Download The Three-Body Problem

初中基础 (2298期20151211) 45版
Chinese sci-fi success
Pre-reading
1.
Do you like reading science fiction novels?
What’s your favorite book?
Why don’t you like it?
Pre-reading
2.
Who is the man in the picture? What do you
know about him?
Liu Cixin is a
Chinese science
fiction writer. His
most famous work,
The Three-Body
Problem, was
published in 2007.
While reading
►
1.
Answer the following questions.
What does The Three-Body Problem mainly
talk about?
It mainly talks about aliens invading earth
and Chinese people having different opinions
about their invasion.
2.
How long did it take Liu Cixin to finish writing
The Three-Body Problem?
Four years.
While reading
►
Answer the following questions.
3.
According to the article, who is Ken Liu?
4.
He is a Chinese-American science-fiction
writer and the translator of The ThreeBody Problem.
Why is The Three-Body Problem becoming popular
with many famous people?
Because the first of the trilogy won the
2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
5.
The Three-Body Problem will be adapted for a movie
next year, won’t it?
Yes, it will.
Language study
►
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Find a word in the article that best matches each definition.
The first letter has been given.
a____________:
a prize or certificate that a person is given for doing
ward
something well
b____________:
est-seller a product, usually a book, which is bought by a large
number of people
i____________:
to enter a place in large numbers, especially in a way
nvade
that causes damage or confusion
p____________:
to arrange for a book, magazine, etc. to be written,
ublish
printed, and sold
rilogy
t____________:
a group of three books, films, etc. that have the same
subject or characters
Language study
►
Translate each sentence with one phrase in the
article.
1.
近期发生的多起事件促使人们奋力还击恐怖主义
(terrorism)。
The recent events caused people to fight back
against terrorism.
2.
他的新影片将于明年初发行。
His new movie will come out at the beginning of
next year.
3.
这本小说是以一个发生在二战时期的真实故事为基础的。
This novel is based on a real-life story during
the Second World War.
After reading
► Would you like to see the movie based on The
Three-Body Problem after it comes out? Why or
why not?