Unit 7 Will people have robots？
Section B (1a-2e)
基础重难突破
必会·短语
1.over and over again 多次;反复地
2.hundreds of 许多;大量
3.wake up 醒来;唤醒
4.fall down 突然倒下;跌倒;倒塌
5.look for 寻找;寻求
重点·句式
1.Today there are already robots working in factories.
现在已经有机器人在工厂里干活了。
2.It will be difficult to make them really think like a human.
很难让它们真正像人一样去思考。
3.But many scientists disagree with Mr White.
但是许多科学家不同意怀特先生的观点。
4.These snake robots can help look for people under the buildings.
这些蛇形机器人可以帮助寻找埋在建筑物下面的人。
5.We never know what will happen in the future!
我们永远不知道未来将会发生什么!
核心·考点
1.Today there are already robots working in factories.
现在已经有机器人在工厂里干活了。(教材P53)
There is/are+sb./sth.+doing sth.表示“有某人/某物正在做某事”。
*There are some birds singing in the tree.
有一些鸟儿在树上唱歌。
2.However, they agree it may take hundreds of years.
然而,他们认为那将花许多年。(教材P53)
hundred 与 hundreds of
hundred 表示具体数量,意为“百”。当前有具体数字修饰时,只能用单数
hundreds of 意为“许多;数以百计的”,用于指笼统的数量,不能与具体数字连用
*Our school has eight hundred students.
我们学校有八百名学生。
*There are hundreds of ducks by the river.
河边有几百只鸭子。
【易混辨析】
易混点 agree with, agree to 与 agree on
agree with 表示同意某人或某人的意见、想法、分析、解释等 (即持同一观点)
agree to 主要用来表示一方提出一项建议、安排、计划等,另一方同意协作
agree on 主要指双方通过协商而取得一致意见或达成协议
语篇宏观建构
答案:1.human servants 2.factories 3.get bored 4.think 5.animals
课时分层演练
【基础过关】
Ⅰ.根据句意及汉语提示完成单词
1.There are many workers in this factory(工厂).
2.Jane already(已经) had an idea for her next report.
3.Some old buildings fell(倒塌) down because of earthquake (地震).
4.Tom kept calling me for years, even (甚至) after he graduated.
5.These stones have different shapes (形状) and sizes.
Ⅱ.用所给词的适当形式填空
1.—Let’s go swimming in the river this afternoon.
—We’d better not. It’s dangerous(danger).
2.The noise made sleep impossible (possible), so I got up and read a book.
3.If people do some jobs over and over again, they may get bored (bore).
4.Some animals are in danger because humans (human) have cut down too many trees in the forests.
5.Peter disagreed(agree) with his parents.He thought they weren’t right.
Ⅲ.单项选择
(B)1.(2023·湖北期末)—There are some boys basketball over there.
—Let’s go and join them.
A.are playing B.playing
C.to play
(B)2.(2023·合肥期末)—Did you do something special on Father’s Day
—Yes.I made my father a card in the of a heart to express my love.
A.height B.shape C.kind
(C)3.(2023·南京期末)The little elephant is afraid to walk alone.It always walks its mother.
A.over B.outside C.inside
(C)4.(2023·武汉期末)—Alan told me that he would come to give us a hand.
—Don’t a word of it.He always says a lot but does very little.
A.keep B.take C.believe
(A)5.—I couldn’t find my dictionary in my room.
—Why not it in the sitting room
A.look for B.look at
C.look like
(B)6.—I think the sixteen-year-olds can not drive.
—I agree you.They aren’t serious enough.
A.to B.with C.on
(A)7.(2023·太原期末)There are people planting trees on the hill every spring.
A.hundreds of
B.two hundreds
C.hundred of
【能力提升】
Ⅳ.阅读理解
Robots often appear in science fiction.The robots in these stories can often think, listen, talk and walk easily on two legs.
Although real robots are becoming more and more complex (复杂的), they’re still not like fictional robots.In real life, robots come in different shapes and sizes.They can be tall, short, thin or fat.Some robots have long legs and are able to walk.Others move on wheels (轮子).They can be very simple or they can be very complex.
Many robots look like humans and some of them can even speak, but they’re different from us in lots of ways.They can’t see, hear or think by themselves.They can’t laugh or cry because they have no feelings.Scientists have to build them and decide what things they’ll be able to do.
Thanks to the robots, our lives are easier.They don’t mind doing dirty or difficult jobs, and can work for long hours without getting tired or bored.Some robots work in dangerous places—under the sea or in space.
Scientists are making better robots all the time.One day probably every home will have its own robot to tidy bedrooms, do the dishes or do anything you tell it to! Do you believe so
根据语篇内容,判断下列句子正(T)误(F)。
(F)1.The passage is mainly about how robots help people do housework.
