Unit 7 Will people have robots? Section B1a-2e(共53张PPT无素材)

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Unit 7
Section B
Period 1 (1a-2e)
A：What will you be in 10 years?
B：I will be a …
A：Where will you work?
B：I will work in …
I’ll be a computer programmer.
I’ll be an astronaut.
Transportation
rocket
train
space station
Place to live
house
apartment
Write each word in the correct column below.
1a
astronaut house apartment train
rocket space station computer programmer
astronaut, computer programmer
train, rocket
house, apartment, space station
Jobs Transportation Places to live


1b
Think of other words and write them in the chart in 1a.
Listen to Alexis and Joe. Number the
pictures [1-3].
1c
1
2
3
1d
Listen again. Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs in the box.
am live work
lived took
will be will live will fly
1. I ________ in an apartment across the street from here.
2. I ________ near here.
3. I ________ a computer programmer.
4. We ________ in a house in the country.
5. I ________ the train to school.
6. I ________ an astronaut.
7. I ________ rockets to the moon.
8. I ________ on a space station.
live
work
am
lived
took
will be
will fly
will live
1e
Student A is Alexis and Student B is Joe. Talk about Joe’s life now, 10 years ago and 10 years from now.
Where do you live?
I live in an apartment.
Section 1 Before You Read
Do you think you will have your own robot?
What’s it like?
What do you want it to do for you?
It can do housework.
It can do boring work.
It can be a doctor.
It can play the piano.
It can plant flowers.
It can do many hard or dangerous work.
2a
Tell your partner what you know about robots. What do they look like
and what can they do?
2b
Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discuss.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Will robots think like humans in the future?
What will robots be like in the future?
What can robots do today?
What are robots like in movies?
Section 2 While You Read
1. What do the robots look like in the movies?



2. What can the robots do for people?
Human servants.
They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places.
Paragraphs 1-2: Answer the questions.
3. Where are the robots already working?

4. What kinds of the jobs do the robots do? Why?
In factories.
They do simple boring jobs over and over again. Because they will never get bored.
Paragraphs 3-4: Mark True or False.
1. Japanese companies have already made robots sing and dance.
2. Some scientists think that there will be robots like humans, but Mr. White disagree.
3.It’s easy for a child to wake up and know where they are.
4. Some people believe that robots will be
able to talk in 35 to 50 years.
5. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings.
T
F
T
F
T
2c
Read the article again quickly. Complete the sentences about what robots can do now.
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
buildings
2d
Fill in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article.
Some robots are very human-like. They can walk and _________ like people.
Some scientists think that in the future they will _________ robots more like humans. This may not _________ in the near future, but at some point, robots will even be able to _________ like people.
dance
make
happen
talk
However, some scientists ____________. James White believes that robots won’t be able to do the __________ things as us. For example, he thinks that robots will _____________ be able to wake up and know where they are. Which side do you _____________ with?
disagree
same
never
agree
If I have a robot, I hope that it will …
Let your imagine fly.
(放飞你的想像)
2e
What kinds of animals might robots look like in the future? What do you think these robots will be able to do? Write your ideas and discuss them with your partner.
I think some future robots might look like ________________. They will ____________
______________________________________
Section 3 After You Read
Look at the following pictures. And guess what the robots can do.
cook
play the violin
clean the floor
1. help sb. with sth. 帮助（做）……
help sb. (to) do sth. 帮助做……
He often helps me with my English.
= He often helps me study English.
他经常帮助我学习英语。
help sb. (to) do sth. 帮助某人做某事
Can you help me (to) learn English ?
你能帮助我学英语吗？
help oneself ( to ) 自用(食物等)
Help yourself to the fish. 请随便吃鱼。
2. It takes / took / will take sb. some time to do sth.
某人花了……时间做某事(时态根据具体情况决定）
It takes me an hour to get to my office.
It took me quite a long time to understand.
spend 的主语必须是人，常用于以下结构： (1) spend time ／money on sth.
在……上花费时间（金钱）。
例：I spent two hours on this maths problem. 这道数学题花了我两个小时。
(2) spend time ／money (in) doing sth.
花费时间（金钱）做某事。
例：They spent two years (in) building this bridge.
造这座桥花了他们两年时间。
take 后面常跟双宾语, 如： It takes sb. ＋时间＋to do sth.
做某事花了某人多少时间。
例：It took them three years to build this road.
他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。
pay的基本用法是： (1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱（给某人）买……。例：
I have to pay them 20 pounds for this room each month.
我每个月要付20英磅的房租。 (2) pay for sth. 付……的钱。例：
I have to pay for the book lost.
我不得不赔丢失的书款。
(3) pay for sb. 替某人付钱。例：
Don worry! I'll pay for you.
别担心，我会给你付钱的。 (4) pay sb. 付钱给某人。 例:
They pay us every month.
他们每月给我们报酬。
3. hundreds of 许多；大量
hundred 数词, “百”, 用于a、one或含有数量意义的词之后, 其后接可数名词的复数形式。
There are four hundred students in our grade. 我们年级有400名学生。
当这类数词前面有具体的数字时, 数词不能用复数形式。如:
We have more than five hundred this kind of books. 我们有500多本这种书。
three hundred 三百 five thousand 五千
a few hundred 几百
类似的数词还有thousand , million, 当数词前没有具体数字时, 数词用复数形式, 后面接短语, 再加可数名词的复数形式。
4. make sb. (代词为宾格）do …
（让）……（做）……
He made Tom laugh.
他使汤姆发笑。
I couldn't make my car start this morning.
今天早晨我的汽车发动不起来了。
使役动词是表示“使、令、让、帮、叫”等意义的不完全及物动词，主要有leave, get keep， make(使,令)， let(让), help(帮助)， have(有；让；从事；允许；拿)等。 　
1. make / have / let +sb. +do sth. 　
2. get / set / leave + sb. to do / doing sth.
　leave sb. doing 让继续处于某种状态
Don't leave her waiting outside in the rain. 　　
5. the same as … 和……一样
— She looks the same as Lucy.
— They are the twin sisters.
她看起来和露西长的一样。他们是双胞胎姐妹。
反义短语： be different from
6. be able to 能够做某事
We hoped that we should be able to do that. 我们希望我们能这样做。
They may be able to give me some ideas.
他们会给我一些建议的。
be able to 和 can 的区别
(1) be able to 用于表能力，并可用于多种时态和非谓语动词短语，而can 只有一般现在时和一般过去时两种时态。
(2) can 可用于人或物作主语的句子中；而be able to 的主语只能由有生命的名词充当。
(3) can 常指客观上能够；be able to 更侧重于“克服一定困难”、“经过努力”、“有能力”做成某事。
Exercise
Fill in the blanks with the expressions be able to or can.
1.All the people ______________ escape from the fire in time that night.
2. He said he _____________ finish his homework in an hour．
were able to
could