Unit 3 Will people have robots? Section B（ 1a-2e）
一、【学习目标】：
?知识目标： 1.熟练掌握以下词汇： scientist, already, made, factory, simple, human, shape, snake, possible, seem, impossible, housework, hundreds of , be able to，over and over again，fall down，look for，for example，look like，wake up ，bored，such 2.熟练掌握以下句型： (1) He thinks that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person. (2) They think that robots will even be able to talk to people in 25 to 50 years. (3) Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals (4) We never know what will happen in the future！ 技能目标：1.能够运用所给信息，如标题、图片等预测文章大意。 2. 能够运用本课的核心句型，想象和预测未来社会发展。 情感态度： 21世纪的青少年应该开拓思维，敢于设想和实践，善于运用科学知识发明创造。
二、【知识学习】：
Step 1: check the homework
Talk about one of your friends: five years ago, today and in five years.
Step2: 1a.Look up the new words
astronaut apartment space station??? fly rockets to the moon
computer programmer
Write each word in the correct column .Check the answers.
Step3: 1b .Group work:
Think of other words and write them in the chart in 1a.
Then divide the class into groups of four and let them have a competition .
The group which writes the most words in the shortest time will be the winner.
Step 4: 2a.
Look at the pictures carefully, and guess what we’ll listen? Listen and number the pictures 1-3. Then check the answers.
Step 5: 2b.
This part is talking about Alexis 10 years ago /today and /in 10 years.
Step 6: Pair work:
Make a dialog between Alexis and Joe, using the phrases in the box. Talk about Joe’s life now, ten years ago and in ten years.
?三、【问题探究】：
There be结构 1. there be 结构中的be是可以运用各种时态的。? There is going to be a meeting tonight. 今晚有个会议。? There was a knock at the door. 有人敲门。? There has been a girl waiting for you. 有个女孩一直在等你。? There will be rain soon. 不久天就要下雨了。? 2. 动词be单复数形式要跟there be之后的真正的主语一致。并且要根据就近一致原则来变换be的单复数形式。?
如：?There is a book on the desk. 课桌上有一本书。? How many people are there in the city? 这个城市里有多少人口。? There is a pen and two books on the desk. 课桌上有一个钢笔和两本书。? There are two books and a pen on the desk. 课桌上有两本书和一个钢笔。? There are some students and a teacher in the classroom. 在教室里有一些学生和一位老师。? There is a teacher and some students in the classroom. 在教室里有一位老师和一些学生。? 3. 在there be引起的句子结构中，用来修饰主语的不定式主动形式和被动形式均可。? There is no time to lose (= to be lost).时间紧迫。? There is nothing to see (=to be seen).看不见有什么。? There is nothing to do.(=to be done) 无事可做。? 4、There is no doing.（口语）不可能…….? There is no telling when he will be back.无法知道他什么时候回来。? There is no knowing what he is doing. 无法知道他在做什么。? 四、【巩固训练】
I. Fill in the blank with a proper preposition in the box.
(用方框里恰当的介词填空。)
of on in with for like
1. We will have a sports meeting ____________Sunday.
2. I think I will be in a high school ____________four years.
3. My sister is ____________college, while my brother is at work.
4. Hundreds ____________people died in the flooD.
5. Tom fell in love ____________Mary at the first sight.
6. Where will you go ____________your summer vacation?
7. I think I can travel by spaceship____________ the future.
8. Kinds____________ robots will be on show in the museum.
9. Many popular singers were on TV last night, ____________example, Li Yuchun.
10. The branches of the tree look____________ human’s arms.
●Exercises for fun_ction sentences（交际用语专练）
Indrawn lines to match the dialogue.（把下列对话用线连起来。）
1.What do you think your life will be like in ten years? ???A. I think France will win.
