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Unit 2:The Fun They Had 一、Background information: 1.about the text This text, which is a piece of narration, tells us a simple story that is imagined to have happened on May 17, 2157. The story is told in the third person from a t Future perspective, with a conversation running through most of the plot. The story is mostly organized and developed in a chronological order, with the exception of the beginning, where the last event of that eventful day is recorded, and with a flashback unfolding in the near middle of the story. . 2. about the author: Issac Asimov (January 2, 1920-April 6,1992)was a Russian-born American author best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov is widely considered as master of the science fiction genre. Asimov was a most prolific writer of all times, having written or edited more than 500 books. 二、try to answer the following questions: Part 1.(para.1) what is a real book to Margie’s understanding? Part2(paras.2-30) What books are Tommy and Margie using? Why does Margie hate school more than ever according to the text? Part3(paras31-35) What lesson did mechanical teacher give Margie that day? Explain briefly the major differences between the schools in Margie’s day and those in the old days? 三、Structural Analysis: the whole text can be divided into three parts Part 1.(para.1):beginning of the story:the background. Part2(paras.2-30)development of the story：a contrast of two different kinds of schools revealed through dialogues. Part3(paras31-35):ending of the story: Margie’s school life and her envy of the fun the kids in the old days must have had. 难点 Definite,indefinite and zero articles,”It……to do sth.” pattern 用 it 代替不定式作形式主语。参考资料综合英语教程（教师用书），何兆熊，2004，上海外语教育出版社。牛津高阶英汉双解词典，李北达，牛津大学出版社。作业 Ex 2: language work, Ex 3: grammar work, Ex4: word formation, Ex 5: vocabulary work, Ex 6: Translation

13. dispute: V Serious disagreement between 2 countries or 2 group of people be beyond dispute无可争辩 be in\ under dispute有争议 thsb与某人有分歧 Argue: to disagree with someone in words, often in an angry way争吵,争论 14. tuck: V.--to push the edge of a cloth or a paper into sth so that it looks tidier or nick was tucking his shirt into his trousers when she walked in Insert: to put sth inside or into sth else -He inserted a sheet of paper into the printer. 五、难句解析 1. They turn the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to -on a screen, you know.(Para. 3, Lines1-3) 【改写】 they turned the yellow pages with many thin folds, and it was very amusing to read words which remained motionless instead of moving the way they ought to -on a screen 【译文】他们烦着发黄的、皱皱巴巴的书页。真有趣!他们看到的字全都静止不动。你知道,那些字本该在屏幕上不停的滚动的呀! 2. And then, when they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it had when they read it the first time. (para. 3, Lines3-4) 【改写】 and then they turned back to the page they had read, they were surprised to find the same words there 【译文】而且,翻到后面再翻回来,纸上居然还是前面读过的那些字。 3.The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse untile her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the Country Inspector 【改写】 There had been geography tests for her to do, one after another, but every time, she did it even worse, so her mother had to ask the County Inspector to come over 【译文】机器老师一次又一次的给她作地理测验,而她答得一次比一次糟糕,最后妈妈无奈的摇了摇头,请来了县教学视察员。 4. She always had to write them out in a punch code they made her learn when she was six years old, and the mechanical teacher calculated the mark in no time. ( Para. 12, Lines7-9) 【改写】 every time she had to write them out in a special computer language which he was six years old, and thethe computer finished the calculation of the mark very quickl 【译文】六岁时他们就让她学会了打孔编码,此后她就得用打孔编码输入答案, 机器老师很快便可计算出得分。 5. But my mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to fit the minds of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kids has to be taught differently. (Para. 25, Lines 1-2)

13.dispute: v.serious disagreement between 2 countries or 2 group of people --be beyond dispute 无可争辩 --be in\ under dispute 有争议 --be in dispute with sb 与某人有分歧 Argue: to disagree with someone in words, often in an angry way 争吵,争论 14.tuck:v.-- to push the edge of a cloth or a paper into sth so that it looks tidier or stays in place --Nick was tucking his shirt into his trousers when she walked in. Insert: to put sth inside or into sth else --He inserted a sheet of paper into the printer. 五、难句解析 1. They turn the pages,which were yellow and crinkly,and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to ——on a screen, you know.(Para.3,Lines1-3) 【改写】they turned the yellow pages with many thin folds, and it was very amusing to read words which remained motionless instead of moving the way they ought to --on a screen. 【译文】他们烦着发黄的、皱皱巴巴的书页。真有趣！他们看到的字全都静止不动。你知道，那些字本该在屏幕上不停的滚动的呀！ 2.And then,when they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it had when they read it the first time.(para.3, Lines3-4) 【改写】and then they turned back to the page they had read,they were surprised to find the same words there. 【译文】而且，翻到后面再翻回来，纸上居然还是前面读过的那些字。 3.The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse untile her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the Country Inspector. 【改写】There had been geography tests for her to do, one after another,but every time,she did it even worse, so her mother had to ask the County Inspector to come over. 【译文】机器老师一次又一次的给她作地理测验，而她答得一次比一次糟糕，最后妈妈无奈的摇了摇头，请来了县教学视察员。 4.She always had to write them out in a punch code they made her learn when she was six years old,and the mechanical teacher calculated the mark in no time.(Para.12,Lines7-9) 【改写】every time she had to write them out in a special computer language which she was six years old, and the the computer finished the calculation of the mark very quickly. 【译文】六岁时他们就让她学会了打孔编码，此后她就得用打孔编码输入答案，机器老师很快便可计算出得分。 5.“But my mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to fit the minds of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kids has to be taught differently.”(Para.25,Lines 1-2)