高中英语选修七Unit2Warmingupandreading课件.ppt

Homework Do you think it needs to rebuild Tony, why or why not? 英语学习辅导报 出品 英语学习辅导报 出品 英语学习辅导报 出品 英语学习辅导报 出品 英语学习辅导报 出品 英语学习辅导报 出品 英语学习辅导报 出品 英语学习辅导报 出品 英语学习辅导报 出品 英语学习辅导报 出品 What is robots? What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a robot? a computer a fiction character a movie star a machine a servant Warming up – I Choose your favorite one. Warming up – II What is a robot? A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. Pre-reading I 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? Discuss: Pre-reading II Background information: A retelling of an Isaac Asimov’s story called Satisfaction Guaranteed. About a human-like robot. Asimov’s first law for robots: A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured. The robot, cause the main character to have some very confusing feelings. Larry Belmont Claire Tony Gladys Claffern Characters in the story: ---- Larry’s wife, a housewife ---- the robot ---- employed in a company that makes robots ---- a woman that Claire envies scanning Read through the passage and then answer the following questions: 1.What is the text mainly about? 2.What did the robot called Tony look like? 3.Why did Larry put Tony into his family? What is the text mainly about? 2.What did the robot called Tony look like? It is mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family. He looked like a tall and handsome man, speaking in a deep voice, with smooth black hair and his facial expression unchanged. Because he wanted to test out how a robot used for housework in a family. 3.Why did Larry put Tony into his family? 1. Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony? A. Because he was a robot. B. Because she did’t like him. C. Because he was more like a being than a machine.