高中英语人教版新课标选修7课件:unit 4 Robots Warming up & reading

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Unit 2 Robots
Let’s enjoy some pictures.
spider
dog
clock
snake
mantis 螳螂
What’s a robot
A robot is a ________ designed to do
jobs that are usually _________________.
How does a robot work
A robot is programmed and
controlled by a _________.
performed by humans
computer
machine
What do robots look like
They may take various
shapes to serve different
functions.
Brainstorming
What can a
robot do
do sports
do housework
talk/ communicate with people
The robot can do rescue work (in the snow).
The robot can
fight in the war.
The robot can carry out tasks in the sky.
play music
driving/riding
clean the plane
do the labor work
lead the way
Mars probe robot
火星探测机器人
industrial robots
工业机器人
消防灭火机器人
lunar rover vehicle
space robot
Nowadays robots can be made into all
kinds of shapes for various uses.
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
WALL-E
Waste Allocation Load Lifters – Earth
(地球废品分装员)
The Fifth Element 第五元素
The Terminator
(终结者)
“ I, ROBOT”
机械公敌/智能叛变
The film is adapted from a
science fiction written by
Isaac Asimov, a science fiction writer.
AstroBoy
铁臂阿童木
Doraemon
机器人历险记
特工小子
Please design your own robot. You may draw a picture and then use your own words to introduce it briefly. The following items can be included in your description.
the name
the appearance
the character
the function

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
Reading
Satisfaction Guaranteed
What’s the meaning of
the title “satisfaction
guaranteed”
Skimming
Read the text quickly and answer the following
questions:
1. What is the text mainly about
2. What did the robot Tony look like
3. How many characters are mentioned
Who are they
What are they
What is the relationship between them
1. What is the text mainly about
It is mainly about how a household
robot was tested out in a family.
2. What did the robot Tony look like
He looked like a tall and handsome man
with smooth hair and a deep voice,
whose facial expression never changed.
Larry Belmont
Claire
Tony
Gladys Claffern
a household robot
one of the richest and most powerful women around
employed in a company
that makes robots
a housewife
couple
to be tested out by Claire in their family
a woman that Claire envies
4. Please work in pairs to explain how Claire’s
feelings toward Tony changed as the story
developed.
Question --- Answer
S1: When did Claire feel dislike Tony
S2: Before Tony arrived at her home.
Occasions Claire…
1 disliked him
2 When he arrived was alarmed
3 felt embarrassed
4 admired him
Before he arrived
When he offered to help her dress
When he offered to help her improve her house and herself
Ex 1 of comprehending
Occasions Claire…
5 called him a dear
6 felt his warmth
7 felt being envied
8 cried all night
When he helped her deal
with the rude salesman
When she fell off a ladder
and was saved by Tony
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.
5. Make a list of things that Tony did for
Claire.
6. In what ways do you think Tony is
different from and similar to a human
being
5. the things Tony did for Claire:
did housework
prevented Claire from being harmed
helped Claire make herself and her home elegant
helped Claire be envied by other women
transformed her house
gave her a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore
similarities
Physical similarities:
1) He looks like a human being;
2) His body and skin are soft and warm;
3) His hair and fingernails are realistic;
4) His voice is like a human’s.
Mental similarities:
He is able to make suggestions and
predictions;
2) He is able to make a plan and follow it
through;
3) He has good communication skills.
differences
Physical differences:
1) His facial expressions never change;
2) He is able to react quickly. For instance,
When Claire fell off a ladder and even
though he was in the next room, he
managed to catch her in time.
Mental differences:
Sometimes, his behavior is not appropriate.
For example, when he brought Claire her
breakfast, he asked her whether she needed
help dressing.
Please use your own words to retell the story.
If you were Claire, …
If you were Tony…
If you were Gladys…
You are a reader…
If you were the author, how would your write the story Please use your imagination to create a story about a robot and a human being.