1. Unit2
Robots

2. Is it a real girl?

3. Terminator 终结者 I, Robot 机械公敌 The Matrix 骇客帝国
Edward Scissorhands 剪刀手爱德华

4. What can a robot do? Robot Act as a policeman /a seller And so on…
Do the
housework
Take care of
children
Robot
Do some shopping
Do research
Talk with humans
Play with humans

5. Satisfaction Guaranteed
Reading

6. Reading Comprehension I
Skimming
Reading Comprehension I
The text mainly tells us _____.
A. why Claire fell in love with a human being
B. why a robot fell in love with a human
being
C. a story about a household robot being tested out in a family
D. that a robot can save a human being from danger

7. Reading Comprehension II
Skimming
Reading Comprehension II
How many characters are mentioned?
Who are they?
What is the relation between them?

8. Characters in the story:
Larry Belmont - employed in a company
that makes robots
Claire - Larry’s wife, a housewife
Tony - the robot to be
tested out by Claire in their family
Gladys Claffern - a most powerful woman
around, one that Claire envies

9. Scan and fill in the blanks.
What is Tony like?
(characteristics)
He was t______ and h_________.
His _____ __________ never changed.
He had ______ and black hair, a d_____ voice, and s_____ and w_____ skin.
tall
handsome
facial expression
smooth
deep
soft
warm

10. Things Tony did to make Claire and her home elegant
He gave Claire a new _______ and changed the makeup she wore.
He wrote out a(n) ___ of items for Claire to buy as he was not allowed to __________ her to the shops.
haircut
list
accompany

11. Things Tony did to make Claire and her home elegant
Knowing the salesman was rude to Claire, Tony made the salesman change his _______.
He worked steadily on the ____________ of the house and it _________ Claire’s neighbor.
attitude
improvements
impressed

12. Reading Comprehension III
scanning
Reading Comprehension III
Claire’s feelings towards Tony changed as the story developed.
Fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings.

13. Occasion
Claire…(feelings)
1________________________
disliked him
2 When he arrived
was ________
3 When he offered to help her dress
felt _________
Before he arrived
alarmed
embarrassed 4
admired him 5
called him a “dear” 6
felt his warmth
When he offered to help her improve her house and herself
When he helped her with the salesman
When she fell off a ladder and was caught by Tony
7 When she heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony
felt being ________ 8
cried all night
envied
When she remembered Tony was just a machine

14. Review Claire’s emotional development.
At first didn’t want Tony in her house
→accept him
→ trust him
→ proud of him
→ sad to remember he was just a machine
→ love him

15. 1. Why did Tony open the curtains?
2. Why did Tony have to be rebuilt?
He wanted Claire’s guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by the women guests.
Tony had to be rebuilt because the company felt that they could not have women falling in love with a robot.
3. How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in your house?

16. Homework
Make a summary of Satisfaction
Guaranteed in about 100 words.