robot

3.Why did Larry put Tony into his family? Because he wanted to test out how a robot used for housework in a family.
Skimming
Choose the best answer:
1. 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 being than a machine. D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.
1. What is the text mainly about? It is mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family.
2. What did the robot called Tony look like? He looked like a tall and handsome man, speaking in a deep voice, with smooth black hair and his facial expression unchanged.
h_a_p_p_y,_s_u_rp_r_is_e_d_, s_h_y Tony caught her in time, held her firmly in his arms .
How did Claire What happened? feel?
surprise
_____________
Tony folded his arms around her, bending his face close to
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?
5. 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.
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
Unit 2 Robots
There are many types of robots and they can do different work. Can you namet robots
Industrial robots 工业机器人
A short story by the
science fiction writer,
Issac Asimov.
Scanning
Read through the passage and then answer the following questions:
1.What is the text mainly about? 2.What did the robot called Tony look like? 3.Why did Larry put Tony into his family?
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 her Tony
How did Claire feel?
alarmed
embarrassed amazed
Careful-reading
What happened?
She saw Tony was _t_al_l and _h_an_d_s_o_m_e_. His hair was _b_la_c_k__ and _s_m_o_o_th__and his voice was _d_e_e_p___. Tony asked whether she needed help dressing. By his _f_in_g_e_r_n_a_il_s and the _s_o_f_t_n_e_ss_ and __w_a_r_m_t_h_of his skin.
2. 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
sad
___________
She remembered Tony was just a machine.
Discussion
Do you think human will be able to make a robot like Tony? Do you like a robot like Tony at your house?
Domestic robots家用机器人
The robot which can play with children.
The robot which can play football.
The robot which can speak to people.
What can robots do?
Homework
1 Write a short passage about Robot 2 Read the passage again and find out some difficult points.
rescue work
take care of human
Housework
Robots
And so on…
Play with human
What is a robot?
A robot is _a_m__a_c_h_i_n_e designed to _d_o__jo_b_s__th_a_t__a_re__u_s_u_a_ll_y_p__e_rf_o_r_m__e_d_ _b_y__h_u_m__a_n_s. Robots are programmed and controlled by _a__co_m__p_u_t_e_r_.
hers and declared that he
didn’t want to leave her and
that he felt more than just the
desire to please her.
happy
__________
She was envied by those women.