ANDY- THE ANDROID

We have many different kinds of androids in our daily life.

Skeleton 人体骨架

pencil

Mars 战神 , 战士

Free talk:

What do you think android can do?

Robot cop

dancing

drumming

Writing

fighting

Play football

Let’s listen to the story and try to get

the main idea.

Fast reading

1 What’s the Andy’s job on the football team?

He is a striker.

2 In last year, where did the Andy’s team compete?

Seattle, Washington in the USA.

3 What’s the Andy’s wish?

He wound like to play against a human team.

Now, with the questions below, please read the passage

carefully again.

1.Who is Andy? What is he good at?1.Who is Andy? What is he good at?

2.What helps him to move and think 2.What helps him to move and think like a human?like a human?

3.What does Andy think about the 3.What does Andy think about the team who beat them last year? why?team who beat them last year? why?

4.What does the programmer do to 4.What does the programmer do to Andy?Andy?

1.Who is Andy? What is he good at?1.Who is Andy? What is he good at? He is an android. And he is good at He is an android. And he is good at playing footballplaying football

2.What helps him to move and think2.What helps him to move and think like a human?like a human? His computer helps him to move and His computer helps him to move and think like a human.think like a human.

3.What does Andy think about the team3.What does Andy think about the team who beat them last year? Why?who beat them last year? Why? She thinks the team cheated because they She thinks the team cheated because they had a new kind of programmer, which had had a new kind of programmer, which had just been developed before the competitionjust been developed before the competition..

4.What does the programmer do to Andy?4.What does the programmer do to Andy? She programs me with all the possible She programs me with all the possible moves she has seen while watching humanmoves she has seen while watching human games.games.

Read the text carefully and decide whether the following sentences true or false

1. Andy looks like a human. 2.Andy can communicate with his teammates by using

the human language. 3. Andy first competes in Nagoya, Japan. 4.Andy thought his opponent cheated, because they had

a new kind of program, which had just been developed before the competition.

5. Andy thought his programmer can create an even better system.

6.The programmer programs moves so that Andy can use them in games.

7. Andy is an android, so intelligence is all of him.

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Reading:

I am ____ of a football team. I am as big as a human. On football team ,I am a______, so I can run very fast. My computer chips _____ me to _____ and _____ like a human. I need to shout in computer language to my teammates to give me the ball when I am open and have a good shot for a goal. I first ______ in Nagoya, Japan. _________ our team went to Seattle, Washington in the USA. Our team got _____ place. Personally, I think the team who won first place_______. They had a new kind of program, which had just been developed before the competition.

Fill in the blanks

partstriker

help movethink

compete Last year

secondcheated

I need to tell my programmer to _______ my intelligence. I think we can work together to _____an even better system. In fact, I would really like to play ______ a human team sometimes. _______, my programmer is like my______. She programs me with all the ____________ she has been while watching human games. Then she programs possible moves that I can use if a new situation______. In this way, I can ________ new moves. After all, ______________my electronic _____which never forgets anything, intelligence is what I’m all about!

improvecreate

against In a waycoach

Possible moves

arisesWith the help of

brain

make up

The story is about the _____ called The story is about the _____ called

____, who is good at____________. And ____, who is good at____________. And

hishis

__________ makes him think and move __________ makes him think and move

like a ______. However, they _____ in like a ______. However, they _____ in

the _________ hosted in the USA, the _________ hosted in the USA,

because the other team had a new because the other team had a new

kind ofkind of

_______. After that, he will ask his _______. After that, he will ask his

programmer to improve his _________ programmer to improve his _________

and _______ some new moves.and _______ some new moves.

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AndyAndy

playing footballplaying football

programmerprogrammer

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programprogramintelligenceintelligence

make upmake up

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each one? 1) advantage n. 优点 ; 优势 ; 有利条件 都市生活有几个优点。 There are several advantages in city life. 2) disadvantage n. 缺点 , 劣势 ; 不利条件 take advantage of 利用 be to your advantage 对… .. 有利

Language points about Using Language.

2. Then decide which type of IT is best for

you to use right now.

　 type

1) n. 类型 This is a new type of machine, with

lots of meters on it.

这是一种新型的机器 , 上面有许多仪表。

2) v. 打字 你帮我打一下这封信好吗 ?

Will you please type this letter for me?

type: 表示各项事物在本类中都是典型的。kind: 特指在分类中能放在一起的性质相同　　 且相似的一类事物。

3. I disagree because… disagree (vi) 常与 with 连用

( 食物 , 天气等 ) 不适合 Mutton disagrees with me.我不吃羊肉。

不同意 ; 意见不同在这一点上我和你的意见不一致。

I disagree with you about this.不一致 ; 不符His report disagrees with the fact.

