课件24张PPT。Unit Two RobotsThere are many types of robots
and they can do different work.Entertainment
robotsIndustrial robots 工业机器人The robot which can play with children. The robot which can
play football.What can robots do?RobotsPlay with humantake care of
humanrescue workHouseworkAnd so on…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?
Now read a story about a robot. It was originally written by science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov, and published in 1951.
a robothouseworkfamily1. What’s the text mainly about?It is mainly about how _________ used for __________ was tested out in a __________.2. How many characters are mentioned in the story? Who are they? What’s the relationship between them?
Read the story and decide whether the following statements are true or false.Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife .
2. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.
3. Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever.FTT4. It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house.
5. Claire’s guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed.
6. The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him.FTF（1）Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony?
A. Because he was a robot.
B. Because she didn’t like him.
C. Because he was more like a being than a machine.
D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.（2） We can infer that when Claire first saw Tony, she felt alarmed by ____.
A. his appearance B. his ability
C. his facial expressions D. his cleverness（3） Why did Claire buy the items from the shop?
A. Because her husband was to return.
B. Because Tony was to leave.
C. Because Tony wanted the house transformed.
D. Because she thought she needed them.（4）The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dream by______.
A. making her home elegant
B. giving her a new haircut and changing the makeup she wore
C. giving her advice on her dresses
D. all the above（5） Which of the following is NOT the reason why Tony opened the curtains?
A. To let other women see everything.
B. To show the risk of Claire’s marriage.
C. To let other women envy Claire.
D. To make Claire elegant just like her neighbor.（6） 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 B （7） 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 Tony A robot used for housework 1._________(test) out in a family. He looked like a tall and handsome man with smooth hair, 2._________(speak)in a deep voice. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired such a robot ?3.________?（accompany）his wife Claire. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she??agreed to it at last. At the first sight of Tony, Claire was 4.__________ (alarm).?? When Tony offered to help her dress ,Claire felt embarrassed. Gradually , Tony began to win Claire’s trust. was testedspeakingto accompanyalarmedHe helped Claire realize her dreams 5._____ making her home elegant, giving 6._____ a new haircut, changing the makeup she wore and giving her advice on her dresses. Therefore at the party all the guests 7.________ were invited were filled with admiration 8._______ they saw her house was completely changed.?
The company was 9._________(satisfy) with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman regain her confidence 10.______ fall in love with him.
satisfiedbyherwhoafterandTalking: Play Performance★Decide who will play each character.
★ Plan what the characters will say.
★ Plan the actions of each character.
★ Show how the characters are feeling by
★ Practise your play in groups and then
using appropriate gestures, facial expressions, words and phrases.perform it in front of the class. Homework Surf the internet to learn more about robots and science fiction.
Surf the internet to learn about Isaac Asimov.
Do Exercise 2 on Page 13.?Thank You!Unit 2 Robots
教材内容分析
本单元以机器人和科幻小说为话题，介绍了20世纪世界知名的科幻小说家Isaac Asimov发表于1951年的Satisfaction Guaranteed 和他的生平。本课时是本单元的第一课时，内容包括Warming Up，Pre－reading，Reading and Comprehending 四部分。通过本课时的教学，旨在让学生了解科幻小说最大的特征在于：它赋予了“幻想”依靠科技在未来得以实现的极大可能，甚至有些“科学幻想”在多年以后，的确在科学上成了现实。如Isaac Asimov 1951年描述的机器人的部分功能已经被应用于现实生活和工作中。在教学中，要鼓励学生敢于幻想，大胆创新，发挥自己丰富的想象力和创作力，小组合作创作出课堂话剧，写出独具特色的科幻文章。
教学目标
知识目标
1．掌握本单元教学目的和要求中的单词和词汇。如：fiction，desire，satisfaction，alarm，alarmed，sympathy，elegant，pile，scan，fingernail，absurd，haircut，accompany，counter，cushion，awful，affair，declare，envy，test out，ring up，turn around，leave...alone 等。
2．帮助学生更多地了解机器人以及有关的科幻小说、小说家阿西莫夫及其文学作品。
能力目标：学会使用推测和确信的表达法。
情感目标：培养学生的想象力和对未知世界的探索精神。
教学重点：1．更多地了解机器人以及科幻小说。
2．掌握女主人公克莱尔的感情和心理上的变化。
教学难点： 1．学会使用推测和确信的表达法。
2．话剧的编排和展示。
教学方法： 1．任务型教学。 2．合作型教学。
教学过程：
Step 1 Leading-in
Let students see parts of the movie Big Hero Six to arise their interest in this class.
Step 2 Warming up
Present photos of different kinds of robots. Then ask the students to say what the robots are doing and what kind of robots they are.
Ask students to summarize what robots can do.
Step3 Pre-reading
Look at the photos of robots and ask students to discuss the following question. Students are encouraged to speak out their opinions freely.
Do you think it is possible for a robot to think for itself，have feelings，have its own needs and desires，or look and feel like a human being?
Step 4 Skimming
Skim the text to find out the main idea and the main characters in the story.
(1)What is the text mainly about?
It is mainly about how_________ used for ___________was tested out in a ________.
