Unit 2 Robots

What is a robot? A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans.

Robots Play with human do research Talk with human Do the housework (cleaning,cooking ……..) rescue work Take care of children act as a policeman /a seller Do some shopping What can a robot do?

Entertainment robots

Industrial robots 工业机器人

household robots 家用机器人

The robot which can play with children.

The robot which can play football.

The robot which can speak to people.

Spider

Dinosaur

Dragonfly

Snake

Mantis ( 螳螂 )

Science fiction about robots

Transformers 《变形金刚》

I, Robot 《我，机器人 》

Edward Scissorhands 剪刀手爱德华

Read a short story about a robot. It was originally written by the science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov, and published in Here the story has been retold by another writer.

Skimming & scanning

Reading for main idea What is the text mainly about? It is mainly about how a household _________ was _________ ________ in a family. robottestedout

Reading: Satisfaction guaranteed Larry Belmont Tony Claire Characters in the story: Gladys Claffern working in a company that makes robots Larry’s wife, a housewife the robot a woman that Claire envies ( 嫉妒 )

Task 1 Skim the text to find out Larry Belmont’s problem. His wife may have fallen in love with Tony, the robot.

Find out the truth first for Larry 1. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last. 2. When Tony, the robot, offered to help dressing, Claire was pleased to accept it. But she thought it was surprising for a robot to be so human. 3. Tony could understand Clarie when she said she was not clever. Task 2

Find out the truth first for Larry 4. Claire was sorry she could do little to help her husband, who wanted to improve his social position. 5. Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no way out. 6. Tony went to Town with Claire to buy things he wanted to improve the house.

Find out the truth first for Larry 7. While Tony worked on the improvements of the house, Claire also did her part. 8. Claire's guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed. 9. Claire was very happy to find that Gladys envied her. 10. The company was very pleased with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman to fall in love with him.

Reading for details

Claire’s feelings towards Tony changed as the story developed. Fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings.

How did Claire feel? What happened? ____________ She saw Tony was ______ and ________. He had ______hair and his voice was _______. ____________ Tony asked whether she needed help dressing. amazedBy his _________ and the ________ and ________of his skin. ______________ Tony caught her in time, held her firmly in his arms. alarmed tall handsome smooth deep embarrassed fingernails softness warmth Happy, surprised, shy

How did Claire feel? What happened? _____________ Tony folded his arms around her, bending his face close to hers and _______that he didn’t want to leave her and that he felt more than just the _____ to please her. __________ She was _______by those women. ___________ She remembered Tony was just a machine. surprised happy sad declared desire envied

Find out how Claire’s emotion developed ____ _____ A.Sad to remember he was just a machine B.accepted him C. proud of him D. refused to have Tony at her house E. trusted him F. loved him DB E c F A

How Claire’s emotion developed refuse accept trust proud love sad

Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4 Para 1- Para 3 Para 4- Para 8 Para 9- Para 11 Para 12 Meet Help love Leave Reading for structure

Why did Tony open the curtains? He wanted Claire ’ s guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by the women guests. Read the story again and answer the following questions in group.

What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed? Tony prevented Claire from being harmed by making her feel good about herself. He helped her make her and her home elegant so that she would not feel like a failure.

Claire spent three weeks with Tony in her house. What sentences in the story show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he was a machine? How absurd, She thought. He was just a machine. He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day. Then she remembered---Tony was just a machine. She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed. ….. Reading for appreciation What a mixed feeling!

1.Do you think that robots can take the place of humans in the future? why? Write down your opinions. 2.Finish EXX 2 & 3 on Page 12 in your Student’s Book. Homework Homework