Using Language

Leading in 艾萨克 · 阿西莫夫 Isaac Asimov, ( ) ， 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。

在家中图书室 (1976 年 ) Old photo

阿西莫夫与珍尼特

演讲

军旅戎装

阿西莫夫追悼会现场

作品： I, Robot 《作品 100 》 《最新科学指南》

For against Discuss his three laws for robots.

Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything, in the present and the past. [ 翻译 ] 阿西莫夫不仅有着超凡的想象力， 使他能对未来世界进行探索，而且还有 着惊人的智力，使他能对现在和过去的 各种事物作出解释。

[ 点拨 ] 该句的主干为 Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination and an amazing mind 。 that 引导的定语从句 修饰 imagination; with which 引导的定 语从句修饰 mind 。 in the present and the past 修饰 everything 。

Life2 January, April, 1992 Place of birth and death He was born in Russia and died in _________ Books he wrote Mystery stories, _________________ books, and books about the Bible and Shakespeare. New York science and history Reading and discussing 1. Dealing with his Bibliography.

Work he did Worked in his parents’ ______ store. Worked as a(n) ______ chemist at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Became a biochemistry teacher at Boston University School of Medicine. Gave up teaching to become a(n) ______________. full-time writer candy junior

2. True or False: 1). Isaac Asimov’s best known work was his mystery stories. 2). Asimov was born in America on 2 January, ). Asimov became a biochemistry teacher in ). In 1931 Asimov’s talent for writing became obvious. T T F F

5). In 1950, he published his first science book. 6). “The Foundation Trilogy” consists of 3 stories about death and rebirth of a great empire in a galaxy of the future. 7). In his collection of short stories, he developed a set of three “laws” for robots. T T F

Listening and speaking Molly Kate 1. Who really likes the story? 2. Who thinks that Claire loved Tony? 3. Who thinks that Tony loved Claire?

4. Who thinks that the purpose of Tony’s actions was to make Claire feel good about herself. 5. Who thinks taking Tony away must have hurt Claire? 6. Who said that making a robot so much like a man was bound to cause trouble? Molly Kate

LISTENING TEXT SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Listen to Molly (M) and Kate (K) discussing the story “Satisfaction Guaranteed”.

M: Don’t you think that was a great love story, Kate? K: No, not really. M: You didn’t? Well, I loved it. There was so much emotion between Tony and Claire.

K: Molly, that’s rubbish. Tony was just a machine. Yes, Claire fell in love with him, but I don’t believe robots can feel emotion of any kind. That’s the difference between them and us.

M: Well, I disagree. I think Tony loved Claire. Remember he said to her that he didn’t want to leave her the next day, and that he felt more than just the wish to please her? Then he kissed her. K: Yes, Molly, that was just part of Tony’s role. They made him so he wouldn’t allow a human being to be hurt.

He could see that Claire was hurting herself by her lack of confidence. So he tried to make her feel good about herself. It had nothing to do with emotion – that was just how he was made.

M: Yes Kate, but he did hurt Claire. K: How? M: He was so kind to her that she fell in love with him. So it must have hurt her when he was taken away. K: True, true. I guess that’s why the company had to rebuild him…er… the machine I mean!

M: Yes, such a shame really. I’d like a robot like Tony living at my house. Imagine a handsome man whose only purpose in life is to please you! K: Actually, I suppose that was the company’s greatest mistake. M: Er?

K: They made the robot look so much like a real man, so it was bound to cause trouble! M: Yes, you’re right.

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!

Writing Write a paragraph describing a new type of robot.

A sample of a new type of robot. The rubbish collector The rubbish collector is a robot about half the size of a small car. Its body is square and contains a large rubbish bin inside it. It has a camera attached to the top front of its body. Also at the front is a pair of arms.

Underneath it has four wheels and six legs. With the camera it can “see” rubbish such as paper, glass, and plastic. If the surface of the ground is smooth, it runs on its wheels, and if the ground is rough, it unfolds its legs and walks.

When it sees a piece of rubbish, it stops and uses its arms to pick it up and put it in its rubbish bin. However, when it sees a person, an animal or a plant, it goes around it as it is able to recognize when something is not a piece of rubbish.

The company should make this robot as it would be very popular with schools. It would clean the outside grounds of school and so give the students more time to spend on their studies. It would also be a great advantage to have at sports grounds or any other area where rubbish is dropped by the public.

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。由于儿童不可能像大人一

样安稳，因此保姆机器人提高了对面孔的 识别准确度，只要能捕捉到面孔正面就 可以识别。此外，它的前额、肩部、腹 部等 9 个部位内置了红外线触觉传感器， 根据所有被触摸的部位，做出摇头、脸 红等种种不同的反应供人欣赏。

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