2. Which country will win the next World Cup??????????????????B. I think I’ll be an astronaut.
3. Which movie will win award next year? ?????????????????????????C. I think “Crazy Night” will win.
4. Will kids go to school????????????????????????????????????????????????????D.??No, they won’t.
5. What will we eat in the future? ??????????????????????????????????????E.I think we will eat some new kinds of food.
五、学法引导
情境交际法、任务型教学法、自主学习
六、反思
本节课词汇较多，但由于词汇均涉及学生的生活实际，而且在课堂中，我采用图文并貌，突出真实性，同时，我在教学中采用了任务型教学，设计了有层次和一定梯度且有启发性的问题，让他们在富有情趣的交际中愉快地主动地接受信息、加工信息、交流信息。而且和谐、融洽的课堂气氛，有利于激发他们的学习兴趣，在有兴趣的前提下是他们的想象力得到了充分发挥，他们把学习变成了自己主动、渴望的一种行为。因此本课的教学目标在愉悦的课堂气氛中得到落实和巩固。
【巩固训练】答案
I. Fill in the blank with a proper preposition in the box.
(用方框里恰当的介词填空。)
参考答案：1.on 2.in 3.in 4.of 5.with 6.on 7.in 8.of 9.for 10.like
II. Draw lines to match the dialogue.（把下列对话用线连起来。）
参考答案：1.B 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.E
Unit 3 Will people have robots? Section B（1a---2e）
一、教材分析?
本单元围绕“谈论问题” 及“提出建议”这两个话题，设计了相关的语言背景。重点学习一般将来时态。七年级下Unit 2 I’m going to study computer science. 已经学习了一般将来时，学生已经学会用be going to 结构谈论未来的计划，用be going to句型谈论未来的打算。本单元教材继续学习一般将来时，是对Unit 2教材的拓展和延续，即用Will 接动词原形来表示将来要发生的动作，让学生学会预测未来，从语法层面上来讲应该顺理成章。上册教材课后语法的渗透也为学生学习本单元内容做了有益的铺垫。谈论对未来生活的预测是学生较为感兴趣的话题，可以充分发挥学生的想象，拓展思维，激发学生开口说英语的欲望，充分调动学生学习的积极性，引导学生深入探究、自主地设计自己未来的生活。
二、教学目标
I．知识能力目标：
I’ll=I will, fall, fell, fall in love with, alone, pet, parrot, probably, go skating, suit, be able to, dress, casually, which, even, the World Cup, wrote, keep a pet, win awards, from now
句型：This paper says“I’ll be an engineer in ten years.”
I think Lin Wei wrote that.
I think that Frace will win the next World Cup.
II．过程与方法：
用will引导的一般将来时，谈论十年以后的生活
?III．情感态度价值观目标：
正确面对现实，努力学习，爱护自然，激发科学探索的兴趣。
三、教学重难点
1.教学重点；短语和句型
2.教学难点；there be结构及其应用。
四、教学策略方法
（1）直观教学法：充分利用图片与实例，创设真实的情景，引起学生学习兴趣。
（2）听说教学法：以听、说、读、写、练为主，通过对本课重点句型的学习培养学生听力、口语以及书面语的能力。 （3）任务型教学法：设计各种活动如结对活动、小组合作，促使学生为用而学，增强集体荣誉感。
五、教具准备：Music, pictures, cards
六、教学过程Step 1? Leading in? Greetings . Say yourselves :five years ago , today and in five years . Check the homework. Step 2 1a . 1. Work with your partners. Think of other words and write them in the chart in 1a.? 2. Let Ss discuss the words and write them in the chart.???? 3. Let some Ss read the words. Ⅳ. Listening?? Work on 1c:? 1. Tell Ss to listen to Alexis and Joe’s conversation. and Number the pictures 1-3.? 2. Play the recording for the Ss. Ss just listen for the first time. Play the recording again and number the pictures.??? 3. Play the recording and check the answers with the Ss.??? Work on 1d:?? 1. T: Now please read the sentences in 1d. Tell Ss they'll listen to the tape again. Then try to fill in the blanks with the words in the chart.??? ? 听力指导： 通过事物读句子及空格中的单词，可以看出，本听力重点要求我们听清句子的时态，因此我们在听时应重点听句子的谓语动词，并明确其时态。如果不能快速写下来，可以先做标记，在听完后再写完整。 2. Ss listen to the recording carefully and try to fill in the blanks.??? 3. Play the recording again and check the answers with the class.?? 4. Tell Ss one is Alexis and the other is Joe. Talk about Joe’s life now, 10 years ago and 10 years from now.? Ⅴ. Discussion??? 1. Work in groups. Tell your partner what you know about robots. What do they look like and what can they do????? 2. Ask some Ss describe the robots they know.?? Ⅵ. Reading?? 1.? T: Are you interested in robots? Do you want to have a robot?? 