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2. What is the text mainly about. A
What is the text mainly about? 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
tried

3. Characters in the story:
Test out
Made
Gladys
Tony
envied
couple
Larry Belmont
Claire

4. Para. 2-3: meet True or False T
Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.
2. We can infer that when Claire first saw Tony, she felt alarmed by his cleverness.
3. When Tony offered to help dressing, Claire was pleased to accept it.
refuse-accept
feel afraid or anxious F
appearance F
embarrassed

5. Para. 4:
1. What is Claire’s dissatisfaction? She was overweight Her home was not elegant enough 2. What’s Claire’s attitude towards Tony now?
pleasing and graceful in appearance or style
She began to trust him.

6. Para. 4-7: help Change her and her house Change the clerk’s attitude
How Tony helped Claire
Claire
&
House
1. Tony change her _______ and _________
2. Tony wrote a list for her to buy _________, __________, __________ and ________ to transform her house.
Change her and her house
haircut
makeup
curtains
cushions
a carpet
bedding
Change the clerk’s attitude
When buying a necklace, What happened and how did Tony help Claire?
When Claire got home and wept in her armchair. What did Tony suggest?
Suggest a party
Claire must be p of what he did.
proud

7. Para. 8-11: party What happen The result fell off Catch state seen
Before
She ________the ladder
_________her in time even in the next room.
While
Tony declared his attitude to Claire while the front window curtain _______.
Guests had ________ everything ;
A sweet victory to be ________by those women.
After
_____________ that Tony was just a machine
Ran to her bed and ______________
fell off
Catch
state
seen
opened
envied
Remembered
cried all night
love
She had already fallen in with Tony.

8. Para. 12: report Why did Tony have to be rebuilt?
Because the company felt that they could not have women falling in love with a robot.

9. How Claire’s attitude developed.
a party
Held
her in time
Catch
love
Help her again and again
the attitude
Change
Love him step by step
proud
her&house
Change
trust
help dressing
Offer
accept
Meet
refuse

10. adjective used to describe Claire’s feeling:
alarmed
embarrassed
unhappy
amazed
awful ……

11. Sentences about Claire’s feelings：
Gladys thought Claire was having an affair
Claire wept with anger (l19)
angry
Screamed, pushed him away,
ran to her room for the rest
of the day (l31)
shy
Tip1: use physical response to describe one’s feeling
Claire thanked Tony, telling him that he was a ‘dear’ (l10)
grateful
How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. (l13)
painful
Shouted ‘leave me alone’ and ran to her bed. (l58)
painful
Tip2: use dialogue or thought to describe one’s feeling

12. Excited or nervous?
Excited: She opens her mouth widely and shout with joy; Her eyes are fixing on the bicycle and shining like diamonds.
Nervous: Holding the bar tightly, she dare not move her eyes away from the bicycle. Her body is rigid. Filled with tension, she raised her shoulder unnaturally. She yell out because of fear.

13. Chose one of the situations, and try to describe your feelings by using physical response and dialogue.
Attend a contest（singing，sports…）
Before: nervous
During: excited
After: happy

14. Homework
Find out the sentences that use “to be done” structure.
Do the exercise(p22) .