高中新教材英语外研版选择性必修第三册学案-4-A-glimpse-of-the-future-Section-Ⅲ-Developing-ideas-含解析.docx

Section Ⅲ Developing ideas自主学习激发潜能Ⅰ. 课文翻译教材原文A Boy’s Best Friend Mr Anderson said, “Where’s Jimmy, dear?” “Out on the crater,” said Mrs Anderson. “Robutt is with him. Did he arrive?” “Yes. He’s at the rocket station, going through the tests. I haven’t really seen one since I left Earth 15 years ago.” “Jimmy has never seen one,” said Mrs Anderson. “Because he’s Moon-born and can’t visit Earth. That’s why I’m bringing one here. I think it’s the first one ever on the Moon.” Jimmy was out on the crater, as his mother had said. His arms and legs were long and agile. He looked thicker and stubbier with his spacesuit on, but he could handle the lunar gravity as no Earth-born human being could. The outer side of the crater sloped southward and the Earth, which was low in the southern sky, was nearly full, so that the entire crater-slope was brightly lit. The slope was a gentle one and even the weight of the spacesuit couldn’t keep Jimmy from racing up it in a floating hop that made the gravity seem nonexistent. “Come on, Robutt,” he shouted. Robutt, who could hear him by radio, squeaked and bounded after. Jimmy, expert though he was, couldn’t outrace Robutt, who didn’t need a spacesuit, and had four legs and tendons of steel. Jimmy couldn’t go wrong while Robutt was around, tripping him when he was too near a rock, or jumping on him to show how much he loved him, or circling around and squeaking low and scared when Jimmy hid behind a rock, when all the time Robutt knew well enough where he was. He heard his father’s voice on his private wavelength. “Jimmy, come back. I have something to tell you.” Mr Anderson was smiling. “We have something for you, Jimmy. It’s at the rocket station now, but we’ll have it tomorrow after all the tests are over.” “From Earth, Dad?” “A dog from Earth, son. The first dog on the Moon. You won’t need Robutt any more. We can’t keep them both, and some other boy or girl will have Robutt.” He seemed to be waiting for Jimmy to say something, then he said, “You know what a dog is, Jimmy. It’s the real thing. Robutt’s only a mechanical imitation, a robot-mutt. That’s how he got his name.” Jimmy frowned. “Robutt isn’t an imitation, Dad.” “Robutt’s just steel and wiring and a simple positronic brain.” “He does everything I want him to do, Dad. He understands me.” “No, son. Robutt is just a machine. It’s just programmed to act the way it does. A dog is alive. You’ll see the difference once he gets here.” Jimmy looked at Robutt, who was squeaking again, a very low, slow squeak that seemed frightened. Jimmy held out his arms and Robutt was in them in one bound. Jimmy said, “What will the difference be between Robutt and the dog?” “It’s hard to explain, ” said Mr Anderson, “but it will be easy to see. The dog will really love you. Robutt is just adjusted to act as though it loves you.” “But, Dad, we don’t know what’s inside the dog, or what his feelings are. Maybe it’s just acting, too.” Mr Anderson frowned. “Jimmy, you’ll know the difference when you experience the love of a living thing.” Jimmy held Robutt tightly. He was frowning, too, and the desperate look on his face meant that he wouldn’t change his mind. He said, “But what’s the difference how they act? How about how I feel? I love Robutt and that’s what counts.”And the little robot-mutt, which had never been held so tightly in all its existence, squeaked high and rapid squeaks-happy squeaks.(Adaptation of excerpts from “A Boy’s Best Friend” by Isaac Asimov)教材译文 一个男孩最好的朋友安德森先生说:“吉米在哪儿, 亲爱的?”“在外面火山口上,”安德森夫人说。

“罗布和他在一起他到达了吗?”“是的它在火箭发射站经受测试自从15年前离开地球以来, 我还没有真正看到过狗吉米从来没见过,”安德森夫人说因为他出生在月球, 不能访问地球那就是为什么我带一只狗来这里我想这是第一只登上月球的小狗正如吉米的母亲所说, 吉米在外面的环形山上他的胳膊和腿又长又灵活穿上宇航服后, 他看上去更笨重、更胖, 但他能承受月球引力, 这是地球上出生的人做不到的环形山外侧向南倾斜, 低低地悬在南方天空上的地球几乎是满的, 结果整个环形山斜坡都被照亮了倾斜很是平缓, 即使加上太空服的重量, 还是不能阻止吉米的身体跳着跃向山坡, 看上去就像重力似乎不存在一样来吧, 罗布,”他喊道罗布通过电波辨认出他的声音, 它尖叫着蹦蹦跳跳地跟在后面吉米, 他虽然是专家, 也无法超越不需要太空服的罗布, 它有四条腿和钢铁般的肌腱只要有罗布在周围, 吉米就不会出错, 当吉米太靠近岩石时就拦住他, 或跳到他身上显示它是多么爱他, 或者当吉米躲在一块石头后面时, 它会绕着圈子, 发出低低的吱吱声, 使人害怕,无论什么时候, 罗布都对吉米的位置了如指掌他在自己的私人波段听到了父亲的声音：“吉米, 回来。

我有事要告诉你安德森先生笑了,“我们有东西要给你, 吉米它现在在火箭发射站, 但是我们明天所有的测试结束后就可以拿到它了来自地球, 爸爸?”“一只来自地球的狗, 儿子第一只登上月球的狗你再也不需要罗布了我们不能把它们两个都留下, 其他的男孩或女孩会有罗布他似乎在等吉米说什么, 然后他说:“吉米, 你知道狗是什么狗是有生命的罗布只是一个机械的仿制品, 一只机器狗那就是它的名字的由来吉米皱起了眉头爸爸, 罗布不是仿制品罗布只有钢铁、电线和一个简单的电子大脑爸爸, 我要它做什么它就做什么不, 儿子罗布只是一台机器它只是按照自己的方式运行狗是活着的一旦它到这儿, 你会看到这种差别吉米看着罗布, 它又在吱吱叫了, 那是一种很低很慢的吱吱声, 似乎受到了惊吓吉米伸出双臂, 罗布一下子就跳了进去吉米说:“罗布和那只狗有什么不同?”“这很难解释,”安德森先生表示,“但很容易看出来狗狗会真的爱你罗布只是做出调整, 表现得好像它也爱你一样但是, 爸爸, 我们不知道狗的内心是什么, 也不知道它的感受是什么也许这只是演戏罢了安德森皱起了眉头吉米, 你会知道的, 当你体验到对一个生物的爱时, 你会感到其中的不同。

吉米紧紧地抱着罗布, 他也皱着眉头, 脸上绝望的表情意味着他不会改变主意他说,“但是它们的行为有什么不同呢? 我的感觉如何? 我爱罗布, 这才是重要的小机器狗自诞生起从来没有被抓得这么紧过, 它吱吱叫得又高又快——快活的吱吱声根据艾萨克阿西莫夫写的《孩子最好的朋友》节选改编)Ⅱ. 词汇拓展1. agile /dʒaɪl/adj.敏捷的, 灵活的→ agilely /dʒəlɪ/adv. 灵活地; 头脑敏捷地2. mechanical /mɪknɪ。