(
课件网) Reading and Thinking Unit 1 Science fiction 1. To figure out how science fiction is developed and how many elements it includes. 2. To complete the story with bold but reasonable imagination. 3. To develop a right and critical attitude towards the development of robots and AI. Learning aims： Robots Do rescue/research/ service work entertain humans or perform programs Do labor/dangerous work Do housework ... Play with or take care of humans Lead in Satisfaction Guaranteed (Adapted) Reading Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact. --Isaac Asimov Skim Read the text quickly and finish the two tasks. 1. Match the main idea with each part. 〇 Larry Belmont 〇 Claire 〇 Tony 〇 Gladys Claffern 2. Find out the characters and their relationships. Larry Belmont Gladys Claffern Claire Tony a couple work on test out a rich and powerful woman envy/ admire a household robot worked for a robot company a housewife 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Part 1(Para.1-2) Larry persuaded Claire to accept the robot that would be tested out. Part 2 (Para.3-8) The process of Tony helping Claire. Part 3 (Para.9) The result of Tony living with Claire. Skim for the main idea and the structure Her house was not elegant. She was not like Gladys Claffern. The sales-woman was rude to her. She fell off the ladder. She was not clever. He gave her a new _____and improved the _____she wore. hairstyle makeup He _____ the house completely. transformed He suggested a _____in her house. party He made the woman changed her_____. attitude He managed to _____ her in time from the next room. catch How did Tony help her with her problems (Read para 4-8 and answer the questions.) Read for story line Read the story carefully and pay attention to the changes of Claire’s feelings towards Tony as the story developed. 1. Before Tony arrived dislike 2. She first saw him alarmed 3. Tony asked if he should help her get dressed embarrassed 4.Tony offered sympathy ridiculous, admired& trusted 5.Tony helped her talk to the saleswoman call him dear 6. Tony caught and held her when she fell felt warmth Scan for the plot 添加题 添加标题 Then the front door bell rang. _____ _____ ● What would happen at the party Gladys Claffern Claire Tony ● What would happen between Claire and Tony ● What would happen between Claire and Gladys Thinking 添加题 添加标题 Then the front door bell rang. Tony let her go and disappeared from sight. It was then that Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window. Her guests had seen everything! The women _____ by Claire, the house and the delicious cuisine. Just before they left, Claire heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony. What a sweet victory _____ by those women! She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover. Then she remembered — Tony was just a machine. She shouted "Leave me alone" and ran to her b ... ...