(2) How many characters are mentioned in the story? Who are they? What’s the relationship between them?
Step 4 Scanning
Read the story and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
(1)Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife .
(2) Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.
(3) Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever.
(4) It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house.
(5) Claire’s guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed.
(6)The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him.
2． Multiple Choice
（1）Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony?
A. Because he was a robot.
B. Because she didn’t like him.
C. Because he was more like a being than a machine.
D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.
（2）We can infer that when Claire first saw Tony, she felt alarmed by _____.
A. his appearance B. his ability
C. his facial expressions D. his cleverness
（3）Why did Claire buy the items from the shop?
A. Because her husband was to return.
B. Because Tony was to leave.
C. Because Tony wanted the house transformed.
D. Because she thought she needed them.
（4）The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dream by______.
A. making her home elegant
B. giving her a new haircut and changing the makeup she wore
C. giving her advice on her dresses
D. all the above
（5）Which of the following is NOT the reason why Tony opened the curtains?
A. To let other women see everything.
B. To show the risk of Claire’s marriage.
C. To let other women envy Claire.
D. To make Claire elegant just like her neighbor.
（6）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 B
（7） 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 Tony
3. Blank-filling
A robot used for housework 1.________(test) out in a family. He looked like a tall and handsome man with smooth hair ,2._________(speak)in a deep voice. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired such a robot ?3.________?（accompany）his wife Claire. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she??agreed to it at last. At the first sight of Tony, Claire was 4.__________ (alarm).?? When Tony offered to help her dress ,Claire felt embarrassed. Gradually , Tony began to win Claire’s trust. He helped Claire realize her dreams?5.?_________??making her home elegant, giving 6.______ a new haircut, changing the makeup she wore and giving her advice on her dresses. Therefore at the party all the guests?7.?__________?were invited were filled with admiration??8.________?they saw her house was completely changed.?
9.________??the test, the company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman regain her confidence??10._________?fall in love with him.
Step 5 Talking: Play Performance
You are going to use your imaginations to make up a play about a robot looking after two or three school friends.
To prepare your play, you may follow these procedures:
●Decide who will play each character.
●Plan what the characters will say. Perhaps the play could start with the robot saying in a robotic voice:” Take off your school uniform.
●Put on your after school clothes.” Think about how to make the play interesting, for example, perhaps the friends do not do what the robot tells them to do.
●Plan the actions of each character.
●Show how the characters are feeling by using appropriate gestures, facial expressions words and actions.(Think about whether the robot has any facial expressions)
●Practice the your play and the perform it in front of the class.
Step 6 Homework
1. Surf the internet to learn more about robots and science fiction.
2. Surf the internet to learn about Isaac Asimov.
3. Do Exercise 2 on Page 13.?
Unit2 Robots（评测练习）
I.短语翻译
1. 考验_________________ 2 不管，别惹，让…一个人待着__________________
3同情某人_________________ 4 转向，回转_________________
5 打电话给_______________ 6 将…放在一边，为…保留/节省_______________
7让某人做某事_________________ 8 被用来做某事_________________
9更确切地说_________________ 10 陪伴某人去某地_________________
11设法做成了某事_________________ 12 伸手去够…_________________
13 在…方面有天赋 _________________ 14 曾经，一度_________________
15 获得硕士学位_________________
II.单词拼写
1.When I began to sing, he laughed and made me e_____________.
2. They get ___________（离婚）two years ago.
3. The minister was _________ （陪伴）by his secretary to the US.
4. My sister’s wedding _________（典礼）took place at 12 sharp.
5. I ________（宣布）at the meeting that I did not support him.
6.The only __________（解释）for his behavior is that he’s mad.
7.With the teacher’s help, she s_________ away all the difficulties she had met.
8.My mother was __________(担心的，害怕的) when I fell over.
9.We had an _________（可怕的）earthquake here last year.
10.I don’t think the chair is f_________ enough to stand on.
11.When his uncle died, he received many letters and calls of s__________.
12.Tony is s ________the guidebook for information about Hawaii, where he will travel soon.
13.There were strong winds a__________ by heavy rain last night.
14.India d _________independence in 1947.
15.I hope they don’t ask e_________ questions, for I will be e________ at them.
16.They had a d________ that I attend their wedding.
17.Rita couldn’t provide a s_________ excuse for his absence.
18.I am so e__________ of your getting an extra day’s holiday.
19.The rainforest is disappearing at an a___________ rate.
20.They were accused of interfering in China’s internal a________.
III.完成句子
1.It is said that the president has (有风流韵事) a beautiful actress.
2.The door needs_______________（油漆）.
3.If you don’t _____ your study_________,（认真对待） you will fail in the coming examination.
4.They looked “the great man” up and down (带着好奇).
5. The farmer tried to _________their crops ________cold.(保护…不被冻坏)
6.She felt _________ （好像）she were floating in the air.
7.He is three years ____________ (比…年纪小)me.
8.You’d better _______ _______ (留出，储存)some money in case of future use.
9.He stared _______ _______ (羡慕地) at Robert’s new car.
10.He’s got _______ _______ (许多) work to do this morning.
