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课件16张PPT。Unit 2 RobotsWarming up Look at the following pictures (pictures in page10)Close your book and discuss what is a robot.( The definition of a robot) A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. Robots are programmed and controlled by a computer. Today there are different kinds of robot, including industrial robots, robots that carry out jobs in the house , and entertainment robots. Robots also often appear as characters in stores.Tips:Fiction:stories,novels,etc. which describe events and people that do not exist.Non-fiction: writing that is about real people events and facts.1.Do you know any story or novel (fiction) or film whose hero (heroine) is a robot?2. If you do, can you say something about them?3. Can you tell me some of the robots you have seen? What can they do?4.What kind of robots would you like to create?Pre-reading Do you think it is possible for a robot toThink for itself?Have feelings?Have its own needs and desires?Look and feel like a human being?(Why? Give your reasons.)Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov is best known throughout the world for his science fiction, Isaac Asimov was also regarded as one of the great explainers of science..
Asimov is the inventor of the three laws of robotic. Namely,
1. A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured.
2. A robot should obey the rules that have been given to him by a human, except when these rules are in opposition to the first rule.
3. A robot should protect his own existence, until this protection is in conflict with the first or second laws.
Works: Nightfall; I ,robot;
The Complete Robot, Empire, and FoundationSatisfaction GuaranteedDo you know who are the main characters in the story?1.Claire Belmont ----Larry's wife, a house wife;2.Tony---- the robot3.Gladys Claffern ---- a woman that Claire envies.First reading: read the story and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Please try to find the sentences in the story to support your answers:Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire.
Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning , but she agreed to it at last.
When Tony, the robot, offered to help dressing , Claire was pleased to accept it . But she thought it was surprising for a robot to be so human.
Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever.
Claire ‘s husband wanted to improve his social position , but she was sorry she could do nothing to help him.
FTTFT6) Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out.
7) Tony asked Claire to go to the town to buy things he needed to improve the house.
8)It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house.
9) While Tony worked on the improvements of the house, Claire also did her part.
10)Claire was happy to find the Gladys envied her.
11) The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him.FFFTFFSecond reading: Read the story again, and discuss the following questions:At the first sight of Tony, Claire was frightened . Why?
What did Claire do when Tony offered to help her dressing?
How did Tony begin to win Claire’s trust?
What was the thing that Claire thought ridiculous ?
How did Tony help Claire make herself and her home look elegant?.
Why did Claire think it was a victory when she was envied by Gladys?
Why did Claire shout “ leave me alone”? Third reading: Complete the comprehending exercises in page 12.Suggested answers:1) Why did Tony open the curtain?He wanted Claire’s guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by the women guests.2)What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed?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 feeling like a failure.3)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.5) Claire spent three weeks with Tony in her house. What sentences in the story show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he was a machine? Underline them.How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine. He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.
Then she remembered—Tony was just a machine.
She shouted “leave me alone” and run to her bed.
Good luck!
See you!
Asimov is the inventor of the three laws of robotic. Namely,
1. A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured.
2. A robot should obey the rules that have been given to him by a human, except when these rules are in opposition to the first rule.
3. A robot should protect his own existence, until this protection is in conflict with the first or second laws.
Works: Nightfall; I ,robot;
The Complete Robot, Empire, and FoundationSatisfaction GuaranteedDo you know who are the main characters in the story?1.Claire Belmont ----Larry's wife, a house wife;2.Tony---- the robot3.Gladys Claffern ---- a woman that Claire envies.First reading: read the story and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Please try to find the sentences in the story to support your answers:Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire.
Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning , but she agreed to it at last.
When Tony, the robot, offered to help dressing , Claire was pleased to accept it . But she thought it was surprising for a robot to be so human.
Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever.
Claire ‘s husband wanted to improve his social position , but she was sorry she could do nothing to help him.
FTTFT6) Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out.
7) Tony asked Claire to go to the town to buy things he needed to improve the house.
8)It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house.
9) While Tony worked on the improvements of the house, Claire also did her part.
10)Claire was happy to find the Gladys envied her.
11) The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him.FFFTFFSecond reading: Read the story again, and discuss the following questions:At the first sight of Tony, Claire was frightened . Why?
What did Claire do when Tony offered to help her dressing?
How did Tony begin to win Claire’s trust?
What was the thing that Claire thought ridiculous ?
How did Tony help Claire make herself and her home look elegant?.
Why did Claire think it was a victory when she was envied by Gladys?
Why did Claire shout “ leave me alone”? Third reading: Complete the comprehending exercises in page 12.Suggested answers:1) Why did Tony open the curtain?He wanted Claire’s guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by the women guests.2)What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed?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 feeling like a failure.3)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.5) Claire spent three weeks with Tony in her house. What sentences in the story show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he was a machine? Underline them.How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine. He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.
Then she remembered—Tony was just a machine.
She shouted “leave me alone” and run to her bed.
Good luck!
See you!