《英语》（九年级下册）
Unit 3 Robots
Reading (II)
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
get more information about robots;
use the new words and phrases correctly;
know advantages and disadvantages about robots;
talk about their ideal robots.
II. Teaching contents
New words and phrases: order, smoothly, satisfy, need, properly, complete, mess, lay, store, coin, bill, private, paper, spread, wheel, order one from a robot shop, look as good as new, tidy up, in general, go wrong, no longer, in a complete mess
New structures: He is always too busy to have any time to relax.
It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiang’s needs.
The robot caught a virus and no longer worked properly.
When Mr Jiang got home, he would find his flat in a complete mess.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. Use the new words and phrases correctly.
2. Talk about the ideal robot.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Revision
1. Mr Jiang bought a new robot. How did the robot help Mr Jiang in the morning?
2. In the first few weeks, what did Mr Jiang think of the robot?
3. After a few comfortable weeks, what happened to the robot?
4. After the robot caught a virus, what happened?
5. What happened to the things in his flat?
【设计意图：通过对课文内容的回忆，帮助学生进一步加深对课文的理解，同时引出机器人话题及相关知识点。】
Step 2 Language points
smoothly
When he got up in the morning, his business suit was smoothly ironed.
She has ironed her son’s T-shirt smoothly.
The pen writes smoothly.
look as good as new
When Mr Jiang returned home from work, his flat would look as good as new.
3. satisfy
It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiang’s needs.
This paper satisfied his teacher and parents.
I believe this car will satisfy her needs.
catch a virus work properly
The robot caught a virus and no longer worked properly.
This computer can’t work properly because it has caught a virus.
in a complete mess
When he got home, he would find his flat in a complete mess.
The room is in a complete mess, but this lovely robot can put things in order.
The bed is in a complete mess.
be stored
Milk was stored in the rubbish bin.
My father has stored many books in his study so far.
A lot of ice cream is stored in the lorry.
be spread
Coins, bills and his private papers were spread all over the floor.
Coins are spread all over the place.
Sweets are spread on the table.
what to do with
Mr Jiang didn’t know what to do with it.
The boy doesn’t know what to do with this math problem.
Mr Li knows what to do with this robot.
【设计意图：由课文例句引出语言点，创设学生感兴趣的情境，让他们在情境中不知不觉地感受语言，既避免了枯燥的讲解，又实现了教学目标及效果。】
Step 3 Practice
1. Read the text after the tape
2. Try to retell the text
【设计意图：熟读课文后，进一步帮助学生巩固重要句型。】
Step 4 Discussion
1. Advantages and disadvantages of robots
T: Work in groups and talk about advantages and disadvantages of the robots.
Advantages: They can do housework for us, take care of our pets, iron our business suits, do some shopping for us, let us have more free time, let us have more sleep, prepare our lunch boxes, cook delicious meals and so on.
Disadvantages: They may be easy to catch a virus, make stupid mistakes, put our food in the wrong place, move around and knock things over, make our house in a complete mess, not work properly, wake up too early and so on.
【设计意图：通过小组讨论机器人的优缺点，帮助学生深层次理解课文，激发他们对机器人进行更为理性的思考，为下一环节埋下伏笔。】
Your ideal robot
T: Work in pairs and talk about what your ideal robot is like.
【设计意图：在讨论了机器人的利与弊之后，让学生讨论他们理想中的机器人。这一环节既是对课文的升华，也可对学生的人生观及价值观起到一定的引导作用。】
3. China’s National Robot Competition
T: Every year, many students take part in China’s National Robot Competition. They design all kinds of robots. Do you want to join them?
【设计意图: 联系实际，对学生提出希望，激发学生的责任感与使命感，把积极的情感、态度和价值观融合在主题体验中，更容易收到潜移默化的效果。】
Step 5 Conclusion
T: I wish you would work hard and design useful robots in the future. I wish students would study better with the help of new types of robots. I wish people would have more free time and live longer. I wish robots would not catch viruses easily.
