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1、Robots now all over TV (P1)太原市外国语学校 王丽媛 I. Warming upDo you like robots? What can they do for human beings?What are the similarities and differences between humans and robots?II. Pre-reading Do you prefer people or artificial intelligence?Watch the following video and discuss what you think this TV
2、series is about.HumansIII. ReadingRead the article and try to answer the following question: What is the article mainly about?It describes two TV series about robots and discusses the questions they make us think about.Try to answer the following questions:1. What question does the British TV series
3、 Humans deal with?It deals with the question of what happens when artificial intelligence becomes too human-like.2. What is the world in Humans like?It is similar to the one we are living in right now, but in that world, any busy family can buy a robot servant (a “Synth”) who can go shopping for peo
4、ple and take care of their children.3. Who are more like humans, Synths or real people?Synths can be more likeable than real people.4. What does the author think of HBOs Westworld?It takes the discussion of the differences between humans and robots to another level.5. How do viewers feel while they
5、watch Westworld?While watching the show, they cant help but feel bad for the robots and disgusted at the humans.6. What is the interesting, yet scary, thought that stays in our mind while we watch the shows?How do we know that we are not actually Synths? Maybe our lives were designed by humans, too.
6、Try to judge whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the article you have read:1. Season two of the British TV series Humans is going to start at the end of next month. 2. Though the Synths are very lifelike, its easy to tell them from humans.3. British journalist Nee
7、la Debnath believes that its actually humans that have been put under the microscope.4. Compared with the British TV series Humans, in HBOs Westworld, the differences between humans and robots are shown in a more direct way.5. In HBOs Westworld, human tourists are not allowed to kill robots.6. Watch
8、ing robots find their own thoughts little by little, we hope that they will stand up against the humans in the show and fight for their rights.Key: FFTTFTIV. DiscussionYou can choose either Topic 1 or Topic 2:Topic 1:Nowadays, artificial intelligence has become more and more human-like and robots ca
9、n do many things that people can do. Sometimes, they do things even better than human beings. Is that a threat to humans? What is your desired robot like? Have a discussion with your group members about this topic and try to describe your ideal robot to others.Topic 2:In both Humans and Westworld, i
10、t seems that robots are more human than human beings. Do you think people have started to become less and less human? Why do you think so? Share your ideas about humans humanity with your group members.V. Writing Choose either Topic 1 or Topic 2 according to the discussion you have chosen.Topic 1:Wr
11、ite an article describing your ideal robots.Topic 2:Write an article describing your ideas about humans humanity.Eating biggest meal (P4-5)山东省烟台第二中学 柳力文I. Warming up On which holiday do American people eat the biggest meal?Thanksgiving DayII. Pre-readingSome facts you should know about Thanksgiving
12、Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States. It was originally celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest (丰收) and for the preceding (之前的) year. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursda
13、y of November in the United States.What do people eat on Thanksgiving?III. Fast readingQuestions:1. What is the article mainly about?Some southern US dishes that are eaten for Thanksgiving dinner.2. What are the two special dishes mentioned?The “turducken” and “hush puppies”.IV. Careful readingRead
14、the article and answer the following questions.1. What is Thanksgiving, according to the article?Thanksgiving is one of the most famous holidays that the US celebrates. It is a truly American tradition that teaches the values of family, sharing and, most American of all, eating a lot of delicious fo
15、od.2. How do people make a “turducken”? Can you guess how people made up the word?A chicken is put inside a duck, which is then put in a turkey, all deboned (剔骨), and they are all cooked together.The word is made up of turkey, duck and chicken.3. Why did people name the balls of corn bread “hush pup
16、pies”?The bread would be very chewy (有嚼劲的) and was given to the hunting dogs to make them quiet during the hunt.4. How important is southern food, according to the writer? Why is it important?Southern food in the US is very famous all over the world and is a very important part of the states cultural identity. It also reminds him of how he spent Thanksgiving with his whole family back home and the meaning of Thanksgiving.V. Language f
