Unit 7 Will people have robots? Section B Reading

课件29张PPT。Unit7 Will people have robots?
Reading
Which year is it in the film?What do the robots look like?What can the robots do ?Which year is it in the film?2035What will the robots look like in 2035?Humans.What will the robots do in 2035?clean up the trashtalk to peoplehelp carry the shopping bagshelp look after the pet dogscook mealsThey will do the same things as us.huge armhumanssnakeclockspidershapesdogfall down look for people inside the buildings.If I have a robot, I hope that it can…Imagine: 一句话想像Do you think you will have your own robot? ReadingReading strategy: Look at the title and the picture, and predict what you will read about. 先看标题和图片，预测你要读到的内容 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 I. Find out the topic sentence（中心句）
of each paragraph（段落）.
A topic sentence is usually the first or last sentence of a paragraph.
Skimming:Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Will robots think like humans in the future? What will robots be like in the future? What can robots do today? What are robots like in movies?Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses. TaskⅡ. Get the main idea:
It tells us what the _______look like,
and what they ____ _ now and_____ ___
in the future.
robotscan doRead it aloud by yourself.will doRead Para. 1, 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.Scanning: 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.Read Para 2. complete the sentences.1.Robots can build in factories.
2.They can do jobs many times and
not get bored. cars simpleover and over again Read Para 3. and fullfill the blanks.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.
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? dancemakecome truetalkdisagree samenot agree Will robots think like humans in the future?Robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are.Robots will even be able to talk like humans.DEBATE(辩论）：Which side do you agree with? Why? Read Para 4. complete the diagram.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!
Read Para 4. complete the diagram.Robots in the future How long:________________Shapes :_________
_________-in India:_______
use for:___________________
Possible/impossible?
hundreds of yearshumansanimalssnakes help look for people…Nothing is impossible
if you put your heart into it.Sum upBuild carssimple jobget boredin Japanin factorywalkdance dofutureshapeuse fordifferent ideasin the moviethe same asbe difficulthumanshouseworkdirtynowshapetimedangerousAfter You Read1. What will your robot look
like in the future?2. What will your robot be able to do ?1.
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…Groupwork 1. Write a short paragraph.E.g.: I want to have a robot in the future. It will look like a ______. It will be able to _____, and it will also be able to help me ____________________________
___________________... .
I think I will like it very much.1.Read the article in 2b.
2.Recite the new words and expressions in the article.
3.Finish the writing work after class.