2. Let Ss read the passage quickly and complete sentences below about what robots can do now.? 3. Ss read the passage quickly and complete the three sentences.? 4. Check the answers with the Ss.?? Ⅶ. Reading?? 1. T: Now let’s work on 2c. This time you should read the passage a little more carefully. Then write three sentences about what robots will be able to do in the future.? 2. 方法指导：明确我们这次阅读的任务，然后，带着这个任务再次认真阅读短文的内容，并在相关段落中认真查找未来机器人所能做的事情。 并写出正确的答案。 3. Ss read carefully and try to write the three sentences.??? 4. Check the answers with the class.??? Ⅷ.? Reading? 1. T: Read the passage again. This time you should read the passage and fill in the blanks in this paragraph with words in the article.? 2. 方法指导：首先，阅读这个小短文，了解其大意；然后，在理解小短文意思的基础上，重点阅读有空格的句子，并在原文中找与之相关的段落或句子，并填写出正确的答案。? 3. Let some Ss talk about their answers.??? Homework? 1. 课后阅读短文，试着复述课文，总结课文出现的重难点词组及表达方式。 2. 完成2e中的任务，并将句子写在作业本。??
七、板书
Unit 3 Will people have robots?
单词；scientist, already, made, factory, simple, human, shape, snake, possible, seem, impossible, housework, hundreds of , be able to，over and over again，fall down，look for，for example，look like，wake up ，bored，such
句型： (1) He thinks that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person. (2) They think that robots will even be able to talk to people in 25 to 50 years. (3) Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals (4) We never know what will happen in the future！
八、反思
本节课根据新课标提出的以学生为本的教学理念，注重学生兴趣和实际应用英语能力的培养，把掌握知识，形成技能，发展能力与培养学生个性健康发展结合起来，努力创设真实情境，在真实的情境中培养学生英语学习的积极情感和语言实践能力、文化意识，为学生的可持续发展打下坚实基础。
Unit 3 Will people have robots? Section B（1a---2e）
Ⅰ.用所给词的正确形式填空
1. There_________ (be)much paper and two books on the desk.
2. If it is fine, the sports meeting_________ (last)two days.
3. Will you please _________ (not open)the door?
4. Betty read_________ (many)fiction books than Mary.
5. They picked_________ (few)apples than we did.
6. There are_________ (hundred)of students at the meeting.
7. The book is so interesting. I’m sure she_________ (fall)in love with it.
8. He makes his students_________ (read)English every day.
9. I see them_________ (play)football on the playground.
10. Robots will_________ (use)at home in the future.
Ⅱ.根据方框内的词填空
parrot space robot pet myself paper astronaut keep rocket dress
1. Can you give me a piece of _________, please? I want to write something down on it.
2. Yang Liwei is the first _________in China to go into outer space.
3. Many spaceships(宇宙飞船)are flying in_________ now.
4. I will get _________a new suit for the Spring Festival.
5. You must _________your classroom clean every day.
6. There is no person in this _________.
7. They invented a new _________.It can write like a man.
8. I want to keep a pet_________ at home.
9. Tom has a little _________dog.
10. I like to_________ casually on weekends.
Ⅲ.将方框内短语的正确形式填入下列各句中
for fun come true in the future help...with the same...as
1. I want to be a doctor _________.
2. My brother likes making faces _________.
3. You are wearing_________ coat_________ mine.
4. Using a robot to clean the floor will soon _________.
5. I’d like to_________ my mother _________the housework.
综合训练
Ⅱ.单项选择
1. I hear there_________ a meeting tomorrow afternoon.
A. will have B. have C. will be D. will
2. —_________ will he come back?
