Unit 12 Fact and fantasy Listening & integrating skills

Brainstorming Do you like science fiction? Why? Do you like science fiction? Why? If you don’t like science fiction, why not? If you don’t like science fiction, why not?

Free talk: Let ’ s share our favorite science fiction.

What is the difference between science fiction and fantasy stories?

Listening Listen to the tape and try to catch the answer to the question mentioned on the tape. Listen to the tape and try to catch the answer to the question mentioned on the tape.

Further listening 1.Which other writers are mentioned in the listening text? What did they write? 2. Why does Mark like to read I, Robot ? 3. Lao She’s City of Cats is also mentioned, but it isn’t about technology. What science is involved in it?

1. What other writers are mentioned in the listening text? What did they write? 1. What other writers are mentioned in the listening text? What did they write?

Writers Writers Works Works Jules Verne Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues under the sea / A journey to the moon Wells Wells The First Men in the Moon / The war of the worlds Lao She Lao She City of cats City of cats Mary Shelley Mary Shelley Frankenstein Frankenstein

2. Why does Mark like to read I, Robot? 3. Lao She’s City of Cats is also mentioned, but it isn’t about technology. What science is involved in it? Mark wants to read I, Robot because he has seen the movie. Lao She’s City of Cats is about social or political science.

What kind of literature do you think Frankenstein is? Why? What kind of literature do you think Frankenstein is? Why?

A famous science fiction novel, which is written by “ the mother of science fiction novel ” Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the wife of the world famous poet---- Shelley).

First reading: True or False ( ) I had a miserable childhood. ( ) I had a miserable childhood. ( ) I was not interested in the structure of languages or law, so my father asked me to learn the secrets of heaven and earth. ( ) I was not interested in the structure of languages or law, so my father asked me to learn the secrets of heaven and earth. ( ) I wanted to know where the principle of life came from, and I worked very hard. ( ) I wanted to know where the principle of life came from, and I worked very hard. ( ) I discovered how to create life from dead matter, and immediately I tried it. ( ) I discovered how to create life from dead matter, and immediately I tried it. ( ) I collected many materials which came from butcher shops and hospitals to do my job secretly. ( ) I collected many materials which came from butcher shops and hospitals to do my job secretly. ( ) The being that I created was very nice, just like a normal person. ( ) The being that I created was very nice, just like a normal person. F F T F T F

Second reading: Further questions 1. What is Frankenstein? 1. What is Frankenstein? 2. Why did “ I ” create it? 2. Why did “ I ” create it? 3. What are the preparations before I 3. What are the preparations before I began this job? began this job? 4. Can you describe “ the being ” ? 4. Can you describe “ the being ” ?

Imagination The article is to be continued, try your best to imagine what will happen between “I” and “ the being”.

Interview Group work: Group work: Please make up a dialogue. Suppose you are the person who creates Frankenstein, and so a number of journalists come to interview you. They ask questions about you and the being. Suppose you are the person who creates Frankenstein, and so a number of journalists come to interview you. They ask questions about you and the being.

Assignment 1. Choose the following points as your after- class practice: class practice: the narration of “ I ” the narration of “ I ” the narration of “ the being ” the narration of “ the being ” 2. Read the book by way of searching the Internet and the library. Internet and the library