(
课件网) Robots Unit2 Have you ever played with robot toys? Do you want to play with the real robots? Guess what these robots are doing. Playing football Riding/Cycling Playing music Dancing what can robots look like? Spider Dinosaur Dragonfly Snake Mantis (螳螂) 螳螂 Humans Huge arm Discussion Robots Play with humans Do research Talk with humans Do the housework And so on… Take care of children Act as a policeman /a seller Do some shopping What can a robot do? Do you know who he is? What’s the relationship between Isaac Asimov and robots? Isaac Asimov 最早提出机器人这个概念的人是科幻作家阿西莫夫(Isaac Asimov)，二十世纪四十年代他在一本短篇小说中用到了robotic这个单词。在那篇短文中，阿西莫夫提出了三个指导机器人行为的准则，也就是著名的机器人三大定律 Larry Belmont Claire Tony Gladys Claffern Main characters in the story: -- Larry’s wife, a housewife -- a robot -- works in a company that makes robots -- a woman that Claire envies Task1 :从课文中找出下列短语并翻译成中文： 1.work for_____ 2.test…out_____ 3.allow sb to do sth _____ 4. feel alarmed _____ 5.more…..than_____ 6.feel embarrassed _____ 7.improve one’s social position _____ 8.with wonder_____ 9.reach for sth_____ 10.change one’s attitude_____ 11.turn around_____ 为谁工作 测试/试用 允许某人做某事 担惊受怕 感到尴尬 提高自己的社会地位 惊奇地 伸手触摸 改变某人的态度 转身 与其说….倒不如说 12. after all _____ 13.with anger _____ 14.fall off a ladder_____ 15.leave sb alone_____ 16.protect sb from doing sth_____ 17.prevent sb from doing sh._____ 毕竟;究竟 气愤 从梯子上坠落 让某人一个人待会 保护某人不受/免遭...(侵害) 阻止某人做某事 18.fall in love with sb_____ 爱上某人 Decide whether the following statements are true or false, and try to find the sentence in the story to support your answers: Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last. 3. Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever. Task2skimming (5m) F T T 4.Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out. 5.It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house. F F Task3Scanning 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 human being than a machine. D. Because he never changed his facial expressions. 2. Why did Claire feel embarrassed one day? A. Because Tony asked her whether she needed help dressing. B. Because Tony offered sympathy for her. C. Because Tony helped her a lot. D. Because Tony bent his face too close to hers. 3. _____amazed Claire very much. A. That Tony gave her a new haircut B. That Tony changed the makeup she wore C. Tony’s fingernails and the softness and warmth of his skin D. That Tony wrote a shopping list for her 4. The robot Tony helped Claire to rea ... ...