—In a week.
A. How long B. How soon C. How often D. What time
3. —What do you usually have for breakfast?
—_________ milk and _________eggs.
A. A little; a few B. A little; a little
C. A few; a little D. A few; a few
4. He fell in love with_________ last year.
A. to draw B. drawing C. draws D. draw
5. He will leave _________next Sunday.
A. on B. in C. at D. /
6. They have _________work today and they’ll have _________tomorrow.
A. more; more B. much; much
C. much; more D. many; more
7. —When_________ you _________here?
—In a month.
A. are; moving B. do; move
C. will; move D. did; move
8. There is _________milk in this glass than in that one.
A. less B. little C. least D. fewer
9. I_________ him as soon as he_________ back.
A. will tell; will come B. tell; will come
C. tell; comes D. will tell; comes
10. He seems _________.
A. happily B. happy C. happiness D. to happy
Ⅲ.完形填空
Tom and Fred were talking about the year 2050.
“What will 1 be like in the year 2050?” asked Tom.
“I don’t know,” said Fred. “What do you think it will be?”
“Well, no one knows. But it is 2 to guess,” said Tom. “In the year 2050 everybody will ?3?a pocket(袖珍)computer. The computer will give people the ?4? to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pocket,?5?.And we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we’ll be able to ?6?them at the same time. Machines will do ?7?of the work, and people will have more ?8?.Perhaps they will work only two or three days a week. They will be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there.”
“I’m very 9 to hear that. I hope to fly to the moon. And I hope I’ll be able to live ?10?,”said Fred, “Won’t that be interesting? Just like a fish.”
1. A. our home B. the traffic C. a factory D. the world
2. A. pleased B. no use C. interesting D. unusual
3. A. carry B. bring C. give D. send
4. A. news B. ways C. things D. answers
5. A. either B. again C. too D. also
6. A. seen B. see C. look D. listen
7. A. most B. many C. lot D. every
8. A. work B. duty C. holidays D. times
9. A. sorry B. glad C. sure D. afraid
10. A. in the sea B. on land
C. on the mountain D. under the ground
Ⅳ.阅读理解
阅读下面的短文,选择正确答案。
Robots seem very new to most people. But they have a long history. The first one was made by a Greek inventor. You may have seen robots in some films. The robots in these films are stronger, faster and cleverer than people. In real life, most robots are used(被用于)in factories. They are used to do many dangerous, difficult or boring(枯燥的)jobs .Some people can’t look after themselves and robots are used to help them. For example, some people can’t see. Many of these people use a dog to help themselves move around. This dog is called a guide dog. Scientists are making a robot to help them. In the future, robot dogs might take the place of(代替)these guide dogs.
Robots are also used in American hospitals. At one hospital, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to the sick people’s rooms. It never loses its way because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system.
In the future, robots will work in space. But robots will never take the place of human help. They can, however, help us in a lot of different ways.
1. From the passage we can know that robots _________.
A. are not strange to most people
B. were invented long, long ago
C. mostly work on the farm
D. can help the people that can’t see now
2. A _________inventor made the first robot in the world.
A. Chinese B. Japanese
C. Russian D. European
3. The underlined phrase “a guide dog” means_________.
A. 机器狗 B. 幸运儿
C. 导盲狗 D. 机器猫
4. Robots can’t get lost in hospital, because _________.
A. they walk after the doctors
B. they ask the people when they don’t know the way
C. They take a map of the hospital in their hands
D. Their computer system can tell them
5. In the future, robots _________.
A. will work in different important fields
B. will take the place of human
C. can do everything
D. can’t do something as bad people tell them
Ⅴ.书面表达
你也打算过一个愉快的周末吧。请根据下面的四幅图画,描述你的计划。
要求：1. 语言通顺、连贯
2. 词数：50左右。文章开头已给出,不计入总词数。
I’m going to have a nice weekend. On Saturday morning, I will visit my uncle...
