高中英语选修7 unit2 Robots Reading
Reading
Satisfaction Guaranteed About the writer: Isaac Asimov
Asimov’s first law for robots: A robot must not injure human being or allow them to be injured. In this case the injury is not a physical one but a psychological one.
Let’s look at some pictures and see what robots can look like.
Robots can be made into all kinds of things.
Pre-reading
What can robots do?
Housework Robots
1Leabharlann 10. Claire’s guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed. T 11. Claire was very happy to find that
Gladys envied her. T 12. The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made
How many characters are mentioned ?
Who are they?
What are they? what is the relation between them?
Larry Belmont couple Claire Tony was to be tested out by Claire in their family
Do dangerous work
Secretary Play with human
And so on…
Types of robots
• Industrial robots used in manufacturing • Domestic robots such as vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers; • Entertainment robots such as toys and those in theme parks; • Robots used in toxic waste clean-up and in underwater and space exploration; …
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4. Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever. T 5. Claire’s husband wanted to improve his social position, but she was sorry she could do nothing to help him. T 6. Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out. F
Careful Reading
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True or False
1. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire. F 2. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but at last she agreed to it. T 3. When Tony offered to help dressing, Claire was pleased to accept it. But she thought it was surprising for a robot to be so human. F
a woman fall in love with him. F
Listen to the text carefully. answer the questions:
For the main idea.
1. Why did Larry bring a robot back home? B A. To help his wife. B. To test out the robot. C. To accompany his wife. D. For entertainment. --- 本题旨在帮助大家练习主旨大意归纳能力。 主旨归纳忌讳面面俱到追求理解的彻底完美。 可采用扫读, 跳读(scan, skim)。
Occasions 1 Before he arrived 2 When he arrived 3 When he offered to help her dress
Claire… disliked him was alarmed felt embarrassed
4 When he offered to admired him help her improve her house and herself
Comprehending
Exercise 1 1. Claire’s feelings toward Tony changed as the story developed. Read the story, then fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings.
Make inference
5. Why should Tony be rebuilt? Because _______. D A. he harms people B. it can not help the housewife in the family C. it is too frightening D. we can not have women falling in love with machines
Skimming
Read the text quickly and answer the following questions: 1. What is the text mainly about? It is mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family.
Exercise 2
Read the story again and answer the
following questions in groups.
The change of Claire’s feeling to Tony
unwilling to accept
alarmed,disturbed and frightened
trust
embarrassed, disturbed and frightened
proud of him
fall in love
did housework helped Claire make herself and her home elegant by… gave her advice on how to decorate her house helped Claire be envied by other women
gave her a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore Prevented Claire from being harmed (example)
2. What did the robot called Tony look like? He looked like a tall and handsome man, speaking in a deep voice, with smooth black hair and his facial expression unchanged.
For details
2. What kind of robot was Tony? C A. an industrial robot B. an entertainment C. a robot that can carries out jobs in the house D. a robot that can carries out jobs in the shop 3. Who did Claire turn to for help when a sales man was rude to her in the shop. A A. Tony B. her husband C. The manager of the shop D. Gladys 4. Why did Gladys envy Claire? Because ___________. A A. she had a handsome friend B. she was beautiful C. she was rich D. she is powerful
Do you think it is possible for a robot to:
1. think for itself
2. have feelings 3. have its own needs and desires
4. look and feel like a human being
7. Tony asked Claire to go the town to buy
things he needed to improve the house. F
人教版高中英语选修7《Unit 2 Robots》教案2篇
人教版高中英语选修7《Unit 2 Robo ts》教案2篇Teaching plan of unit 2 robots for senior high school English El ective of PEP人教版高中英语选修7《Unit 2 Robots》教案2篇前言：英语作为在许多国际组织或者会议上都是必需语言，几乎所有学校选择英语作为其主要或唯一的外语必修课。
