unit2_Robots.pptVIP

科幻小说 渴望，欲望 满足，满意 额外津贴，奖金 围裙 使警觉 担心的，害怕的 嫉妒，羡慕 柜台，计数器 项链 陪伴，伴奏 发型，理发 化妆品 极坏的，极讨厌的 手指甲 家庭的，家用的 宣布，声明 寝具，铺盖 荒谬的，可笑的 堆，摞，叠 喜爱，恩惠 超重的，体重超常的 优雅的，高雅的 同情心 事物，事情 扶手椅 考验出，检查完 给…….打电话 转身，翻转 不管，别惹 Thinking 1.If you had a robot, you hope what it can do for you? 2.Do you know any science fiction about robots? Now ,each group has your different tasks about the passage. Look at the papers on your hands and write down the answers in the blank. T or F 1.Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire. 2.When Tony ,the robot, offered to help dressing, Claire was pleased to accept it. 3.It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her home. 4.Tony went to town with Claire to buy things he needed to improve the house. 5. Claire was very happy to find that Gladys envied her. * * Unit 2 Robots Entertainment robots Industrial robots Household robots What are they doing? What is a robot? A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. * Science fiction about robots * Transformers 《变形金刚》 I, Robot 《我，机器人 》 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. Background information: A retelling of an Isaac Asimov’s story called Satisfaction Guaranteed. About a human-like robot. Asimov’s first law(铁规) for robots: A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured. The robot causes the main female character(文艺作品里的人物) to have some very confusing feelings. Skimming scanning Reading for main idea What is the text mainly about? It is mainly about how a household _________ was _________ ________ in a family. robot tested out Reading: Satisfaction guaranteed Larry Belmont Tony Claire Characters in the story: Gladys Claffern working in a company that makes robots Larry’s wife, a housewife the robot