高中英语选修七Unit2-Warming-up-and-reading课件.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,高中英语选修七Unit2-Warming-up-and-reading课件,高中英语选修七Unit2-Warming-up-and-reading课件高中英语选修七Unit2-Warming-up-and-reading课件Unit 2Robots,Unit 2,Robots,What is robots?,What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a robot?,a computer,a fiction character,a movie star,a machine,a servant,Warming up I,Choose your favorite one.,What do you think a robot can do?,Warming up II,communicate,move as,programmed,carry heavy objects,play sports,What is a robot?,A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans.,Pre-reading I,Do you think it is possible for a robot to:,think for itself?,have feelings?,have its own needs and desires?,look and feel like a human being?,Discuss:,Pre-reading II,Background information:,A,retelling,of an Isaac Asimovs story called,Satisfaction Guaranteed.,About a,human-like robot,.,Asimovs,first law,for robots:A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured.,The robot,cause the main character to have some very,confusing feelings,.,Satisfaction Guaranteed,Reading Passage,Larry Belmont,Claire,Tony,Gladys Claffern,Characters in the story:,-Larrys wife,a housewife,-the robot,-employed in a company that makes robots,-a woman that Claire envies,scanning,Read through the passage and then answer the following questions:,1.What is the text mainly about?,2.What did the robot called Tony look like?,3.Why did Larry put Tony into his family?,What is the text mainly about?,2.What did the robot called Tony look like?,It is mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family.,He looked like a tall and handsome man,speaking in a deep voice,with smooth black hair and his facial expression unchanged.,Because he wanted to test out how a robot used for housework in a family.,3.Why did Larry put Tony into his family?,1.,Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony,?,A.Because he was a robot.,B.Because she didt like him.,C.Because he was more like a being than a machine.,D.Because he never changed his facial expressions.,Skimming,Choose the best answer,2.The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dreams by_.,A.making her home elegant,B.giving her a new haircut and changing the make-up she wore,C.giving her advice on her dresses,D.all the above,3.As a result,the experiment shows_.,A.Claire and Tony fell in love with each other,B.Tony had to be rebuilt,C.Tony was angry with his designer,D.Both A and B,4.All the following statements are true except _.,Tony tried to please Claire,Claire tried to displease Tony,Tony managed to protect Claire,Gladys admired Claire for her Tony,5.We can infer from the passage that_.,Claire liked Tony but feared him,Claire cried because Tony made her angry,Claire forgot Tony as soon as Tony left her,Tony had no feelings as human being.,How did Claire feel?,What happened?,She saw Tony was _ and _.His hair was _ and _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,tall,handsome,smooth,black,deep,embarrassed,fingernails,softness,warmth,Happy,surprised,shy,Careful-reading,How did Claire feel?,What happened?,_,Tony folded his arms around her,bending his face close to hers and declared that he didnt want to leave her and that he felt more than just the desire to please her.,_,She was envied by those women.,_,She remembered Tony was just a machine.,surprise,happy,sad,1.Why did Tony open the curtains?,He wanted Claires guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by women guests.,Post-reading,2.What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed?,He had prevented Claire from harming herself,by making her feel good about herself.He helped her make her and her home elegant so that she would not feel like a failure.,3.Why should Tony be rebuilt?,Because the company(designers)cannot have women falling in love with machines.,In groups,list Tonys characteristics that were similar to those of a human being and different from those of a human being.,Characteristics,Physical,Mental,Emotional,Similar,Different,Discussion,Characteristics,Similar,Different,Physical,(1)Looks like_.,(2)Body and skin are_.(3)Hair and fingernails_.(4)Voice like_.,(1)Facial expressions_.(2)_,(She fell off a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room,he managed to catch her in time),a human,being,warm,realistic,a humans,never change,Quicker,reactions,Characteristics,Similar,Different,Mental,Able to _and predictions.Able to _and follow it through.Has good _ skills,Behaviour not_(Tony asked Claire whether she needed help dressing),make suggestions,make a plan,communication,appropriate,Characteristics,Similar,Different,Emotional,Can show _ for Claire and can give _ to her.,sympathy,encouragement,Homework,Do you think it needs to rebuild Tony,why or why not?,Thank you for listening!,谢谢！,