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本文简要目录如下：【下载该文档后使用Word打开，按住键盘Ctrl键且鼠标单击目录内容即可跳转到对应篇章】1、篇章1：人教版高中英语选修7《Unit 2 Robots》教案2、篇章2：人教版高中英语选修7《Unit 2 Robots》教案篇章1:人教版高中英语选修7《Unit 2 Robots》教案教学准备教学目标Teaching goals 教学目标1.Be able to learn some important words and phrases2.Help students to learn about robots and science fiction教学重难点eaching important points教学重点Enable students to grasp what Tony did to help Claire and how her emotion developed during Tony’s stay at her house.Teaching dif ficult points 教学难点How Claire’s emotion developed during Tony’s stay at her house.教学过程Teaching procedures 教学过程Step I Warming upPresent a photo of robots. Then ask students to say something about robot.What is on the blackboard?What is a robot?What can a robot do?Step II Pre-readingAsk students to predict question:If you have a robot, will you fall in love with it ?Introduce the background of the text.Step III ReadingFast reading1.What is the text mainly about?It is mainly about how a household _________ was _________ ________ in a family.2.Find the characters in the storyLarry Belmont: working in a company that makes robotsClaire: Larry’s wife, a housewifeTony: the robotGladys Claffern: a woman that Claire envies3.Tell stu dents that Claire’s feelings towar ds Tony changed as the story developed. Read the story again and then fill in the blanks.Comprehensio nRead the sto ry again and find out Claire’s sense of failure and what helps did Tony offer to her.SummaryFill in the blanks according to the knowledge that we have learnt in this class.The company for which Larry worked was to have a newly?made robot____（call）Tony experimented with by his wife Claire at home. At _____first sight of Tony, Claire felt ________（alarm）. She thought it was absurd tha t a robot seemed more like a human than a ______ .For as long as three weeks, Tony wanted tohelp her to dress, which made Claire ________（embarrass） and she refused him. But she was glad that Ton y could make her home ________， give her a new h aircut and change her makeup. To improve her home，he could also ________ a list of items for her to buy. And finally Tony helped Claire win the victory to be ________ （envy）by those ladies like Gladys Claffern who Claire wanted to be like. ________made us unbelievable was that Claire fell in love ______Tony—a robot !课后习题Homework1.Surf the Internet to get more information about science fiction..2.Preview the language points in the text.篇章2:人教版高中英语选修7《Unit 2 Robots》教案【按住Ctrl键点此返回目录】教学准备教学目标教学目标1.语言知识: 使学生理解文章中表达情感变化词汇;熟悉有关机器人方面的话题。
人教版高中英语选修七《Unit 2 Robots》Reading 课件 1
2. Which sentence tells you that Claire’s attitude began to change?
She began to trust him
Para. 5-7
How Tony helped Claire
Claire 1. Tony change her h_a_i_r_c_u_t_ and
envied
Claire
Para. 2-3
1. Did Claire want a robot at first? 2. When first met Tony, how did Claire
feel? Why? 3. When Tony offered to help her dress,
how did Claire feel? Why?
1. If you have a robot like Tony in your house, will you treat them as human?
2. When you don’t need them any more, or when you get tired of them, how to deal with them? Give some examples.
Tony declared his A sweet victory to be
attitude to Claire
_e_n_v_i_e_d_b_y__t_h_o_s_e_____
while the front
_w_o_m__e_n__.
window curtain
_o_p_e_n_e_d_.
Claire was happy
refused alarmed --- so human embarrassed --- so human
高中英语选修七Unit2 Reading.ppt
Let’s look at some pictures and see what robots can look like.
Robots can be made into all kinds of things.
Pre-reading What can robots do?
Do dangerous work
高二人教新课标版选修七
Unit 2 Robots
Reading
What’s a robot? (Page10)
A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. They are programmed and controlled by a computer.
Careful Reading
True or False
.
1. Larry was going to be away from home
so he hired a robot to accompany his wife
Claire.
F
2. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning,
Skimming
Read the text quickly and answer the following questions: 1. What is the text mainly about?
It is mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family.
2. What did the robot called Tony look like?
高中英语选修7 unit2 Reading.ppt
Skimming
Read the text quickly and answer the following questions: 1. What is the text mainly about?
It is mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family.
Unit 2 Robots
Reading
What’s a robot?
A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. They are programmed and controlled by a computer.
Asimov’s first law for robots: A robot must not injure human being or allow them to be injured. In this case the injury is not a physical one but a psychological one.
Careful Reading
True or False
.
1. Larry was going to be away from home
so he hired a robot to accompany his wife
Claire.
F
2. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning,
housewife
Tony
A robot
was to be
tested out
人教版高中英语选修7Unit 2 RobotsListening and Reading task三十二35张课件ppt
EW: Well, we actually already use robots in many industrial situations, but now they’re also being developed for use around the house. Let me tell you about a very clever carpet cleaner that can move from room to room cleaning your house by itself.
