(共13张PPT)
Unit 2 Robots
Warming up
What is a robot
How is a robot work
Can you list some kinds of robots you know about
What can these robots do
A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans.
A robot is programmed and controlled by a computer.
Today there are different kinds of robot, including industrial robots, robots that carry out jobs in the house, entertainment robots, and so on.
Robots can: A B C D
Now read a story about a robot, written by a science fiction writer.
Have you ever seen a film named “Robots(机器人历险记)”
Do you think it is possible for a robot to:
think for itself
have feelings
have its own needs and desires
look and feel like a human being
Title:
Satisfaction
Guaranteed
Reading
Characters in the story:
Larry Belmont- employed in a company that makes robots
Claire-Larry’s wife,a housewife
Tony- the robot
Gladys Claffern- a woman that Claire envies
First reading: read the text quickly and answer:
What is the text mainly about
It’s mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family.
Second reading: read the text again and answer:
What did the robot called Tony look like
What could Tony be used to do for Claire when Larry Belmont was absent for three weeks
He looked like a tall and handsome man, speaking in a deep voice, with smooth black hair and his facial expression unchanged.
He could be used to do housework for her and prevent her from harming herself through her own sense of failure.
3. Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony
A. Because he was a robot.
B. Because she didn’t like him.
C. Because he was more like a being than a machine.
D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.
4. The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dreams by _______.
making her home elegant
giving her a new haircut and changing the makeup she wore
giving her advice on her dresses D. All the above
5. As a result, the experiment shows _____.
Claire and Tony fell in love with each other
Tony had to be rebuilt
Tony was angry with his designer D. Both A and B
C
D
D
6. All the following statements are true except ______.
Tony tried to please Claire
Claire tried to displease Tony
Tony managed to protect Claire
Gladys admired Claire for her Tony
7. We can infer from the passage that ______.
Claire liked Tony but feared him
Claire cried because Tony made her angry
Claire forgot Tony as soon as Tony left her
Tony had no feelings as human beings
B
A
Third reading: read the text once more and decide whether the following are true or false.
1.Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Clair.
2.Clair didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.
3.When Tony, the robot, offered to help dressing, Clair was pleased to accept it. But she thought it was surprising for a robot to be so human.
4.Tony could understand Clair when she said she was not clever.
5.Clair’s husband wanted to improve his social position,but she was sorry she could do nothing to help him.
F
T
F
T
T
6.Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite 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 that Gladys envied her.
F
T
F
F
F
11.Claire’s guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed.
12.The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him.
T
F
Fourth reading: read the text once more and
finish Ex1&2 on P12.
Homework:
Read the text carefully again and underline some useful words and expressions.
Discuss in groups: If you were a robot engineer, what kind of robot would you make Why After discussion, please write a paragraph to describe your robot.
huge arm
humans
snake
(mantis)
spider
