人教版选修7：Unit 2 Robots Reading（共58张PPT）

课件58张PPT。Xiaoben Part 11. sense 2. painted 3.marriage 4. absent
5. affair 6. smooth 7.desire 8. firmly
9. blanket 10. Chapter 11. satisfaction
12. fictions 13. victory 14. complicated
15. alarmed 16. sympathy 17. cartoon
18. elegant
II.1. runs/ manages … company
2. It’s a pity… accept/take 3.smells as if 4. have… happening
5.take centuries 6. Leave the dog alone
7.turned around 8. Ring her up
9.declared at the meeting 10. be tested out
III. DABDB; CCCD
IV.1. leave… alone 2. searching for
3. Take… seriously 4. rang up
5. Turning around 6. be tested out Unit 2 RobotWhat is a robot?A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans.There are many types of robots
and they can do different work.
Can you name some of them?Robot CatEntertainment
robotsIndustrial robots 工业机器人Domestic robots家用机器人The robot which can play with children. The robot which can play football.The robot which
can speak to people.DiscussionWhat can robots do
in our daily life ?homework dangerous jobs…houseworkplay with ussing and dancemore intelligent jobrun and jumptalk with uslook for peopleunpleasant jobstake care of patientsplay musicWhat can robots do? say hello to
peopleclean the planeDo the labour work lead the way
play sportsNowadays robots can be made into all kinds of shapes
for various uses. Do you think it is possible for a robot to:
think for itself?
have feelings?
have its own needs and desires?
look and feel like a human being?Pre-reading





It might be possible for robots to
think for itself, but I’m not sure.It couldn’t be possible for robots to have feelings like us.A robot might have its own needs
and desires if we design the program.A robot may look and feel like
a human being .It’s possible for robots to:Is it a real girl?Do you think a human will fall in love with a robot?Now, let’s learn a passage about a robot and a woman.Reading
Satisfaction GuaranteedAbout the Characters in the story
Larry Belmont ---- employed in a company
that makes robotsClaire ---- Larry’s wife, a housewifeTony---- the robotGladys Claffern---- a woman that Claire enviesThere are four characters in the story. Find the charactersComprehending Before he arrivedWhen he offered to help her dressWhen he offered to help her improve her house and herselfWhen he helped her with the salesmanWhen she fell off a ladder and caught by TonyWhen she heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as TonyShe remembered Tony was just a machineFind how Claire’s emotion developed
accept himtrust himproud of himlove himAt first, Claire refused to have Tony at her housesad to remember thathe was just a machine.The details of the storyChoose true or false
1. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Clair.
2. Clair didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.
3. When Tony, the robot, offered to help dressing, Clair was pleased to accept it. But she thought it was surprising for a robot to be so human.Fast Reading
Choose true or false
4. Tony could understand Clair when she said she was not clever.
5. Clair’s husband wanted to improve his social position, but she was sorry she could do nothing to help him.
6. Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out.Choose true or false
7. Tony asked Claire to go to the town to buy things he needed to improve the house.
8. It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house.
9. While Tony worked on the improvements of the house, Claire also did her part.Choose true or false
10. Claire was happy to find that Gladys envied her.
11. Claire’s guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed.
12. The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him.Choose the best answer
1. Why did Larry bring a robot back home?A. To help his wife.
B. To test out the robot.
C. To accompany his wife.
D. For entertainment.Fast ReadingChoose the best answer
2. Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony?A. Because he was a robot.
