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A Biography of Isaac Asimov
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1传记
10 框架，结构
2 圣洁的
11思考
3 兼职的
12 离婚
4 全体员工
13为 节省时间
5 年幼的
14豪华的
6 生物化学
15 收件人
7天才
16 总计
8 章，篇
17 喜爱
9 理论上的
18一定做…
Leading in
艾萨克·阿西莫夫
Isaac Asimov, ( 1920-1992)，
美籍犹太人，为本世纪最顶尖的科幻小说家
之一，曾获代表科幻界最高荣誉的雨果奖和
星云终身成就「大师奖」。以他的名字为号
召的「艾西莫夫科幻杂志」，是美国当今数
一数二的科幻文学重镇。
阿西莫夫是一位多产得惊人的作家，
自50年代初，至今已出版了300多部著
作。
works：
I, Robot
《作品100》《最新科学指南》
Skimming
Look through the text and get the main idea of
each para.
Para1
birth and death
Para2
life experience
Para3
his achievements
Para4
marriage life
Para5
how he began writing
Para6
most famous works
Scanning
Ex1on P17 complete the timeline of the events
Date
1920
1922
1923
1929
Event
Born in Russia.
___________.
Sister
born
___________________________.
Moved
with family to New York
Parents bought a candy store.
Started
working in a candy store
___________________________.
Mother had her third child.
Started to take himself seriously as a
1931
____
writer.
Began having stories published in science
1939
________________________________
fiction magazines
Date
1941
____
1942
Event
Gained Master’s degree in chemistry.
Finished working in the candy store.
Got married
________________.
Worked as junior chemist, Philadelphia Navy Yard
1942-1945 _____________________________.
1948
____
Got PhD in chemistry.
1949
____
Became a biochemistry teacher, Boston
University School of Medicine.
1950
Published his first novel.
_____________ . Developed three laws for
robots. Published “I, Robot”
Date
Event
1951-1953 Published “The Foundation Trilogy” and
won an award for it.
1953
_____
Published
first
science
book
1958
_____
Became a full-time writer.
1973
Divorced his first wife.
__________________________.
Married for a second time
1983
_____
Had a blood transfusion. Became infected
with HIV.
Died in New York
1992
________________________.
Turn to para5 and get to know his works
True or false
1 Asimov received awards for his science fiction books F
2 He won an award for Foundation trilogy and I ,Robot F
3 Foundation trilogy was loosely based on the fall of the
Roman Empire.
T
4 Foundation trilogy is famous for three laws for robotsF
5 I ,Robot is famous for the theoretical framework F
6 Asimov’s ideas about robots had an effect on both
writers and scientists who research into artificial
intelligence.
T
Question time
Look through the passage again and find out any
sentence you can’t understand
Group A: para1-3
Group B: para4-6
Phrases:
1 an American scientist and writer 一个美国科学家兼
作家
2 mystery stories 怪诞小说 science fiction stories 科幻
小说 a collection of short stories 短篇小说集
3 have an extraordinary imagination 有超凡的想象力
an amazing mind 惊人的头脑/智慧
4 search for 寻找
5 as a result of…由于
6 a blood transfusion 输血
7 be pregnant with a child 怀上一个孩子
8 work part-time 做兼职工作 a part-time job 一
份兼职工作 adj.
work full- time 做全职工作 a full-time writer
一个专职/全职作家
9 help out 帮忙
10a junior chemist 一个初级化学师 a junior middle
school 初级中学 a senior middle school 高级中学
这俩词无比较级不和than 连用
be junior/ senior to 比……年幼/年长（资历浅/资格老）
She is junior to me .她比我年幼
She is three years junior to me. =She is junior to me by
three year. 她比我小三岁
11 have a gift/ talent for sth/ doing sth
对……有天赋
He has a talent/ gift for singing.
a talented/ gifted musician
adj. 有天赋的
12 take … seriously 认真/严肃对待……
13 have stories published
14 be loosely based on…大致以……为基础
15 a theoretical framework 一个理论框架
theory n. 理论
16 research into= do some research into 研究……
17 artificial intelligence
人工智能
18 marry sb 娶/嫁给某人 be/ get married to sb 与某人
结婚
divorce n./vt.