(F)2.Robots in real life are the same as those in science fiction.
(F)3.Scientists can’t make robots that can see, hear and think.
(T)4.With the help of robots, our lives become easier.
(T)5.We may read this passage in the science column (栏目) of the newspaper.
Ⅴ.选词填空
at quick sometimes have teach agree angry student day everything
In the future, maybe teachers will be robots.They will 1.teach us English, Chinese, science and even PE.The robot teachers will be very clever and they seem to know 2.everything.
You can ask them any question 3.at any time.They will answer your questions very 4.quickly.The robot teachers have a good temper(脾气).They will never get 5.angry.The robot teachers will never feel tired, even though they work 6.days and nights.Our teachers may feel tired 7.sometimes because they are not machines.They will be kind.All the robot teachers will love every 8.student.
I hope to 9.have such good robot teachers.I think there will be robot teachers in the near future.But some students 10.disagree.They think it’s impossible to have such robot teachers.Unit 7 Will people have robots？
Section A (1a-2d)
基础重难突破
必会·短语
1.live to 活到
2.in great danger 处于极度危险中
3.on the earth 在地球上
4.less water 较少的水
5.more trees 更多的树
6.play a part 参与;发挥作用
重点·句式
1.Do you think there will be robots in people’s homes
你认为人们家里将会有机器人吗
2.I think there will be more pollution.
我认为将会有更多的污染。
3.So what will the future be like
那么未来将会是什么样子
4.Everyone should play a part in saving the earth.
每一个人都应当尽一份力来拯救地球。
核心·考点
1.Do you think there will be robots in people’s homes
你认为人们家里将会有机器人吗 (教材P49)
there will be...意为“将有……”,是there be句型的一般将来时,可以与There is/are going to be...进行句式转换。
*There will be a heavy rain this evening.
=There is going to be a heavy rain this evening.
今晚将会有一场大雨。
2.Will people use money in 100 years
一百年后人们将会使用钱吗 (教材P49)
“in +一段时间”意为“在一段时间以后”,
通常用于将来时,提问时用How soon。
*—How soon will he come back
他将多久回来
—He will come back in five days.
他将五天后回来。
3.There will be (more/less/fewer) pollution.
将会有(更多的/更少的/更少的)污染。(教材P50)
less, fewer 与 more
less little 的比较级,“较少的,更少的” 后跟不可数名词
fewer few 的比较级,“较少的,更少的” 后跟可数名词复数
more many 或 much 的比较级,“更多的” 后跟可数名词复数或不可数名词
*People will have less free time.
人们将会有更少的空闲时间。
*There will be fewer mistakes in your homework if you are careful.
如果你仔细一点,你的作业里会有更少的错误。
*There will be more people and more pollution.
将会有更多的人和更多的污染。
4.Everyone should play a part in saving the earth.
每一个人都应当尽一份力来拯救地球。(教材P50)
play a part/role in doing sth.在……中起作用;扮演角色
*Horses played a very important part/role in our daily life in the old days.
在过去,马在我们的日常生活中起着很重要的作用。
*Mrs Wang played an important part in making the plan.
在制订这个计划方面王女士起了重要作用。
课时分层演练
【基础过关】
Ⅰ.根据句意及汉语提示完成下列句子
1.Can you give me a piece of paper(纸) I want to write some words down.
2.I think there will be fewer cars in the future(未来).
3.We should plant more trees to protect the environment(环境).
4.Some people believe that there is life on other planets(行星).
5.Our earth(地球) moves around the sun.
Ⅱ.用所给词的适当形式填空
1.I think cities in 50 years will be bigger and more crowded (crowd).
2.There are different kinds of green plants (plant) in the park.
3.The pollution (pollute) in the city is becoming more and more serious.
4.Does Alice spend more (much) money on clothes than before
5.The scientist’s prediction (predict) came true in the end.
Ⅲ.单项选择
(A)1.—Will people do housework twenty years
—No, I don’t think so.
A.in B.after C.for
(C)2.There will be personal cars in the future and the roads will be more crowded.
A.less B.fewer C.more
(C)3.To see more blue skies in our city, we shouldn’t the air.
A.share B.break C.pollute
(B)4.—A study shows that good habits play a very important in children’s education.
—I think so.
A.sense B.part C.reason
(A)5.—Do you think that there will be more trees in the mountains
—
A.I hope so. B.Yes,I hope not.
C.Oh,really
【能力提升】
Ⅳ.补全对话
A:Hey, Jeff!1. E
B:It’s hard to say.What’s your prediction about that
A:2. B
B:Oh, no.Then cities will be more and more crowded.
