教学设计
Teaching aims:
Improve the reading abilities.
Develop the students’ abilities of imagination and exploration for the future.
Importance:
Find out the clues of Clair’ s emotion development.
Difficulties
Some difficult sentences in the passage.
Teaching process
Step1 Lead-in
Ask the students what a robot can do in our daily life and show them some pictures to help them to answer the questions.
Step2 Fast-reading
Ask the students to go though the text quickly and find out the main idea and main characters in the passage.
1.What is the main idea of the text?
It is mainly about how a household _________ was _________ ________ in a family.
2.Characters in the story:
Larry Belmont ---- working in a company that makes robots
Claire---- Larry’s wife, a housewife
Tony---- the robot
Gladys Claffern---- a woman that Claire envies (嫉妒)
3.Ⅰ.Choose the best answer
1. 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 human than a machine.
D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.
2. 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 above
3. “How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair. The underlined word “awful” means_____（Paragraph6）
A. interesting B. unlucky
C. terrible D. amazing
Step3 Careful-reading
Fill in the blanks according to the text.
How did Claire feel?
What happened?
__________
She saw Tony was ______ and ________. He had ______hair and his voice was _______.
__________
Tony asked whether she needed help dressing.
amazed
By his _________ and the ________ and ________of his skin.
__________
Tony caught her in time, held her firmly in his arms .
__________
Tony folded his arms around her, bending his face close to hers and _______that he didn’t want to leave her and that he felt more than just the _____ to please her.
__________
She was envied by those women.
__________
She remembered Tony was just a machine.
Choose the right order.
Find out how Claire’s emotion developed
____ _____ ____ _____
____ _____
A sad to remember he was just a machine
B accepted him C. proud of him
D. refused to have Tony at her house
E. trusted him F. loved him
Step4 Mini-debate
1. Do you think Tony was also in love with Claire?
2. If so, do you think it acceptable for Claire and Tony to be in love?
Useful expressions (推测与确信)
I think/ don’t think… I believe / don’t believe…
I guess/ suppose… I wonder…
I’m sure that … I have a belief that…
Is it possible that…? Are you sure that…?
Step 5 Homework
1.Read the text loudly and fluently
2.Preview “ A biography of Isaac Asimov”(P16)
3.Finish off the Exercises on the worksheet.
课件23张PPT。Unit 2 Robotsplay musicdancesingsweep the floorpour tea cook dinnerplay footballexplore dangerous placesDo you think it is possible for a robot to:
have feelings?
have its own needs and desires?
look and feel like a human being?包君满意 Satisfaction GuaranteedReadingReading for main ideaWhat is the text mainly about?
It is mainly about how a household _________ was _________ ________ in
a family.robottestedout Reading: Satisfaction guaranteedCharacters in the story:Larry Belmont
Claire
Tony
Gladys ClaffernCharacters in the story:---- Larry’s wife, a housewife---- the robot ---- working in a company that makes robots---- a woman that Claire envies (嫉妒)Part 1:Part 2:Part 3:Part 4 Para 1- Para 3Para 4- Para 8Para 9- Para 11Para 12Meet Help love Leave Reading for structure1. 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 human than a machine.
D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.Read for informationChoose the best answerReading for information2. 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 aboveelegant(What is elegance?)3. “How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair. The underlined word “awful” means_____（Paragraph6）
A. interesting B. unlucky
C. terrible D. amazinghaving an affairalarmedtallhandsomesmoothdeepembarrassedfingernailssoftnesswarmthHappy, surprised, shyReading for DetailsReading for detailssurprisedhappysaddeclareddesireClaire had a sense of failureShe was
not
elegantHer house
was not
elegant
The
salesman
was rude
to her
She wanted
to be
another
GladysShe fell
off
a ladderHe gave
her a new
haircut and
changed the
make up she
woreHe
managed
to catch
her in
time from
the next
roomHe
suggested
a party in
her houseHe made
the
salesman
changed
his attitude
He
transformed
the house
completelyWas Claire satisfied with Tony?Claire had a sense of failureShe was
not
elegantHer house
was not
elegant
The
salesman
was rude
to her
She wanted
to be
another
GladysShe fell
off
a ladderTony: Mr. Perfect !What a sweet victory to be envied by those women! She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover!Find out how Claire’s emotion developed____ _____ ____ _____
____ _____sad to remember he was just a machine
accepted him C. proud of him
D. refused to have Tony at her house
E. trusted him F. loved himDBEcFAHow Claire’s emotion developedrefuseaccepttrustproudlovesad1. Do you think Tony was also in love with Claire?
2. If so, do you think it acceptable for Claire and Tony to be in love?Mini DebateUseful expressions (推测与确信)
I think/ don’t think… I believe / don’t believe…
I guess/ suppose… I wonder…
I’m sure that … I have a belief that…
Is it possible that…? Are you sure that…?1.Read the text loudly and fluently
2.Preview “ A biography of Isaac Asimov”(P16)
3.Finish off the Exercises on the worksheet.
测评练习
Ⅰ.Choose the best answer
1. 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 human than a machine.
D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.
2. 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.
all the above
3. “How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair. The underlined word “awful” means_____（Paragraph6）
A. interesting B. unlucky
C. terrible D. amazing