B. Because she did’t like him.
C. Because he was more like a being than a machine.
D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.Choose the best answer
3. What kind of robot was Tony?A. an industrial robot
B. an entertainment
C. a robot that can carries out jobs in the house.
D a robot that can carries out jobs in the shopChoose the best answer
4. The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dreams by______. A. making her home elegant
B. giving her a new haircut and changing the make-up she wore
C. giving her advice on her dresses
D. all the aboveChoose the best answer
5. Who did Claire turn to for help when a sales man was rude to her in the shop?A. Tony.
B. Her husband.
C. The manager of the shop.
D. Gladys Claffern.Choose the best answer
6. All the following statements are true except _______. A. Tony tried to please Claire
B. Claire tried to displease Tony
C. Tony managed to protect Claire
D. Gladys admired Claire for her TonyChoose the best answer
7. Why did Claire cry all night?A. She liked Tony very much.
B. She remembered Tony was just a robot.
C. She dislike the robot.
D. A and B.8. As a result, the experiment shows_______. A. Claire and Tony fell in love with each other
B. Tony had to be rebuilt
C. Tony was angry with his designer
D. Both A and BChoose the best answerChoose the best answer
9. Why should Tony be rebuilt? Because _______.A. he harms people
B. it can not help the housewife in the family
C. it is too frightening
D. we can not have women falling in love with machinesChoose the best answer
10. We can infer from the passage that_____.A. Claire liked Tony but feared him
B. Claire cried because Tony made her angry
C. Claire forgot Tony as soon as Tony left her
D. Tony had no feelings as human being.1. Why did Tony open the curtains?
He wanted Claire’s guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by the women guests.2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed?
Tony prevented Claire from being harmed by making her feel good about herself. He helped her make her and her home elegant so that she would not feel like a failure. 3. Why did Tony have to be rebuilt?
Tony had to be rebuilt because the company felt that they could not have women falling in love with a robot.
4. How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in your house? 5. Claire spent three weeks with Tony in her house. What sentences in the story show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he was a machine?
How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine.
He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.
Then she remembered-Tony was just a machine. She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed.1. science fiction
2. think for oneself
3. experiment with
4. be tested out
5. be absent for three weeks
6. feel alarmed
7. more like a human than a machinelanguage points8. facial expression
9. feel embarrassed
10. It was absurd/ ridiculous to do …
11. improve his social position
12. a pile of books
13. or rather
14. with wonder
15. reach for his hands16. wear makeup
17. accompany sb to the shops
18. ring sb up
19. turn around
20. the amused and surprised look
21. have an affair
22. weep with anger
23. work steadily on the improvements24. fell off the ladder
25. manage to do = succeed in doing
26. be envied by = be the envy of sb
27. leave sb alone
28. a report on…
29. there was no risk to his marrige
30. fall in love with sb.
1．persuade sb. to do sth.
=persuade sb. into doing sth.
说服某人做某事
persuade sb. not to do
= persuade sb out of doing sth
说服某人别做某事
persuade 是指劝说成功，若劝说不成功，就应用tried to persuade 或 advised. e.g. She tried to persuade/advised his husband to give up smoking, but failed.
她曾劝说她丈夫戒烟，但失败了。
He was persuaded to give up smoking at last.他最终被说服戒烟了Para 4:
1.sympathy 　同情心，同感
express sympathy for~~对～～表示慰问
a letter of sympathy慰问信
feel/have sympathy for~~同情～～e.g.I felt much sympathy for the blind.
be in sympathy with～～赞同～～Para 5:
1.or rather　或者说，准确地说
e.g.What I want is the truth,or rather a series of truth.我需要的是事实，准确地说是一系列事实．affair　暖昧关系，事情，私通
e.g. Don’t mind one’s own affaires/business.
别管闲事！
have an affair with sb.跟某人有不正当的男女关系.
e.g. She was having an affair with someone who has a wife（有妇之夫）.
It’s not my affair.这不关我的事．suggest 后跟that 引导的宾语从句中的谓语动词要用should虚拟
He suggested that I should go abroad.
当suggest译为指出，暗示时，后面的宾语从句用陈述语气
I am not suggesting that you are wrong.suggest doing sth.建议做～～
suggest sth. to sb.=suggest to sb that从句
给某人提建议
e.g.I suggested to him that he should work hard.Xiaoben Exercises Part 2I.1. 希望… 2. 令某人满意的是
3. 陪某人去… 4. 因…感到难堪
5.对…宣战 6. 妒忌某人某事或羡慕… 7. 实施 8. 感到害怕
9.a pile of books 10. fall off a ladder
11. test out 12. ring up
13. turn around 14. let …alone II.1. Declaration 2. absence 3. chapters
4. Scanning 5. embarrassing
6. accompanied 7. talented 8. elegantly
9. cartoonist 10. painting
III.BBDAD BBCDD CCD
IV.1. with wonder 2. tested out
3. carried out 4. smoothed away
5. managed 6. a pile of 7. ring up
8. turn around 9. work on
10. complicated