloi who play all the time,but this hides a horrible truth;there is a whole world of people called Morlocks who live underground in a dark,mechanised society who use the
11、Eloi as a source of food.The Time Traveller meets an Eloi woman and falls in love with her.The Time Traveller and the Eloi woman are attacked by Morlocks.He is able to escape,but he loses contact with the woman and perhaps she is killed.The Morlocks then steal the Time Machine and use it as bait to
12、capture and kill the Time Traveller.However,once he is in the Time Machine,he pulls the lever and begins to travel in time again and is able to make his escape.He travels 30 million years into the future to see the sun cool and the earth turn into a lifeless planet.He then travels back to the time f
13、rom where he started out,only to find that three hours have passed.Activity 5:Identify language points that you want to share with your partner.Discuss in groups and then share with the class.1.It was at ten oclock today that the first of all Time Machines began its career.就是在今天十点钟,第一台时间机器开始了它的工作。强调
14、句结构：It is/was+被强调部分+that/who+其他.注意注意:1.强调句中去掉it is和that之后,句子仍然成立且完整。2.被强调成分不管是人还是物,单数还是复数,be动词均用is/was。强调人用who/that，其余用that。3.被强调成分为主语时,仍然保持主格形式。e.g.It was because of the heavy rain that he came late.It is Tom who/that is in charge of the class.2.I had a strong urge to look at the random things that
15、 were being flashed before my eyes!我迫切想看在我眼前一闪而过的这些东西!urge n.强烈的欲望;冲动vt.催促;力劝;大力推荐【归纳拓展归纳拓展】have an urge to do sth.迫切想做某事 urge sth./sb.on催促某物/某人前进 urge sb.to do/into doing sth.催促某人做某事 urge that(should)do sth.极力主张;强调 It is urged that(should)do sth.坚决要求 urgent adj.紧急的;迫切的 urgency n.紧急情况目标二：目标二：To imag
16、ine boldly and write a logical sci-fi storyActivity 1:Imagine and write your own story about a time machine you will invent,and your journey through time.1.Think about what your machine will look like.Is it a vehicle or a machine?2.How does your time machine work?What do you have to do to make it wo
17、rk?3.What period in time do you want to travel to?Think about interesting things and people you would like to see there.4.Imagine what it might feel like to travel through time.Think of words to describe this and make your story as vivid as possible.5.Include rhetorical devices in your story,like me
18、taphors,similes,overstatements,etc.Step 1:Use the story and the guide below to help you.Step 2:Clarify the structure of the story you are creating._(Title)ContentRhetorical deviceBeginningDevelopingClimaxEndingActivity 2:Exchange your draft with a partner and revise the draft using your partners com
19、ments.Sample writing:I thought this summer vacation at Aunt Jennys would go as interesting as watching paint dry.Hers was an old house,built before time began,it seemed.One hundred years ago it was often filled with people coming to stay for the summerit was such large,grand house that there would b
20、e thirty or forty guests at a time,and the host barely knew who some of them were.Then there was the host himselfmy great grandfather.He was widely thought of as the smartest,funniest man of his age,and people would come from all over the world to see him.But that was all in the past.Now the only pe
21、rson who lived here was Aunt Jenny,who lived in one small part of the house and kept the rest closed up.Then I caught the sun shining in my eyes from a tall mirror in the hallway.How pretty!It must be a hundred years old.If only I could go back and see my great grandfather!I said,cleaning the dirt o
22、ff the mirror with my hand.Suddenly,the shiny mirror became a sea of clouds and I felt myself being pulled inside it.The world began to spin,and I felt confused.Then,just like that,everything stopped.I looked around,and there I was with the mirror and in the same hall,but things were different.The f
23、amily photos on the wall were now replaced by paintings of people I did not recognise.The furniture all looked new but old-fashioned at the same time.I must be one hundred years into the past!I thought to myself.Then a woman wearing old-fashioned clothing came down the hall.Drawing near,she frowned
24、and said,Oh,that wont do!The party starts in twenty minutes and you are still in casual clothes!What?You didnt bring anything?Ive got a lovely dress you can borrow.I think it will just fit.She led me away to her room and helped me get dressed like I was an old friend,and then together we went down t
25、o the parlour,which was filled with people dressed in fine clothes gathering around my great grandfather,listening to every word he said.I spent the summer there,pretending to be a distant cousin from the city who was there on holiday.No one seemed to mind or care,as my great grandfather was quite w
26、ealthy and always had lots of guests.I tried to spend as much time as possible with my great grandfather and his friends,and it was the most wonderful time of my life.Then when the end of summer drew near,I went back to the mirror and rubbed it with my hand again.I found myself back in the same hall,but in modern time.Not a minute had passed.Then I realised that I still had a full summer ahead at boring Aunt Jennys.Now what am I going to do?I asked myself.学习总结学习总结Now share your story with the rest of the class.
