[名校联盟]江西省信丰中学高中英语教学课件：Book7 Unit 2 Robots-Reading.ppt

Have you ever played robot toys? Do You want to play with the real robots? It’s your time to design your group’s robot. You are divided into groups of four to design your robot. You can follow the steps as below: 1.Decide the purpose of the robot. 2. Make a list of the abilities the robot has. 3.Draw a picture on a piece of paper and name its parts and explain what each part does. 4.Write a paragraph describing the robot and what it can do. 5. Introduce your design to your classmates. What have we learned from this unit? Read in chorus for fun? My Robot Does My Homework My robot does my homework. He helps me every night. The trouble is he doesnt get too many answers right. Hed probably do better at homework but, you see, I built him, so he only knows the things he learned from me. --Kenn Nesbitt 1. Write down and Share the robot you design with your friends. 2. search the following websites for more information if possible: /ent/2004-07/16/content_1605363.htm /title/tt0343818/ 3. Watch a movie with a robot in it, “I, Robot” , for example within 4 days. Homework Michelle A sample writing: The rubbish collector The rubbish collector is a robot about half the size of a small car. Its body is square and contains a large rubbish bin inside it. It has a camera attached to the top front of its body. Also at the front is a pair of arms. 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 the school and so give the students more tim