4. Personally, I think the team who won

first place cheated. 我个人认为得冠军的那个队作弊了。

personally adv. 就自己而言 ; 就我个人来说She didn’t like the plan, but personally

I see nothing wrong with it.她不喜欢这项计划 , 但我本人觉得没什么不好的。person (n)--personal (adj.)--personally (adv)

5. I think we can work together to create

an even better system.

create (vt.) 创造 ; 创作An artist should create beautiful things.

even 用于修饰形容词 , 副词的比较级，much, far, no, still, a lot, a little

6. In a way, my programmer is like my

coach.in a/one way 在某种程度上 , 从某种意义上说从某种程度上来说 , 他的英语有进步。In a way, his English has improved.

in the way on the/one’s way (to) 在 ( 去… ) 的路上by the way 顺便提一下 in no way 决不all the way 自始自终 ; 完全地in this way 用这种方法

与 in a way 同义的词组有 in one way 和 in s

ome ways 。 容易与之混淆的词组是 in the way 意为“造成阻碍”，请比较： In a way, I like this new textbook very m

uch ． 从某种程度上说 , 我很喜欢这本新教材。 I’m afraid your bike is in the way ． 看来你的自行车挡着道了。

7. She programs me with all the possible

moves she has seen while watching

human games.

1) move (n.) 行动 ; 步骤 ( 可数 )What’s our next move?

make a move 动身 , 采取行动be on the move 在活动 , 在行进中

2) while watching…

= while she watches…

While he was doing his English

homework, he fell asleep.

= While doing his ….

8. In this way, I can make up new move

s.

整个故事是虚构的。 make up 组成 ; 构成 ; 编造 ; 弥补 ;

化妆 In this way, I can make up new moves.

（ ） She spent an hour making herself up

before the party. （ ）

补充 ; 弥补

化妆

Sixty students make up our class. （ ） Society is made up of people of different abilities. （ ） The criminal made up a story about where he was when the crime happened. （ ） Please make up a new dialogue according to the text. （ ）

形成 , 构成

由…组成

捏造 ; 虚构

编制 ; 编出

So you made it after all!

你毕竟成功了！After all, what does it matter?

归根结底 , 那又有什么关系呢？

9. after all 毕竟 ; 到底 ;

终究 1) 有“别忘了”的意思2) 放在句末 , “ 虽然有前面说过的话”或“与预料中的情况相反”的意思

above all 首先 ; 最重要的是at all 根本 ( 用于加强语气 ) 用于否定 句 , 疑问句和表示条件的从句first of all 首先in all 总共 ; 总计

She should have offered to pay — she’s a

millionaire, after all ． 她应该主动提出付款 ── 别忘了 , 她是个百万富翁。

10. with the help of 在……的帮助下 在老师的帮助下 , 我的英语进步很快。 With the help of the teacher, I have

made rapid progress in my English

study.

11. watch over 看守 ; 监视 ; 照看 They were watched over by three po

licemen.

watch out (for) 当心 ; 注意watch for sb./sth. 观察等待keep a watch on 监视under the close watch 在严密的监视下

12. wander (v.): to move around in an a

rea or go from place to place without a

ny special purpose; roam 游荡 ; 闲逛 He was wandering aimlessly up and d

own the road ． 他在路上无目的地来回溜达。

Pair-work to discuss how to design your own androids. The following questions and expressions can help you:

＊What would you like it to look like?＊What are some of the things you would like it to do?＊ Do you want it to be like a man or a woman, or neither?＊ How much would it cost?......

In my opinion…In my opinion… I ( don’t ) think that…I ( don’t ) think that… What is your reason ? What is your reason ? It costs…It costs…

A: What kind of robot have you decided

to make?

B: I've decided that we should have a

homework android. It could do all our

work after class and leave us more time

to do football ．A: OK. But what do you think it should

look like?

Sample dialogue 1:

B: In my opinion, it should have four

arms to carry the books, a large head

to remember all the lessons and a

printer to write out the answers ． What do you think?

A: Well, that sounds sensible. Perhaps it

could also put all the exercises into

specially marked boxes for each

subject so we could find them quickly. What about putting that in its stomach area?B: Do you want it to be a man or a woman? You can choose ．A: I've decided it should be a girl ．B: What's your reason?A: Girls are so hard-working ．B: Sounds good to me! Let's draw it now!

• A: What would you like your android to look like?• B : B: In my opinion it should look like a bird.• A: That sounds interesting. What will it do for you?• B: I think it can sing beautiful songs for me day and night.• A : Oh, yes! That sounds good. How much is it?• B: It doesn’t cost much money because I will make it by

myself.

• A: Really?! Do you want it to be a man or woman, or neither?• B : I want it to be a beautiful girl named Kelly. • A: Please show it to us some day.• B: Oh, No money no talk.

Will the androids replace humans in the future?

I agree/ disagree because…I agree/ disagree because…

In my opinion…In my opinion…

I ( don’t ) think that…I ( don’t ) think that…

I believe that…I believe that…

Debate

G: I don’t agree with that androids will replace humans in the future because they are made and controlled by people.

B : In my opinion, I agree with the point for the technology is developing faster and faster. I think they will kill people in the future.

G: In fact, they can’t live without people. For example, if they are broken, they need to be repaired by people. Besides, they don’t fall in love with each other so they won’t get married. As a result, they have no babies. They will die out soon.

B: Although they are not able give birth to a baby, they can copy themselves one after another.

G: But there is no evidence can prove it.

B : However, many resources of the world will be used up soon.

Then people can’t live on the earth. But robots are still alive.

G: No, they need electricity too… …

Homework:Writing a short passage according to the following points:

You are an android. You work for a family with one child who was very spoiled. The parents want you to do everything for them. The parents are nice, but they often ask you to watch over their child. How do you feel? what would do if the child asked you to do his homework?

You may begin like this: Hello, everybody. My name is_____.I’m a 321 model. I work for Li family………