2015-2016高中英语 Unit2 Robot课件 新人教版选修7.pptVIP

There are many types of robots and they can do different work. Entertainment robots Industrial robots 工业机器人 The robot which can play with children. The robot which can play football. What can robots do? Robots Play with human take care of human rescue work Housework And so on… Do you think it is possible for a robot to …. Think for itself? Have feelings? Have its own needs and desires? Look and feel like a human being? Now read a story about a robot. It was originally written by science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov, and published in 1951. a robot housework family 1. What’s the text mainly about? It is mainly about how _________ used for __________ was tested out in a __________. 2. How many characters are mentioned in the story? Who are they? What’s the relationship between them? Read the story and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife . 2. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last. 3. Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever. F T T 4. It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house. 5. Claire’s guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed. 6. The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him. F T F （1）Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony? A. Because he was a robot. B. Because she didn’t like him. C. Because he was more like a being than a machine. D. Because he never changed his facial expressions. （2） We can infer that when Claire first saw Tony, she felt alarmed by ____. A. his appearance B. his ability C. his facial expressions D. his cleverness （3） Why did Claire buy the items from the shop? A. Because her husband was to return. B. Because Tony was to leave. C. Because Tony wanted the house transformed. D. Because she thought she needed