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艾萨克 · 阿西莫夫 Isaac Asimov, ( 1920-1992) ， 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 。

Life 2 January, 1920-6 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’ ______ st

ore.Worked as a(n) ______ chemist a

t the Philadelphia Navy Yard.Became a biochemistry teacher a

t Boston University School of Medi

cine.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, 1920.3). Asimov became a biochemistry teacher in 1949.4). 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 i

n love with him. So it must have hu

rt her when he was taken away.

K: True, true. I guess that’s why the co

mpany had to rebuild him…er… th

e machine I mean!

M: Yes, such a shame really. I’d like a

robot like Tony living at my house. I

magine a handsome man whose onl

y purpose in life is to please you!

K: Actually, I suppose that was the co

mpany’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 situatio

n 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 ne

w 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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