1、Button, ButtonRichard MathesonRQuestions / ActivitiesCheck-on PreviewObjectivesButton Button Unit 11Warming upWarming up Questions / Activities“Button, Button”“Press the button” means to initiate an action or a train of events (informal), often in a nuclear context.The title “Button, Button” indicat
2、es taking an action or making a choice that would have consequences. When do you press the button? Do you press the right button? How do you weigh gain and loss/cost when you press a button? Tell a story where you have to “press the button”.Check-on PreviewFill in the blanks according to the meaning
3、s provided. Warming up1. s_ to (cause to) divide into two or more parts2. i_ money paid by the insurance company if there is any loss3. a_ very surprised or shocked 4. s_ to give a long high shout5. e_ strange or unusual, sometimes in a humorous way 6. r_ to not allow something, especially feelings,
4、 to be expressed7. d_ a rounded roof on a building or a room 8. i_ very interesting because of being unusual or mysterious9. c_ feeling or showing that you have no respect for sb./sth10. s_ to arrange things in an ordered pile 1.Split; 2. indemnity; 3. astounded; 4. shriek; 5. eccentric; 2.6. repres
5、s; 7. dome; 8. intriguing; 9. contemptuous; 10. stackObjectives Understand the structure and the general idea of the story Think about how to interpret the story Know something about the author Solve your own questions about the storyWarming upBackgroundGenreAuthorButton Button Unit 11Background Aut
6、horRichard Matheson(1926-)uBorn on Feb. 20, 1926 in New Jersey to Norwegian immigrants parentsuRaised in Brooklyn, New YorkuServed as an infantry soldier in WWIIuBachelor in journalism from the University of Missouri in1949uMoved to California in 1951, married in 1952, had four children, three of wh
7、om were fiction and screenplay writers His Life American author & screenwriter Fantasy, horror, science fiction Wide adaptation of his worksBackgroundHis WorksAuthorA prolific writer: 28 novels, 19 short story collections, 19 movie scripts, and 33 TV screenplaysAn extended writing career: first shor
8、t story in 1951, and latest novel in 2011Author of a list of Times Best SellersScreenplays and adaptations: 16 episodes for The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) “Button, Button” for The Twilight Zone (1986)Episode for Star TrekMajor film adaptations:The Incredible Shrinking Man (1955) from The Shrinking Ma
9、nThe Last Man on Earth (1964)/The Omega Man (1971)/I am Legend (2007) from I am LegendThe Box (2009) from “Button, Button”BackgrounduEdgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America, 1973uWorld Fantasy Ward for Best Novel (Bid Time Return), 1976uWorld Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement Award, 1984uWorld Fantasy Award for Best Collection (Richard Matheson: Collected Short Stories), 1990 uInducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, 2010AuthorHis InfluenceBWT“Button Button” written in 1970Button, Button: Uncanny Stories, published in 2008
