Unit 2 Robots

What is a robot?

A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans.

Robots

Play with human

do research

Talk with human

Do the housework(cleaning,cooking

……..)

rescue work

Take care of children

act as a policeman

/a seller

Do some shopping

What can a robot do?

Entertainmentrobots

Industrial robots 工业机器人

household robots 家用机器人

The robot which can play with children.

The robot which can play football.

The robot whichcan speak to people.

Spider

Dinosaur

Dragonfly

Snake

Mantis ( 螳螂 )

Science fiction about robots

23/4/21Transformers 《变形金刚》

I, Robot 《我，机器人 》

Edward Scissorhands 剪刀手爱德华

Read a short story about a robot. It was originally

written by the science

fiction writer, Isaac Asimov,

and published in 1951.

Here the story has

been retold by

another writer.

Skimming & scanning

Reading for main idea

What is the text mainly about? It is mainly about how a household

_________ was _________ ________ in

a family.

robot tested out

Reading: Satisfaction guaranteed

Larry Belmont

Tony

Claire

Characters in the story:

Gladys Claffern

working in a company that makes robots

Larry’s wife, a housewife

the robot

a woman that Claire envies ( 嫉妒 )

Task 1

• Skim the text to find out Larry Belmont’s problem.

• His wife may have fallen in love with Tony, the robot.

Find out the truth first for Larry1. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning,

but she agreed to it at last.

2. When Tony, the robot, offered to help dressing, Claire was pleased to accept it. But she thought it was surprising for a robot to be so human.

3. Tony could understand Clarie when she said she was not clever.

Task 2

Find out the truth first for Larry

4. Claire was sorry she could do little to help her husband, who wanted to improve his social position.

• 5. Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no way out.

• 6. Tony went to Town with Claire to buy things he wanted to improve the house.

Find out the truth first for Larry

• 7. While Tony worked on the improvements of the house, Claire also did her part.

• 8. Claire's guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed.

• 9. Claire was very happy to find that Gladys envied her.

• 10. The company was very pleased with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman to fall in love with him.

Reading for details

Claire’s feelings towards Tony

changed as the story developed. Fill

in the occasions when

Claire had these

feelings.

How did Claire feel?

What happened?

____________

She saw Tony was ______ and ________. He had ______hair and his voice was _______.

____________

Tony asked whether she needed help dressing.

amazed By his _________ and the ________ and ________of his skin.

______________

Tony caught her in time, held her firmly in his arms .

alarmed

tallhandsome

smoothdeep

embarrassed

fingernailssoftness warmth

Happy, surprised, shy

How did Claire feel?

What happened?

_____________

Tony folded his arms around her, bending his face close to hers and _______that he didn’t want to leave her and that he felt more than just the _____ to please her.

__________

She was _______by those women.

___________

She remembered Tony was just a machine.

surprised

happy

sad

declared

desire

envied

Find out how Claire’s emotion developed

____ _____ ____ _____

____ _____

A.Sad to remember he was just a machine

B.accepted him C. proud of him

D. refused to have Tony at her house

E. trusted him F. loved him

D B E c

F A

How Claire’s emotion developed

refuse

accepttrust

proudlove

sad

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4

Para 1- Para 3

Para 4- Para 8

Para 9- Para 11

Para 12

Meet

Help

love

Leave

Reading for structure

Why did Tony open

the curtains?

He wanted Claire’s guests to

see him and Claire together so

that she would be envied by the

women guests.

Read the story again and answer the follo

wing questions in group.

What did Tony do to prevent Claire f

rom being harmed?

Tony prevented Claire from being

harmed by making her feel good a

bout herself. He helped her make

her and her home elegant so that

she would not feel like a failure.

Claire spent three weeks with Tony in her house. What sentences in the story show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he was a machine?

How absurd, She thought. He was just a machine.He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.Then she remembered---Tony was just a machine. She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed.…..

Reading for appreciation

What a mixed feeling!

1. Do you think that robots can take the

place of humans in the future? why?

Write down your opinions.

2. Finish EXX 2 & 3 on Page 12 in your Student’s Book.

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