课件20张PPT。Section B(2a-2e)Unit7 Will people have robots?初中英语人教版八上学习目标能正确听、说、读、写单词 even, human, dangerous, already, factory, believe, inside, disagree, shape, fall, possible, impossible, side。
通过学习短文,能够表达自己的观点。
能阅读关于机器人方面的文章,了解科学知识。
通过阅读理解会写一篇关于机器人作用的短文。Free talk—What does the robot look like?
—It looks like __________.
—What can he do?
—He can _______.a humandance–What can this robot do?
–It can ______.cookFree talk–What can this robot do?
–It can ____________________.clean / sweep the floorFree talk–What about this robot?
–It can_______________.water the plantsFree talkAs you can see, these robots look like _______.
They can ____________ the housework.
They are like human ________.humanshelp with servants—These robots are in different shapes. What do they look like?
—They look like _________.animals—What does this robot look like?
—It looks like ________.
—What can it do?
—It can __________________ in dangerous places.help look for peoplea snakeWhile-reading activitiesTask1 Read the title and the picture for predicting.1) What are robots doing in the picture?
2) What will you read in this article?DancingWhat can robots do now?
What do robots look like?
What will robots do in the future?
Stories about robots.Task2 Read the passage fast and silently to find the general idea.
.—What is the article about?
—It is about ________.
A. What robots look like in the movies
B. What robots can do today
C. Robots’ today (现状) and future1) Find out the main idea of the whole article.2) Match each paragraph with the right question it
discusses. 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?Robots can build ________ in factories.
They can do ________ jobs many times and never get bored.
Some can ________ and _______.
Some can help _______________ people under ______________.Use key words to find out “What can robots do today”carsTask3 Read the text carefully and silently to find
the specific ideas.simplewalkdancelook forthe buildingsPost-reading activitiesFill in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article.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. dance make possible talkPost-reading activitiesFill in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article.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 agreeExercise1. I think that robots are just like human ______. They’ll
work for us all the time.
A. shape B. teachers C. servants D. children单项选择2. All the robots won’t feel _____ when they do all kinds
of jobs for humans.
interesting B. interested
C. bored D. boringExercise3. Robots may appear at our homes_____ years later.
A. hundred B. hundreds
C. hundred of D. hundreds of4. It’s hard for us _____ the same thing over and over again.
A. to do B. do C. doing D. doesExercise用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。I heard some girls ________ (sing) in the next classroom when I passed by.
Being a policewoman is a ___________ (danger) job. My mother tries her best to stop me.
I __________ (agree) that Linda came to my dancing party at that time. singing dangerous disagreedExercise4. It’s __________ (possible) for all of us to fly to the moon at the moment.
5. Nobody knows what ____________ (happen) in the future.impossiblewill happenHomework1. Read and retell the Reading after the tape.( ★ )
2. Write your ideas about your own robot in the future: What will it look like? What will it be able to do?
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