Saturday
Sunday
afternoon
evening
morning
afternoon
答案
Ⅰ.用所给词的正确形式填空
答案：1.is 在there be 句型中，be的形式取决于距离它最近的名词，paper 为不可数名词，所以用is。
2.will last if引导的条件状语从句，主句用将来时，从句用一般现在时。
3.not open will 后接动词原形。
4.more 此句是作比较，需要用many的比较级more。
5.fewer few的比较级为fewer。
6.hundreds 当表达模糊数目时，hundred 后可加?s,并与of 连用。
7.will fall 根据句意“我确信她会喜欢……”,需要使用将来时。
8.read 考查make sb. do sth.的用法。
9.playing 当看见某件事正在进行用see sb./sth. doing sth.。
10.be used 机器人将被使用，需用被动语态。将来时的被动语态结构为：will+be+过去分词。
Ⅱ.根据方框内的词填空
答案：1.paper 2.astronaut 3.space ?4.myself?5.keep 6.rocket 7.robot 8.parrot ?9.pet 10.dress
Ⅲ.将方框内短语的正确形式填入下列各句中
答案：1.in the future 2.for fun 3.the same,as?4.come true 5.help, with
综合训练
Ⅰ. 单项选择
1.答案：C 这是there be结构的将来时形式，其中的be在此不可用have/has来代替。
2.答案：B in+一段时间，表示以现在为起点的“在……之后”这个含义。用how soon 来提问。
3.答案：A a little 修饰不可数名词，a few 修饰可数名词。milk 为不可数名词，egg 为可数名词。
4.答案：B with 为介词，其后接名词或动名词。
5.答案：D 在表示时间段的this, that, next, last 词组前不能用介词。
6.答案：C work 为不可数名词， much 修饰不可数名词，more 为much的比较级。
7.答案：C in之后接时间段，表示以现在为起点的“在……之后”，用将来时。
8.答案：A milk 为不可数名词,little 修饰不可数，其比较级为less。
9.答案：D as soon as引导的从句和if 引导的条件状语从句一样。主句用一般将来时，从句用一般现在时。
10.答案：B seem 作系动词，其后接形容词。
Ⅲ.完形填空
答案：1.D 根据下文Tom所想像的2050年人们的生活可知是相对于世界全人类而言的。
2.C 根据Tom尤其是Fred大胆地幻想——能像鱼一样生活在海中，可以判定此处应填interesting。
3.A 在2050年每个人都会携带一台袖珍电脑。
4.D 根据本句句意理解应为：电脑将会给出解答人们所有问题的答案。
5.C 根据句意排除B选项。too, also和either都有“也”的意思，但too常用于肯定句的句末，also常用于be动词、助动词和情态动词之后，实义动词之前；either用于否定句的句末。
6.B be able to 后跟动词原形，故排除A选项，再根据look, listen是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语，故排除C、D两个选项，本题应选B项。
7.A lot, every 后不能跟of...，故排除C、D两个选项，再根据题干空白后的work是不可数名词，故排除B项，本题应选A项。
8.C 根据上文的“Machines will do most of the work.”以及下文的“Perhaps they will work ?only? two or three days a week.”可以推断人们会有更多的假期。
9.B Fred听了Tom对2050年人们美好生活的描述后一定很高兴，特别是下文Fred希望能飞上月球更表明了他的兴奋之情。
10.A 根据Just like a fish.可推断Fred希望能生活在海里。
Ⅳ.阅读理解
答案：1.B 由第一段的“robots seem very new to most people.”可知A 选项不正确，由“In real life, most robots are used in factories.”可知C选项不正确；由“Scientists are making a robot to help them. In the future, robot dogs might take the place of these guide dogs.”可知帮助盲人的机器狗正在研制之中，未来才有可能代替导盲狗，故D选项不正确。由第一段的“But they have a long history.”可知既然机器人有着悠久的历史，那么也就是说很久以前人类就发明了机器人。故本题应选B。
2.D 由第一段的“The first one was made by a Greek inventor.”可知：第一个机器人是由一位希腊发明家制造的，希腊人当然是欧洲人。
3.C 由第一段的“Some people can’t see. Many of these people use a dog to help themselves move around.”可知，帮助盲人走路的狗应该被称为“导盲狗”。
4.D 由第二段的“It never loses its way because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system.”可知，在美国医院里的机器人之所以不会迷路，是因为在他的电脑系统里有医院的地图。也就是说，机器人的电脑系统会告诉机器人去准确的地方。
5.A 分析全文可知，机器人未来会被许多重要的领域所广泛使用。故A选项正确。
Ⅴ.书面表达
答案：
I’m going to have a nice weekend. On Saturday morning, I will visit my uncle. In the afternoon, I will go to the supermarket to buy something. In the evening, I will watch TV at home. That is very interesting. On Sunday morning, I am going to do my homework. In the afternoon, I am going to play soccer with my friends.
