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Unit 7
Will people have robots
Section B 2a-2e
1. Improve your reading skills.
2. Learn some useful phrases and sentences.
Learning goals
2a Tell your partner what you know about robots. What do they look like and what can they do
Pre-reading
It can do housework.
It can do boring work.
无聊的工作
It can be a doctor.
It can play the piano.
It can plant flowers.
It can do many hard or dangerous work.
They can report the news.
They look like humans.
报道新闻
看起来像人类
2b Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.(课本P53)
Paragraph 1 Will robots think like humans in the future？
Paragraph 2 What will robots be like in the future
Paragraph 3 What can robots do today
Paragraph 4 What are robots like in movies
Fast reading
2c Read the article again quickly.
Complete the sentences about what robots can do now.(课本P54)
1.Robots can build in factories.
2.They can do jobs many times and
not get bored.
3.Some can and .
4. Some can help people under the
.
cars
simple
walk dance
look for
buildings
Read para1 and answer the questions.
2．What are usually like in movies
3．Where do robots work
Robots are usually like human servants.
Robots work in dirty or dangerous places.
Careful reading
C
Do You Think You Will Have
Your Own Robot
When we watch movies about the future,
we sometimes see robots. They are usually
like human servants. They help with the
housework and do jobs like working in dirty
or dangerous places.
帮助做家务
宾语从句：陈述语序
危险的地方
danger n.
in danger 处于危险中
out of danger 脱离危险
人类仆人
圈出para1重点短语
关于未来(后置定语)
Listen and fill in the blanks.
Today there are already robots ________ in
factories. Some can help to build cars, and
they do simple jobs ___ ___ ____ _______. Fewer
people will do____ ______ in the future because they are boring, but robots will never
______ ______.
working
over and over again
such jobs
get bored
2.Today there are already robots working in
factories. Some can help to build cars, and
they do simple jobs over and over again. Fewer
people will do such jobs in the future because
they are boring, but robots will never get bored.
某地有某人正在做某事
再次，反复
感到厌烦
这样的工作
圈出para1重点短语
Read Para 3 and make T or F.
1. Some robots in China can walk and dance.
2. People think it easy to make robots like a human.
3. Some scientists think robots will never be able to wake up.
4. Scientists are trying to make robots do the same things as people do.
F
F
F
T
Japan
difficult
James White thinks
Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do. Some robots in Japan can walk and dance.
They are fun to watch. However, some
scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a human. For example, scientist James White thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know
where they are. But many scientists disagree with Mr. White. They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years.
3.
看起来像
叫醒
不同意
圈出para3重点短语
Read Para 4 and choose the answers
1. Which country can make robots look like snakes
A. China B. Japan
C. India D. the US
2. How long may it take to make more robots
A. 20 years B. 100 years
C. 50 years D. hundreds of years
C
Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years.
These new robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals. In India, for example, scientists made robots that look like snakes.
4.
成百上千的
圈出para4重点短语
If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. This was not possible 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed impossible 100 years ago. We never know what will happen in the future!
倒塌，跌倒
自学检测
1. help with the housework
2. over and over again
3. get bored
4. look like
5. wake up
6. disagree with sb.
7. hundreds of
8. fall down
9. be able to do sth.
1. 帮助做家务
2. 多次；反复地
3. 感到厌烦
4. 看起来像
5. 唤醒
6. 不同意某人的意见
7. 成百上千的
8. 跌倒
9. 能够做某事
Translate this phrases
1. 帮助做家务
2. 多次；反复地
3. 感到厌烦
4. 看起来像
5. 唤醒
6. 不同意某人的意见
7. 成百上千的
8. 跌倒
9. 能够做某事
1. help with the housework
2. over and over again
3. get bored
4. look like
5. wake up
6. disagree with sb.
7. hundreds of
8. fall down
9. be able to do sth.
Step 3 After reading
Some robots are very human-like. They can walk and _________ like people. Some scientists think that in the future they will _________ robots more like humans. This may not _________ in the near future, but at some point, robots will even be able to _________ like people.
2d Fill in the blanks in this paragraph
with words from the article.(课本P54)
dance
make
happen
talk
像人类一样
在某些点上
However, some scientists________ . James White believes that robots won’t be able to do the _________ things as us. For example, he thinks that robots will_________ be able to wake up and know where they are. Which side do you _________ with
same
never
agree
disagree
Language points
1.Today there are already robots working in factories.
表示“有某人/某物正在做某事”。
翻译：有一些鸟儿在树上唱歌。
There are some birds singing in the tree.
There be ＋sb./sth.＋doing sth.
1. --There are some boys __ basketball over there.
--Let’s go and join them.
A. are playing B. playing
C. to play D. play
2. Look! There are some birds ________ in the
sky.They are very beautiful.
A. to fly B. fly C. flying D. flew
2. Some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a human.
① believe sth./that 从句
② believe in sb
③ It's believed that ... 人们认为
Eg: I believe that they will arrive at once.
3. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years.
agree v. 同意；赞成；应允(agreement n.)
反义词：disagree v. (disagreement n.)
agree with sb 同意某人的观点
agree on/ upon sth 赞成某事
agree to do sth 同意去做某事
agree +that 从句 同意...
eg:
We can agree on a date for it now.
我们现在商定一个日期。
( )1. I ______ him. We will work together to finish the task.
A. agree with B. agree to
C. agree on D. agree
( )2. —I think students should have mobile phones to call their parents.
—______. They often use them to play games instead.
A. I hope so B. I don’t agree
C. No problem D. Good idea
A
B
( )3. Gina and Bill often ______ each other. But they are good friends.
