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1Using Language
2Leadingin艾萨克·阿西莫夫IsaacAsimov,(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。
3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。
4在家中图书室（1976年）Oldphoto
5阿西莫夫与珍尼特
6演讲
7军旅戎装
8阿西莫夫追悼会现场
9作品：I,Robot《作品100》《最新科学指南》
10IsaacAsimov,Writer/ChemistBorn:Birthplace:Died:ReadinganddiscussingDealingwithhisBibliography.2January1920Petrovichi,U.S.S.R.6April1992(AIDS)BestKnownAs:Prolificwriterofpopularscienceandsciencefiction
11ForagainstDiscusshisthreelawsforrobots.or
12ReadthepassageandfinishthefollowingexerciseTrueorFalse:1.IsaacAsimov’sbestknownworkwashismysterystories.2.AsimovwasborninAmericaon2January,1920.3.Asimovbecameabiochemistryteacherin1949.4.In1931Asimov’stalentforwritingbecameobvious.TrueTrueFF
135.In1950,hepublishedhisfirstsciencebook.6.“TheFoundationTrilogy”consistsof3storiesaboutdeathandrebirthofagreatempireinagalaxyofthefuture.7.Inhiscollectionofshortstories,hedevelopedasetofthree“laws”forrobots.TrueTrueF
14Listening,discussingandwritingMollyKate1.Whoreallylikesthestory?2.WhothinksthatClairelovedTony?3.WhothinksthatTonylovedClaire?
154.WhothinksthatthepurposeofTony’sactionswastomakeClairefeelgoodaboutherself.5.WhothinksthathumanswillneverbeabletomakearobotlikeTony?6.WhowouldreallylikearobotlikeTonyatherhouse?MollyKate
16LISTENINGTEXTSATISFACTIONGUARANTEEDListentoMolly(M)andKate(K)discussingthestory“SatisfactionGuaranteed”.
17M:Don’tyouthinkthatwasagreatlovestory,Kate?K:No,notreally.M:Youdidn’t?Well,Ilovedit.TherewassomuchemotionbetweenTonyandClaire.
18K:Molly,that’srubbish.YouforgetthatTonywasamachine.Yes,ClairefellinlovewithTony,butIdon’tbelieverobotscouldpossiblyfeelemotionofanykind.That’sthedifferencebetweenthemandus.
19M:Well,Idisagree.IthinkTonylovedClaire.Rememberhesaidtoherhowhedidn’twanttoleaveherthenextdayandthathefeltmorethanjustthewishtopleaseher?K:Yes,butMolly,thatwasjustpartofTony’srole.Theymadehimsothathewouldn’tallowahumantobehurt.
20AndClairewashurtingherselfbyseeingherselfinanegativewayandTonycouldn’tletherdothat.SoeverythingTonydidwastomakeClairefeelgoodaboutherself.Ithadnothingtodowithemotion–thatwasjusthowhewasmade.
21M:OK,well,maybeyou’reright.IsupposeIjustwanttothinkhewasmorehumanthanhewas.Anyway,Iwonderhowtheycouldactuallymakearobotseemasifhehademotions.
22K:Ihavenoidea.MaybeTonywasjustaverycomplicatedcomputer.Anyway,Idon’tbelieveitwouldeverbepossibleforhumanstomakearobotlikeTony.
23M:Well,Kate,youjustneverknow.Actually,I’dreallylikearobotlikeTonylivingatmyhouse.Imagineahandsomemanwhoseonlypurposeinlifewastopleaseyou!K:Mmm.DoyouknowwhatIreallythink,Molly?M:What?
24K:IthinkthatTonywasreallyamanpretendingtobearobot.M:Oh,Kate!K:Actually,nowthatIthinkaboutit,Iguessthatwasthecompany’sbiggestmistake.
25M:What?K:Thattheymadetherobotlooksomuchlikearealman.M:Yes,you’reright.
26DiscussImaginehavingarobotintheirhousestodothehousework.Discusswhatpositiveornegativeeffectthesituationwouldbe.
27PositiveeffectsIthinkitiswonderfulforpeopletohaverobotsintheirhousestodothehousework.Afteraday’swork,whenpeoplegethome,theycanbereallyrelaxedwitheverythingpreparedbytheirrobots.Arobotnevergetstired.Nordoesitcomplain.Lifewillbeveryeasyandcomfortable.
28NegativeeffectsMaybepeoplecanenjoyaverycomfortablelifewiththehelpoftheirrobots.ButatthesametimeIbelievepeoplewilllosetheabilitytodohousework.Astimegoesby,peoplecannotlivewellwithoutarobot’shelp.Ithinkthatkindoflifewouldbeterrible.
29WritingWriteaparagraphdescribinganewtypeofrobot.
30Asampleofanewtypeofrobot.RemotePresenceRobots
31RemotePresenceRobotsallowamedicalexperttovisuallyexamineandcommunicatewithapatientfromanywhereintheworld,viathemachine,usingwirelesstechnology.
32Therobotrunsonawirelesssystemwiththedoctoratanotherlocation.Itiscontrolledviaasecurebroadbandinternetconnection.Thedoctor(controller)andpatientareabletohaveareal-timetwo-wayaudiovisualinteraction,withthe
33controllerinfullcommandoftherobotsmovements,headmonitorandcamera.Thedoctor‘driving’therobotcanviewthepatient,askquestionsandreadpatientrecords,viewX-raysandtestresultsfromtheconsole.Thepatientseesthedoctor’simageontherobots‘face’.
34Althoughtherobotdoesnotphysicallyexaminethepatientitallowsface-to-facecontactbetweenthedoctorandpatient,providingimmediateaccesstospecialists.Ourrobotscertainlywouldnever
35replacealldoctorsonwardrounds,buttheyareacommunicationtoolwhichallowsadoctortohavedirectcontactwiththeirpatientiftheyareunabletogettothem.Andthismaybeasignificantstepforpatientcare.
36HomeworkWriteaparagraphdescribingtherobotandwhatitcando.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
37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。
38和多人聊天-最多可以同时和5个人说话
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