课件24张PPT。Section B
(1a-2e)Will people have robots?Discuss:
What do you think
the world will be?more about the worldrocketrobotspace stationastronauthouseapartment "apartment" means
a set of rooms公寓Words previewastronaut
rocket
space
space station
fly
took
moon宇航员; 航天员
火箭
太空; 空间
太空站
飞行
动词take的过去式
月亮; 月球1a Write each word in the correct column below.astronaut house apartment computer programmer
train rocket space stationastronautcomputer
programmertrainrockethouseapartment
doctor
cook
reporter
salesman
banker
manager
fashion designer
photographer
Plane
bus
Space
ship
subway
car
rocket
the moon
the Mars
ocean
big cities1b JobsTransportation Places to live
Listen to Alexis and Joe. Number the pictures 1-3.2312aI in an apartment.
I near here.
I a computer programmer.
We in a house.
I the train to school.
I an astronaut.
I rockets to the moon.
I on a space station.’ll live am ’ll fly took
work ’ll be lived liveliveworkamlivedtook’ll be’ll fly’ll have2b2c Pair workA: Where do you work?
B: I work near here.A: What do you do?
B: I am a computer programmer.A: Where do you live?
B: I lived in an apartment.Language points1. space: n. 太空，空间（不可数）
space station 太空站
in space 在太空（不加冠词）
宇航员在太空中行走。
An astronaut is walking in space.
2. fly: v. 飞行 （flew）进行时可表将来
上周日我从伦敦飞到巴黎。
I flew from London to Paris last Sunday.
我能听见飞机在空中飞行。
I can hear a plane flying in the sky.
n. 苍蝇 flies
3. fall: v. 落下，跌落 （fell）
苹果落到了地上。
An apple fell to the ground.
fall in love with sb/sth 爱上某人/某物
这个年轻人爱上了一个漂亮的女孩。
The young man fell in love with a beautiful girl.
当我开始学英语的时候我就喜欢上了它。
When I began to learn English, I fell in love with it.
fall asleep 入睡 fall behind 落后
fall down 倒下，落下
fall off... 从......上掉下来 in fall 在秋天
4. even: adv. 甚至
加强语气
Even a child can do it well.
可用于修饰比较级
This book is even more interesting that one.
5. keep a pet: 养宠物
keep:保持
keep+adj: keep clean
keep doing sth: keep standing there
keep sb doing sth: keep him waiting 6. be able to do sth: 有能力做......， 会做......
（可用于各种时态）
He is able to speak three languages.
I will be able to speak Japanese in two months.
can只有现在时和过去式could两种时态，后加动词原形。
(3) I hope to be able to go fishing with you.
ExercisesTranslate and write them down.1. 十年后我会成为一名宇航员。
2. 他将会乘火箭去月球。
3. 三年前，我住在一所公寓里而且
我坐公共汽车去学校。I’ll be an astronaut in ten years.He’ll fly rockets to the moon.I lived in an apartment and took the bus to school three years ago.改错1.Do you think will you have your own robot?
2.he predicted that no one would like computer.
3. There won’t is a rocket.
4. Computers will be used for most people.you willbybeaI. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the given verbs.
