课件32张PPT。Unit 2 RobotsLearn some new words in the textTest out
Alarm
Smooth
Embarrass
Elegant
Absurd
Ring up
Awful
Declare
Victory
Fine, rich, lovely, attractive; polite(adj.) even, silkyShame, upsetTriumph, successUnreasonable, ridiculousCall up, telephone, make a phone callTry out, experiment with, examineBad, terrible, unpleasant, horrible, dreadful, ugly(n.) warning; (v.) disturb, frightenPronounce, announceWhich do like best? Do you think the robots have feelings?
Do you think a woman will fall in love with a robot?That can happen in a fiction! “Satisfaction Guaranteed”
is a science fiction written by Isaac Asimov. Science fiction
——stories, novels, etc. which describe events and people that don’t exist, such as X File, Star War,
The roles in the fiction Larry Belmont:
employed in a company that makes robots
Claire Belmont: Larry’s wife, a housewife
Tony: the robot
Gladys Claffern: a woman that Claire enviesTrue or False1 Larry was going to test out the robot by his wife.
2 Claire like the robot very much at the beginning.
3 When Tony, the robot, wanted to help her dressing,
Claire was pleased to accept.
Tony eager to help Claire to make herself and her home elegant. He scanned a lot of books.
Tony worked on the improvements of the house and Claire tried to help him.
Claire was happy to find that Gladys envied her.
The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him.TFFTTTFPay attention to the feeling of Claire In Paragraph 1-3
How did she feel when she first saw Tony?
How did she feel when Tony offered to help her dressing?
She felt alarmed.She felt embarrassed.Pay attention to the feeling of ClaireIn paragraph 4-8
When Tony reading books, she looked at Tony’s fingers.how did she felt?
When she was doing shopping, Tony made the salesman change his attitude. What did she do to Tony?
When she fell off a ladder and Tony held her firmly in his arms, what did she do?
Pay attention to the feeling of ClaireWhen Tony reading books, she looked at Tony’s fingers.how did she felt?
When she was doing shopping, Tony made the salesman change his attitude. What did she do to Tony? She was amazed by his fingernails and the softness and warmth of his skin.She thanked Tony, telling him that he was a “dear”.Pay attention to the feeling of Claire5 When she fell off a ladder and Tony held her firmly in his arms, what did she do?
She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.Pay attention to the feeling of ClaireIn paragraph 9-11
Why did she thought she was envied by those women?
Why she shouted “ Leave me alone” at last?Because none of them had such a handsome lover.Because she remember that Tony was just a machine.Fast Reading and AnswerWhy did Tony open the curtains? What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed ?
He wanted Claire’s guests to see him and Claire
together so that she would be envied by the
women guests.Tony prevented Claire from being harmed by making
her feel good about herself. He helped her make her
And her home elegant so that she would not feel like
A failure. How would you feel if you had a robot like
Tony in your house ?
Why should Tony be rebuilt ?Tony would have to be rebuilt because the company
Felt that it could not have women falling in love with
A robot.Students give their own answers.Looks like a human being. Body and skin soft and warm. Hair and fingernails realistic. Voice like a human’s
Facial expressions
never change.
Quicker reactions.Able to make suggestions
and predictions. Able to make
a plan and follow it through.
Has good communication skillsCan show sympathy and can
give encouragement. Wants
to lease.Behaviour not
appropriateRead the text again and fill in the formtranslations of some long sentences in the textClaire didn’t want the Robot in her house, especially
as her husband would be absent for three weeks, but
Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her
or allow her to be harmed.Claire不愿把这个机器人放在家里,尤其是这三个星期
丈夫不在家,但是Larry说服她说:机器人决不会伤害她
或让她受到伤害。2. But even though Tony had been so clever, he would
have to be rebuilt — you cannot have women falling
in love with machines.但是,尽管托尼很聪明,他还得作一番改造—总不能让
女人与机器相爱吧。3. She told him how she and her home weren’t
elegant enough for someone like Larry
who want to improve social position.
4. She cried out “Tony” and then heard him declare
that he didn’t want to leave her the next day and that
he felt more than just the desire to please her.她告诉他,对于像Larry那种想提高自己社会地位的人
而言,她和她家是如此的不体面。她哭喊了声 “ Tony ”,接着听见他声明,他不想离开她,
而且他(声明)感到自己不仅仅是想取悦她。Language pointsDesire
n. She is my heart’s desire.
她是我心中渴望得到的人。
v. We all desire happiness and health.
我们都渴望幸福和健康。2. Satisfaction
n. She smiled with satisfaction.
v. satisfy 使满意,使满足
adj. satisfied 满意的 be satisfied with 对…感到满意
adj. satisfactory/ satisfying令人满意的 3. Smooth
adj. Her skin feels smooth and soft.
vi. The sea has smoothed down.
大海已经风平浪静了.
vt. Speaking English fluently certainly smoothed
our path.
