(共15张PPT)
M7U2 Robots
Reading and LP
二、短语翻译
1. 不可否认 __________________
2. 注视;盯着 __________________
3. 设计用来做工的机器__________________
4. 家用机器人 __________________
household robots
There’s no denying that…
fix one’s eyes on
a machine designed to do jobs
5. 娱乐型机器人___________________
6. 工业机器人 ___________________
7. 列出一张单子_______________
8. 科幻小说___________________
science fiction
entertainment robots
industrial robots
make a list of
Dictation
9. 准备好做某事 ___________________
10. 独立思考___________________
11. 有感情 ___________________
12. 有自己的需要和欲望
__________________________________
have one’s own needs and desires
be prepared to do sth
think for oneself
have feelings
P23 填空复述
Claire, wife of a robot company staff, was lucky enough to test a new robot out. When she first saw the robot, she felt 1 ________ (alarm). Tony didn’t look like a machine at all. She felt embarrassed when Tony asked her 2 ___________ she needed help dressing. Claire thought it ridiculous 3 ____________ (offer) sympathy by a machine. But she began to trust 4 ______ (he) in the following days.
him
to be offered
if/whether
alarmed
Tony did everything to please Claire. He suggested that she 5 _____________ (invite) Gladys and her friends to the house the night before he was 6 ________ (leave) and made the house completely 7 ___________ (transform). When the moment came, he folded his arms around her, bending his face close to hers, and declared that he didn’t want to leave her.
transformed
to leave
(should) invite
Everything was seen by her guests through the window 8 ______ curtain had been opened by Tony. What 9 ______ sweet victory it was to be envied by those women! But then she remembered that Tony was just a machine. She cried all night. And the next day, Tony was picked up by the company. It was a pity that he would have to be rebuilt, though he had protected Claire 10 ______ harm.
from
a
whose
Larry Belmont
Claire
Tony
Gladys Claffern
A robot
One of the richest
and most powerful
women around.
employed in a company
that makes robots
housewife
couple
was to be
tested out by Claire in their family
a woman that Claire envies
Make a list of what the robot
Tony did during the experiment.
did housework
Prevented Claire from being harmed (example)
helped Claire make herself and her home elegant by…
helped Claire be envied by other women
gave her advice on how to decorate her house
gave her a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore
The change of Claire’s feeling to Tony
unwilling to accept
proud of him
alarmed,disturbed and frightened
embarrassed, disturbed and frightened
trust
fall in love
1. He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice although his facial expression never changed.
2. It was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.
3. Also she felt her home wasn’t elegant enough for someone like Larry who wanted to improve his social position.
4. He seemed more like a human than a machine.
[仿写]
⑴ 她是个善良可爱的小姑娘,圆圆的脸,大大的眼睛,雪白的牙齿,留着波浪般的长发。(with短语,描述人)
She is a kind and lovely girl, with a round face, big eyes, white teeth and long waving hair.
⑵ 他是个长相很滑稽的男人,长长的胡须而没有头发。
He is a funny-looking man, with a thick moustache but no hair left.
[仿写]
⑴ 人民普遍认为每天锻炼有益于身体健康。(It is adj. that…)
It is commonly believed that exercising every day does good to our health.
⑵ 很明显,中国的老龄化人口会对未来的整个社会造成很大的压力。
It is quite obvious that the aging population in China will cause a heavy pressure on the whole society in the future.
[仿写]
⑴ 对于像他的班长那样想考入名牌大学的人来说,Tom觉得自己还不够勤奋。
Tom thinks he himself isn’t diligent enough for someone like his monitor who wishes to enter a key university.
⑵ 对于像他的哥哥那样想成为一名大作家的人来说,John觉得自己还不够聪明。
John felt he himself is not clever enough for someone like his brother who wants to be a famous writer.
[仿写]用上述句型翻译下列句子。
⑴ 与其说他是老师,不如说他是作家。
He is more a writer than a teacher.
⑵ 与其说他愚蠢,不如说他懒惰。
He is more lazy than stupid.
⑶ 与其说他受伤了,不如说他受惊了。
He was more frightened than hurt.
二、难句分析
She cried out “Tony” and then heard him declare that he didn’t want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the desire to please her.
2. You cannot have women falling in love with machines. (P12)