课件34张PPT。Unit 2Robots1. Understand the details of the listening.
2. Discuss the topic about robots.1. Talk about robots in future.
2. Develop the skills in listening, speaking & writing. Molly and Kate are discussing the story “Satisfaction Guaranteed”. Read the questions first, and then listen to their conversation. Tick the correct box.ListeningListening1. Who really likes the story?
2. Who thinks that Claire loved Tony?
3. Who thinks that Tony loved Claire?MollyKateListening4. Who thinks that the purpose of Tony’s actions was to make Claire feel good about herself.
5. Who thinks taking Tony away must have hurt Claire?MollyKateListening6. Who said that making a robot so much like a man was bound to cause trouble?MollyKateListen to it again and answer the questions What does Kate think the difference between robots and humans is?
How does think Claire was hurting herself?
Why would one of the girls like a robot such as Tony living at her house?
What does Kate think the company’s biggest mistakes was? What does Kate think the difference between robots and humans is?Robots can’t feel emotion of any kind.By seeing herself in a negative way.2. How does think Claire was hurting herself?4. What does Kate think the company’s biggest mistake was?Making the robot look so much like a real man.3. Why would one of the girls like a robot such as Tony living at her house?She likes the idea of a handsome man whose only purpose was to please her.Listen to it again and answer the questionsListen to it again and write down the expressions of supposition and belief.thinkmaybesupposewonderguessbelieveSupposition and belief I don’t think… I think…
I don’t believe… I guess…
I wonder… Maybe…
I doubt… I believe…
I’m not sure… I suppose…Imagine it is the future and people have household robots. In groups of six carry out the tasks. Use the expressions in exercise 3 in your discussions. Group A spokesperson:
We imagine that there will be many positive effects of having household robots. People will be relived from doing household cleaning or cooking. Robots will be able to rebuild and decorate the home and design and do the garden. people will be free to work or enjoy their leisure time. Life will become an endless paradise! Group B spokesperson:
We imagine that there will be many negative effects of having household robots. People will become fat and lazy if they no longer have to take care of their houses or their gardens. There will be many medical problems with people who are overweight or do not do enough exercise. The hospitals will be crowded with lazy and sick people. What is worse, if a robot breaks down people will no longer have the useful skills of decorating and cooking, there fore, they would find it very difficult to manage their lives. Life will become a doctor’s nightmares!1. I don’t ________________ robots can possibly feel emotion of any kind.
2. I ____________________________ robots may have the sense like Tony in future.
3. I ________________ I just want to think he was more human than he was.
4. I ____________ how they could actually make a robot seem as if he had emotions.think / believethink / suppose / guess / believesuppose / guesswonderUsing the expressions in Exercise 3 to discuss.5. __________________Tony was just a very complicated computer.
6. I ___________________ that Tony was really a man pretending to be a robot.
7. I ___________________________ that was the company’s biggest mistake.
8. I ____________ whether robots can look after the patients who are confined in bed.’m not sure Maybethink/guess/believethink/suppose/guess/believeListening text STATISFACTION GURANTEE
Listen to Molly (M) and Kate (K) discussing the story “Satisfaction Guaranteed”.M: Don’t you think that was a great love story, Kate?
K: No, not really!
M: You didn’t ? Well, I loved it. There was so much emotion between Tony and Claire.
K: Molly, that’s rubbish. Tony was just a machine. Yes, maybe Claire fell in love with him, but I don’t believe robots can feel emotion of any kind. That’s the difference between them and us.M: Well, I disagree. I think Tony loved Claire. Remember he said to her that he didn’t want to leave her the next day, and that he felt more than just the wish to please her? Then he kissed her.
K: Yes, Molly, but that was just part of Tony’s role. They made him so he couldn’t allow a human being to be hurt . He could see that Claire was hurting herself by her lack of confidence. So he tried to make her feel good about herself. It had nothing to do with emotion- that was just how he was made.M: Yes Kate, but he did hurt Claire.
K: How?
M: He was so kind to her that she fell in love with him. So it must have hurt her when he was taken away.
K: True, true. I guess that’s why the company had to rebuild him…er…the machine I mean!
M: Yes, such a shame really. I’d like a robot like Tony living at my house. Imagine a handsome man whose only purpose in life is to please you!
K: Actually, I suppose that was the company’s greatest mistake.M: Er?
K: They made the robot look so much like a real man, so it was bound to cause trouble!
M: Yes, you’re right. Imagine it is the future and people have household robots in their houses to do the housework. Discuss what positive or negative effect the situation would be.DiscussionI think it is wonderful for people to have robots in their houses to do the housework. After a day’s work, when people get home, they can be really relaxed with everything prepared by their robots. A robot never gets tired, nor does it complain. Life will be very easy and comfortable.Group workMaybe people can enjoy a very comfortable life with the help of their robots. But at the same time I believe people will lose the ability to do housework. As time goes on, people cannot live well without a robot’s help. I think that kind of life would be terrible.Group work Imagine you are engineers in a company that makes robots and you have been asked to design a new type of robot. 1. A robot at home
2. A robot in a workplace
3. A robot in the street
4. A robot in a place or anywhere elseGroup workYou may follow the steps:1. Decide the purpose of the robot.
2. Make a list of the abilities the robot has.3. Draw a picture on a piece of paper and name its parts and explain what each part does.
4. Write a paragraph describing the robot and what it can do.Group workLet’s divide into four groups to design your robots.
It’s time to design your group’s robots.Group workTips on designing your robotsFor each robot that you build, you will have to choose options for six major robot characteristics.
These are:1. Looks: What does the robot look like? Is there a reason for it to look as it does?
2. Sensing: How does the robot “know” or figure out what’s in its environment?3. Movement: How does the robot move within its environment?Tips on designing your robots4. Manipulation: How does the robot move within its environment?
5. Energy: How is the robot powered? Can it have more than one energy source?6. Intelligence: How does the robot “think”?Write a short summary of Asimov’ life in 150—200 words. 1. Look back at the timeline of Asimov’s life.
2. Underline the important parts of Asimov’s life.
3. Write down the important parts you have underlined.
4. Use a clear simple style to finish your writing. WritingAsimov was born in Russia in 1920, and he moved into New York city with his family at the age of three. There his parents bought a candy store which was supported his family for about 40 years. At the age of nine, he began working in the store. He worked there for 13 years. SampleHis first story of science fiction was published when he was 19 years old.
He worked as junior chemist at the Philadelphia Navy Yard from 1942 to 1945. He got the PhD in chemistry in 1948, and in 1949 he became a biochemistry teacher at Boston University School of Medicine. Asimov began having stories published in science fiction magazine in 1939. He published his first novel in 1950, and he published his first science book in 1953. His “The Foundation Trilogy” won an award. He is also well known for his collection of short stories, I Robot . He became a full-time writer.Asimov married his wife when he was 22, and 31 years later, he divorced. He had got two children, a daughter and a son. In 1973, Asimov married again, but had no children with his second wife. He died as a result of an HIV infection in 1992 because of the blood transfusion nine years earlier. 1. Finish the exercises in this unit on your workbook
2. Write a paragraph describing your biography.
3. Write a paragraph describing the robot and what it can do.