能够流利地讲英语当然为我们扫清了前进的障碍. 4. Embarrass
v. Are you trying to embarrass me?
你是不是想让我难堪?
n. embarrassment 难堪(的人或事)
adj. embarrassing 令人难堪的
adj. embarrassed 感到难堪的5. Accompany
v. be accompanied by; accompany sb. to
I’d like you to accompany me to the police station.
我是想你陪我去警察局.
The singer was accompanied by/on the piano.
那位歌手唱歌时是由钢琴伴奏的.
n. company keep sb. company 陪伴某人6. Paint
n. There stands a sign saying “ Wet Paint!”.
那儿立着一个写着”油漆未干”的牌.
v. I want to paint the door blue.
She spent 2 hours painting her face. 搽化妆品7. Firm
adj. The chair is not firm enough to stand on.
be firm with… 对…严格或说一不二
adv. firmly
I firmly believe that we should not tell lies.
我坚信我们不该撒谎.
n. firm 公司,商号8. Declare
v. I declared the meeting closed.
declare: 多指正式地当众发布,常用于宣战,议和与宣判
announce : 指公开地发布人们所关心的或感兴趣的
事情,尤其指新闻之类的消息.9. Envy
v. I envy your success. 羡慕
n. His new car excited their envy.
他的新车激起了他们的妒忌。
She is the envy of the whole street.
她是整条街上人们羡慕的偶像。
adj. envious be envious of10. Marry
v. Alice married a Frenchman.
爱丽丝嫁给了个法国人。
He married his daughter to a rich man.
他把女儿嫁给了一个有钱人。
adj. She got married to a writer.
她同一个作家结婚了。
n. marrige 婚姻11 give / raise / sound the alarm 发警报/摇警报器
be alarmed at …. 被…吓一跳
be alarmed for … 放心不下
12 embarrass
【 vt. 】to cause to feel ashamed or uncomfortable 使困窘/ 使局促不安
Are you trying to embarrass me?
【 adj. 】 embarrassed 不好意思的,发窘的
embarrassing 令人局促不安的
I felt embarrassed by my being late.
I don’t like making speeches in public; it’s so embarrassing. 13.Sympathy 同情,怜悯
feel/have sympathy for sb. 同情某人
I feel sympathy for the poor.
in sympathy with同情,赞同,支持
We are all in sympathy with your proposals.14 test out :考验,测试
to start to use an idea or plan to find out if it is correct or effective:
Dr Lee set up a series of experiments to test out this hypothesis (假设).
15 absent 1)缺席,不在场
be absent from sp.
students who are absent from school
2)心不在焉的, 茫然的
absent-minded
He had an absent look on his face.16 It was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.
机器人如此通人性,这使她觉得心烦和害怕。
1)It + be + adj. + that-clause
It is certain that he will do well in his exam.
2)It+ be+ n. (n. phrase) + that-clause
It is a pity that she should refuse to accept his suggestion.
3)It + be+ V-ed + that-clause
It is said that Isaac will accompany his parents to visit Europe.
4) It + seems/ happens + that-clause
It seems that they are in urgent need of help.It 句型与强调句 It is a pity that she should refuse to accept his suggestion.
=
强调句
It was Tony that managed to help her in time.
=
It was at that time that Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtain.
=That she should refuse to accept his suggestion is a pity.Tony managed to help her in time.Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtain at that time.8 So Claire borrowed a pile of books from the library for him to read or, rather, scan.
于是Claire从图书馆借来一大叠书给Tony阅读,更准确说是给他浏览一下。
a pile of / piles of : a lot of 一大堆的…
I’ve got piles of work to do this evening.
or rather: a way of correcting sth. you have said or making it more exact. (更)准确地说
You have to be sixteen for cheap tickets, or rather under sixteen.9 ring up:to telephone someone
[= call (somebody) up]
ring up sb./ ring sb. up
I'll ring the manager up tomorrow.
I rang up and made an appointment.
10 As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern.
当她转过身去时,格拉雷斯,克拉芬站在那里。
turn around=turn round 转过身与turn有关的短语:
turn back 折回, 翻回
turn in 上交
turn down 拒绝, 调小/低
turn out 结果是; 生产, 聚集(参加公众活动)
turn on 开(灯等)
turn off 关(灯等)
turn up 出现;到达11 By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that she was having an affair.
look: expression,脸色,表情
affair:风流韵事
have an affair: 有私情,私通,12 leave … alone
不要管,别惹,不要碰,让…一个人待着,和…单独在一起
leave me alone. 别惹我,别烦我。
Leave the boy alone, he can make up his own mind.
Leave that alone. You'll break it. 13 You cannot have women falling in love with machine.
have n.+ doing : cause sb.to do
(强调正在/一直在做)
have n. + do (强调结果)
not have n.+ do (没有让… 做)
not have n. doing = not permit or allow
(不允许让…. 做)
I can’t have you going everywhere and doing nothing all day.