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Unit12Factandfantasy现实与幻想Whatissciencefiction?Sciencefictionisoftenaboutthingswebelievemaybepossibleinthefarfuture.Whois“thefatherofsciencefiction”?JulesVerne儒勒·凡尔纳JulesVerne(1828-1905),aFrenchwriter,called‘theFather’ofmodernsciencefiction.Hisfatherwasasuccessfullawyer.Hisuncleintroducedhimintoliterarycirclesandhestartedtopublishplays.Verne’sone-actcomedytheBrokenstrawswasperformedinPariswhenhewas22.In1854hewrotehisfirstsciencefictiontale.Hewrote66storiesintotalallhislife.Threeofhismostfamousworksare:1.TheChildrenofCaptainGrant2.20,000LeaguesUndertheSea3.ThemysteriousIsland1.《格兰特船长的儿女》2.《海底两万里》3.《神秘岛》Someotherfamousworks:1.FiveWeeksInABalloon2.JourneyToTheCentreOFTheEarth3.FromTheEarthToTheMoon4.AroundTheWorldIn80Days5.TheGiantRaft6.TheGoldenVolcanoTrythequizbelowtoseeifyouknow:1.Whatisthehighestmountainonearthandhowhighisit?2.Whatisthedeepestpointintheoceanandwhereisit?MountEverest;8,848mhighMarianaChannel11,032mdeep3.Whichisthelongestriveronearthandhowlongisit?TheNile,flowingabout6,677km4.Howhigharethetemperaturesnearthecentreoftheearth?About5,000℃5.Whatisthelongestdistancearoundtheworld?Theequator;about40,000km.6.Howfastdoesaballoontravel?Howaboutaplane?Howaboutaspaceshuttle?60-80km/h;800km/h;8000km/hPoints:Fantasyn.幻想,想象力的产物Theyoungmanlivesinaworldoffantasy.……生活在幻想的世界里Ifyoudon’ttry,whatyouthoughtisjustafantasy.……不过是空想Theadventurousstoryisafantasy.Fantastic-----adj.幻想的，荒谬的Distancen.距离，间距，远处(可数/不可数）WhatisthedistancebetweenBeijingandTianjin？MyhouseIssomedistanceaway.Atadistanceoffivemetersinfog,youcannotseemuch,Youcanseetheoldcastleinthedistance.Therewillbeatimewhen…有一天……会发生的when引导定语从句TherewillbeatimewhenthenumberofourgoldmedalscanrankfirstintheOlympicGames.Doubtn./v.怀疑不信任不相信Thereisnodoubtthat………doubtif/whether…Beyonddoubt/without(a)doubt毫无疑问Imaginev.想象，假象，以为ImaginesthImaginedoingsthImaginethat…Imaginesb./sth.…as..以为……Canyouimaginehim/hissailingacrosstheoceanalone?Iimaginehimasabigtallman.Revision&homework