(共25张PPT)
Unit 3 Robots
Reading
Learning aims
After having this class, students are expected to:
use proper reading strategies to get the factual information of Mr Jiang’s story and infer his mood at each stage, then draw a mind-map to show the development and structure of the story;
figure out the structure of the story and appreciate the language used to make the story fluent and smooth.
analyze the advantages and the disadvantages of having robots through a debate as well as imagine and think creatively about the use of robots in daily life through group discussion;
think critically about the development of robots and AI so as to form proper scientific and technological views.
Transferring and creating
Learning and understanding
Applying and
practising
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Warming up
Enjoy and discuss what can this robot do for people
It is a story found by Daniel from a Robot magazine. The theme of it is human and society. In the story, Mr Jiang bought a home robot and it brought both advantages and disadvantages to his life. At last, he returned it to the shop.
It is written to encourage people to think critically about the development of robots and new technology so as to form proper scientific and technological views.
There are 6 paragraphs in the story.
Reason
Advantages Disadvantages Feeling
Paragraph 1: Paragraphs 2-4: Paragraph 5: Paragraph 6:
The whole story is in simple past tense. Passive voice is also frequently used.
About the passage
What
Why
How
·Students in Grade 9 have certain understanding of robots through not only daily life but the Internet.
·Students have certain ability of reading to use proper reading strategies to guess new words from the context and get both the main idea and the detailed information from the passage.
·Grammatical knowledge involved in this story like passive voice has been learnt during the past two years.
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Situation of students
ow
·Students have strong interest in discovering more of the latest information.
·Develop the ability to think critically and see both sides of things.
·Refer to learning aims.
Want
Learn
Pre-reading
Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.
1. as good as ____ a. very untidy or dirty
2. satisfy ____ b. in a correct way
3. virus ____ c. keep something somewhere
4. properly ____ d. very nearly
5. in a complete mess ____ e. instructions that are
designed to cause
computer problem
6. store ____ f. provide what is needed
d
f
e
b
a
c
Teaching procedures
Learning and understanding
Transferring and creating
Applying and practising
Task 2: Read the text again and divide it into 4 parts and match its main idea.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
(Para 1)
(Para 2-4)
(Para 5)
(Para 6)
Introduce the reason for Mr. Jiang to buy a robot
Bad changes
Return the robot
Good changes
Let’s vote!
Robots Mag wants to hear your voice!
1. What do you know about
robots
2.Would you like to live with a robot Why(not)
We are looking forward to
hearing from you!
Intentions
1. Activate students’ background knowledge;
2. Arouse students’ interest;
3. Create a scene and introduce the topic.
Vote and talk
Robots Mag
While-reading
Task 1: Read the text after the tap and answer the questions.
1. What does Mr. Jiang do
He is a manager of a big company in Sunshine Town.
2. Why did he buy a robot
Because he wanted to have more free time.
3. Where did he buy a robot
He bought it from a robot shop.
4. How did he deal with the robot at last
He decided to return the robot to the robot shop.
Watch and predict
Intentions
1. Cultivate students’ ability to predict;
2. Arouse students’ expectation to read.
What may the passage be about
What can you see in the picture
Useful phrases and expressions
1. catch a virus 感染病毒
2. make stupid mistakes 犯愚蠢的错误
3. in a complete mess 完全混乱
4. knock things over 把东西弄翻
5. return…to… 把……还给……
Careful Reading (paragraph1)
(1) Where does Mr Jiang work
He works in Sunshine Town.
( 2) What was his problem
He was too busy to have any time to relax.
(3) What did he do to solve his problem
He ordered a robot from a robot shop.
(4) What does the phrase “order a robot ”mean
satisfy V 满足(需求、需要)
-satisfied-satisfied
be unsatisfied with 对……感到(不)满意
The big cake was not enough to ______(满足) his hunger.
Daniel______________ (对……不满意 ) his robot at all.
1. It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiang’s needs.
is unsatisfied with
satisfy
Language points Para 4
mess n. 常用单数形式
be in a mess 杂乱不堪
My house______________ (杂乱不堪)after the party.
2. When Mr Jiang got home, he would find his flat in a complete mess;
was in a mess
Language points Para 5
look after patients
play with children
Useful phrases and expressions
1. have time to relax 有时间放松
2. have more free time 有更多空闲时间
3. make…much easier 使……容易的多
4. be smoothly ironed 被熨烫平整
5. as well 也
6. return home from work 下班回家
7. look as good as new 看上去和新的一样
8. be ready for sth. /to do sth. 为某事做准备
9. tidy up 收拾,整理
10. go wrong 发生故障,出毛病
Much too: “太,十分”,在句中作副词,修饰形容词或其他副词
Trouble :用作名词时,表示“烦恼,困难,麻烦”
常用搭配:
have trouble (in) doing sth ; have trouble with sth. 做某事有困难
I have trouble getting the car started. 我难以开动车。
Get into trouble: 陷入困境,遇到麻烦
Be in trouble: 陷入困境
Let's predict
(1) What would the robot do for Mr Jiang
(2) What would happen finally
Fast Reading(read and discuss)
Did the robot really change Mr Jiang’s life finally Why
A) Yes,because it was able to do lots of housework.
B)No, because a robot can only work for a few weeks.
C) No, because it caught a virus and made many stupid mistakes.
1. Mr. Zhang didn’t know ____________ the robot out of control .
A. what should he do with B. what to do with
C. how he deal with D. how to deal
2. He got up so early that he was ___________ late for school in the morning.
A. not any longer B. no longer
C. not any more D. not more
3. The baby moved ________ the house and knocked things ________ in it.
A. to; off B. out of; over
C. in; off D. around; over
The robot made Mr Jiang’s life much easier.
When Mr Jiang got up in the morning
When Mr Jiang was at work
When Mr Jiang returned home
It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiang’s needs.
Read Paragraphs 2-5 and fill in the blanks.
Exercises
1. Everything here has _______ (go) wrong since he came.
2. These days we are all busy ___________ (prepare) for the Maths test next week.
3. Sometimes, Mr Jiang would find his breakfast in the __________ (wash) machine.
4. Your shirt needs _____________________ (iron).
5. In order to have _______ (much) spare time, I need to buy a robot.
6. He no ________ (long) needed to get up early because of the robot.
7. I bought a robot. It made things even ________ (easy).
gone
preparing
washing
to be ironed / ironing
more
longer
easier
Thank you!