warming up and reading
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课件32张PPT。Unit 2RobotsWhat is robots?What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a robot?a computera fiction charactera movie stara machinea servantWarming up – IChoose your favorite one.What do you think a robot can do ?Warming up – II communicatemove as
programmedcarry heavy objectsplay sportsWhat is a robot?A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans.Pre-reading I 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?Discuss:Pre-reading II Background information:
A retelling of an Isaac Asimov’s story called Satisfaction Guaranteed.
About a human-like robot.
Asimov’s first law for robots: A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured.
The robot, cause the main character to have some very confusing feelings. Satisfaction Guaranteed Reading PassageLarry Belmont
Claire
Tony
Gladys ClaffernCharacters in the story:---- Larry’s wife, a housewife---- the robot ---- employed in a company that makes robots---- a woman that Claire enviesscanning Read through the passage and then answer the following questions:1.What is the text mainly about?
2.What did the robot called Tony look like?
3.Why did Larry put Tony into his family?What is the text mainly about?
2.What did the robot called Tony look like?It is mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family.He looked like a tall and handsome man, speaking in a deep voice, with smooth black hair and his facial expression unchanged.
Because he wanted to test out how a robot used for housework in a family.3.Why did Larry put Tony into his family?1. Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony?
A. Because he was a robot.
B. Because she did’t like him.
C. Because he was more like a being than a machine.
D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.Skimming Choose the best answer2. The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dreams by______.
A. making her home elegant
B. giving her a new haircut and changing the make-up she wore
C. giving her advice on her dresses
D. all the above3. As a result, the experiment shows_______.
A. Claire and Tony fell in love with each other
B. Tony had to be rebuilt
C. Tony was angry with his designer
D. Both A and B4. 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 Tony5. 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 being.alarmedtallhandsomesmoothblackdeepembarrassedfingernailssoftnesswarmthHappy, surprised, shyCareful-readingsurprisehappysad1. Why did Tony open the curtains?
He wanted Claire’s guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by women guests .Post-reading2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed?
He had prevented Claire from harming herself 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. 3. Why should Tony be rebuilt?
Because the company (designers) cannot have women falling in love with machines.In groups, list Tony’s characteristics that were similar to those of a human being and different from those of a human being.CharacteristicsPhysical MentalEmotional SimilarDifferentDiscussion CharacteristicsSimilarDifferentPhysical(1)Looks like_______________.
(2)Body and skin are_____. (3)Hair and fingernails_____________. (4)Voice like__________.(1)Facial expressions____________. (2)______________________ (She fell off a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room, he managed to catch her in time)
warmrealistica human’snever changeCharacteristicsSimilarDifferentMentalAble to ______________and predictions. Able to ___________and follow it through. Has good ______________ skills
Behaviour not_____________ (Tony asked Claire whether she needed help dressing)make suggestionsmake a plancommunicationappropriateCharacteristicsSimilarDifferentEmotionalCan show __________ for Claire and can give ___________ to her.sympathyencouragementHomeworkDo you think it needs to rebuild Tony, why or why not?Thank you for listening!
programmedcarry heavy objectsplay sportsWhat is a robot?A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans.Pre-reading I 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?Discuss:Pre-reading II Background information:
A retelling of an Isaac Asimov’s story called Satisfaction Guaranteed.
About a human-like robot.
Asimov’s first law for robots: A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured.
The robot, cause the main character to have some very confusing feelings. Satisfaction Guaranteed Reading PassageLarry Belmont
Claire
Tony
Gladys ClaffernCharacters in the story:---- Larry’s wife, a housewife---- the robot ---- employed in a company that makes robots---- a woman that Claire enviesscanning Read through the passage and then answer the following questions:1.What is the text mainly about?
2.What did the robot called Tony look like?
3.Why did Larry put Tony into his family?What is the text mainly about?
2.What did the robot called Tony look like?It is mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family.He looked like a tall and handsome man, speaking in a deep voice, with smooth black hair and his facial expression unchanged.
Because he wanted to test out how a robot used for housework in a family.3.Why did Larry put Tony into his family?1. Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony?
A. Because he was a robot.
B. Because she did’t like him.
C. Because he was more like a being than a machine.
D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.Skimming Choose the best answer2. The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dreams by______.
A. making her home elegant
B. giving her a new haircut and changing the make-up she wore
C. giving her advice on her dresses
D. all the above3. As a result, the experiment shows_______.
A. Claire and Tony fell in love with each other
B. Tony had to be rebuilt
C. Tony was angry with his designer
D. Both A and B4. 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 Tony5. 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 being.alarmedtallhandsomesmoothblackdeepembarrassedfingernailssoftnesswarmthHappy, surprised, shyCareful-readingsurprisehappysad1. Why did Tony open the curtains?
He wanted Claire’s guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by women guests .Post-reading2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed?
He had prevented Claire from harming herself 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. 3. Why should Tony be rebuilt?
Because the company (designers) cannot have women falling in love with machines.In groups, list Tony’s characteristics that were similar to those of a human being and different from those of a human being.CharacteristicsPhysical MentalEmotional SimilarDifferentDiscussion CharacteristicsSimilarDifferentPhysical(1)Looks like_______________.
(2)Body and skin are_____. (3)Hair and fingernails_____________. (4)Voice like__________.(1)Facial expressions____________. (2)______________________ (She fell off a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room, he managed to catch her in time)
warmrealistica human’snever changeCharacteristicsSimilarDifferentMentalAble to ______________and predictions. Able to ___________and follow it through. Has good ______________ skills
Behaviour not_____________ (Tony asked Claire whether she needed help dressing)make suggestionsmake a plancommunicationappropriateCharacteristicsSimilarDifferentEmotionalCan show __________ for Claire and can give ___________ to her.sympathyencouragementHomeworkDo you think it needs to rebuild Tony, why or why not?Thank you for listening!