新目标八年级上英语U7-Section B 2

2c
Read the article again quickly. Complete the sentences about what robots can do now.
1. Robots can build ____ cars in factories. simple jobs many times 2. They can do _______ and never get bored. 3. Some can _________ and walk _____________. dance look for people under 4. Some can help _______ ___________. the buildings
Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4
Will robots think like humans in the future? What will robots be like in the future? What can robots do today? What are robots like in movies?
Share your ideas with the class. The more you talk, the higher grades you get.
I think some future robots might look like...
Task 3请用下列词的适当形式填空
in as think what work though make is disagree with
In the future, we will have robots as our servants. They may help us with the housework and jobs. Now, there are already robots workingin the factories. They can build cars and do simple jobs what fewer people want to do.
Some robots will be look like people. They will be able to sing, dance and talk with us.
They will also be able to sever us. They can make dinner, do the dishes and cook coffee for us. Some robots might look like big arms. They will be able to work in factories. They can help make cars and do simple jobs over and over again.
Fill in the blanks in this paragraph 2d with words from the article. Some robots are very human-like. They dance like people. Some can walk and ______ scientists think that in the future they will _______ make robots more like humans. This may not come _________ true in the near future, but at some point, robots will even be able to ______ talk like people. disagree However, some scientists _________.
Para3:Will robots be like human in the future? Para4:What will robots be likd of animals might robots look like in the future? What do you think these robots will be able to do? Write your ideas and discuss them with your partner.
Task 4 Analysing the passage
there be sb doing sth.
Task 5 Retell the passage
1 check the answer on P8 of the Learning paper; 2 According to these questions, try to retell the passage. Para1:What are robots like in movies? Para2:What can robots do today?
I think some future robots might look like... They will...
I think some future robots might look like spiders. They will be able to help us clean the window, sweep the floor. Some robots might look like snakes. They will be able to help look for people under the buildings. If buildings fall down with people inside.
What do the robots look like?
What can robots do?
Tell your partner what you know 2a about robots. What do they look like and what can they do?
What do the robots look like?
in think work though disagree as what make is with Scientists are trying robots to make look like humans and do the same things as we do. But it’s difficult to make them really think like a human. Some scientists that agree robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years. Althoughit may take hundreds of years, they also believe that there will be more different shapes of robots in the future.
James White believes that robots will not be able to do the ________ things same as we can. For example, he thinks that robots will ______ be able to wake up not and know where they are. Which side agree do you ________ with?
Today there are already robots working in factories. 现在已经有机器人在工厂里干活了。 此句中的working in factories的逻辑主语是 robots，但是在这个there be句型中，谓语动词 已经有了are，所以work就不能再作本句的谓 语动词，而应用-ing形式。这一点在学习和使 用there be句型时需要特别注意。
What can robots do?
I think they look like humans. They can do anything men can do.
2b
Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.