高二英语robots-warming-up-and-reading.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * Unit 2 Robots Do you know any story or novel or film whose hero (heroine) is a robot? If you do, can you say something about them? Discussion Warming up →Show some parts of the film “I, ROBOT” Enjoy the following pictures of some robots, and try to tell what is a robot. What is a robot? A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. Brainstorming What can a robot do? 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 Pre-reading Reading Satisfaction Guaranteed Reading I –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? 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. Decide whether the following statements are true or false, and try to find the sentence in the story to support your answers: Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire. 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. Reading II-skimming F T T 4. Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out. 5.It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house. 6.Claire’s guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed. 7.Claire was very happy to find that Gladys envied her. 8. The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him. F F T T F In groups, list Tony’s characteristics that were similar to those of a human being and dif