Science fiction explores hypothetical scenarios involving advanced science and technology. It does this by asking "what if" questions, like what would happen if time travel was possible or robots developed intelligence. Science fiction examines how humans would react to and behave in such strange new situations. It often uses imaginary technological changes to represent real social or political issues. Science fiction aims to go beyond reality through ideas and speculation about the future.

1. U54
Science Fiction1

2. Hook Questions
 What would happen if2 time travel3 became
possible4 or if robots5 developed real
intelligence6? What if we discovered7 a new
planet8 with a more advanced9 type of
species10.
 Note: These first sentences are questions
because the writer wants to make you
interested by using your imagination

3. Planets8

4. Time Travel3

5. Robots5

6. Pictures Vocabulary
 Let's say these words
 Darth Vader
 character
 series
 Star Wars
 Page 134
 future
 super hero
 opera
 space
 apocalyptic
 horror
 dystopian
 genres

7. Let's look at the pictures
 Pages 132 to 134
 What is Darth Vader47 what is Star Wars50
 So, who likes sci-fi movies?
 Raise your hand
 What sci-fi movie do you like?

8. Question 1
 What if we discovered7 a new planet8 with a
more advanced9 type of species10.
 Question: What plant species have we learned
about?

9. Why is there Science Fiction
 These questions are the reason11 that science
fiction exists12.

10. Why is it called Science Fiction?
 What is the reason for the name science
fiction?
 These questions are the reason11 that science
fiction exists12.
 This means that science fiction starts with
questions, just like in science. Scientists ask
questions, then do a test to get the answer. In
science fiction, the story is the test. Since we
cannot know if it could be true or not, it is fiction.

11. What is Science Fiction About 1
 Science fiction takes possibilities13 like these
and explores14 how human beings15 would
react16.

12. Human Beings

13. Possible (Adj.) Vs. Possibility (noun)
 What would happen if2 time travel3 became
possible4 or if robots5 developed real
intelligence6?
 Science fiction takes possibilities13 like these
and explores14 how human beings15 would
react16.

14. Where does Science Fiction
Happen
 Science fiction (sci-fi17) is fiction18 that takes
place19 in a world that is somewhat like ours20,
but changed in important ways. Those changes
have to do with23 science21 and technology22.
 Look at the picture on page 132, the city is like
ours but different.
 Question 2: It says a world somewhat like ours.
Our what? Somewhat like our _____.

15. More about Science
 Science fiction (sci-fi17) is fiction18 that takes
place19 in a world that is somewhat like ours20,
but changed in important ways.
 Just like in a science experiment in the lab,
there is a control and a variable.
 Control (控制變數)
 a world that is somewhat like ours
 Variable (變數)
 changed in important ways

16. What is Science Fiction About 2
 But sci-fi is really interested in people, not just
technology. It tries to show how people, as we
are now, would behave25 in strange new
situations24.
 Science and chemistry (化學) also puts different
elements (元素) together to see what would
happen

17. Other Names 1
 “The literature of ideas”26 is what science fiction
is often called, because it goes beyond reality27.

18. Question 3 and 4
 “The literature of ideas”26 is what science fiction
is often called, because it goes beyond reality27.
 Question 3: Which word have we learned (#1-
25) is also about books?
 Question 4: Why are some of the words in
quotes?

19. Other Names 2
 Science fiction is also called “the literature of
change28.” This is because it usually becomes
popular29 in times of change30.

20. Question 5
 Science Fiction is about _____.
 A: Ideas
 B: Ideas and Change
 C: Change

21. What Science Fiction is About 3
 When big changes are happening in a society31,
writers often try to explore them.
 Just like science would try to explain big natural
events as they happen such as an earthquake (
地震) or volcanic eruption (火山爆發)

22. Science Fiction Writing Techniques
 Sometimes the changes are too new or
dangerous to write about. Science fiction
writers, therefore, create metaphors32. They use
their imaginary33 technological changes34 to
represent35 real social changes36 or problems.
 Similarly, science creates models (實驗樣版)
when their experiment is too big to test.

23. Technology (noun) Vs.
Technological (adj.)
 Those changes have to do with23 science21 and
technology22.
 They use their imaginary33 technological
changes34 to represent35 real...problems.

24. Social (adj.) Vs. Society (noun)
 When big changes are happening in a society31,
writers often try to explore them.
 They use their imaginary33 technological
changes34 to represent35 real social changes36.

25. Rain cloud above his head
 Metaphor for sadness

26. Metaphors
 It is going to be clear skies today.
 Today is going to have no problems just like a clear
sky has no clouds

27. Metaphors
 Get into 6 groups, discuss these metaphors,
then after a few minutes explain them to me.
1.There is a storm coming
2.Her dance is a poem (詩)
3.Laughter is the best medicine
4.Angry words are knives
5.Art and science are branches (樹枝) of the
same tree.
6.Morality (品德) is a person’s compass (羅盤).

28. Metaphors
 There is a storm coming
 It is going to get bad soon. Things will not be happy
later.
 Her dance is a poem (詩)
 She dances beautifully
 Laughter is the best medicine
 Being happy is the best way to feel better and not
be sick
 Angry words are knives
 Saying angry things hurts people just like hitting
them would

29. Metaphors
 Art and science are branches (樹枝) of the
same tree.
 Art and science are not very different
 Morality (品德) is a person’s compass (羅盤).
 A person decides what to do from what he/she
thinks is right/good or wrong/bad

30. Question 6
 Why do science fiction writers create
metaphors?

31. When did Science Fiction Start
 Science fiction was born in a time of change—
the beginning of the Age of Reason37 in the
West.

