(完整版)Unit2_Robots课件

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
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?
Science fiction about robot
Good
What can robots do ?
…
do homework
Bad
do housework
dangerous
play with people talk
more intelligent
walk and dance
stronger
look for people
like Tony in your house?
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Homework
1. Revise the reading story and find out important words and phrases.
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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.
•The robot, cause the main character to have some very confusing feelings.
Characters in the story: Larry Belmont ---- employed in a
company that makes robots
Background information:
•A retelling of an Isaac Asimov’s story called Satisfaction Guaranteed.
•About a human-like robot.
•Asimov’s first law for robots: A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured.
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.
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. 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
a ladder and
caught by Tony
Felt his warmth
3. When he
Felt
7.When she heard
offered to help her dress
embarrassed
Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so
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
2. Read the story again and answer the questions:
1. Why did Tony open the curtains?
He wanted Claire’s guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by the women guests.
Claire ---- Larry’s wife, a housewife
Tony ---- the robot
Gladys Claffern ---- a woman that Claire envies
Scanning
Read through the passage and then answer the following questions:
4.When he
Admired him 8.handsome as Tony
offered to help her improve her house and herself
She remembered Tony was just a machine
Felt being envied
Cried all night
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?
1. What is the text mainly about? It is mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family.
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.
3. Why should Tony be rebuilt? Because the company (designers) felt that they could not have women falling in love with a robot. 4. How would you feel if you had a robot
2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed?
He had prevented Claire from harming herself 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.
Occasion Claire … Occasion Claire …
1. Before he
arrived
2. When he arrived
Disliked him 5. Helped her Called him a
with the sales
dear
man
Was alarmed 6.When she fell off
sad
___________
She remembered Tony was just a machine.
Post-reading
1. Claire's feelings toward Tony changed as the story developed. Read the story, then fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings.
…
do unpleasant jobs
…
What is a robot?
A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. Robots are programmed and controlled by a computer. Today there are different kinds of robot, including industrial robots, household robots, and entertainment robots. Robots also often appear as characters in stories.
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.
Read a short story about a robot. It was originally written by the science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov, and published in 1951. Here the story has been retold by another writer.
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 ad百度文库ice on her dresses D. all the above