2. Teaching Goals Topic: Robots Functions: Make predictions Structures: Future with will & there will be... Ability goal: Improve students' reading ability Emotion goal: We should study hard and make our dreams come true.

4. 1.What does the robot look like in the movie? It looks like a man. 2. What can he do? He can wake the man up, plant, make meals and shave. He can look after the old man well.

5. Have you ever seen any science fiction movies about robots?

6. Here are some other robots in movies and cartoons. Let’s guess who they are.

7. He is a cat robot from the future. He is very famous around the world. He can use his magical bag and all kinds of wonderful props to help Da Xiong to solve all kinds of difficulties. Doraemon Robots in the movies

8. He is brave and strong. He is the most popular now. He is a hero of many fans. He can turn himself into a truck. Optimus Prime

9. Some day, the earth is full of rubbish. Humans have to leave the earth. There is a robot. He can help clean up the waste-covered Earth. WALL-E Robots in the movies

10. He is the first robot to have real feelings like a man. He loves his “mother”, Monica. But she leaves him. Later,he is very eager to become a real boy. David — from Artificial Intelligence ( 人工智能 ) Robots in the movies

11. do unpleasant jobs help look for people under the buildings explore the universe

12. look for people ride a bike walk and dance talk FunctionsShapes work in factories do exercise play with people play the piano humans dog cat huge arms help with the housework

13. How to read an article? What methods do you know? 学法指导： Skimming Skimming （略读）指尽可能快的阅读，迅速地获取文章的大意 或主题思想。即抓住文章的大概。 Scanning Scanning （查读）是一种从大量的资料中查找某一项具体事实 或某一项特定信息的快速阅读方法。即快速定位所需的信息。 Careful reading Careful reading （细读）用于深入文章细节理解文章内容，需要 我们理解重点词句的含义和分析上下文之间的联系等。

14. Match each paragraph with the question it discusses. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Will robots think like humans in the future? What will robots be like in the future? What can robots do today? What are robots like in movies? 2b

15. 1. Robots can build ____ in factories. 2. They can do ______ jobs many times and never get bored. 3. Some can _________ and _____________. 4. Some can help ________ people under _____________. cars simple look for the buildings walk dance Read the article again quickly. Complete the sentences about what robots can do now. 2c

16. Read in detail and do true or false questions. 1. Robots are just like humans now. They help with the housework, and do the most unpleasant jobs. 2. Robots will never get bored when they do simple jobs over and over again. 3. All the scientists think that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person. 4. New robots will have many different shapes. 5. In Japan, scientist made robots that look like snakes. F T F T F

17. Match the phrases with its meanings. over and over again get bored wake up hundreds of fall down look for 醒来 寻找 觉得无聊 反反复复，一次又一次 倒下 成百上千

18. Mem. What are robots like in movies? They are like ______________. They can _____________________ and ______________________________. What can robots do today? Will robots think like humans in the future? What will robots be like in the future? Robots are working in ____________ today. They can _____________ and ________________. Some scientists are trying to make robots _______________ and _________________________. Some robots will look like _______, and others might look like _______. In India, robots can ______________________. human servants help with housework work in dirty or dangerous places factories build cars do simple jobs look like humans do the same things as we do humans animals help look for people Memory test

19. Science and technology has changed our life a lot. So we should work hard to achieve our dreams! Chinese dream will come true soon!

20. Hold on, make it come true!

21. 1. Finish exercises of Period 4. 2. Finish the extensive reading. 3. Write a composition about the robot you design and imagine your intelligent life.

22. Scan and answer the questions. 1. How many predictions are there in the passage? six. 2. Will people have to pay for the movies? No, there will be free. 3. How will people deal with rubbish? The city will use huge spaceships with rubbish and send them towards the sun. 4. Where will people travel ? They will travel in the space.