33. Question 7
 Science fiction was born in a time of change—
the beginning of the Age of Reason37 in the
West.
 Question 6: Which group have we learned
about that doesn't like reason?

34. Question 8
 What was the 'time of change'?

35. Why is there Science Fiction 2
 People's beliefs38 were being challenged40 by
new scientific theories39 and developments.
Writers wanted to explore those changes.

36. Question 9
 Do you remember? What did Coptics believe
in?

37. An Example of Sci-Fi
 That era41 was when famous early sci-fi books
like Gulliver's Travels42 were written.

39. Question 10
 What era were the pre-raphaelites in?

40. Popularity
 Science fiction has been going strong43 since
then44.
 Since when has sci-fi been strong? What is
'then'?

41. Question 11
 Science fiction has been going strong43 since
then44.
 It is written that science fiction has been going
strong, in unit 49 how what similar thing was
written about Bob Dylan?
 Both phrases mean able to continue without
stopping

42. Call to Action
 If you like imagination45 and new ideas, sci-fi
may be for you46.

43. Google Search for New
Ideas/Technologies

44. Imagination (noun) Vs. Imaginary
(adj.)
 They use their imaginary33 technological
changes34
 If you like imagination45 and new ideas, sci-fi
may be for you46.

45. Parts of Speech Find
 So far we've seen the story has imagination and
imaginary, social and society, technological and
technology, and possible and possibility.
 What other words does it have using different
parts of speech?
 Reaction (反應) (noun) and ________?
 Developed (verb) and __________?
 Science (noun) and _________?

46. 1st Sci-Fi, then Real Life (現實生活)
 Credit cards (提款卡) from 1888 sci-fi book
callled Looking Backward
 Video cat is from a 1911 book by Hugo
Gernsback
 Surveillance Cams (路邊的攝影機) from a 1939
book by George Orwell
 Ipads from a 1968 movie called Space Odyssey

47. 1st Sci-Fi, then Real Life (現實生活)
 The internet from a 1984 book called
Neuromancer
 Text Messages from a 1986 movie called Pretty
in Pink
 Earphones (耳機) from a 1953 book called
Fahrenheit 451
 Ordering food online from a 1960s cartoon
called Jetsons

48. Science Fiction Writers List
 Some famous sci-fi writers are Isaac Asimov,
Robert Heinlein, Phillip K. Dick, H.G. Wells, and
Ursula K. Le Guin, though there are many
more.
 Many more what?

49. Question 12
 So, how many sci-fi writers are there?

50. Question Part
 First let's read:
 main point
 article
 features
 reactions
 education
 construction
 invented
 Iron Age
 Novel
 produce a spike
 historical conditions
 prosperity
 economic stability
 revolution
 leading up to
 period
 cultural development
 final
 declining
 italics
 author
 foreign words
 titles

51. Assignment
 Get into six groups, 1 group per question.
 Answer the question
 Next, everyone will tell the answer and why they
think it or how they decided the answer.
 If you need help ask me and I can give you a
hint (提示)

52. Which sentence is closest to the
main point59 of the article60?
 Strategy:
1.Get the main noun of each choice (A, B, C, D)
 A: Robots
 B: Technology, Ideas
 C: Species
 D: Planet, Species
2.See how many times you can find each.
3.The one with the most is the answer.

53. What is this passage mainly about?
 Congratulations! You have the easiest question.
 To answer this question just consider the title...

54. Which of the following statements is
true?
 Strategy:
1.Pick out the key nouns of each choice (A, B, C,
D)
2.See if you can find them in the story.
3.If you can find the choice in the story, then ask
yourself 'is the meaning in the story the same
as the meaning in the choice (A, B, C, D).
 Note: be careful about words like always, never,
only, just, mostly, usually

55. Which of the following historical
conditions69 would most likely NOT
produce a spike68 in science fiction
novels67? Strategy:
1.Ask yourself: What is this question testing to
see if you know?
 It is testing to see if you know when sci-fi is made.
2.So, ask yourself: When sci-fi is made how is the
environment (環境)?
3.Find the answer to this question in the story.
4.Go back to the question and find choose the
answer that is the opposite or least similar.

56. What does going strong mean in the
final76 paragraph? Strategy:
1.Find the sentence in the story.
2.Change 'going strong' into a blank.
 Science fiction has been ___________ since then.
3.In this sentence 'since then' refers to something that
happened before. Find what that is.
 Science fiction has been ___________ since the Age of
Reason.
4.Put in A, B, C, and D.
5.Ask yourself 'which one is most similar to other parts
of the story?'
6.Check your answer
 Ask yourself: Could my answer mean strong?

57. Why are some words in the third
paragraph in italics78?
 Strategy:
1.Find the words in italics.
 There are two in the third paragraph and two in the
picture next to the third paragraph.
2.Look at the answers. They are all nouns. So,
just change the question from 'why' to 'what' to
make it an easier question.
 What words are these?
 What do these words have in common?
 Note: Do you notice that the words are also
capitalized? That is also important.