【设计意图：本环节是话题的升华，通过美好的愿望鼓励学生好好学习文化知识，为人类的进步做出应有的贡献。】
V. Homework
1. Remember new words, phrases and sentences.
2. Recite the article.
课件22张PPT。Unit 3 Robots Reading (II) When Mr Jiang got up in the morning, breakfast was made, his business suit was smoothly ironed and his lunch box was already prepared. In the first few weeks, Mr Jiang thought that in general the robot satisfied his needs.The robot caught a virus and no longer worked properly.When Mr Jiang got home , he would find his flat in a complete
mess. What happened to the things in his flat? was laid on the bedwas stored in the rubbish binwere spread all over the floorAfter the robot caught a virus, what happened?Group work Language
points
When he got up in the morning, his business suit was smoothly ironed.
1
smoothly
look as good as new
satisfy …
catch a virus
work properly
in a complete mess
be stored
be spread
what to do with
She has ironed her
son’s T-shirt ________.The pen writes
_____________.smoothlysmoothly Language
points When Mr Jiang returned home from
work, his flat would look as good as new. 2
smoothly
as good as …
satisfy…
catch a virus
work properly
in a complete mess
be stored
be spread
what to do with
Language
points
It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiang’s needs.
3
smoothly
look as good as new
satisfy …
catch a virus
work properly
in a complete mess
be stored
be spread
what to do with
This paper _______ his
teacher and parents.satisfiedI believe this car ______
her needs.will satisfy Language
points
The robot caught a virus and no longer worked properly.
4
smoothly
look as good as new
satisfy …
catch a virus
work properly
in a complete mess
be stored
be spread
what to do with
This computer can’t work properly because it has caught a virus. Language
points
When he got home, he would find his flat in a complete mess.
5
smoothly
look as good as new
satisfy …
catch a virus
work properly
in a complete mess
be stored
be spread
what to do with
Language
points
Milk was stored in the rubbish bin.
6
smoothly
look as good as new
satisfy …
catch a virus
work properly
in a complete mess
be stored
be spread
what to do with
My father ______________
many books in his study so far.A lot of ice cream
_____________ in the lorry.has storedis stored Language
points Coins, bills and his private papers
were spread all over the floor.7
smoothly
look as good as new
satisfy …
catch a virus
work properly
in a complete mess
be stored
be spread
what to do with
Coins are spread all
over the place.Sweets are spread
on the table. Language
points
Mr Jiang didn’t know what to do with it.
8
smoothly
look as good as new
satisfy …
catch a virus
work properly
in a complete mess
be stored
be spread
what to do with
The boy doesn’t know
what _______ (do) with
this math problem.Mr Li knows
what______ (do) with this robot. to do to do Mr Jiang b___________ a robot a few weeks ago.
At f_______ the robot worked p______________ .
When he got up in the morning, breakfast w_______
made, his business suit was s_______________ ironed
and his lunch box was already prepared.When he returned
home from w__________, his flat would look as g_______
as new. It seemed that in g____________ the robot s______
Mr Jiang’s needs.
However, a few weeks later, the robot caught a v______.
It began to make stupid mistakes. When Mr Jiang returned
home, he would find his flat in a complete m______. Milk
was s_________ in the rubbish bin. Coins, bills and his
private papers were s___________ all over the floor. Mr Jiang
didn’t know w__________ to do with it.
In the end, he decided to returned the robot to the robot shop.
oughtirstroperlyasmoothlyorkoodeneralatisfiedirusesstoredpreadhatdo housework for us take care of our pets iron our business suits do some shopping for us let us have more free time let us have more sleep prepare our lunch boxes cook delicious mealsDisadvantagesAdvantagesbe easy to catch a virus make stupid mistakes put our food in the wrong placemove around and knock things overmake our house in a complete mess not work properly wake up too early mayWhat’s your
ideal robot?China’s National Robot Competition Every year, many students take part in China’s National
Robot Competition. They design all kinds of robots. Do
you want to join them?China’s National Robot Competition Every year, many students take part in China’s National
Robot Competition. They desighed all kinds of robots.I wish ….scientists will work hard and design useful robots in the future; students will study better with the help of
new types of robots;people will have more free time and live
Longer because of the robots;
robots will not catch viruses easily.Homework1. Remember new words,
phrases and sentences.
2. Recite the article.Thank you!