A. agree with B. talk with
C. help with D. disagree with
D
1．我同意她所说的。
I ___ ___ what she said.
2．杰克同意和我们一起去。
Jack ___ ___ go with us.
3．我们就价格达成了一致意见。
We ___ ___ the price.
agreed with
agreed to
agreed on
4. hundreds of
3 hundred 当hundred前有具体数字修饰时，只能用单数。
hundreds of hundreds of 意为“数以百计的”指笼统的数量。
类似用法数词：thousand (千)million(百万)，
billion(十亿)等。
( )1. —Do you still remember the snow storm last winter
—Sure. ______ people couldn’t go home during that time.
A. Five hundreds B. Hundreds
C. Hundreds of D. Five hundreds of
( )2. About ______ old people are dancing in the new square every evening.
A. hundreds of B. two hundred of
C. two hundred D. two hundreds
C
C
1.It took people three months to build this great building.
A．two hundreds B．hundred of
C．hundreds of D．two hundred of
2.—The book Journey to the West is very popular.
—Yeah, more than students in our school bought it.
A．three hundred B．three hundreds
C．hundred of D．three hundreds of
5. fall down (过去式 fell )
fall down 倒塌；摔倒
fall down from =fall off
从…摔倒 / 掉下来
Eg: Mary fell down and hurt her leg.
Tom fell down from the tree and was badly hurt.
= fell off
短语 含义 举例
fall down 突然倒下;跌倒；倒塌 He suddenly fell down on the road. 他突然在路上摔倒了。
fall off 从……跌落 The boy fell off his bike yesterday afternoon. 昨天下午这个男孩从自行车上摔下来了。
fall behind 落在……后面 Work harder than before, or you will fall behind others. 要比以前更努力，否则你会落后于其他人的。
fall asleep 入睡 I didn’t fall asleep last night. 我昨晚没睡着。
fall ill 生病 In spring, people fall ill easily. 在春季，人们容易生病。
与fall相关的短语
( )1. Be careful, or you may ______ the horse. It’s not friendly to strangers.
A. fall off B. fall behind C. fall asleep D. fall down
( )2. During the winter, hundreds of students ______ because of the flu.
A.fall asleep B. fall ill C. fall in love with D. fall down
A
B
( )3. The building is going to ______, but we can’t do anything.
A. fall into B. fall down C. fall behind D. fall asleep
( )4. Now she ______ her classmates in study and she has to study harder.
A. falls behind B. falls down C. falls into D. falls ill
( )5. Ben couldn’t sleep at first. He finally ______ when the wind was dying down at around 3：00 a. m.
A. fell into B. fell down C. fell behind D. fell asleep
B
A
D
6. so 和such 的区别：
so+ adj.
such+ n.
Eg. The boy is so handsome.
He is such a handsome boy.
1. She is ____ clever.
2. Mary is ____ a beautiful girl.
3.The dog is ____ cute.
so
such
so
1. there be +n. +V-ing
2. believe
3. agree
4. hundred/hundreds of
5. fall的相关短语
6. so/ such 的区别
Summary
Exercise
1.—I think math is the most difficult to learn.
—I you.
A．agree B．agree to
C．agree with D．agree on
2. --Have you heard of TFBOYS
--Certainly. About ________ teenagers love them very much in our school.
A. hundreds B. two hundreds of
C. two hundreds D. two hundred
3.—What’s behind the door
—There is a dog behind it.
A．to sit B．sit C．sat D．sitting
4.Last week，five students took part in the sports meeting in our school.
A．hundred B．thousands
C．hundreds of D．thousands of
5. Bill and I often with each other, but we are still good friends.
A. agree B. disagree
C. decide D. believe
6. If you able to come, I will show you around my hometown.
is B. can be C. will be D. are
7.—Many wild animals in the world are _______ because of human behavior.
—We must do something to protect them.
A. in danger B. in public
C. in silence D. in surprise
8.My little dog is lost. All of my friends are helping me to _____ it.
A. look at B. look for
C. look after D. look like
9.Where’s my ruler？I can’t it anywhere.
A. look for B. find out C. find
10. It’s for Tony to finish such hard math problems in 10 minutes. Because he isn’t good at math.
A. impossible B. possible C. easy D. nice
11. —What's the ________ of the gift —It's round.
A. shape B. price C. size D. space
12. —Why does the coat look ____ small on him
—Because he has ________ a big body.
A. so; such B. so; so
C. such; so D. such; such
13. Tom ____ to be a very clever boy.
seem B. seems C. like D. likes
14. The children ____ to eat something in the room yesterday.
seem B. seems C. seemed D. likes
15. ___ she is very old, ___ she can still work 8 hours a day.
Although;/ B. Although; but
C. Because; so D. Because; /
16. He often helps me with my English ____ he is quite busy.
A. So B. because C. although D. also
1. I saw an old lady __________ in the street and break her leg.
2. The little boy __________ his storybook, but he didn’t find it.
3. It’s _________ to cross the road when the traffic light is red.
4. Mr. Brown went to see the house _____________ before he decided to buy it.
5. He never __________ the housework.
look for/ danger/help with /fall down/
over and over again
fall down
looked for
dangerous
over and over again
helps with
6. Don't play soccer in the street. It's very _________(danger).
7. Nothing is _________(possible) if you try your best to do it.
8. Most students think you are right but he ________ (agree).
9. Some of the students in our class come from ________ (Japanese).
10. Many old houses ________(fall) down after the heavy rain yesterday afternoon.
dangerous
impossible
disagrees
Japan
fell
Homework
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