Unit7 Section B

2. 在“It seems / seemed that ...”和“There seems /seemed + to be ...”句式中。如： It seemed that they didn’t catch the train. 看来 他们没赶上火车。 There seems to be many young people at the concert. 好像有许多年轻人在听音乐会。
walk and dance .
4. Some can help look forpeople under
the buildings.
2d Fill in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article.
Some robots are very human-like. They can dance like people. Some scientists walk and _________ think that in the future they will _________ make robots more like humans. This may not possible _________ in the near future, but at some point, robots
你认为你将拥有自己的机器人吗？ 1.当我们观看有关未来的电影时，我们 有时会看到机器人。它们通常像人类的 仆人。它们帮助做家务或在一些很脏或 危险的地方工作。 2.现在已经有机器人在工厂里干活了。 一些机器人能帮助制造汽车，并且它们 反复地干着简单的工作。将来会有很少 的人做这样的的工作，因为这些工作很 无聊，但机器人将绝不会感到厌烦。
factory----factories 工厂 simple 简单的；简易的 such 这样的；这种 get + 形容词 变得；觉得
help with... 帮助做某事。 in the future 在将来。 hundreds of 数百。 try to do sth. 尽力去做某事 try doing sth. 尝试做某事 make robots look like…使机器人看 起来像…一样 make sb. / sth. do…
3. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do. Some robots in Japan can walk and dance. They are fun to watch. However, some
于： get bored（强调动作） be bored （强调状态） 英语中有很多过去分词或形容词都可以和get, be 连用。比如：tired，angry 等。例如：
3. Some robots are very human-like. 一些机器人十分像真人。 在human-like （形似真人的；真人一样的） 一词中，-like 为形容词后缀，用在名词之后， 与其构成一个完整的形容词，表示“ 形似…… 的；像……一样的；类似于…..的”。 又如： a bird-like building （像鸟一样的建筑） a cabbage-like vegetable（一种形似卷心菜的 蔬菜），the ball-like thing on the top of the building（楼顶上那个像球一样的东西。）
2. Fewer people will do such jobs in the future
because they are boring, but robots will never
get bored.
此句中的get bored 译为“ 感到厌烦，感到无
聊”。其同义词为：be bored 二者的区别在
it + be +形容词+ (for sb.) + to do sth.
(某人)做某事怎么样
It is not easy for me to get up early on Sunday morning.
the same…as… 同…一样的… I don’t like to wear the same clothes as you do every day.
Unit 7 Will people have robots?
人们将拥有机器人吗？
Do You Think You Will Have Your Own Robot? 1.When we watch movies about the future, we sometimes see robots. They are usually like human servants. They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places. 2.Today there are already robots working in factories. Some can help to build cars, and they do simple jobs over and over again. Fewer people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get bored.
[辨析] seem与look的区别： 两者后面都可接形容词、名词或介 词短语。但seem指说话人内心的主观判 断，而look则强调从所述事物外表上看 得出的视觉印象。在下面两种情况下只 能用seem，而不能用look。
1. seem 后面接动词不定式时。如： My father seemed to know the news. 我父亲好 像知道这个消息。
look like snakes. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. This was not possible 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed impossible 100 years ago. We never know what will happen in the future!
where they are. But many scientists disagree with Mr. White. They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years.
4. Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. These new robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals. In India, for example, scientists made robots that
robots will never be able to wake up and know
3.现在科学家们正在试图制造出外表像人， 而且能和我们人类做同样的事情的机器人。 日本一些机器人能走路和跳舞。这种机器 人看着很好玩。然而一些科学家相信尽管 我们能够制造出像人一样行走的机器人， 但是让机器人真正地向人类那样思考将会 很难。例如，科学家。。。。认为机器人 将永远不能醒来并知道自己在哪里。但是， 许多科学家不同意怀特先生的意见。他们 认为在25年到50年之后机器人甚至将能够 向人类一样交谈。
4.一些科学家相信未来将会有更多的机器人。 然而，他们同意那可能需要数百年的时间。 这些新的机器人将有许多不同的形状。有些 将看上去像人，有些可能看上去像动物。比 如，在印度，科学家们制造出了看上去像蛇 的机器人。如果建筑物倒塌后，还有人在里 面，这些蛇机器人能帮助寻找建筑物下面的 人。这在20年前是不可能的，但是电脑和火 箭在100年前看起来似乎也（同样）是不可 能的。我们从来都不知道将来会发生什么!
2c Read the article again quickly. complete the
sentences about what robots can do now. 1.Robots can build cars in factories.
2.They can doed. 3.Some can
person
7.例如
for example
8.与人交谈
9.做简单的工作 10.一遍又一遍 11.变得烦躁 12.寻找 13.看起来有可能的
talk to people
do simple jobs over and over again get bored look for seem possible
will even be able to _________ like people. talk
However, some scientists . James
White believes that robots won’t same be able to do the _________ things as us. For example, he thinks that robots will never be able to wake up _________ and know where they are. Which side do you _________ agree with?