人教版（2019）選擇性必修四Unit1ScienceFictionUsingLanguage(ReadingforWriting)WriteascifishortstoryLearningobjectivesBytheendofthissection,youwillbeableto:readatextabouttimetravel;graspthemainideaofthistextanditslanguagefeatures;continuetowritethestorywiththehelpofsomequestions;writeascifishortstoryabouttimetravel.Lead-inHaveyoueverseenthesefilmsWhatdotheyhaveinmonTimetravellingWhatwouldyoudoifyoucouldtimetravelIfIcouldtimetravel,

Iwouldliketo:experiencemyhappychildhoodagain;seemybelovedoneswhohavepassedaway.seewhatlife/theworld

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earthwillbelikeinthefarawayfuture.H.G.Wells(1866-1946)is—alongwithJulesVerne—mostoftencreditedwith

beingtheinventorofthesciencefiction

genre.

HewasborninKent,

England.

Whenhewaseightyearsold,

hislegwas

brokeninanaccident,

andthisforcedhim

tostayinbedforalongperiodoftime.

Thiswaswhenhefellinlovewithbooks

anddecidedtobecomeawriter.

Hisfamily

sufferedgreatfinancialtroubleswhen

hewasyoung,andasaresulthewasnot

abletoattendschoolbutwasforcedto

work.

Despitethis,

hestudiedonhisown

andintheendwonascholarshipwhichallowedhimtogotocollege.Eventually,hereceivedadegreeinzoologyfromtheUniversityofLondon.Wellshadtrouble

findingandkeepingworkuntiltheearly

1890s,

whenhefoundgreatsuccesswriting

articlesformagazines.Thisledtohimwritinghisfirstnovel,TheTimeMachine,in1895.HewentontowritemanyReadingLearnthebackgroundofthetextwewillread.othersuccessfulstoriesandnovels,includingTheWaroftheWorlds,TheInvisibleMan,andTheIslandofDoctorMoreau.TherehadbeenmanywritersbeforeWellswhowrotefantasticalstoriesofscientificadvances.Wells’contributionwastheideathatallofthedetailsinthestoryshouldbeascloselygroundedinrealityaspossible,withtheexceptionofoneelementwhichwasfantastical.Byhavingeverythingelsegroundedinreality,audiencesaremorewillingtoacceptthefantasticalelementastrue.Thisphilosophyisbehindmuchofsciencefictiontoday,wherebyeverythinginastorymustbepossibleaccordingtotheLawsofPhysics(paredtosciencefantasy,wheretheLawsofPhysicsusuallydonotapply).Wellswroteinanumberofdifferentgenresbesidessciencefictionandwasenormouslypopularandsuccessful.Lookatthetitleandpictures.Thenpredictwhatthetextwilltalkabout.A.

TheTimeTraveller’sfeelingsthrough

time

travel.B.

TheTimeTravellerstoppedthemachine

and

wentsomewhere.C.

TheTimeTravellersatinhislaboratory

to

testouthismachine.D. TheTimeTraveller’sfirstexperiences

and

feelingsintheTimeMachine.Readthetextcarefullyandfigureoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.THETIMEMACHINE(Adapted)Itwasatteno’clocktodaythatthefirstofallTimeMachinesbeganitscareer.Igaveitalastcheck,andsatmyselfintheleatherseat.Ipushedthestartingleveronthemainpanelforwardsaninchthenimmediatelybackwardsagain.Lookingaround,Isawmylaboratoryexactlyasbefore.HadanythinghappenedIthoughtmymindhadtrickedme.ThenIsawtheclock.Amomentbefore,itwasaminuteorsopastten;nowitwasnearlyhalfpastthree!Para.1:

HowIgottheTimeMachinestarted_______________.forthefirsttimen.皮革；[pl.]皮衣；皮外套n.操縱桿；杠桿n.控制板；儀表盤；專家咨詢組adv.向后；倒著；往回Idrewabreath,grippedtheleverandpusheditforwards.Thelaboratorywenthazyaroundme.Myniececameintofetchsomething,maybeherhandkerchief,apparentlywithoutseeingme.Itprobablytookheraminute,buttomeshemovedlikearocket!Ipushedtheleverfurther.Nightcameasifalampwasbeingturnedout,andinanothermomentcametheday.Tomorrownightcame,thenskippedtoday,againandagain,fasterandfasterstill.Para.2:

_______________whiletimetravelling.Whathappenedvt.&vi.緊握；抓緊adj.模糊的；朦朧的；困惑的n.侄女；外甥女vt.（去）拿來；（去）請來n.手帕；紙巾n.燈；臺燈關(guān)掉；熄滅；在場；使朝外；結(jié)果是Itishardtoexplainthestrangeandunpleasantfeelingoftimetravelling.ItfeltlikeIwasbeingdrivenfastonawindingroad.Asmypacegrewfaster,thewallsofthelaboratoryfellaway,andIwasleftintheopenair.Thesunandmoonlookedasiftheywerebeingthrownacrossthesky,butsoontherewasdivisionbetweennightandday.AroundmeIsawtreesgrowinglikepuffsofsmoke;theygrew,spread,anddiedinmoments.Isawhugebuildingsriseup,thendisappearlikeinadream.Thewholesurfaceoftheearthwasbeingchanged,meltingandflowingbeforemyeyes.IcalculatedthatIwasbeingpushedthroughtimeathundredsofyearsaminute.Para.3:

_______________whiletimetravelling.HowIfeltn.速度；步伐；節(jié)奏

vt.&vi.確定速度；調(diào)整節(jié)奏n.分開；分隔；差異；除（法）n.（煙、氣等的）一縷；少量；喘息（逐漸）減少；消失Ihadastrangeurgetolookattherandomthingsthatwerebeingflashedbeforemyeyes!IhadthoughtabouttheriskofstoppingtheTimeMachinemanytimes.SolongasItravelledatmaximumspeed,itdidn’tmatter.ButifIstoppedandthesamespacewasbeingoccupiedbysomethingelse,wewouldbeforcedtogetherandexplodelikeabomb!Likeanimpatientfool,Ipulledtheleverbackwardshard.Withasuddenjolt,theTimeMachinewasflippedonitsside,andIwasthrownthroughtheair.Para.4:

___________________beforeIstoppedtheTimeMachineand___________________whenstoppedit.WhatIthoughtWhathappenedn.強烈的欲望；沖動

vt.催促；力勸；大力推薦adj.隨機的；不可思議的adj.最大極限的

n.最大量；最大限度vi.&vt.爆炸；爆破n.震動；搖晃；顛簸

vt.&vi.（使）震動；搖晃vt.&vi.（使）快速翻轉(zhuǎn)；（用手指）輕拋Iwasstunnedforamoment,andthenheardthesoundofthunder.Iwassittingintheraininsomemudnexttothemachine.“Afinewele,”Isaid,“foramanwhohastravelledthousandsofyearstobehere!”Para.5:

___________________somewhereinthefuture.HowIendedupvt.使震驚；使昏迷n.泥；泥漿FindouthowmanytimestheTimeTravellerstartedthemachine.Ipushedthestartingleveronthemainpanelforwardsaninchthenimmediatelybackwardsagain.thefirsttimethesecondtimeIdrewabreath,grippedtheleverandpusheditforwards.Ipushedtheleverfurther.Likeanimpatientfool,Ipulledtheleverbackhard.Hesawtheclockmoveforwards.Itfeltstrangeandunpleasant.Heusesthesimile:“ItfeltlikeIwasbeingdrivenfastonawindingroad.”Ifhestoppedandthesamespacewasbeingoccupiedbysomethingelse,theywouldbeforcedtogetherandexplodelikeabomb.Insomemudintherain.HowdoestheTimeTravellerfirstknowhehastravelledthroughtimeHowdoestheTimeTravellerfeelwhentravellingthroughtimeWhatrhetoricaldevicesdoesthewriterusetodescribehisfeelingsWhyistheTimeTravellerworriedaboutstoppingthemachineWheredoestheTimeMachinearrivewhenthemanfinallystopsitSuggestedAnswersReadthetextagainandanswerthequestions.Workingroups.Discusswhatmighthappennextinthestory.Usethefollowingquestionstohelpyouandmakebriefnotes.Thenpresentyourstorytotheclass.WhatdatedoyouthinkitiswhentheTimeTravellerfinallystopsWhatdoyouthinkisdifferentaboutthattimefromthetimeheleftWhoorwhatdoyouthinktheTimeTravellerwillmeetWhatadventuresdoyouthinkhewillhaveinthefutureDoyouthinkhewilleverreturntohisowntimeTheTimeTravellerstopsintheyear802701.Thewholeearthlookslikeagardenwithbeautiful,happypeoplecalledEloiwhoplayallthetime,butthishidesahorribletruth;thereisawholeworldofpeoplecalledMorlockswholiveundergroundinadark,mechanisedsocietywhousetheEloiasasourceoffood.TheTimeTravellermeetsanEloiwomanandfallsinlovewithher.TheTimeTravellerandtheEloiwomanareattackedbyMorlocks.Heisabletoescape,