The divorce rate is down. 离婚率下降了 (n.)
He finally got over from his divorce. 他最终从离
婚中缓过劲来了 (n.)
Mr. Smith divorced his wife. (vt.)
史密斯先生和他妻子离婚了
Homework
1p86 2 -8 11- 12 小注
2查出 初中词汇表 中不认识的词
3阅读 P57 R3
Task 2 detailed reading
• 1. Do the exercises on P22 基
础训练
• 2. Finish the following
choosing questions.
Learning tips: if necessary,
ignore the clauses,and find the
main structure of sentences
The keys to the exercises on P22
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1. A
2. D comic 喜剧的
3. A 11 years old
4. C HIV infection
5. A influence other writers and
even scientists researching into
artificial intelligence
Exercise :
1 What’s the main idea of the text ?
Introduce a famous American
science fiction writer Isaac
Asimov’s life and works .
2 How many years did Issac Asimov work in
store?
D
A5
B 9 C 11
D 13
1929-1942
3. In which book did he develop a set of three
laws?
B
A. The Foundation Trilogy B. I, Robot
C. In his first novel
D. In his first science
book.
B
4. What was Asimov best known for?
A. His mystery stories. B. His science fiction
stories.
C. His science and history books.
D. His books about the Bible and about
Shakespeare.
A
5. .All the followings are true except_____.
A. Asimov’s talent for writing wasn’t obvious
when he was young.
B. He began having his stories published in
science magazine in 1939.
C. He published his first novel in 1950.
D. He published his first science book in 1953.
6. 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. Why could Issac Asimov become a writer ?
A A friend of his made him a writer
C
B His parents wanted him to be a writer
C He had the talent for writing
D He had so many experiences in his life .
8. Which of the following statements is TRUE
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
C Robots should protect human beings in
“I,robot .”
D Issac Asimov wrote some famous plays
about Shakespeare .
Task 3 Discuss
Imagine it is the future and people
have household robots. Discuss what
positive or negative effect the
situation would be.
Positive effects
People will be relived from doing
household cleaning or cooking.
Robots will be able to rebuild and
decorate the home and design and do
the garden. People will be free to
work or enjoy their leisure time. Life
will become an endless paradise!
Negative effects
People will become fat and lazy if they
no longer have to take care of their
houses or their gardens. There will be
many medical problems with people who
are overweight or do not do enough
exercise. The hospitals will be crowded
with lazy and sick people.
What is worse, if a robot breaks down ，
people will no longer have the useful
skills of decorating and cooking,
therefore, they would find it very
difficult to manage their lives. Life will
become a doctor’s nightmare!
Summary
We know the mian information of Isaac
Asimov.
Also ,we know the main method to write
a person’s biography.
Homework
Write a paragraph describing the
robot and what it can do.
未来的保姆
可以更准确地识别出讲话者的方位，
并能在噪音中识别语音，可识别手写体文
字，为增强与机器人之间的合作等功能提
高了通信能力。
Language points
• 1. A Biography of Isaac Asimov
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biography n.传记
bio(尤其供公开发表的)个人简历(biography的缩写)
bio cards传记档案卡; bio information传记资料
bio-表示“生命, 生物”之义
biophysics生物物理学
biochemistry n.生物化学
2 . an American scientist and writer 一位科学家兼作家
is / wasbe ) coming for a
The singer and dancer _______(
visit .
are/ were
The singer and the dancer __________(be)
Coming for a visit .
is
/
was
A knife and fork _______ ( be ) on the desk .
3 explanation n.解释, 解说, 说明, 辩解, 互相讲明
• What is your explanation for being late?
• The only explanation for his behavior is that he’s
mad.
• explain v.解释, 说明
• explain sth to sb
• We explained our plan to the committee.
• 4. From 1942 to 1948 he worked as a junior
chemist …
• junior adj. younger , lower in rank 较年轻的/
职位稍低的
• He is the junior employee in the firm .
• He is two years junior to me.
• senior: older; higher in rank较年长的；职位稍
高的
• He is two years senior to me.
• senior citizens 老人