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1、Robots Unit2 Warming Up Have you ever played with robot toys? Do you want to play with the real robots? Guess what these robots are doing. Playing football Riding/Cycling Playing music Dancing what can robots look like? Spider Dinosaur Dragonfly Snake Mantis (螳螂) 螳螂 Humans Huge arm Discussion Robots
2、 Play with humans Do research Talk with humans Do the housework And so on Take care of children Act as a policeman /a seller Do some shopping What can a robot do? Do you know who he is? Whats the relationship between Isaac Asimov and robots? Isaac Asimov 最早提出机器人这个概念的人是科幻作家阿西莫夫最早提出机器人这个概念的人是科幻作家阿西莫夫(
3、Isaac (Isaac AsimovAsimov) )，二十世纪四十年代他在一本短篇小说中用到了，二十世纪四十年代他在一本短篇小说中用到了 roboticrobotic这个单词。在那篇短文中，阿西莫夫提出了三个指导机这个单词。在那篇短文中，阿西莫夫提出了三个指导机 器人行为的准则，也就是著名的机器人三大定律器人行为的准则，也就是著名的机器人三大定律 Larry Belmont Claire Tony Gladys Claffern Main characters in the story: - Larrys wife, a housewife - a robot - works in a c
4、ompany that makes robots - a woman that Claire envies Task1 :从课文中找出下列短语并翻译成中文： 1.work for_ 2.testout_ 3.allow sb to do sth _ 4. feel alarmed _ 5.morethan_ 6.feel embarrassed _ 7.improve ones social position _ 8.with wonder_ 9.reach for sth_ 10.change ones attitude_ 11.turn around_ 为谁工作 测试/试用 允许某人做某事
5、 担惊受怕 感到尴尬 提高自己的社会地位 惊奇地 伸手触摸 改变某人的态度 转身 与其说.倒不如说 12. after all _ 13.with anger _ 14.fall off a ladder_ 15.leave sb alone_ 16.protect sb from doing sth_ 17.prevent sb from doing sh._ 毕竟;究竟 气愤 从梯子上坠落 让某人一个人待会 保护某人不受/免遭.(侵害) 阻止某人做某事 18.fall in love with sb_ 爱上某人 Decide whether the following statements
6、 are true Decide whether the following statements are true or false, and try to find the sentence in the story to or false, and try to find the sentence in the story to support your answers:support your answers: 1. 1.Larry was going to be away from home so he Larry was going to be away from home so
7、he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire.hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire. 2. 2.Claire didnt like the idea at the beginning, Claire didnt like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.but she agreed to it at last. 3. Tony could understand Claire when she said 3. Tony co
8、uld understand Claire when she said she was not clever.she was not clever. Task2skimming (5m)skimming (5m) F F T T T T 4.Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned 4.Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could quite a lot of books in the library, but he
9、 could find no ways out.find no ways out. 5.It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys 5.It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house.and her friends to her house. F F F F Task3Scanning 1.Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony? A. Because he was a r
10、obot. B. Because she didnt like him. C. Because he was more like a human being than a machine. D. Because he never changed his facial expressions. 2. Why did Claire feel embarrassed one day? A. Because Tony asked her whether she needed help dressing. B. Because Tony offered sympathy for her. C. Beca
11、use Tony helped her a lot. D. Because Tony bent his face too close to hers. 3. _amazed Claire very much. A. That Tony gave her a new haircut A. That Tony gave her a new haircut B. That Tony B. That Tony changed the makeup she wore C. Tonys fingernails and the softness and warmth of his skin D. That
12、Tony wrote a shopping list for her 4. 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 5. As a result, the experiment shows_. A. Claire and Tony fell i
13、n love with each other B. Tony had to be rebuilt C. Tony was angry with his designer D. Both A and B 6. All the following statements are true EXCEPT _. A. Tony tried to please Claire B. Claire tried to displease Tony C. Tony managed to protect Claire D. Gladys admired Claire for her Tony 7. We can i
14、nfer from the passage that_. A. Claire liked Tony but feared him B. Claire cried because Tony made her angry C.Claire forgot Tony as soon as Tony left her D.Tony had no feelings as human being. Homework 1.短语互译 使某人相信、确信._ 作为帮助_ 更确切地说 _ 伸手（够/拿_ 对吃惊的 _ 从跌/摔下_ 设法做到 _ 对印象深 _ 保护不受 _ 阻止发生 _ persuade sb that=convince sb that as a favour or rather reach for be amazed by/at fall off manage to do be impressed by/with protectfrom prevent/stop(from) doing=keepfrom doing 11.leave.alone _ 12.make a list of _ 13.test out _ 14.a pile of
