Unit 1 ReadingDo you think you will have your own robot?

Language goal:

Make predictions

预测

Have you ever seen anyscience fiction movies? 科幻电影['fɪkʃən] 小说

What do the robots look like?

They look like humans.They look like snakes.They look like dogs.This robot looks like ____________.a huge arm[sneɪk] 蛇[hjudʒ] 巨大的

[‘hjumən] 人，人类

What can they do?

talkdanceplay footballplay the pianocookhelp with the houseworkdo sports ['haus,wɝk]

unpleasant [ʌn'plɛznt] 使人不愉快的

already [ɔl’rɛdɪ] 早已；已经

factory [‘fæktərɪ] 工厂

simple [‘sɪmpl]  简单的such [sʌtʃ]  这样的

shape  [ʃeɪp]  形状earthquake [‘ɝθ,kweɪk] 地震

possible ['pɑsəbl] 可能的

impossible [im‘pɑsəbl] 不可能的

electric [ɪ'lɛktrɪk]  电的in the future 在未来

hundreds of 大量；数百的

bored ['bɔ:rd] 厌烦的

Can you match?unpleasant

already

factory

simple

shape

earthquake

possible

bored

hundreds of

工厂

早已，已经

使人不愉快的

地震

形状

简单的

数百的，大量

厌烦的

可能的

unpleasant

already

简单的

shape地震

可能的

impossible

bored

在未来

大量，数百的

Stand up and say

do the most unpleasant jobs

work in factories

seem possible

do simple jobs

many different shapes

get bored

Stand up and say

Do you think you will have your own robot?

Reading strategy:

Look at the title and the picture, and predict what you will read about.

Section 1 Before You Read

to foretell 预测

[‘strætədʒɪ] 策略

Circle the words and phrases you think you will read.

housework cars years ago

bored will was

koalas buildings less work

swimming possible America

doctor piano backpack

Do you think you will have your own robot?

Section 2 While You Read

1. How long will it take if we have our own robots?

2. What kind of jobs could a snake robot do?

After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under buildings.

It will take hundreds of years.

Read the text quickly.

Read Para. 1&2, and answer:

1.What will people have in some science

fiction movies?

2. Which country has already made robots

walk and dance?

People will have their own robots.

Japan.

Read Para. 3&4, and decide True or False:1. James White is a robot scientist. T F

2. It’s easy for a robot to wake up T F

and know where he or she is.

3. There are already robots working T F

in factories.

1. He thinks that it will be difficult for a robot

to do the same things as a person.2. Robot scientists are not just trying to

make robots look like people.

3. People would not like to do such jobs

and would get bored.

Listen to Paragraph 5, and fill in the blanks.

In the future, there will be _____ robots everywhere,

and humans will have ____ work to do. New robots will

have many different shapes. Some will look like

humans, and others might look like snakes. ______ an

earthquake, a snake robot could help ____ ____ people

under buildings. That may not seem _______ now, but

computers, space rockets and even electric

toothbrushes seemed impossible a _______ years ago.

We never know what will happen in the ______!

less

more

After

look for

possible

future

hundred

It tells us what the _______ look like, and

what they can ____ now and in the _______.do future

robots

1. 科幻电影

2. 帮忙做家务

3. 做最不愉快的工作

4. 花费好几百年的时间

5. 让机器人走路或跳舞

6. 和…一样做相同的事

make robots walk and dance

do the most unpleasant jobs

take hundreds of years

help with the housework

do the same things as …

science fiction movies

7. 与人交谈

8. 做简单的工作

9. 一遍又一遍

10. 变得烦躁

11. 寻找

12. 看起来有可能的

talk to people

do simple jobs

over and over again

get bored

look for

seem possible

Check your prediction:

How many words did you correctly predict( 正确的预测 )?

housework cars years ago

bored will was

koalas buildings less work

swimming possible America

doctor piano backpack

If I have a robot, I hope that it can…

Imagine: 一句话想像

1.Discuss in groups and design( 设计 )

your own robot. Draw a picture.

2. Write a short paragraph.

E.g.:

I want to have a robot. It looks like a ______.

It can _____, and it can help me ______________.

__________________________________________

______________________. I like it very much.

1. 我校图书馆收藏着几百本书。

There are __________ _____ books in our school library.

2. 他反复看她的来信。

He read her letter _____ _____ _____ ______.

3. 我放学后经常帮妈妈做家务。

I often _____ my mother _________ the housework.

4. 完成作业每天要花费我两个小时。

It _____ me two hours _____ ______ my homework every day.

5. 我的书包跟 Lucy 的一样。

My backpack is the ______ _______ Lucy’s.

hundreds of

over and over again

help do/with

takes to finish

same as

1. She will be a teacher _____ two months.

A. on B. after C. in D. at

2. I think he _____ finish doing the work.

A. will be B. will can C. will be able to D. be will able to

3. It’s sunny today. _____, it is very cold.

A. Although B. But C. So D. However

4. Mike asked me to help him _____ his lesson this evening.

A. at B. with C. for D. on

5. --Will there be any paper money _____ 100 years? -- No, _____.

A. after, there won’t. B. after, they won’t.

C. in, they aren’t. D. in, there won’t.

写作：

你想要拥有你自己的机器人，跟科学家描述

一下你都要求你的机器人会什么技能！

Dear robot scientist,

I am a student from No.20 Middle School. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,