UNIT1SCIENCEFICTIONReadingforWritinglead-inDoyouknowtheTIMEMACHINEanddoyoudesrietoownone?HerbertGeorgeWells(1866--1946):EnglishWritter,thefirstonetowritesciencefictionsabouttimetravelling.HisfamoussciencefictionsincludesTheWaroftheWorlds(《星際戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)》)TheTimeMachine(1895),thefirstsciencefictionabouttimetravelling,tellsthestoryaboutatimetravellerwhocantravellaroundtimebecauseofthethetimemachine(hetravelstotheyear802701).Pre-reding

TheTimeMachineisanAmericanaction-science-fictionfilmreleasedin2002,directedbySimonWells,whoisthegreat-grandsonoftheoriginalauthor.Themachineinthepictureisanimportantprop(道具)inthisfilm.theleatherseat皮座椅

thestartinglever啟動(dòng)桿

Themainpanel主面板1.What’sthemainideaofthetext?A.Atimetraveller’sexperiencethroughthetime.B.AnintroductiontothetimemachineC.ThereasonsfortimetravelD.AbiographyofthesciencefictionwriterH.G.WellsFastreadingHowmanytimesdidthetheTimeTravellerpullandpushtheleverandwhatdidheseethen?CarefulreadingthefristhepulledPara.1

Itwasatteno'clocktodaythatthefirstofallTimeMachinesbeganitscareer.Igaveitalastcheck,andsatmyselfintheleatherseat.Ipushedthestartingleveronthemainpanelforwardsaninchthenimmediatelybackwardsagain.Lookingaround,Isawmylaboratoryexactlyasbefore.Hadanythinghappened?Ithoughtmymindhadtrickedme.ThenIsawtheclock.Amomentbefore,itwasaminuteorsopastten;nowitwasnearlyhalfpastthree!上午十點(diǎn)，所有時(shí)間機(jī)器中的第一臺(tái)啟動(dòng)了共運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)之旅。我最后檢查了一遍機(jī)器，然后坐在皮椅上。我把主面板上的啟動(dòng)桿往前推了一英寸，然后又立刻向后拉。環(huán)顧四周，我看到實(shí)驗(yàn)室與以前一模樣。發(fā)生什么事了嗎?我以為我的大腦欺騙了我。然后我看了下時(shí)鐘。片刻之前，大概是十點(diǎn)零一分，而現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)快三點(diǎn)半了!Thefirsttimehepushedandpulledtheleverhesaw:1.thelaboratory2.thetime

exactlyasbeforehalfpastthree(fromteno'clock)1.最后檢查一遍它2.使自己在皮座椅上坐下3.大約4.大腦欺騙了我5.強(qiáng)調(diào)句句型6.環(huán)顧四周UsefulexpressionsofPara.1giveitalast/finalchecksit/seatmyselfintheleatherseatorsoMymindhadtrickedmeItis/was被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分that/who句子其他成分lookaroundPara.2Idrewabreath,grippedtheleverandpusheditforwards.Thelaboratorywenthazyaroundme.Myniececameintofetchsomething,maybeherhandkerchief,apparentlywithoutseeingme.Itprobablytookheraminute,buttomeshemovedlikearocket!Ipushedtheleverfurther.Nightcameasifalampwasbeingturnedout,andinanothermomentcametheday.Tomorrownightcame,thenskippedtoday,againandagain,fasterandfasterstill.我吸了一口氣，一把抓住操縱，往前推了一下。實(shí)驗(yàn)室在我身邊變得模糊不清。我的侄女進(jìn)來(lái)拿東西，也許是拿她的手帕，但她顯然沒(méi)看見(jiàn)我。她大約花了一分鐘時(shí)間，但在我看來(lái)，她的動(dòng)作快如火箭!我把操縱桿再往前推了下。夜幕降臨了，仿佛一盞燈正在熄滅，轉(zhuǎn)眼間，白晝就來(lái)臨了。第二天夜晚降臨，接著又躍進(jìn)到白天。如此反復(fù)，越來(lái)越快。Thesecondtimehepushedtheleverhesaw:1.thelab

2.hisnieceThethirdtimehepushedleverhesaw:wenthazymovedlikearocketTimeskippedagainandagain,fasterandfaster.1.吸了一口氣2.抓緊操縱桿3.為某人去拿...4.夜幕降臨5.快速轉(zhuǎn)移到白天6.(燈)熄滅了7.做某事花了某人多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間8.(介詞短語(yǔ)前置)完全倒裝句drawabreath=takeabreathgripthelever(firmly/tightly)fetchsbsth/fetchsthforsb.nightcameskiptodayturnoutUsefulexpressionsofPara.2Ittakes/tooksb.st.todosth.介詞短語(yǔ)+謂語(yǔ)+主語(yǔ)Inanothermomentcametheday.Para.3

