Unit3LifeinthefuturePeriodⅠ课件（人教版必修5）.ppt

【美文阅读】　 Robotic age draws closer 随着科技的发展，机器人时代的到来已经指日可待。 These days，robots are more common than you might think.Consider the Roomba，a robotic vacuum(吸尘器)which cleans floors on its own.;“You can have robotics equipped into your body，to get back that arm or leg that youve lost，either in some accident or disease，”says Greiner. Although robots have been developed mainly for military(军用的)applications，civilian uses for the technology are growing，according to Michael Toscano，president of the Association for Unmanned(自控的)Vehicles International.;“Unmanned systems allow human beings to do their task with an extension of their hands，their eyes and their ears.” “We can put them in the ocean and theyll swim for eight or nine months，collecting data and monitoring ocean pollution，”says Hudson of IRobot. Recently the US Governments Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)displayed a “robotic man”．;Instead of depending on remote-control，DARPAs “robotic man” can actually look at some blocks，find one with a special pattern，and move it to a new location.Mandelbaum，DARPAs project manager，says more challenging tasks lie ahead. Some day，a DARPA robot might find a hidden bomb or help a disabled person select a shirt and button it.;To advance the technology，DARPA plans to let members of the pubic write software for the “robotic man”，then sign onto the Internet and watch a model of “robotic man” perform the task. Its one of the ways that robots will help humankind to extend its reach.;教师用书独具演示;●教学地位 本单元的中心话题是“谈未来”。内容主要涉及人类对今后生活环境的想象、猜测和思考。语言技能和语言知识主要围绕“未来生活”这一中心话题进行设计的。 ;●新课导入建议 可以通过填写教材第17页的表格引导学生去认识现在和展望未来。想象一下100年后人们在交通、工作、语言、环境，住房和教育等方面的改变和面对的问题。让学生通过思考，让学生在思考的基础上得出自己的结论，即哪些变化好，哪些变化不好，并说出理由。 ;演示结束 ;Ⅰ.篇章结构 阅读P17～18的Reading部分，完成下列表格(每空不超过3个单词);【答案】　1.worried，nervous，unsettled　2.suffered from 3．helped 　4.fortable 　6.swinging 7．to tolerate　8.carriage　9.flashed　10.slid into bed;Ⅱ.语篇理解 阅读P17～18的Reading部分，从每题所给的3个选项中选择最佳答案 1．Why did Li Qiang feel nervous and uncertai