Book-7--Unit-2-Warming-Up.ppt

Unit 2,Robots,Warming Up&Reading,（,）,张忠连,1.Learn something about the relationship between human beings and robots.,2.,Train reading skills.,Learning aims,1.test_ 检验完，考验出,2.allow sb._sth.允许某人做某事,3._to do sth.许诺做某事,4.ring _ 给,打电话,5.turn_ 转身，翻转,6.l,eave._,不管，别惹，让,一个人待着,7.set _ 将,放在一边,8.do sb.a_ 帮某人一个忙,Pretest,to do,out,promise,up,around,alon,e,aside,favor,Have you ever watched any cartoons,movies,science fiction,literature or any other things that have robots as their characters?,Leading-in,阿童木,Doraemon,What is a robot?,A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humansPre-reading,Brainstorm,What can robots,do?,c,ook meals,play with us,conduct an,orchestra,walk the dog,Robots,Play with humans,Serve us,Conduct an orchestra,Do housework,And so on,What can robots do?,Its only a piece of cake!Because these robots are programmed and controlled by a computer.,But,what if one day,they would look exactly like us,act just like us,and think and feel like us?,Actually,this is a common theme in science fiction!,Now 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.,satisfaction guaranteed,Skimming,1.How many characters are mentioned?,2.Find out their names and roles in the text.,3.What is the relation between them?,_ employed by a company that made robots,2._ housewife who was helped by the robot,Larry Belmont,Claire,Tony,Gladys Claffern,3.the robot,4._ one of the richest and most powerful women around,couple,1.,What problem,arose,at last?,Claire fell in love with the robot Tony,so the company(designers)had to rebuild him.,Scanning,tall,handsome,facial expression,never changed,smooth,hair,a deep voice,soft and warm skin,quick,clevercapable,2.What was the robot called Tony like?,1,.Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony?,A.Because he was a robot.,B.Because she didnt like him.,C.Because he was more like a human being than a machine.,D.Because he never changed his facial expression.,Reading Comprehension,2.The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dreams,by_.,A.making her home elegant,B.giving her a new haircut and changing her make-up,C.helping her impress her friends,D.all the above,3.We can infer from the passage that_.,Claire liked Tony but feared him,Claire cried because Tony made her angry,Claire forgot Tony as soon as Tony left her,Tony had no feelings as human beings,Find out how Claires feelings developed,1.At the first sight of Tony,Claire was _.,2.When Tony offered to help her dress,she was _.,3.When Claire was offered sympathy by Tony,she thought it _.,4.When Tony was scanning the books,she was _ by his fingernails and the,5.But she thought it _ for he was just a machine.,alarmed,embarrassed,ridiculous,amazed,was absurd,6.When Tony helped her deal with the clerk selling necklaces,she was _.,7.When Claire found that her telephone conversation happened to be heard by Gladys Claffern,she thought it _.,8.When Claire fell off a ladder but was caught by Tony and held firmly in his arms,she was _.,9.When Tony was about to leave the house,Claire felt _.,Find out how Claires feelings developed,awful,shy,sad,thankful,1.Do you think Tony was also in love with Claire?,2.If so,do you think it acceptable for Claire and Tony to be in love?,Discussion,Homework,1.Read the text again and learn some important sentences.,2.Preview,the language points.,