Unit7reading.doc

　 Unit 7 Will people have robots?
Section B (2a-2d)
一 Teaching aims
Knowledge aims: words: even, human, servant, dangerous, already, factory,
simple, over and over again, believe, hundreds of,inside,
disagree, shape, fall, fall down, look for, possible
Key structure: 1.There are already robots working in factories.
2.It’s easy for children to wake up and know
where they are.
3.That may not seem possible now, but
computers and rockets seemed impossible
100 years ago.
Ability aims: （1）Master key words and structures.
（2）Get the main ideas and can find some details.
（3）Improve reading skills.
Emotion aims: 1. Have a hope for future and study hard.
2. Do something to improve themselves.
二 Teaching important points and difficult points
1. Important points: Master the key words and language points.
2. Difficult points:
1． Improvement of the reading skills.
2． How to get main idea and details information.
3. Write some predictions.
三 Teaching procedures
Step I. Warming up and lead-in
2. Talk about shapes of robots.
3. Ask students to image:
If I have a robot, I hope that it can…
Step II. Pre- reading
1. Read and match the words.
2. Look at the title and the picture, and predict what will be written.
Step III. While-reading
1. Skimming
Task 1 Get the main idea.
Task 2 Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph
2. Scanning
Task 1 Read Para. 1, and answer:
1.In what kind of movies ,we sometimes see robots?
2. What are they like?
Task 2 Read Para 2. complete the sentences.
1.Robots can build in factories.
2.They can do jobs many times and not get bored.
Task 3 Read Para 3. decide True or False.
( )1.Some robots in Japan are fun to watch, because
they can dance and walk
( )2.scientists are trying to make robots look like
animals.
( )3.we can make robots move like people and think
like a human .
( )4.Scientist James White believes that robots will
never be able to do the same things as we can.
Task 4 Read Para 4. complete the diagram.
How long:________________
Robots in Shapes :_________, _________
the future -in India:_______
use for:__________
Possible/impossible?

Step IV. After-reading
1. Sum up and fill in the blanks.
2. What ways do you think a robot will help you and your family in the
future? Write your ideas.
3. Group work.
Talk about two questions:
1. What will your robot look like in the future?
2. What will your robot be able to do ?
Step V. Writing
Write a short paragraph like the sample .
E.g.: I want to have a robot in the future. It will look like a ______. It
will be able to _____, and it will also be able to help me
___________________... .
I think I will like it very much.
Step VI. Homework
1.Read the article in 2b.
2.Recite the new words and expressions in the article.
3.Finish the writing work after class.