1. Unit 2 Reading

4. Is she a real person ?

6. My ideal robot

7. Mr. Jiang He was the first person to own a robot in Sunshine Town. But what happened?

8. 1.What does Mr. Jiang do ? 2.Where did he buy a robot? 3.Why did the robot cause a lot of problems? 4.How did he deal with the robot in the end? He is a salesman He bought it from a robot shop Because it caught a virus. He returned the robot to the robot shop.

9. Skimming Read the passage quickly and catch the main idea of each part Para 7 Part1: Part2: Part3: Part4 ： ---IntroductionParas 1-2 Paras 3-5 ---Advantages Para 6 ---Disadvantages ---Ending/Result Read the passage quickly,divide it into 4 parts and catch the main idea of each part Work in groups

10. Read Paragraphs 1&2 and complete Mr. Jiang’s profile: The first person to own a robot Who : Job : Where : Why : Mr. Jiang Salesman In Moonlight town In Sunshine town In order to have more free time

11. What did the robot do?What did Mr Jiang do? __________ breakfast _________ his shirts ________ a lunch box stayed _____ bed for ___ ________ hour every day In the morning made ironed made in an extra Read Paragraphs 3& 5and fill in the form

12. during the day What did the robot do?What did Mr Jiang do? ______ his flat ___ the laundry ______ the dishes ________ the floor, ______ the bed, ______ the rooms ______________at the worked cleaned did washed swept made aired went shopping During the day supermarket

13. What did the robot do?What did Mr Jiang do? A __________ dinner would _____________ him on the table ________ the dishes _______ and _______ his favourite TV programmes delicious washed relaxed watched In the evening be ready for

14. Read Paragraphs 6 & 7 and choose the wrong things that the robot did 1. He cooked breakfast at the right time. 2.He woke up Mr Jiang at the wrong time. 3.He threw Mr Jiang’s breakfast into the dustbin. 4.He threw Mr Jiang’s clean shirts into the dustbin. 5.He moved around the house and knocked things over. 6.He went out and often lost his way home. 7.He made a mess in Mr Jiang’s flat.

15. When Mr. Jiang got home, he would find his flat in a mess food: books: mirrors: coins: was on the bed were in the rice cooker were broken were spread all over the floor

16. Good points 1.I will have more _________time 2.I can________for a bit longer in the morning. 3.It can help Mum do the ___when there are dirty clothes. 4. It can ________ my shirts after they are washed. 5. It can_______________________ after dinner. 6. My flat will be ____ and look as _________ as new. free sleep laundry iron wash the dishes new good

17. Bad points 1.If the robot catches __________, it will cause a lot of problems. 2.It might put the breakfast in the _________. 3.It might even throw the shirts into ______. 4.It might _____ some things over. 5.It might make a_____ in my flat. 6.I might have to send it back to the ___________. a virus washing machine dustbin knock mess robot shop

18. How about your memory ?

20. Is it necessary to own a robot ? Why?/ Why not ? Work in groups

21. A: Hello,Mr. Jiang. B: Hello. Nice to see you. A: Me,too. You are the first person to own the robot in your town, aren’t you ? B: …. A: …. B: …. A: Thank you very much.Nice talking with you. B: Thank you. Work in pairs

22. Work in pairs,you may ask questions like these: 1.You are the first person to have a robot in your town, aren’t you? 2.Why did you want to buy a robot? 3.Where did you buy the robot? 4.How can a robot help you in the morning? 5.What did the robot do when it had problems? 6.What did you do with it at last?

23. A: Hello,Mr. Jiang. B: Hello. Nice to see you. A: Me,too. You are the first person to own the robot in your town, aren’t you ? B: …. A: …. B: …. A: Thank you very much.Nice talking with you. B: Thank you. Work in pairs

24. 1.Mr. Jiang is a _______________ and works in Moonlight Town. 2.Mr jiang is the first person in sunshine town to ____________ a robot. 3.The robot ________________ Mr. Jiang”s shirts every day. 4.The robot would do the _______________ for Mr. Jiang. 5. A few weeks later, the robot caught a _______________________. 6. The robot threw the clean shirts in the ___________________. 7. Sometimes the robot would ____________ things over. 8.Mr. Jiang found his flat in a _______________. 9. Having a robot was just too much ________________. 10. In the end, Mr Jiang decided to _______________ the robot to the robot shop. salesman own ironed laundry virus dustbin knock mess trouble return

25. To read the passage again and again. Try to retell the passage in our own words.

28. Mr. Jiang ------- busy ----- buy a robot The robot ------- easy life breakfast was made shirts were ironed lunch box was made no longer needed to get up early to do housework -----------stay in bed for longer Use the key words to retell The robot at home :

29. while he is at work robot clean the flat,do laundry, wash dishes sweep the floor, make the bed go shopping When he returned home robot flat was clean, delicious dinner After dinner : Mr. Jiang relax, watch TV robot wash dishes

30. A few weeks later robot------ catch a virus -------- breakfast in the washing machine shirts in the dustbin move around knock things over Mr. Jiang decided to return the robot ---------------- --- make a mess - --

31. 1. 江先生是第一个在阳光小镇拥有机器人的人。 2. 为了拥有更多空闲的时间，我需要买一个机器人。 3. 这个机器人在江先生的日常生活中产生了很大的影响。 4. 江先生再也不需要早起做家务了，可以每天在床上多呆 一个小时。 5. 当江先生下班回到家时，他的公寓会是很干净的而且看 上去就像新的那么好。 6. 然后，几周之后，事情变得不妙了起来。 7. 机器人感染了病毒，引起了很多问题。 8. 当江先生回到家就会发现自己的公寓是一团糟. 9. 江先生不知道该拿机器人怎么办。 10. 最后，江先生决定把机器人还给机器人商店