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课件65张PPT。RobotsUnit2What’s a robot ?
Machine designed to do jobs.
Programmed and controlled by a computer.The types of robot:
industrial robots, work in a factory or plant;
household robots, help do the housework
Entertainment robots, entertain people with their performances, such as dancing, singing, playing balls.
…Robot can replace people to work in some dangerous places.Household robots can help the family do the housework, some even can take care of a baby (baby sitter), or play with kids (a companion). delight people with their performances.Can you think of any other type of robot? Do you want to own one, then what’s the type do you prefer?robotsRobots also appear as characters in stories.In the science fiction, literature, films, robots are often endowed with(被赋予) human beings’ characteristics both physically and psychologically. It can think for itself, have feelings as well as its own needs and desires.Unit 2 RobotsSatisfaction GuaranteedIssac Asimov
A dreamer for
household robots
hundreds of science fictions Science fiction is often based on scientific principles and technology.
Science fiction may make predictions about life in the future.Characteristics of science fictionThe reading passage is a retelling of an
Isaac Asimov’s science fiction called
Satisfaction Guaranteed. This story, about a
human-like robot, illustrates(阐明) Asimov’s
first law(法则) for robots:
A robot must not injure human beings or allow
them to be injured. In this case the injury is
not a physical one but a psychological one. In
following this law, the robot, which is very
human-like, causes the main character, Claire,
to have some very confusing feelings. Background informationSkimming
to get
general ideasThe text mainly tells us _____.
A. why Claire fell in love with a human being
B. why a robot fell in love with a human
being
C. a story about a household robot being tested out in a family
D. that a robot can save a human being from dangerSkimmingReading Comprehension IHow many characters are mentioned?
Who are they?
What is the relation between them?SkimmingReading Comprehension IILarry Belmont - employed in a company
that makes robots
Claire - Larry’s wife, a housewife
Tony - the robot to be
tested out by Claire in their family
Gladys Claffern - the most powerful
women around, a woman that
Claire enviesCharacters in the story:Scanning
to get
detail informationClaire’s feelings towards Tony changed as the story developed. Fill in the occasions when
Claire had these
feelings.scanningReading Comprehension IIIdislike himBefore he arrivedOccasionClaireWhen he arrived was alarmedWhen he offered to
help her dress felt embarrassedWhen he offered to
help her improve her
house and herself admired himThe Change of Claire’s Feelings to Tonycalled him a dearOccasionClaire felt his warmthWhen she fell off a
ladder and was caught
by TonyWhen he helped her
with the salesmanThe Change of Claire’s Feelings to TonyOccasionClaireShe remembered Tony
was just a machineWhen she heard Gladys
whispering to another
woman that she had never
seen anyone so handsome
as Tony cried all night felt being enviedThe Change of Claire’s Feelings to TonyPara11
All good things come to an end.
the lovers parted.
Right here waiting By Richard Marx
Oceans apart ,day after day,and I slowly go insane.i hear your voice on the line,but it doesn't stop the pain.If I see you next to never,how can we say forever?wherever you go whatever you do ,I will be right here waiting for you…Review Claire’s emotional development.At first refused to have Tony at her house→accept him→ trust him→ proud of him→ love him → sad to remember
he was just a machine1. Why did Tony open the curtains?
2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire
from being harmed?
3. Why did Tony have to be rebuilt?
4. How would you feel if you had a robot
like Tony in your house?
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? scanningRead the story again and answer the following questions in groups.scanningReading Comprehension V1. Why did Tony open the curtains?
2. 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
harming 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 did Tony have to be rebuilt?
4. How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in your house? Tony had to be rebuilt because the company felt that they 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?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 ran to her house.In groups, list Tony’s characteristics
that were similar to and those that were different from those of a human being.scanningReading Comprehension VLooks like a
human being. Body and skin soft and warm. Hair and fingernail realistic. Voice
like a human’s.Facial expressions
never change.
Quicker reactions (She fell off a ladder and even
though Tony was
in the next room,
he managed to catch her in time.)Able to make suggestions and predictions. Able to make a plan and follow it through.
Has good communication skill.Behavior not appropriate
(Tony brought her
breakfast and then
asked her whether
she needed help
dressing.)QuizTranslationQuiz I It was going ______________(由……来测试) by Larry’s wife, Claire.
The robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her________ ___ (允许她受到伤害)
2. Claire thought it was ridiculous
____________________(表示同情) by a robot.
3. How awful _______________(被发现) by her, Claire thought.
4. But even though Tony had been so clever, he would_________________ (作一番改建).to be tested outto be offered sympathyto be discoveredhave to be rebuilt to be allowed2. When asked why he went there, he said
he was sent there for a space flight.
(2007 江西卷)
A. training B. being trained
C. to have trained D. to be trained
3. The children talked so loudly at dinner
table that I had to struggle ______.
(2007 浙江卷)
A. to be heard B. to have heard
C. hearing D. being heard 1.desire v.
(1)渴望;希望(做某事):desire to do sth.
(2)要求某事:desire sth. Desire sb to do sth.
(3)Desire that sb should do sth.要求某人做。。。
我请您立即答复。I desire _____________________ of yours.an immediate answer我们希望有个好结果。
___________________________________ We desire to have a good result. n.(1)愿望;欲望 (2)要求
(3)食欲;情欲 (4)向往的东西他有强烈的求知欲.
He has_________________________________.a strong desire for knowledge / to learnmeet one’s desire
havefeel a great desire for渴望满足某人的欲望2.satisfaction n. ( opp. dissatisfaction)1)满足;满意;舒服(at; with) 2)令人满意的事物我听了这个消息非常满意.I heard the news_________________________.with great/ much satisfactionsatisfy vt.
satisfied adj.
satisfying adj.
satisfactory adj.满足;使满足
满意的;满足的
令人满意的
令人满意的express one’s satisfaction at/ with
To one’s satisfaction
with satisfaction对…表示满意令人满意的是满意地 experiment with; test out; try out 试验;检验
feel alarmed, feel embarrassed; feel awful; feel amazed
Disturbing, frightening 3.alarm n.警报;惊慌;恐慌火灾引起很大恐慌.
_____________________________The fire caused great alarm.give/raise/sound the alarmtake (the) alarm ata fire alarma false alarmair alarmwater level alarm发警报;敲警钟对…感到吃惊;因…而惊恐火警虚惊一场空袭警报水位警告vt. 使警觉;惊动;使惊慌不要惊慌Don’t alarm yourself.be alarmed at (the news)被(那消息)吓了一跳.be alarmed for (the safety of …)
放心不下;担心(…的安全)完成句子:
1. A small boy saw the smoke and _________________(发出警报).
2.________________________(人人都感到惊恐) the news that war might break out.raised the alarmEverybody was alarmed at5.embarrass vt.: to cause to feel ashamed, uncomfortable or anxious 使困惑;使局促不安销路下降使公司陷于财政困难.The decline of sales____________________.embarrassed the companyembarrass sb. (with sth./ by doing sth. )
做…使某人尴尬/害羞/窘迫不要问隐私,会让他们觉得不好意思Don’t_______________________ (by asking) personal questions.embarrass them withembarrassed adj.尴尬的,难堪的,害羞的他对我衣服的评论使我很尴尬._________________by his comments about my clothes.embarrassing adj. 使人尴尬的;令人难堪的你什么时候最尴尬? What has been your_____________________________?I was embarrassedmost embarrassing moment6.sympathy n. 同情;同感;同情心相关短语:
express sympathy for 慰问  
feel sympathy for, have sympathy for同情
7. Ring (sb) up相当于 call (sb) up 给某人打电话“打电话”的相关短语:
give sb a call/ring;
make a (telephone) call;
call sb on the telephone;
phone/telephone sb“挂断电话”的相关短语:
hang up
“回电话”的相关短语:
call back; ring back 9.declare vt. 宣布;声明;表明;说明;宣称1)declare +n. 宣告They will declare the results of the election soon.他们将很快宣布选举的结果.
_____________________________________2)declare+n.+(to be) n./ adj. 宣布…为…The judge declared him (to be) the winner of the competition.裁判宣布他为比赛的冠军.
_____________________________________________I declared this conference (to be) open.我宣布这次会议开始.
___________________________________3)declare +(that)从句 宣称;声称She declared (that) she was right.她宣称她是对的.
_______________________________10. envy vt. & n. 忌妒;羡慕1)envy+sb.(for sth.)2)envy sb. sth. 忌妒/羡慕某人某事How I envy you! 我真羡慕您!
__________________They envied us for our success.他们羡慕我们的成功. ___________________________envy sb. doing sth. 羡慕某人做某事be in envy of one’s success 羡慕某人的成功
envy at/ of sth.对某事物的忌妒/羡慕11.leave…alone 不管;不打扰;让…独自待着不要动我的书.
_____________________Leave my book alone.由我来做吧.
_________________________ Let me alone to do it.leave behind 留下;忘带;遗留
leave out 省去;排除;遗漏Quiz II Multiple Choice1. It took a long time for the connection
between body temperature and illness __.
(2006 江西卷)
A. to make
B. to be made
C. making
D. being made1. test out 考验Scientists test out theories by experiment.
科学家靠实验检验理论。
test vt.测验;检验;试验;检查
The teacher tested the children on
their homework.
老师就孩子们的家庭作业进行检查。2. alarm n.
(1) a warning of danger 警报
a fire alarm
I raised the alarm as soon as I saw
what was happening.
(2) fear caused by the expectation of
danger 恐慌
I hope you won’t take alarm at the news. alarm v.
(1) giving a warning警告
The notice board alarms people not to
swim in the river.
(2) feel feared or cause anxiety 恐慌
The news that H5N1 has spread alarmed
the nation.
adj. alarmed
alarming (惊人的;吓人的)
The news is really alarming. 3. accompany v.
(1) to go/stay with
I’d like you to accompany me to the
supermarket.
What accompanies him is always a dog.
(2) to exist at the same time
和……一起发生
Lightning usually accompanies thunder.4. declare vt.
(1) 宣布;宣告;声明+(that) to make known formally or officially
The new Congress declared a state of war with Germany. 新的国会向德国宣战了。
(2) 宣称;断言+(that)
The accused man declared himself innocent.
被告声称他是无罪的。I declared at the meeting that I did not
support him.
我在会上声明我不支持他。
(3) 申报(纳税品等)
I have nothing to declare.
我没什么要申报的。
I would like to declare my love for you.
announce 宣布 to tell a lot of people.
If I have a birthday party, I want to announce it to my friends.declare 宣告, 宣布
a way of expressing oneself辨析: declare与announce5. leave/let …alone/be
不管/不打扰/不理会
I’ve told you to leave my things alone.
Let me be, I want a rest .
leave + 宾语 + 补足语
使……处于……状态
Leave the door open.