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Unit 2 Robots Part II Reading 一、学习目标1、熟悉有关机器人种类与功能的话题； 2、培养想象力和对未知世界的探索精神； 3掌握文中重点词汇和重难点句。二、自主预习 Read the text and answer the following questions. 1. Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony? A. Because he was a robot. B. Because he was more like a being than a machine. C. Because she didn’t like him. D. Because he never changed his facial expressions. 2. 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 them. 3. The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dream by______. A. making her home elegant B. giving her a new haircut and changing the makeup she wore C. giving her advice on her dresses D. all the above 4. Which of the following is NOT the reason why Tony opened the curtains? A. To let other women see everything. B. To show the risk of Claire’s marriage. C. To let other women envy Claire. D. To make Claire elegant just like her neighbor. 5. As a result, the experiment shows _____. A. Claire and Tony fell in love with each other B. Tony had to be rebuilt C. Tony was angry with his designer D. Both A and B Step2 Fill in the blanks A company which made robots had begun experimenting with a household robot, Tony. Claire, the wife of Larry Belmont, who worked for the company, was going to test out the robot 1 Larry was absent for three weeks. When Claire first saw Tony, she felt 2 (shame) because he seemed more like a human than a machine. Claire thought it was ridiculous 3 (offer) sympathy by a machine when she mentioned that she was not clever enough, but Tony decided to offer her help to make herself smarter and her home 4 (elegant). Unfortunately, 5 rich woman called Gladys Claffern witnessed that and thought Claire had an affair. Claire couldn’t help 6 (weep) with anger when she got home and Tony sugges