Itishardtoexplainthestrangeandunpleasantfeelingoftimetravelling.ItfeltlikeIwasbeingdrivenfastonawindingroad.Asmypacegrewfaster,thewallsofthelaboratoryfellaway,andIwasleftintheopenair.Thesunandmoonlookedasiftheywerebeingthrownacrossthesky,butsoontherewasdivisionbetweennightandday.AroundmeIsawtreesgrowinglikepuffsofsmoke;theygrew,spread,anddiedinmoments.Isawhugebuildingsriseupthendisappearlikeinadream.Thewholesurfaceoftheearthwasbeingchanged,meltingandflowingbeforemyeyes.IcalculatedthatIwasbeingpushedthroughtimeathundredsofyearsaminute.時(shí)間旅行帶來(lái)的陌生感和不適感是難以解釋的。我感到我好像坐在一部汽車(chē)?yán)?，飛馳在蜿蜒的道路上。我的速度越來(lái)越快，實(shí)驗(yàn)室的墻壁隨之坍塌，我置身野外。太陽(yáng)和月亮看起來(lái)似乎正被拋向天空，但是很快就有了晝夜之分。環(huán)顧四周，我看到樹(shù)木似青煙升起，不斷生長(zhǎng)，變得枝繁葉茂，片刻之后枯亡。我看到大樓拔地而起，繼而消逝，猶如夢(mèng)中。地球的整個(gè)表面都在變化，在我的眼前熔化、流動(dòng)。我估算我一分鐘要穿越數(shù)百年的時(shí)間。1.在一條蜿蜒的路上2.逐漸消失/坍塌3.在戶(hù)外4.晝夜之分5.縷縷青煙6.片刻7.拔地而起/上升8.似乎/好像divisionbetweennightanddaypuffsofsmokeintheopenaironawindingroadfallawayUsefulexpressionsofPara.3inmomentsriseupasif/asthoughPara.4Ihadastrangeurgetolookattherandomthingsthat

werebeingflashedbeforemyeyes!IhadthoughtabouttheriskofstoppingtheTimeMachinemanytimes.SolongasItravelledatmaximumspeed,itdidn’tmatter.ButifIstoppedandthesamespacewasbeingoccupiedbysomethingelse,wewouldbeforcedtogetherandexplodelikeabomb!Likeanimpatientfool,Ipulledtheleverbackwardshard.Withasuddenjolt,theTimeMachinewasflippedonitsside,andIwasthrownthroughtheair.我有一種強(qiáng)烈的欲望，想看看眼前那些隨機(jī)閃現(xiàn)的東西!我已多次考慮過(guò)停下時(shí)間機(jī)器的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。只要我以最高的速度前進(jìn)，就不會(huì)有什么問(wèn)題。但是，如果我停下來(lái)，同一空間被別的東西占據(jù)，我們就會(huì)被擠在一起，然后像炸彈一樣爆炸!我就像個(gè)失去耐心的傻瓜，使勁向后拉了下操縱桿。突然一震，時(shí)間機(jī)器側(cè)翻了，我被拋向了空中。Thefourthtimehepulledtheleverhesaw:1.themachin2.hehimselfwasflippedonitssidewasthrownthroughtheair.1.有一種強(qiáng)烈的欲望想做某事2.以最高的速度前進(jìn)3.像炸彈一樣爆炸4.伴隨著突然的顛簸/震動(dòng)5.側(cè)翻6.昏迷了一會(huì)兒7....的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)8.只要withasuddenjoilthaveastrongurgetolooktravelatmaximumspeedexplodelikeabombfliponone’ssidebestunnedforamomentUsefulexpressionsofPara.4theriskofdoing...aslongas/sologeasPara.5

Iwasstunnedforamoment,andthenheardthesoundofthunder.Iwassittingintheraininsomemudnexttothemachine.“Afinewelcome,”Isaid.“foramanwhohastravelledthousandsofyearstobehere!”我一時(shí)驚呆了，然后聽(tīng)到雷聲。我坐在雨中的一堆爛泥上，時(shí)間機(jī)器躺在旁?！皩?duì)一個(gè)穿越了數(shù)千年才來(lái)到這里的人來(lái)說(shuō)，這歡迎真是別開(kāi)生面!”我說(shuō)道。2.What’sthemeaningsofthefollowingexpressions?昏迷了一會(huì)兒1.WhatdidtheTimeTravellermeetwhenhestopped?A.AdinosaurB.AstormC.AvolcanoD.Anexplorerofabombbestunnedforamomentnexttothousandsofyears緊挨著在旁邊數(shù)千年thefristhepulledat10:00am1.thelaboratory2.thetime

asbeforehalfpastthreethesecondhepulled1.thelab2.hisniecewenthazymovedlikearocketthethirdhepulledTimeskippedagainandagain,fasterandfaster.thefourthhepulled1.themachin2.hewasflippedonitssidewasthrownthroughtheairWhatmighthappennextinthestory?

Disscussionandwriting1.WhatdatedoyouthinkitiswhentheTimeTravellerfinallystops?2.Whatdoyouthinkisdifferentaboutthattimefromthetimeheleft?3.WhoorwhatdoyouthinktheTimeTravellerwillmeet?4.Whatadventuresdoyouthinkhewillhaveinthefuture?5.Doyouthinkhewilleverreturntohisowntime?Usethefollowingquestionstohelpyoucontinuethestory.writingalastchecksatmyselfinDrawingabreathgrippedwenthazymindhadtrickedmepuffsofsmokeatmaximumspeedfellawayintheopenairspinninghadanurgeexplodedlikeabombasuddenjoltflippedstunnedWhatafinewelcome

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TheTimeMachinehummedasitshotforward,yearsme