高二选修7Unit2Robots-Usinglanguage]解说.ppt

Using Language Leading in 艾萨克·阿西莫夫 Isaac Asimov, ( 1920-1992)， 美籍犹太人，为本世纪最顶尖的科幻小说家之一，曾获代表科幻界最高荣誉的雨果奖和星云终身成就「大师奖」。以他的名字为号召的「艾西莫夫科幻杂志」，是美国当今数一数二的科幻文学重镇。 阿西莫夫是一位多产得惊人的作家，自50年代初，至今已出版了300多部著作。 作品： Discuss his three laws for robots. Discuss Imagine it is the future and people have household robots. Discuss what positive or negative effect the situation would be. Positive effects People will be relived from doing household cleaning or cooking. Robots will be able to rebuild and decorate the home and design and do the garden. People will be free to work or enjoy their leisure time. Life will become an endless paradise! Negative effects People will become fat and lazy if they no longer have to take care of their houses or their gardens. There will be many medical problems with people who are overweight or do not do enough exercise. The hospitals will be crowded with lazy and sick people. What is worse, if a robot breaks down people will no longer have the useful skills of decorating and cooking, therefore, they would find it very difficult to manage their lives. Life will become a doctor’s nightmare! Writing Write a paragraph describing a new type of robot. Underneath it has four wheels and six legs. With the camera it can “see” rubbish such as paper, glass, and plastic. If the surface of the ground is smooth, it runs on its wheels, and if the ground is rough, it unfolds its legs and walks. When it sees a piece of rubbish, it stops and uses its arms to pick it up and put it in its rubbish bin. However, when it sees a person, an animal or a plant, it goes around it as it is able to recognize when something is not a piece of rubbish. The company should make this robot as it would be very popular with schools. It would clean the outside grounds of school and so give the students more time to spend on their studies. It would also be a great advantage to have at sports grounds or any other area where rubbis