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Unit 2 Robots Period 1 Warming up and Reading 班级： 小组： 姓名： 小组评价： 教师评价： Learning aims： 1. Get to know the types of robots and their main functions. 2. Understand the details of the text and know about robots’ similarities to and differences from humans, and their positive and negative aspects. 3. Grasp the important words, phrases and sentence structures in this period. 4. Retell the text using the key words. Difficult and important points ： 1. Improve the skimming ability. 2. Find the topic and the key sentences to get the new information. Learning tips: 1. While previewing, read the text for three times. For the first time, catch the main idea and finish Skimming part. Then read it again to finish Scanning part. Read the text for the third time to finish Task-based reading. 2. Finish the prevision within 30 minutes. 【自主预习】 Background Robots In Today’s World Robots are being used in medicine today. A robot can be so precise that it would be a great tool for performing surgery with. Robots can do incisions that are so clean that a person would not be able to see the cut from a distance after it healed. Doctors wouldn’t have to fear of making the wrong incision or cutting too far. A robot would be programmed to cut a certain depth and place. Robots have been really helpful in researching. They helped doctors excel in new discoveries and information. Robots are used in industrial factories. They help weld cars and parts together. Since their precision is so accurate when it comes to welding, it looks like a professional does it. The nice thing is that robots aren’t bothered by the bright light and heat. So these machines can do more work than humans can. The only thing required is the software. Robots are used for home entertainment and leisure. There are several home robot kits that people can buy. Some kits make the robots follow a line or trace a line. Others are made so advanced that the robot can determine