人教版选修七 Unit 2 robots 阅读优质课件

Let’s look at some pictures and see what robots can look like.
Robots can be made into all kinds of things.
Pre-reading
What can robots do?
Housework Robots
Skimming
Read the text quickly and answer the following questions: 1. What is the text mainly about? It is mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family.
Make inference
5. Why should Tony be rebuilt? Because _______. D A. he harms people B. it can not help the housewife in the family C. it is too frightening D. we can not have women falling in love with machines
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True or False
4. Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever. T 5. Claire’s husband wanted to improve his social position, but she was sorry she could do nothing to help him. T 6. Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out. F
Careful reading
How did Claire feel? alarmed embarrassed What happened?
tall and handsome She saw Tony was ___ ________. His hair was ______ black and smooth _______and his voice was _______. deep Tony asked whether she needed help dressing. By his _________ fingernails and the ________ softness and ________of warmth his skin. Tony caught her in time, held her firmly in his arms .
Do dangerous work
Secretary Play with human
And so on…
Types of robots
• Industrial robots used in manufacturing • Domestic robots such as vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers; • Entertainment robots such as toys and those in theme parks; • Robots used in toxic waste clean-up and in underwater and space exploration; …
Who are they?
What are they? what is the relation between them?
Larry Belmont couple Claire Tony was to be tested out by Claire in their family
employed in a company that makes robots
7. Tony asked Claire to go the town to buy
things he needed to improve the house. F
8. It was Claire that first decided to invite
Gladys and her friends to her house. T 9. While Tony worked on the improvements of the house, Claire also did her part. F
Reading
Satisfaction Guaranteed About the writer: Isaac Asimov
Asimov’s first law for robots: A robot must not injure human being or allow them to be injured. In this case the injury is not a physical one but a psychological one.
a woman fall in love with him. F
Listen to the text carefully. answer the questions:
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happy sad
1. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire. F 2. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but at last she agreed to it. T 3. When Tony offered to help dressing, Claire was pleased to accept it. But she thought it was surprising for a robot to be so human. F
amazed
happy, shy, surprised
How did Claire feel? surprised
What happened? Tony folded his arms around her, bending his face close to hers and declared that he didn’t want to leave her and that he felt more than just the desire to please her. She was envied by those women. She remembered Tony was just a machine.
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.
3. Why did Larry put Tony into his family? Because he wanted to test out how a robot was used for housework in a family.
How many characters are mentioned ?
Do you think it is possible for a robot to:
1. think for itself
2. have feelings 3. have its own needs and desires
4. look and feel like a human being
Unit 2 Robots
Reading
What’s a robot?
A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. They are programmed and controlled by a computer.
For details
2. What kind of robot was Tony? C A. an industrial robot B. an entertainment C. a robot that can carries out jobs in the house D. a robot that can carries out jobs in the shop 3. Who did Claire turn to for help when a sales man was rude to her in the shop. A A. Tony B. her husband C. The manager of the shop D. Gladys 4. Why did Gladys envy Claire? Because ___________. A A. she had a handsome friend B. she was beautiful C. she was rich D. she is powerful
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10. Claire’s guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed. T 11. Claire was very happy to find that
Gladys envied her. T 12. The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made
did housework helped Claire make herself and her home elegant by… gave her advice on how to decorate her house helped Claire be envied by other women
gave her a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore Prevented Claire from being harmed (example)
housewife
A robot
Gladys Claffern
One of the richest and most powerful women around.
a woman that Claire envies
Make a list of what the robot Tony did during the experiment.
The change of Claire’s feeling to Tony
unwilling to accept
alarmed,disturbed and frightened
trust
embarrassed, disturbed and frightened
proud of him
fall in love