A:3. A In 80 years, some of us will live on another planet.
B:4. C Mars (火星) or Venus (金星)
A:Mars.I heard scientists found water on Mars.
B:Wow, that’s great.5. F
A:You’re right.
A.I don’t think so.
B.I think cities will be larger.
C.Where would you like to live
D.How far is it from Venus to the earth
E.What will life on the earth be like in 80 years
F.When you’re free, you can go back to the earth on vacation.Unit 7 Will people have robots？
Section A (Grammar Focus-3c)
语法精讲细练
【语法解读】
一般将来时(二)
“will +动词原形”构成一般将来时,意为“将;将要”,用来描述未来发生的事情或对未来的预测,还可以用来描述倾向、习惯等必然会发生的事。助动词 will无人称和数的变化(当主语为第一人称时还可以用 shall 表示将来) 。句子中往往有表示将来的时间状语,如 tomorrow,next week,in ten years 等。
1.一般将来时的肯定句、否定句和疑问句句式如下:
基本构成 will+ 动词原形
肯定句 主语+will+动词原形+其他.
否定句 主语+will+not+动词原形+其他.
一般疑问句 Will+主语+动词原形+其他
特殊疑问句 特殊疑问词+ will +主语 + 动词原形 + 其他
2.“will+动词原形”一般将来时的用法
(1)预言将要发生的事,表示单纯意义上的将来。
(2)表示带意愿色彩的将来。常用来询问对方是否愿意或表示客气地邀请或命令。
*I will tell you the truth.
我愿意把真相告诉你。
(3)there be句型的一般将来时:there will be“将会有”。
【语法专练】
Ⅰ.用所给词的适当形式填空
1.Families usually spend time together on weekends, but maybe in 20 years they will spend (spend) time together every day.
2.Some people believe there won’t be (not be) more pollution in the future.
3.In the future, e-books on many apps will be (be) free.
4.Will people have (have) more free time in 50 years
5.I think people won’t use (not use) paper any more with the help of the computer.
Ⅱ.单项选择
(C)1.How time flies!I a senior high school next September.
A.enter B.entered
C.will enter
(C)2.—What are you going to do in the summer vacation
—I a volunteer in the hospital.
A.was B.am C.will be
(C)3.We hope a computer on every student’s desk in the future.
A.there is B.there was
C.there will be
(A)4.—Will there be more tall buildings in 50 years
— .
A.No,there won’t
B.No,they aren’t
C.No,there isn’t
(A)5.—We should go to school by bus instead of by car.
—Yeah, cars we use, pollution there will be.
A.the fewer; the less
B.less; fewer
C.fewer; lessUnit 7 Will people have robots？
单元语篇精练
Ⅰ.完形填空
What do you want to be when you grow up A doctor, an engineer, a pilot 1 a scientist We all had big plans for our 2 future and believed there was a dream job 3 for us.But how realistic (实际的) is that
Today, many young people want to work in art, culture, entertainment (娱乐) and sports. 4 ,only one fifth can make their dreams come true.An expert 5 most of the young people wish to turn their hobbies into a career (职业) while the fact doesn’t buy it.Another study showed fewer than one 6 fifty were in the jobs they liked—such as a doctor, a firefighter or an actor.
Although it’s good to have a dream, young people need to know the importance of working down to earth (脚踏实地).Not 7 will become a talented painter, violinist, pianist or actor in the future.A latest 8 suggests (建议) that children should know more meaningful jobs at a younger age.It also calls for 9 job advice(建议) in high schools.It can help young people set out (出发) on the right 10 to the job which can balance (平衡) their jobs and dreams.
(B)1.A.and B.or C.either
(A)2.A.own B.natural C.easy
(C)3.A.showing B.working C.waiting
(B)4.A.Luckily B.However C.Hardly
(B)5.A.acts out B.points out C.runs out
(A)6.A.in B.on C.at
(C)7.A.everything B.something C.everybody
(B)8.A.order B.article C.rule
(A)9.A.right B.new C.difficult
(C)10.A.key B.ticket C.road
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A
What will our life be like in the future Let’s learn about some of the cool things in the future.
CARS Our car will be another home for us.The room will be very comfortable.We will free our hands when we travel (旅游) in a car.So, we can drink a cup of coffee in our car when we feel tired.And we can travel anywhere by car, not only over land, but also over the sea.
ROBOTS In the future, everyone will have a robot.The robots will have different shapes.Some will look like people and others will look like animals.When we go out, we can take a small robot with us.The robot will tell dangerous things so that we will be safe.
CLOTHES Clothes won’t just be for wearing in the future.They can even give direction (方向).That is to say, if we want to go somewhere, our clothes will take us there.And we won’t need to wash the clothes at all.What’s more, they can charge (给……充电) phones.
