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1、 ABiographyofIsaacAsimov IsaacAsimov 1920 1992 ahighlysuccessfulRussian Americanwriterandscientistofbiochemistry wasbestknownforhisworksofsciencefictionandforhispopularsciencebooks 艾萨克 阿西莫夫 当代美最著名的科幻大师 世界顶尖级科幻小说作家 他也是位文学评论家 美国科幻小说黄金时代的代表人物之一 他一生高产 著述颇丰 一生著述近500本 其中有100多部科幻小说 早已远远超过了 著作等身 的地步 是本世纪最顶尖
2、的科幻小说家之一 在家中图书室 1976年 阿西莫夫与珍尼特 Oldphoto 演讲军旅戎装 作品 I Robot 作品100 最新科学指南 Asimov sLawsforRobots FirstLaw Arobotcanneverharmahuman SecondLaw Arobotmustobeyallhumanorders unlessitconflictswiththefirstlaw ThirdLaw Arobotmustdefenditself unlessitconflictswiththefirsttwolaws 他他于1941年发表的作品 Runaround 中第一次明确提出
3、了著名的 阿西莫夫机器人三定律 即 一 机器人不得伤害人类 或看到人类受到伤害而袖手旁观 二 在不违反第一定律的前提下 机器人必须绝对服从人类给与的任何命令 三 在不违反第一定律和第二定律的前提下 机器人必须尽力保护自己 以其名字命名的 阿西莫夫科幻小说 杂志 至今仍然是美国当今数一数二的科幻文学畅销杂志 曾经响起警报总共一定会引起麻烦一位美国的科学家和作家由于兼职获得 硕士学位和职员们一起成为一名专职作家有写作的天赋开始认真地从事 他的一生根据 atonetimesetoffthealarmsinallbeboundtocausetroubleanAmericanscientistandwr
4、iterasaresultofworkpart timegainamaster sdegreein jointhestaffbecomeafull timewriterhaveatalentforwritingtakehimselfseriouslyasthroughouthislifebebasedon Revision Skimming Glancethroughthepassageandthenfindouttheanswerstosuchquestions WhichparagraphtellsyouwhenandwhereAsimovwasbornanddied 2 Whichpar
5、agraphtellsyouabouthiseducation 3 Whichparagraphtellsyouaboutawardshereceived P3 P2 P5 1920192219231929 borninRussia sisterborn movedwithfamilytoNewYork Parentsboughtacandystore Motherhadherthirdchild startedworkingpart timeinthestore Startedtotakehimselfseriouslyasawriter 1931 DateEvent Completethe
6、timelineoftheevents Reading Discussing 19391942 1945 Beganhavingstoriespublishedinsciencefictionmagazines GainedMastersdegreeinchemistry Finishedworkingincandystore Gotmarried JoinedthestaffofthePhiladelphiaNavyYardandworkedasajuniorchemist GotPhDinchemistry 1941 1948 1942 19501951 1953 Becameabioch
7、emistryteacher BostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine Publishedhisfirstnovel Developedthreelawsforrobots Published I Robot Published TheFoundationTrilogy andwonanawardforit Publishedfirstsciencebook Becameafull timewriter 1949 1953 1958 19731992 Divorcedhisfirstwife Hadabloodtransfusion Becameinfectedwith
8、HIV Marriedhissecondwife 1983 DiedinNewYork 1 WhowasIsaacAsimov A AnAmericanscientistandwriterwhogothisPhDinphysicsin1948 B ARussianscientistandwriterwhomarriedtwice C ARussian Americanwriterandscientistwhobecameafull timewriterin1958 D AnAmerican Russianwriterandscientistwhohadtwochildren Comprehen
9、ding C 2 WhatwasAsimovbestknownfor A Hismysterystories B Hissciencefictionstories C Hisscienceandhistorybooks D HisbooksabouttheBibleandaboutShakespeare B 3 AllthefollowingstatementsareTRUEexcept A Asimov stalentforwritingbecameobviousatage12 B Hebeganhavinghisstoriespublishedinsciencefictionmagazin
10、esin1939 C Hepublishedhisfirstnovelin1950 D Hepublishedhisfirstsciencebookin1953 A 4 InwhichbookdidAsimovdevelopasetofthree laws A TheFoundationTrilogy B I Robot C Inhisfirstnovel D Inhisfirstsciencebook B 5 WhatmighthappeninaworldwheretherewererobotsifAsimov sthreelawsdidn texist A Mayberobotswillh
11、armorinjurehumanbeings B Mayberobotswilldisobeyhumanbeings C Inordertoprotecttheirownexistence robotsmayinjurehumanbeings D Alloftheabove D What sthemainideaofthetext IntroductiontoafamousAmericansciencefictionwriterIsaacAsimov slifeandworks 1 ABiographyofIsaacAsimovbiographyn 传记bio 尤其供公开发表的 个人简历 bi
12、ography的缩写 biocards传记档案卡 bioinformation传记资料bio 表示 生命 生物 之义biophysics生物物理学biochemistryn 生物化学 Languagepoints Thesingeranddancer be comingforavisit Thesingerandthedancer be comingforavisit Aknifeandfork be onthedesk is was are were is was 2 anAmericanscientistandwriter一位科学家兼作家 3 Asimovhadbothanextraord
13、inaryimaginationthatgavehimtheabilitytoexplorefutureworldsandanamazingmindwithwhichhesearchedforexplanationofeverything inthepresentandthepast 句子结构分析 Asimovhadbothanextraordinaryimaginationandanamazingmind是句子的主要部分 had在句中有两个宾语imagination和mind 他们分别带了自己的定语从句 that引导的定语从句修饰imagination withwhich引导定语从句修饰mi
14、nd 动词不定式toexplorefutureworlds修饰ability 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 而且还有惊人的智力 使他能对现在和过去的各种事物作出解析 介词 which whom 的结构引导定语从句1 我花很多钱买的这辆小汽车现在过时了 Thecar Ipaidalotofmoney isnowoutofdate 2 他在漆黑的街上 他们没一个他们可求助的人 Inthedarkstreet therewasn tasingleperson theycouldturnforhelp 3 这本已改成儿童电影的小说是一位著名的美国作家写的 Thenovel t
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16、enior older higherinrank较年长的 职位稍高的Heistwoyearsseniortome 5 Hestartedtotakehimselfseriouslyasawriter takesb sthseriously 认真对待 Ifyoucan t 认真对待你的学习 youwillfailinthecomingexamination Youcan ttakeherpromisesseriously sheneverkeepsherword 反义词 take forgranted认为 是理所当然的 想当然 不把 当回事She 想当然的认为 thatherparentsshouldgivehereverything takeyourstudyseriously takesitforgranted 6 Asimovreceivedmanyawards bothforhissciencebooksandhissciencebooks award 奖 奖赏 Hewonthe forthebeststudentofyear It san tohearyouspeaksohig
