专业型研究生英语课文讲义unit 1.ppt

Unit 1 Literature
Prepare Yourself
communications satellite
mobile telephony
intelligent robot
clone
munications
通讯卫星
移动通讯
智能机器人
克隆
远程通讯
Prepare Yourself
文学
科幻小说
空间旅行
外星人
人类社会
高技术
信息时代
信息产业
literature
science fiction
space travelling
alien
human society
hi-tech
information age
information industry
anization
IDEA DIAGRAM
Science and scientists vs. literature and writers
The area where their ideas meet is:
So far writers of science fiction have:
have been hostile to each other and questioned who owns the truth
science fiction
predicted some new discoveries
but failed to predict some others
anization
The future of munication depends on:
The important thing for writers of science fiction in the information age is:
The author concludes that:
the ability to imagine new realities and then produce products and services for them
not only predicting the scientific discoveries of the future, but also speculating about the effect of munications revolution on human
People with vision and imagination still play an important role in a world dominated by business and technology.
anization
The theme of the text:
Imagination and creative ideas are very important for people in the information age.
TEXT 1WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA?
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
— Albert Einstein
Paragraph 1
Nokia sponsors a wide range of educational, cultural and other activities. One of the most unusual activities was the sponsoring of “Future Histories”, a collection of stories by prominent writers of science fiction .Why should a pany e involved with literature? It could be called “research”.
sponsor ['spɔnsə] provide funds for (a project or activity or the person carrying it out)
资助,主办
Joe is being sponsored by a government training scheme.
乔有政府培训计划的经费资助。*
a wide range of
一系列 a series of…
. The area offers a wide range of activities for the tourist.
该地区为游客提供各种各样的活动。
幅度;范围
. The cost to learn here is thought to be in the range of 100 yuan to 200 yua