(B)1.How many cool things are mentioned in the passage
A.2. B.3. C.4.
(C)2.Who will drive when we travel in the future
A.We ourselves.
B.Our driver.
C.Our car.
(B)3.What will the clothes do in the future
A.They will give us a call.
B.They will show us the way.
C.They will play games with us.
(A)4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE
A.We can drive our cars over the sea.
B.Every family will keep an animal.
C.People won’t wear any clothes at all.
(C)5.From which part of the newspaper can we read this article
A.History. B.Fashion.
C.Science.
B
Kjell Lindgren wanted to be an astronaut for as long as he could remember.He spent much of his childhood abroad (在国外) with his family on U.S.Air Force Base.“The idea of becoming an astronaut by serving as an Air Force test pilot seemed like the way that I needed to follow,” says Lindgren.After all, many astronauts have come from that background (背景).
Kjell’s hopes of becoming an astronaut, though, would come to a halt when the doctor told him he had asthma (哮喘) after finishing the U.S.Air Force Academy and starting pilot training.The Air Force had to let him go.
So Lindgren decided to go to medical school and become a doctor.During his training, he got tested for asthma again, and this time, the tests said he didn’t have it.Lindgren’s dreams of spaceflight returned.
Lindgren worked as a flight doctor at NASA, taking care of astronauts getting ready for space missions (使命).Then, in 2009, he got picked as a NASA astronaut at the Johnson Space Center in Texas.Since then, Lindgren has been to space twice, where he did over 100 science experiments (实验).On his latest trip to the International Space Station in 2022, he was the leader of SpaceX Crew 4 for 170 days.Now, Lindgren is part of the Artemis Team, a group of scientists and astronauts working together to send people back to the moon in 2024.
(A)6.When did Kjell Lindgren want to be an astronaut
A.When he was a young boy.
B.After he got into medical school.
C.When he knew he didn’t have asthma.
(A)7.What does the underlined word “halt” mean in the second paragraph
A.停止 B.改变 C.实现
(C)8.How did Kjell Lindgren’s dreams of spaceflight come back
A.He became a flight doctor at NASA.
B.He found a new interest in space.
C.He was found to be free of asthma.
(C)9.What is Kjell Lindgren now working on as a member of the Artemis Team
A.Sending people to Mars.
B.Getting ready for spacewalks.
C.Sending people to the moon in 2024.
(A)10.What do you think Kjell Lindgren is like
A.He is hard-working and always holds onto his dream.
B.He is unhealthy but he never gives up his dream.
C.He is a strong person and isn’t afraid of any problems.Unit 7 Will people have robots？
Section B (3a-Self Check)
写作素养进阶
主题分析——指明方向
本单元写作情境属于“人与社会”主题范畴中的“科学技术”,涉及子主题“对未来生活的畅想”。
典例研磨——示范引领
假如你喜欢的英文杂志正在举办以My life in 20 years为题的征文活动,你对此非常感兴趣。请写一篇短文参加此次征文活动。
Step 1 三定审题
1.定人称:以第一人称为主
2.定时态:以一般将来时为主
3.定核心:介绍未来的生活
Step 2 谋篇布局
Step 3 润色成篇
My life in 20 years In 20 years, I think my life will be better and better and I’m always working hard for a bright future①. I love my family, so I will take good care of my parents.I will spend more time staying with them because I’ll have more free time.② Besides③ my family, I will also get together with my friends more often.We will talk about the past school life and travel around together. As for my job, I’m going to be a reporter.I think I will work much harder and take on more new challenges.④ I will try my best to do every task well. I think my life in 20 years will be exciting and wonderful.And I will work harder to make it come true. ①开篇点题,说明作者正为了未来努力。 ②句中含有because 引导的原因状语从句,并运用了spend some time doing sth.结构,丰富了文章的结构。 ③使用besides自然引出了朋友的话题。 ④句中含有省略that的宾语从句,work much harder, take on more new challenges展示了作者努力工作的态度。
实战写作——迁移创新
假如你是八年级的李梅,下周的英语课上老师将让你们围绕“What will your life be like in the future ”展开讨论。请你根据下列提示,发挥想象,用英语写一份80词左右的发言稿。
提示:
1.你的工作;
2.你的家庭;
3.空闲时间的活动。
参考词汇:free time(空闲时间)
【参考范文】
Hello, everyone.I’m Li Mei.Now let me tell you about my future life.I think I will have a happy family and we will live in a beautiful house.I will keep a dog and my child will be happy to play with it.In my free time, I will read more books to my child.I will be a reporter. I will go to different places and meet different people.All in all, I hope to live a simple but happy life in the future.
