文档介绍：The Man in Asbestos
Stephen Leacock
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T ext Analysis
The Man in Asbestos
B ackground
W arming up
Unit 8
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Questions / Activities
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Objectives
The Man in Asbestos
Unit 8
Warming up
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Warming up
Questions / Activities
What do you think human life will be like in 400 or 500 years? (In terms of life expectancy, clothing, food, housing, communication, education, entertainment…)
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True(T)/False(F) statements on the text.
I fell into deep sleep by taking a special pill.
I found myself in a museum on Broadway.
The man in asbestos (MIA) looked surprised when I started asking him questions.
There were no machines any more in MIA’s world.
Climate didn’t change any more in MIA’s world.
People could still get killed in traffic accidents in MIA’s world.
Education was no longer necessary in MIA’s world.
All women had changed into men in MIA’s world.
I was angry at the state of things in MIA’s world.
MIA sent back to my hotel in the end.
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Objectives
Expand your vocabulary
Expand your knowledge of English grammar
Understand the structure and the general idea of the story
Understand science fiction as a literary genre
Learn to appreciate and criticize a text in the framework of the time when it was written
Solve your own questions about the story
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Background
Genre
Author
The Man in Asbestos
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Background
Author
Stephen Leacock 1869-1944
born in England in 1869.
emigrated to Canada in 1876 with his family.
studied modern and classical languages and earned his bachelor’s degree in the University of Toronto in 1891.
taught high school but did not quite like the job.
started graduate studies at the university of Chicago in 1899. received a doctorate in political science and political economy, in 1903 and went back to Canada to teach at the Mc