buthelosescontactwiththewomanandperhapssheiskilled.TheMorlocksthenstealtheTimeMachineanduseitasbaittocaptureandkilltheTimeTraveller.However,onceheisintheTimeMachine,hepullstheleverandbeginstotravelintimeagainandisabletomakehisescape.Hetravels30millionyearsintothefuturetoseethesuncoolandtheearthturnintoalifelessplanet.Hethentravelsbacktothetimefromwherehestartedout,onlytofindthatthreehourshavepassed.SampleStoryThinkaboutwhatyourmachinewilllooklike.IsitavehicleoramachineHowdoesyourtimemachineworkWhatdoyouhavetodotomakeitworkWhatperiodintimedoyouwanttotraveltoThinkaboutinterestingthingsandpeopleyouwouldliketoseethere.Imaginewhatitmightfeelliketotravelthroughtime.Thinkofwordstodescribethisandmakeyourstoryasvividaspossible.Includerhetoricaldevicesinyourstory,likemetaphors,similes,overstatements,etc.WritingImagineandwriteyourownstoryaboutatimemachineyouwillinvent,andyourjourneythroughtime.Usethestoryandtheguidebelowtohelpyou.n.夸大；夸張ContentRhetoricaldeviceBeginningDevelopingClimaxEnding________(Title)Writeyouroutlinewiththehelpofthefollowingchart.Exchangeyourdraftwithapartnerandrevisethedraftusingyourpartner’sments.Youcanusethechecklist.ItemsYes/NoDoestheauthorincludehowtheTimeMachineworks?DoestheauthorincludewhathappensduringTimeTravelling?DoestheauthorincludehowtheTimeTravellerfeels?Doestheauthorincludeverbchainsinthestory?Doestheauthorincluderhetoricaldevicesinthestory?Isthestoryorganizedintimeorder?Sharethestorywiththerestoftheclass.IthoughtthissummervacationatAuntJenny’swouldgoasinterestingaswatchingpaintdry.Herswasanoldhouse,builtbeforetimebegan,itseemed.Onehundredyearsagoitwasoftenfilledwithpeoplecomingtostayforthesummer—itwassuchlarge,grandhousethattherewouldbethirtyorfortyguestsatatime,andthehostbarelyknewwhosomeofthemwere.Thentherewasthehosthimself—mygreatgrandfather.Hewaswidelythoughtofasthesmartest,funniestmanofhisage,andpeoplewouldcomefromallovertheworldtoseehim.Butthatwasallinthepast.NowtheonlypersonwholivedherewasAuntJenny,wholivedinonesmallpartofthehouseandkepttherestclosedup.ThenIcaughtthesunshininginmyeyesfromatallmirrorinthehallway.“Howpretty!Itmustbeahundredyearsold.IfonlyIcouldgobackandseemygreatgrandfather!”Isaid,cleaningthedirtoffthemirrorwithmyhand.Suddenly,theshinymirrorbecameaseaofcloudsandIfeltmyselfbeingpulledinsideit.Theworldbegantospin,andIfeltconfused.Then,justlikethat,everythingstopped.Ilookedaround,andthereIwaswiththemirrorandinthesamehall,butthingsweredifferent.ThefamilyphotosonthewallwerenowreplacedbypaintingsofpeopleIdidnotSampleWritingrecognise.Thefurniturealllookednewbutold-fashionedatthesametime.“Imustbeonehundredyearsintothepast!”Ithoughttomyself.Thenawomanwearingold-fashionedclothingcamedownthehall.Drawingnear,shefrownedandsaid,“Oh,thatwon’tdo!Thepartystartsintwentyminutesandyouarestillincasualclothes!What?Youdidn’tbringanything?I’vegotalovelydressyoucanborrow.Ithinkitwilljustfit.”SheledmeawaytoherroomandhelpedmegetdressedlikeIwasanoldfriend,andthentogetherwewentdowntotheparlour,whichwasfilledwithpeopledressedinfineclothesgatheringaroundmygreatgrandfather,listeningtoeverywordhesaid.Ispentthesummerthere,pretendingtobeadistantcousinfromthecitywhowasthereonholiday.Nooneseemedtomindorcare,asmygreatgrandfatherwasquitewealthyandalwayshadlotsofguests.Itriedtospendasmuchtimeaspossiblewithmygreatgrandfatherandhisfriends,anditwasthemostwonderfultimeofmylife.Thenwhentheendofsummerdrewnear,Iwentbacktothemirrorandrubbeditwithmyhandagain.Ifoundmyselfbackinthesamehall,butinmoderntime.Notaminutehadpassed.ThenIrealisedthatIstillhadafullsummeraheadatboringAuntJenny’s.“NowwhatamIgoingtodo?”Iaskedmyself.Nightcameasifalampwasbeingturnedout,andinanothermomentcametheday. (P8) 夜幕降臨了，仿佛一盞燈正在熄滅，轉(zhuǎn)眼間，白晝就來臨了。turnout關(guān)掉；熄滅；在場；使朝外；結(jié)果是例句Pleaseturnoutthelightswhenyouleavetheroom.你離開房間時，請把燈關(guān)掉。Thewholevillageturnedouttowelethehero.全村人都出來歡迎這位英雄。ThegamesmyparentstaughtmewhenIwasachildturnedoutveryusefullaterinmylife.在我孩提時代，我父母教給我的這些游戲在我日后的生活中證明非常有用。Languagepoints1

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