1. How many people are killed or injured by landmines every year? 2. How often is someone killed or injured by a landmine? 3. For how long do landmines keep causing damage?
Pre-reading
1. What is the main topic of the article? Which part of the text tells you that?
2. Who wrote the article? 3. What do the three pictures show you?
be used to fly into dangerous areas
and check if anyone is trapped inside.
AD: So it could save a lot of people’s lives. EW: Yes, and, recently, a walking chair’s
人教版高中英语选修7unit2Robots reading七25张课件ppt
There are many types of robots and they can do different work. Can you name some of them?
pet robots
Entertainment robots
Industrial robots 工业机器人
tested out in a family D. that a robot can save a human being
from danger
2.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 being than a machine. D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.
She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day. What a sweet victory to be envied by those women. She might not as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover. Then she remembered—Tony was just a machine. She cried all night.
3.The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dream by______. A. making her home elegant B. giving her a new haircut and changing the makeup she wore C. giving her advice on her dresses D. all the above
高中英语人教版选修7课件：Unit 2 Period 1 Reading
unwilling to accept
alarmed
admired
embarrassed & disturbed
fall in love
sad
Suppose you are working for a robot company, design a robot on the paper, and introduce it to your classmates. Your robot can be used :
a woman that Claire envies
Scanning
1.Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony? 2. Why did Claire feel embarrassed one day? 3. What amazed Claire very much? 4. How did the robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dreams? 5. As a result, what did the experiment show?
couple
Larry Belmont Claire
employed in a company that makes robots
housewife
was to be tested out by Claire in their family
Tony
A robot
Gladys Claffern
One of the richest and most powerful women around.
He can play music
Robots
高中英语 Unit 2 Robots-Listening and Reading task课件 人教新目标版选修7
It understands 650 phrases,
Personal speaks more than 3,000. It
robot
can recognize different
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called
people. It can check your
"PaPeRo email. It can help children
This is the situation in Cambodia.
Here and there are the mine signs.
In spite of so many warning signs, there are still many victims.
Robots in the fight against landmines.
cleaner that it cleans when you're
away and you can control
what it's doing from your
computer at the office.
Robot What is The robot?
What can the robot do?
In most cases, even the soldiers who planted the mines did not record where they were placed. Now, Cambodia has one of the highest rates of physical disability of any countries in the world.
4. Where is research being done on robots that can find landmines?
新人教 选修7 Unit 2 Robots reading全新学案
新人教选修7 Unit 2 Robots reading学案贵州省惠水民族中学王元周学习内容：阅读课文，充分理解课文，掌握一些阅读策略。
学习目标：1课文中单词和词组的初识和理解。
2.理解课文内容、结构和相关的略读和细节阅读策略.3.通过课文的学习，培养学生的想象力和对未知世界的探索精神。
学习重点：阅读策略的训练和掌握。
【师生互动区】探究一：Talk about the following questions with students.1.what can robots doin our daily life ?2. Do you know some movie about robot?3. Do you think it is possible for a robot to:•have feelings?•have its own needs and desires?•look and feel like a human being?【A-A互动区】Task 1:Scanning1. What did the robot called Tony look like?2.Why did Larry put Tony into his family?Task 2：Skimming1. 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 being than a machine.D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.2. The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dreams by__ ____.A. making her home elegantB. giving her a new haircut and changing the make-up she woreC. giving her advice on her dressesD. all the above3. As a result, the experiment shows__ __.A. Claire and Tony fell in love with each otherB. Tony had to be rebuiltC. Tony was angry with his designerD. Both A and B4. All the following statements are true except __ _____.A.Tony tried to please ClaireB.Claire tried to displease TonyC.Tony managed to protect ClaireD.Gladys admired Claire for her Tony5. We can infer from the passage that_ ____.A.Claire liked Tony but feared himB.Claire cried because Tony made her angryC.Claire forgot Tony as soon as Tony left herD.Tony had no feelings as human being.II.Careful readingIII. A-A同学互相核对答案，标注解答对方答不出的内容，并大声朗读该部分内容，相互纠正语音。
人教版高中英语选修七Unit2RobotReading
10. The company was very pleased with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman to fall in love with him. F
9 Tony folded his arms around Claire, bending his face close to hers.
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Claire might not be as beautiful as those women, but none of them had such a handsome lover.
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A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. Robots are programmed and controlled by a computer. Today there are different kinds of robot, including industrial robots, household robots, and entertainment robots. Robots also often appear as characters in stories.