Unit 2 Robots
What is a robot?
A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans.
Robots
Play with human
do research
Talk with human
Do the housework(cleaning,cooking
……..)
rescue work
Take care of children
act as a policeman
/a seller
Do some shopping
What can a robot do?
Entertainmentrobots
Industrial robots 工业机器人
household robots 家用机器人
The robot which can play with children.
The robot which can play football.
The robot whichcan speak to people.
Spider
Dinosaur
Dragonfly
Snake
Mantis ( 螳螂 )
Science fiction about robots
23/4/21Transformers 《变形金刚》
I, Robot 《我,机器人 》
Edward Scissorhands 剪刀手爱德华
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.
Skimming & scanning
Reading for main idea
What is the text mainly about? It is mainly about how a household
_________ was _________ ________ in
a family.
robot tested out
Reading: Satisfaction guaranteed
Larry Belmont
Tony
Claire
Characters in the story:
Gladys Claffern
working in a company that makes robots
Larry’s wife, a housewife
the robot
a woman that Claire envies ( 嫉妒 )
Task 1
• Skim the text to find out Larry Belmont’s problem.
• His wife may have fallen in love with Tony, the robot.
Find out the truth first for Larry1. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning,
but she agreed to it at last.
2. When Tony, the robot, offered to help dressing, Claire was pleased to accept it. But she thought it was surprising for a robot to be so human.
3. Tony could understand Clarie when she said she was not clever.
Task 2
Find out the truth first for Larry
4. Claire was sorry she could do little to help her husband, who wanted to improve his social position.
• 5. Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no way out.
• 6. Tony went to Town with Claire to buy things he wanted to improve the house.
Find out the truth first for Larry
• 7. While Tony worked on the improvements of the house, Claire also did her part.
• 8. Claire's guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed.
• 9. Claire was very happy to find that Gladys envied her.
• 10. The company was very pleased with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman to fall in love with him.
Reading for details
Claire’s feelings towards Tony
changed as the story developed. Fill
in the occasions when
Claire had these
feelings.
How did Claire feel?
What happened?
____________
She saw Tony was ______ and ________. He had ______hair and his voice was _______.
____________
Tony asked whether she needed help dressing.
amazed By his _________ and the ________ and ________of his skin.
______________
Tony caught her in time, held her firmly in his arms .
alarmed
tallhandsome
smoothdeep
embarrassed
fingernailssoftness warmth
Happy, surprised, shy
How did Claire feel?
What happened?
_____________
Tony folded his arms around her, bending his face close to hers and _______that he didn’t want to leave her and that he felt more than just the _____ to please her.
__________
She was _______by those women.
___________
She remembered Tony was just a machine.
surprised
happy
sad
declared
desire
envied
Find out how Claire’s emotion developed
____ _____ ____ _____
____ _____
A.Sad to remember he was just a machine
B.accepted him C. proud of him
D. refused to have Tony at her house
E. trusted him F. loved him
D B E c
F A
How Claire’s emotion developed
refuse
accepttrust
proudlove
sad
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4
Para 1- Para 3
Para 4- Para 8
Para 9- Para 11
Para 12
Meet
Help
love
Leave
Reading for structure
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.
Read the story again and answer the follo
wing questions in group.
What did Tony do to prevent Claire f
rom being harmed?
Tony prevented Claire from being
harmed by making her feel good a
bout herself. He helped her make
her and her home elegant so that
she would not feel like a failure.
Claire spent three weeks with Tony in her house. What sentences in the story show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he was a machine?
How absurd, She thought. He was just a machine.He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.Then she remembered---Tony was just a machine. She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed.…..
Reading for appreciation
What a mixed feeling!
1. Do you think that robots can take the
place of humans in the future? why?
Write down your opinions.
2. Finish EXX 2 & 3 on Page 12 in your Student’s Book.
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