1. What _________ you ______(do) this Sunday?
There _____________(be) a football match.
______you _________(go) with us?
2. I ____________(go) to see your father as soon as I get to Beijing.
3. I think it _____________ (be) rainy tomorrow.
4. My father ___________ (send) me a new bike when I am tall enough.willwill begoWillwill gowill be will senddo5. We ___________ (visit) the Great Wall next Monday.
6. Who __________(give) us a talk on the computer in two days?
7. They _________ (build) a new modern house near the river next year.
8. I want to know if he ____________ (be) back tomorrow.will visitwill givewill buildwill be1.Read and write the words
2.Do exercises on wb.Bye ! Unit 3 Will people have robots? Section B（ 1a-2e）
阅读素材
( A )
SDR-4X is a new robot.It acts like a human being.It talks，sings，dances and it costs 1 a car.
In Tokyo，a human-shaped robot will go on sale 2 this year from Sony Corp.It remembers people’s faces，dances disco steps and 3 sings.But it’s an expensive toy.It will cost as much as a luxury car.
Sony 4 to say more about its sales plans for the silver round-eyed SDR-4X to reporters last week.“This robot was designed to live with people in 5 ，”said Sony only.
“The SDR-4X has sensors on the bottoms of its 6 so it can walk on carpets and other uneven surfaces.It even knows 7 get back on its feet when it falls，”Sony said.
The 58-centimetre-tall SDR-4X is equipped with two 8 ，allowing it to see better than its predecessor.It can 9 the difference between the edge of a table and patterns on the floor. The SDR-4X will be more expensive than the Ambo which 10 for 180 000 yen（US ? 400）in Japan and US ? 500 in the US. The SDR-4X can carry on simple 11 （It knows about 60 000 words.），and be taught to sing by inputting music. It can also recognize faces， 12 and names.
Entertainment robots have grown into a fad，and toy makers are coming out with 13 imitations. Mitsubishi company 14 two entertainment robots to a museum. They can talk with children，play simple games and draw pictures.Yashawa Electric Corp has developed a 13.8 15 yen（US 贉 000）bed-shaped robot that can help patients who need to strengthen their legs.
( B ) Have you ever noticed how busy our roads are becoming? Every year more and more cars are using them. Already in such countries as America almost every family has a car. Many accidents happen because cars are now made to travel very fast. Also，people waste time and money every day as long lines of cars move slowly into towns and cities. In most big towns it is very hard to find parking spaces. Wide，smooth，straight roads must be built now in place of the old and narrow roads. These roads must not pass through towns and cities. They must not be crossed by other roads. Today such roads are being built in many countries in the world. These roads have at least two lanes，one for slow-moving traffic and the other for fast-moving traffic. These roads do not pass through towns and cities；horses and bikes are not allowed on them. Accidents do not usually happen. Cars can travel hundreds of miles without having to stop. But these modern roads often cannot be built in towns and cities. Before a road in a town can be made wide，many buildings have to be pulled down. Some people feel that more car-parks should be built outside a city. Then the drivers should leave their cars and catch a bus or take a taxi to their offices.
( C )
The crow is an ordinary bird. It is about twenty inches long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on old bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any other bird. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day long，and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests. They sleep there at night. Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together，and sometimes they do it by turns like human beings. It is easy to tell from crows sounds whether they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives，and if one of them dies，the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and sometimes it dies，too.
( D )
Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020. “What will our world be like in the year 2020?” “I don't know,” says Fred. “What do you think?” “Well, no one knows, but it’s interesting to guess.” “In the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer. The computer will give people the answers to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets, too, and we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we’ll be able to see them at the same time. ” “A lot of people will live and work under the sea. Perhaps there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too. ” “Machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays, perhaps they’ll work only two or three days a week. They’ll be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there. ” “I’m looking forward（期待）to the year 2020. I hope to go to the moon! And 1 hope I’ll be able to live under the sea.” says Fred. “Won’t that be very interesting? Just like a fish! ”? ( E )
Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead, they will eat more fruits and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
