Unit2《Robots》thethirdperiod课件（新人教版选7）.ppt

Unit 2; Teaching methods situational teaching method ; cooperative learning method; programmed teaching method; task-based and assessment teaching methods.;Teaching aims and demands;Arrangement of teaching;Unit 2 Reading;The reading passage is a retelling of an Isaac Asimov’s science fiction called Satisfaction Guaranteed. This story, about a human-like robot, illustrates(阐明) Asimov’s first law for robots: A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured. In this case the injury is not a physical one but a psychological one. In following this law, the robot, which is very human-like, causes the main character, Claire, to have some very confusing feelings. ; Science fiction is often based on scientific principles and technology. Science fiction may make predictions about life in the future.;Skimming to get general ideas;The text mainly tells us _____. A. why Claire fell in love with a human being B. why a robot fell in love with a human being C. a story about a household robot being tested out in a family D. that a robot can save a humanbeing from danger;1. How many characters are mentioned? 2. Who are they? 3. What is the relation between them?;Larry Belmont - employed in a company that makes robots Claire - Larry’s wife, a housewife Tony - the robot to be tested out by Claire in their family Gladys Claffern - the most powerful women around, a woman that Claire envies;Scanning to get detail information;Claire’s feelings towards Tony changed as the story developed. Fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings.;dislike him;called him a dear;Occasion; → sad to remember he was just a machine;Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife. 2. Claire didn