ScienceFictionWhatissciencefiction?Twogroupsofsciencefiction:Keyfeaturesofsciencefictiontext:Sciencefictioncaninclude:Readthefollowingpassage,andanswerthequestions.Cansciencefictionhelpus?Whatwillthefuturebelike?Goodorbad?Alotofsciencefictionwritingimaginesaworldwhichisdarkand

scary.In

BladeRunner,HarrisonFordhuntsrobotsinachaoticLosAngeles.

PlanetoftheApes

showsa

bleak

futureforhumankind.Andwhatabout

TheHungerGames?

Don'tgetmestarted.There'sawordtodescribethekindoffutureworldwhichoftenappearsinsciencefiction:

dystopia.Itmeansanimaginedplacewherethingsareunpleasantorbad.Theoppositeis

utopia.Butdoestomorrow'sworldhavetobeso

depressing?No.Anewprojectwantstousethepowerofsciencefictionto

inspire

peopletocreateabetterfuture.ProjectHieroglyphbringstogetherwriters,scientists,engineersandartiststocreate

optimistic

storiesaboutthingswhichreallycouldhappeninthenext50years.It'sjustamatterofmakinganeffort.Expertssayit'seasiertocreateadystopiathanwritea

feelgood

story.There'smoreconflictinaworldfullofproblems,andstoriesareinterestingwhentherearealotofproblemstoresolve.Nochallenge,nostory!Buttheprojectproducedabookwithsome

promising

plots.Oneofthemisaboutenvironmentalistswhofighttostopentrepreneurs(企業(yè)家)frombuildingthefirsthotelinAntarctica.Well,there'sconflictthereandit's

plausible,soitcouldbeagoodstory.Butwillthesestoriesactuallychangeanythingorjustkeepusentertained?EdFinn,thebook'seditor,thinkstheformer.Hesays:"Agoodsciencefictionstorycanbeverypowerful.Itcaninspirehundreds,thousands,millionsofpeopleto

rallyaround

somethingthattheywanttodo."Theinfluenceofsciencefictioncanalreadybeseeninmodernresearch,saysBradenAllenby,ProjectHieroglyphparticipantandProfessorofEngineering,EthicsandLawatArizonaStateUniversity.Heasks:"Whyarepeopleworkingon,forexample,invisibilitycloaks?Well,it'sHarryPotter,right?"Timewilltellhowfarwecango.Let'sdreambigand

thinkoutsidethebox.Whoknowsthe

wonderfulthingswecane

upwith.Glossary

詞匯表scaryadj.可怕的bleakadj.黯淡的，沒有希望的don'tgetmestarted別讓我開始提…（通常表示不耐煩的情緒）dystopian.反烏托邦，指充滿丑惡與不幸的地方depressingadj.令人沮喪的utopian.烏托邦，指理想中的美好社會inspirev.激勵，激發(fā)optimisticadj.樂觀的feelgoodadj.令人愉悅的promisingadj.有料的，有好的內(nèi)容的plausibleadj.貌似合理的rallyaround團結(jié)在一起thinkoutsidethebox打破常規(guī)，跳出固有思維模式

Quiz

閱讀短文并回答問題1.Who'sbeentakingpartinProjectHieroglyph?2.Whyisiteasiertowritedarkstories?3.WhichthingfromtheHarryPotterbooksisofparticularinteresttoscientists,

accordingtoProfessorBradenAllenby?4.Translatethelastpara.(Timewilltellhowfarwecango.Let'sdreambigand

thinkoutsidethebox.Whoknowsthe

wonderfulthingswecane

upwith.)Exercise

詞匯練習請你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習。從Glossary

詞匯表中選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。1.Thecreationofacityunderthesea?Yes,it's__________becausewehavethetechnologyforit.A.bleak

B.plausible

C.optimistic

D.

depressing2.Ifyouwanttobuildaspacerocket,youshouldstudy__________.A.engineering

B.law

C.

ethics

D.utopia3.Dealingwithclimatechangeisabig__________forpeoplearoundtheworld.A.conflict

B.dystopia

C.challenge

D.sciencefiction4.Ican'tgetmyprepositionsrightinEnglish.It'sso__________.A.promising

B.depressing

C.interesting

D.plausible5.Ifyouwanttofindasolutiontoyourproblem,youhavetothinkoutside__________.thebag

B.theroom

C.thebox

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答案Quiz

小測驗Who'sbeentakingpartintheHieroglyphsProject?

Writers,scientists,

engineersandartists.Whyisiteasiertowritedarkstories?

Becausetheyincludeconflictand

problems,whichmakeforamoreinterestingstory.WhichthingfromtheHarryPotterbooksisofparticularinteresttoscientists,

accordingtoProfessorBradenAllenby?

HarryPotter'sinvisibilitycloak.Translatethelastpara.時間會告訴我們能走多遠。讓我們敢于夢想，打破常規(guī)。誰知道我們能想出多少奇妙的東西。Exercise

練習1.Thecreationofacityunderthesea?Yes,it's

plausible

becausewehavethe

technologyforit.2.Ifyouwanttobuildaspacerocket,youshouldstudy

engine