1Electronic Teaching Portfolio Book Four Unit Two: Man and TechnologyPart I Get StartedSection A Discussion Work in pairs or groups and discuss the following questions. 1)What changes have taken place in our life with the advancement of technology? 2)Do you think technology makes your life easier? Could you give some examples? 3)Is the advancement of technology always a good thing? Answers for reference: 1)With the advancement of technology, our health has been improved; production has been increased; human labor has been decreased; peoples mental horizons have been broadened, and what is most important is that people live longer and better.2)Yes. Take the Internet for example. With the access to the Internet I can learn what is going on all around the world. I can get the latest information about my present studies at college. And I can communicate with others via e-mail, which saves me a lot of time and money. Another example is the rapid development of various means of transportation. Planes, trains and cars have made my travel easier and more convenient. 3)No. Technology is a double-edged sword which can be used equally for good or evil. For example, technology has found wide application in the medical field. However, owing to technology, weapons of mass destruction have been invented and used in wars in which large numbers of innocent people have been killed.Section B Quotes Study the following quotes about man and technology and discuss in pairs what you can learn from them.The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov Interpretation: This quote tells us that knowledge is not wisdom. Knowledge alone does not necessarily make us wiser. Although science has brought about a rapid growth in knowledge, todays society has not witnessed any corresponding increase in wisdom. And what we are in desperate need of today is wisdom rather than scientific knowledge, for knowledge helps us make a living while wisdom helps us make a life. Isaac AsimovAbout Isaac Asimov: Isaac Asimov (1920-1992): a US science fiction writer. Born in Russia, he was brought to the USA when he was three and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He studied chemistry at Columbia University and developed a career both as an academic biochemist and as a science fiction writer. Among his best known novels are the “Foundation Series”Foundation (基地) (1951), Foundation and Empire (基地与帝国)(1952), and 2Second Foundation (第二基地) (1953), etc. He is also well-known for his textbooks and works of popular science.Education makes machines which act like men and produces men who act like machines. Erich Fromm Interpretation: This quote questions the rigidity of the formal educational systems. Machines are often considered as being controlled by others and have no individual thoughts. This quote indicates that the formal educational system controls the development of students and washes away the individual creativity.Erich Fromm About Erich Fromm: Erich Fromm (1900-1980): German-born American psychoanalyst. His works, which include Escape from Freedom(逃离自由), Man for Himself (利己者) and The Sane Society (健全的社会), emphasize the role of culture in neurosis and strongly criticize materialist values.The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people. Karl Marx Interpretation: According to Marx, under capitalism, overproduction leads to economic crises and unemployment. Karl MarxAbout Karl Marx: Karl Marx (1818-1883): a German philosopher, social scientist, historian and revolutionary. Karl Marx was the most influential socialist thinker of the 19th century. With Friedrich Engels, he wrote the Communist Manifesto (1848) and other works. Exiled from Europe after the Revolutions of 1848, Marx lived in London, where he worked on his monumental work Das Kapital (Capital), in which he used dialectical materialism to analyze economic and social history. Marxism has greatly influenced the development of socialist thought.It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dreams of yesterday are the hopes of today, and the realities of tomorrow. Robert H. Goddard Interpretation: Advances in science and technology have given birth to many things once only dreamed of.Robert H. Goddard3About Robert H. Goddard: Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945): an American physicist. Goddard is looked upon as one of the three main founders of modern rocketry, along with Tsiolkovsky and Oberth. He launched the first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926. The flight lasted just 2.5 seconds, reaching an altitude of 12.3 meters and landing 55.2 meters from the launch site. Section C Watching and Discussion Watch the following video clip “Inception” and do the tasks that follow: 插入视频片段： “Inception.wmv” 1.Fill in the missing words according to what you hear from the video clip. You create the world of the d