人教版BOOK7 Unit2 Robots Reading课件（44张PPT）

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She (prefer) to live in a (splendid) and elegant villa.
So she buys many (靠垫) and (寝具) which can
(堆，摞).
It sounds (荒谬的)


favors
grand
beddings
cushions
pile
absurd
Words revision
She has a new (发型) and wears a new (项链) and looks (优雅的) and (圣洁的). Every woman will (嫉妒) her and every man is (一定) to have an
for such kind of girl and (希望) to (陪伴) her.
haircut
necklace
elegant
holy
envy
bound
affection
desire
accompany
Harlem
Annie
Annie and Harlem (宣布) the (离婚). It was said that Annie (与…有暧昧) Huang Weide. We show
(同情) for Harlem.
declared
divorce
had an affair with
sympathy
Unit 2 Robots
What is a robot?
A robot is a machine d to do jobs that are usually
p by humans. Robots are p and c by a computer.
esigned
erformed
rogrammed
ontrolled

What can a robot do?
It can do many different things.
robot waiter
robot worker
Do the housework
play music
dance
sing
play football
explore dangerous places
play with us
Robots
Play with human
take care of
human
rescue work
Housework
And so on…
Reading

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About the author
Nothing is impossible in a fiction!
Isaac Asimov(艾萨克 阿西莫夫)
（1920-1992）
An American scientist and writer
Science fiction stories about robots
Read the text quickly and complete its main idea.
It is mainly about how a household_______ was ______ ______ in a family.
robot
tested
out
1.How many characters are mentioned ?
Find out their names and roles in the passage.

2. What is the possible relationship between them?
skimming
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Characters in the story:
Gladys Claffern
working in a company that makes robots
Larry’s wife,
a housewife
the robot
a woman that
Claire envies (嫉妒)
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4
Para 1- Para 3
Para 4- Para 8
Para 9- Para 11
Para 12
Meet
Help
love
Leave
Reading for the layout
He looked like a ____ and ________ man, speaking in a _____ voice, with ________ black hair and his ________ ____________ unchanged. But the second morning, his behaviour made Claire feel _____________.
Claire was _________ by her husband Larry to _____ ____ a ___________ robot Tony, which he thought was a ______. However, she was ______ to see Tony because he was _____ like a human ____ a machine.
tall
handsome
deep
smooth
facial expression
persuaded
test out
household
bonus
alarmed
more
than
embarrassed
Part 1(1-3) How Claire met Tony.
He gave Claire a new _______ and changed the __________ she wore.
He wrote out a(n) ___ of items for Claire to buy as he was not allowed to __________ her to the shops.
Part 2(4-8) Tony helped Claire in many ways.
Knowing the salesman was ____ to Claire, Tony made the salesman change his _______.
He worked steadily on the ____________ of the house and ________ __ catch her in time ________ when she fell off the ladder.
makeup
haircut
list
accompany
attitude
rude
improvements
managed to
firmly
The company was very p_____ with Tony’s report on his three weeks with Claire, but he would have to be r_____because he had Claire f____ ___ ____ with him.
What is the result of the test? Is it perfect?
leased
ebuilt
in love
Part 4(12) It’s time for Tony to leave.
alling
surprise
happy
sad
folded
bending
declared
desire
envied
machine
How did Claire feel? What happened?

_________ Tony _____ his arms around her, ________ 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 ______ by those women.

___________ She remembered Tony was just a ________.
1. Read the story, then fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings.
Comprehending
Occasion Claire…
1 disliked him
2 When he arrived was alarmed
3 felt embarrassed
4 admired him
5 called him a dear
6 felt his warmth
7 felt being envied
8 cried all night
1. Read the story, then fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings.
Comprehending
Before he arrived
When he offered to help her dress
Occasion Claire…
1 disliked him
2 When he arrived was alarmed
3 felt embarrassed

When he offered to help her improve her house and herself
When he helped her with the salesman
When she fell off a ladder and caught by Tony
4

admired him
5 called him a dear
6 felt his warmth
When she heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony
She remembered Tony was just a machine
7 felt being envied



8 cried all night
2. 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 him
D
B
E
c
F
A
How Claire’s emotion developed
1.Read the text loudly and fluently
2.Preview “ A biography of Isaac Asimov”(P16)
3.Finish off the Exercises on the worksheet.
Homework
According to the passage , fill in the blanks and try to retell the story based on this exercise.

Tony, A robot, used for housework __________ (test) out in a family .He looked like a tall ___handsome man , ________ (speak) in a deep voice。Larry hired such a robot to ___________ (company) his wife , claire .At her first sight of Tony ,she ___(feel) alarmed. ________(gradual), Tony won Claire's trust .He helped Claire realize her dream ___ making her home elegent and...Therefore at the party all the guests ____ were invited were fillled with admiration when they they saw her house completely ______(change ).After the test ,the company was _______(satisfaction) with Tony's report ______ he had successfully made a woman regain her confidence .
Post-reading:Summary
was tested
and
speaking
accompany
Gradually
by
who
changed
satisfied
because
felt
Put the following events in order
( ) Tony offering to help dressing , Claire felt embarrassed.
( ) The company which Larry worked for made a robot call Tony
( ) Tony showed his love to Claire in public deliberately and that caused Gladys’envy.
( )Tony was taken away by a car
( ) Tony was sent to Larry’s house .However,Claire was a bit anxious.
( ) Claire would like to make herself and her home elegant.
( ) Claire invited Gladys and her friends to the house the night before Tony was to leave.
( ) Tony helped Claire with the haircut makeup,decoration and even self confidence.
1
2
3
4
6
5
7
8
1. Tony did the following things to help Claire EXCEPT _______.
A. giving her a new haircut
B. changing her makeup
C. having the house completely
transformed and improved
D. going into a jewellery shop to buy her
a necklace
2. Which of the following is NOT the reason why Tony opened the curtains?
A. To let other women see everything.
B. To show the risk of Claire’s marriage.
C. To let other women envy Claire.
D. To make Claire elegant just like her neighbor.
3. 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 B
4. All the following statements are true except _____.
A. Tony tried to please Claire
B. Claire tried to displease Tony
C. Tony managed to protect Claire
D. Gladys admired Claire for Tony
1. 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. What sentences in the story show that Claire kept forgetting and then remembering that Tony was a machine?

1. Why did Tony open the curtains?
He wanted Claire’s guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by the women guests.
2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed?
Tony prevented Claire from being harmed 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?
Tony had to be rebuilt because the company felt that they could not have women falling in love with a robot.
4. How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in your house?
Students give their own answers.
5. What sentences in the story show that Claire kept forgetting and then remembering that Tony 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 bed.
1.Larry was going to leave his home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Clair.
2.Clair didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it finally.
3.When Tony, the robot, offered to help dressing, Clair was pleased to accept it. But she thought it was surprising for a robot to be so human.
4.Tony could understand Clair when she said she was not clever.
F
T
F
T
5.Clair’s husband wanted to improve his social position, but she was sorry she could do nothing to help him.
6.Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out.
7.Tony asked Claire to go to the town to buy things he needed to make the house elegant.
8.It was Claire that first suggested a party in her house.
T
F
T
F
9.While Tony worked on beautifying the house, Claire also did her part.
10.Claire was happy to find that Mrs. Claffern envied her.
11.Claire’s guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed.
12.The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him.
T
T
T
F
Find out how Claire’s feelings and emotions developed
alarmed
embarrassed
amazed
absurd
ridiculous
thankful
awful
shy
sad
She has contradictory feelings towards Tony, the robot. She fell in love with Tony finally.