人教英语选修7Unit2Warming up and reading 1（共49张PPT）

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2018学年度人教版选修7Unit2Robots
Period1 Warming up and reading 1
Unit 2 Robots
1.　机器人不能伤害人类，或坐视人类受到伤害而袖手旁观。　 2.　除非违背第一法则，机器人必须服从人类的命令。　 3.　在不违背第一和第二法则前提下，机器人必须保护自己。
最早提出机器人这个概念的人是科幻作家阿西莫夫(Isaac Asimov)，二十世纪四十年代他在一本短篇小说中用到了robotic这个单词。在那篇短文中，阿西莫夫提出了三个指导机器人行为的准则，也就是著名的机器人三大定律
First Law : A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured.
Second Law : A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings (as long as human being are not injured ).
Third Law : A robot must protect its own existence (as long as human beings are not injured; and as long as the robot does not disobey the human beings).
Asimov’s three laws
Do you know any story or novel or film whose hero (heroine) is a robot?
If you do, can you say something about them?
Discussion
Warming up
“ I, ROBOT” (机械公敌)
1
终结者T1000
终结者（阿诺.施瓦辛格）T800 (T850)
终结者T-X
Robots 机器人历险记
Doraemon 机器猫（多啦A梦）
What could robots do in our daily life?
Brainstorming
What is a robot?
A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans.
Industrial robots 工业机器人
The robot which can be used to
produce cars
Domestic robots家用机器人
The robot which can mow the lawn (除草机器人)
Entertainment
robots
娱乐型机器人
The robot which can dance with men
The robot which can do rescue work
The robot which can be used to explore space
The robot which is used to find the landmines (地雷) Military robots
Do you think it is possible for a robot to:

have feelings?

feel like a human
being?
Robots
Play with human
do research
Talk with human
Do the housework
(cleaning,cooking
……..)
And so on…
Take care of
children
act as a policeman
/a seller
Do some shopping
What can a robot do?
Do you think it is possible for a robot to :
think for itself
have feelings
have its own needs and desires
look and feel like a human being
Pre-reading
Reading
Satisfaction
Guaranteed
1. What is the main idea of the story?
2. What are the main characters in the story?
Skimming
Main idea of the story:
The story tells us how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family.
Larry Belmont
Claire
Tony
Gladys Claffern
Main characters in the story:
---- Larry’s wife, a housewife
---- a robot
---- works in a company that makes robots
---- a woman that Claire envies
Find out the information about Tony
tall
handsome
facial expressions
never changed
smooth and black
hair
deep voice
soft and warm skin
quick
clever
capable
Decide whether the following statements are true or false, and try to find the sentence in the story to support your answers:
Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire.
Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.
3. Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever.
Reading II-skimming (5m)
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4.Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out.
5.It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house.
6.Claire’s guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed.
7.Claire was very happy to find that Gladys envied her.
8. The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him.
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T
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F
Scanning
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
being than a machine.
D. Because he never changed his
facial expressions.
2. Why did Claire feel embarrassed one day?
A. Because Tony asked her whether she
needed help dressing.
B. Because Tony offered sympathy for her.
C. Because Tony helped her a lot.
D. Because Tony bent his face too close to
hers.
3. _________amazed Claire very much.
A. That Tony gave her a new haircut
B. That Tony changed the makeup she wore
C. Tony’s fingernails and the softness and warmth of his skin
D. That Tony wrote a shopping list for her
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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 her Tony
7. We can infer from the passage that_____.
A. Claire liked Tony but feared him
B. Claire cried because Tony made her
angry
C.Claire forgot Tony as soon as Tony left her
D.Tony had no feelings as human being.
Claire’s feelings towards Tony changed
Before he arrived
When he arrived
When he offered to help her dress
When he offered to help her improve her house and herself
comprehending
Occasion Claire
dislike him
was alarmed
felt embarrassed
admired him
When he helps her with the salesman
When she fell off a ladder and caught by Tony
When she heard Gladys whispering
She remembered Tony was just a machine
called him a dear
felt his warmth
felt being envied
cried all night
Why did Tony open the curtains?


What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed?


Why did Tony have to be rebuilt?
He wanted Claire’s guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by the women guests.
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.
Tony had to be rebuilt because the company felt that they could not have women falling in love with a robot.
How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in your house?
Claire spent three weeks with Tony in her house. What sentences in the story show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he 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.
In groups, list Tony’s characteristics that were similar to those of a human being and different from those of a human being.
Characteristics
Physical
Mental
Emotional
Similar
Different
Reading IV-discussion (10m)




Characteristics
Similar
Different
Physical
(1)Looks like_______________.
(2)Body and skin are_____. (3)Hair and fingernails_____________. (4)Voice like__________.
(1)Facial expressions____________. (2)______________________ (She fell off a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room, he managed to catch her in time)

warm
realistic
a human’s
never change


Characteristics
Similar
Different
Mental
Able to ______________and predictions. Able to ___________and follow it through. Has good ______________ skills
Behaviour not__________(Tony brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing.)
make suggestions
make a plan
communication
appropriate


Suppose you are working for a robot company, design a robot on the paper, and introduce it to your classmates. Your robot can be used :
In the home (2) In a workplace
(3)In the street
(4)In the natural environment
(5)In space or anywhere else
You are divided into groups of four to design your robot. You can follow the steps as below:
Make a list of the purpose of your robot and the abilities you want your robot to have.
Make a list of the kinds of body part you robot would need to carry out your instructions.
Draw your robot on a large piece of paper and name its parts and explain what each part does.
Tips on designing your robots:
For each robot that you build, you will have to choose options for six major robot characteristics. These are:
Looks: What does the robot look like? Is there a reason for it to look as it does?
Sensing: How does the robot “know” or figure out what’s in its environment?
3. Movement: How does the robot move within its environment?
4. Manipulation: How does the robot move or manipulate other objects within its environment?
5. Energy: How is the robot powered? Can it have more than one energy source?
6. Intelligence: How does the robot “think”?
It’s your time to design your group’s robot.
A sample writing:
The rubbish collector
The rubbish collector is a robot about half the size of a small car. Its body is square and contains a large rubbish bin inside it. It has a camera attached to the top front of its body. Also at the front is a pair of arms. Underneath it has four wheels and six legs. With the camera it can “see” rubbish such as paper, glass, and plastic. If the surface of the ground is smooth, it runs on its wheels, and if the ground is rough, it unfolds its legs and walks.
When it sees a piece of rubbish, it stops and uses its arms to pick it up and put it in its rubbish bin. However, when it sees a person, an animal or a plant, it goes around it as it is able to recognize when something is not a piece of rubbish.
The company should make this robot as it would be very popular with schools. It would clean the outside grounds of the school and so give the students more time to spend on their studies. It would also be a great advantage to have at sports grounds or any other area where rubbish is dropped by the public.
Assignment
Remember the characteristics of science fiction.
Surf the Internet to learn more about robots and science fictions.
Surf the Internet to learn about Isaac Asimov.