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1、Unit 2 Robots-Using LanguageA biography of Isaac Asimova story of a persons life was written by someone. Isaac Asimov ( 1920-1992) is esteemed as one of the finest writers of science fiction and scientific fact in the twentieth century. Asimov was born on January 2, 1920, in a middle-class Jewish fa
2、mily in Russia. His family immigrated to the United States in 1923, settling in Brooklyn, New York. almost 500 books about Bible, works for preschoolers, college course work, mysteries, chemistry, biology, limericks, Shakespeare. During his prolific career he helped to elevate science fiction from p
3、ulp magazines to a more intellectual level. His works include the Foundation trilogy, nightfall, the naked sun, I robotI, Robot 机械公敌机械公敌Bicentennial Man 机器管家机器管家Check the answer on page 17.Sister born.Moved with his family to New York.Started working in the candy store.Date1920Born in Russia.Event19
4、221923Parents bought a candy store.1929Mother had her third child.1931Started take himself seriously as a writer.DateEvent1939Began having stories published in science fiction magazine.1941 Gained masters degree in Chemistry.1942Finished working in the candy store.Got married.1942-1945Worked as juni
5、or chemist in Philadelphia Navy Yard.1948Got PhD in chemistry.1949Become a biochemistry teacher.DateEvent1950Published his first novel.Published “I, Robot.”1951-1953 Published the Foundation Trilogy.1953Published first science book.1958Became a full-time writer.1973Divorced his first wife.Married fo
6、r a second time.1983Had a blood transfusion. 1992Died in New York.Fast reading to match the main idea with each paragraph.Para 1 Para 2Para 3Para 4Para 5Para 6A. His talent for writing.B. His famous works.C. His marriage.D. His birth and death.E. A great scientist and writer.F. His experience.The An
7、alysis of some complex sentences1.Isaac Asimov was an American scientist and writer who wrote around 480 books that included mystery stories, science and history books, and even about the Holy Bible and Shakespeare. 2. Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore
8、 future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything , in the present and the past.3. It ended in New York on 6 April, 1992, when he died as a result of an HIV infection that he had got from a blood transfusion nine years earlier.4. It was when Asimov was 11 years
9、 old that his talent for writing became obvious.5. Among his most famous works of science fiction, one for which he won an award was the Foundation Trilogy, three novels about the death and rebirth of a great empire in a galaxy of the future.1.First law: A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured.2.Second law: A robot must obey the orders given to it by humans.3.Third law: A robot must protect its own existence.Isaac Asimovs three laws for Robots:
