Unit 7 Will people have robots?7Section B (2a-2e)课件（22张PPT）

学习目标：Learning Goals
一、语言功能：
使用“will + v. (动词原形)”预测机器人的未来。
二、语言知识：
*human, dangerous, believe, disagree, shape,impossible
*over and over again, hundreds of, fall down
*They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years.
三、学习策略：阅读策略
1.依据文章题目和所给图片，预测(predicting)文章内容。
2.通过略读(skimming)的方式，猜测文章大意。
3.借助关键词，通过寻读 (scanning)的方式，找寻细节内容。
四、情感态度：
了解科学技术的现状和发展，憧憬美好的未来，并为实现美好的梦想更加努力地学习。

Unit 7 Section B 2a-2e
Gangnam?Style
*What does the robot look like?
*What can he do?
Gangnam?Style
They can help with the housework. They are like human servants.
Today there are already robots working in factories. Some can help to build cars, and they do simple jobs over and over again.
Who are building cars?
What can this robot do?
Some robots are able to
(能够)work in dangerous
places.
look for people
under the buildings
Unit 7

Section B (2a-2e)

Do you think you will have your own robot?
Predict:
You can guess what you will read by reading the title(标题) and pictures.
Fast reading: skimming(略读) for the main idea。

--What is the article about?
--It is about ________.

A. What robots look like in the movies
B. What robots can do today
C. Robots’ today and future
Skimming(略读) :
When you look for the main idea, the first sentence in each paragraph can help you.
Fast reading: skimming(略读) for the main idea

--What is the article about?
--It is about ________.

A. What robots look like in the movies.
B. What robots can do today
C. Robots’ today and future
C
Careful reading: scanning(寻读) for the main idea of each paragraph(段落).
Read and match each paragraph with the right question.
Paragraph 1 Will robots think like humans in the
future?
Paragraph 2 What will robots be like in the future?
Paragraph 3 What can robots do today?
Paragraph 4 What are robots like in movies?
Scanning(寻读) :

We can use the key words to look for answers.
Careful reading: scanning(寻读) for the details（细节）
2c ：What can robots do today？
1.Robots can build ________ in
factories.
2.They can do ________ jobs many
times and never get bored.
3.Some can ________ and _______．
4.Some can help _______________
people under __________.
Careful reading: scanning(寻读) for the details（细节）
2c ：What can robots do today？
1.Robots can build ________ in
factories.
2.They can do ________ jobs many
times and never get bored.
3.Some can ________ and _______．
4.Some can help _______________
people under __________.
cars
simple
walk
dance
look for
the building
Scientists are trying to make robots do the same things as humans do.
Do you think robots can really talk like humans and think like humans in the future?
*Many scientists think that
robots will even be able to ___
like humans in 25 to 50 years.
*Some scientists believe that
there will be ____ robots in the
future. However, they agree it
may take _________years.
*These new robots will have
many different _________.
Some will look like ________,
and others might look like ___________.
*However, some scientists believe that
it will be difficult to make them really _____________ a human.
*Scientist James
White thinks that
robots will ________
be able to wake up
and know where they
are.
talk
more
hundreds of
shapes
humans
animals
think like
never
Careful Reading: Read Paragraphs 3 and 4 carefully and finish the chart about the future robots.






Today robots can _____________ like people.
Some robots can _________in factories.
Some can help ______________ under the building.
They can __________ over and over again.
In the future, Some scientists believe there _____________ more robots.
They _________many
different shapes.
The robots ________able
to talk like humans.
However, some scientists believe that it ______difficult to make them think like a human.
walk and dance
build cars
look for people
do simple jobs
will be
will have
will be
will be
What will happen if humans use robots too much?
*In the USA，there have been less new jobs for people since January 2013, but there are more robots working in American factories.

*In China, Foxconn (富士康公司) will buy 1,000,000 robots to take the place of workers.
News:
Challenges（挑战） from robots
Humans need to think about how to use robots in a right way.


1. Read and retell the Reading after the tape.
( ★ )
2. Write your ideas about your own robot in the
future: What will it look like? What will it be
able to do? ( ★★)