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Unit7 Reading
Do You Think You Will Have Your Own Robots
2.What will the robots do
1.Which year is it in the film
1. Which year is it in the film
A. 2013 B. 2035 C. 2045
trash
talk
carry
look after
They will…
2.What will the robots do in the film
cook
clean up the trash
talk to people
help carry the shopping bags
help look after the pet dogs
cook meals
All in all, robots will do the same things as we do. They are usually like servants.
They just look like humans.
What do the robots look like
snake
spider
Other shapes
What will the snake robots do
fall down
help look for people inside the buildings.
fell
If I have a robot, I hope that it will…
Imagine 一句话想像
Do you think you will have your own robot
Tips：
Look at the title(标题) and the picture, and predict what you will read about.
What can we learn from the title and the picture
A. It’s about a science fiction movie .
B. It’s about the robot scientist James White.
C. It’s about the robots in the future.
Task 1: Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 3
Will robots think like humans in
the future
What will robots be like in the
future
What can robots do today
Paragraph 4
What are robots like in movies
Fast reading
Task2: The main idea of the passage:
It tells us what the _______look like, and what they ____ ____ now and what they___ ___in the future.
robots
can do
Fast reading
will do
Task: Read and answer:
1.In what kind of movies ,we sometimes see robots
2. What are they like
In the movies about the future.
They are like human servants.
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.
Careful reading
Paragraph 1
Task: Read and complete the sentences:
1.Robots can build in factories.
2.They can do jobs many times and never get bored.
cars
simple
=over and over again
Paragraph 2
Careful reading
= feel bored
= be 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.
Paragraph 2
Careful reading
Task: Read and tell True (T) or False (F).
Paragraph 3
Careful reading
1. Some robots in Japan are fun to watch, because they can dance and walk.
2. Scientists are trying to make robots look like animals.
3. We can make robots move like people and think like a human.
4. Scientist James White believes that robots will never be able to do the same things as we can.
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.
Paragraph 3
Careful reading
Task: Read and tell True (T) or False (F).
Paragraph 3
Careful reading
1. Some robots in Japan are fun to watch, because they can dance and walk.
2. Scientists are trying to make robots look like animals.
3. We can make robots move like people and think like a human.
4. Scientist James White believes that robots will never be able to do the same things as we can.
T
F
F
T
humans.
It will be difficult to make robots move like people and think like people.
Paragraph 3
Careful reading
Discuss: Which side do you agree with Why
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.
Paragraph 3
Careful reading
Will robots think like humans in the future
The scientists have two different ideas.
One side:
The other side:
Read and complete the diagram(图表):
Robots in the future
How long:________________
Shapes :________
________
________ (In India)
use for:__________
Possible / impossible
Paragraph 4
Careful reading
4. 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. 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!
Paragraph 4
Careful reading
Read and complete the diagram(图表):
Robots in the future
How long:________________
Shapes :________
________
________ (In India)
use for:__________
Possible / impossible
hundreds of years
humans
animals
snakes
help look for people…
Paragraph 4
Careful reading
Nothing is impossible.
=Everything is possible.
We never know what will happen in the future!
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. However, some scientists _________. James White believes that robots will not be able to do the _____ things as we can. For example, he thinks that robots will ____ be able to wake up and know where they are. Which side do you _______ with
dance
make
come true
talk
disagree
same
not
agree
Some robots are quite like humans.
在不久的将来
在未来的某个时间里
What will your robot look like in the future
It will look like …
2. What will your robot be able to do
It will help …
Tips: 1. clean the house 2. help look for people
3. play games 4. help with the housework
5. talk to me 6. …
Four students work as a group and talk about the following questions. Then write a short passage about it.
Write a short passage:
In my group, everyone will have a robot in the future. XXX’s robot will look like a ... It will be able to …. My robot will look like a ... It will be able to ….
I think we will like our robots very much.
Discuss and Write
1.Read the article in 2b.
2.Recite the new words and expressions in the article.
3.Finish the writing work after class.
Build cars
simple job
get bored
do
shape
in the movie
humans
housework
dirty
now
time
Summary
Read and match
fall/fell
believe
factory
simple
shape
inside
(im)possible
bored
hundreds of
1.工厂
2.相信
3.倒塌
4.在……里面
5.形状
6.简单的
7.数百的，大量
8.厌烦的
9.(不)可能的
