Section B (2a–2e)
A : What will you be in 10 years?
B : I will be a …
A : Where will you work?
B : I will work in …
Aims and language points:
Teaching aims (教学目标)1. 让学生熟悉未来机器人的话题并以此展开阅读
活动。2. 培养学生通过略读判断段落大意以获得对文章
的整体理解的能力。3. 通过文章阅读提高 scanning/skimming 阅读
策略能力。 要求掌握以下词汇: 1)名词 n. human, servant, factory, shape,
side2)形容词 adj. dangerous, possible3) 副词 adv. even, inside
what theylook like
what theycan do
Tell your partner what you know about robots. What do they look like and what can they do?
2a
What do they look like?
They look like humans.
What do you think they will look like?
snake
shapes
This robot looks like a huge arm.
What can the robots do?
speak do exercise
run
cook
play the piano
There are some other robots, what can they do ?
Play football dance
They can help with the houseworkand do the most difficult jobs.
It can do boring work.
It can do many hard or dangerous jobs.
It can do jobs like woking in dirty
or dangerous plcaes.
What can they do?
They can do the same things as us.
翻译短语
1. 科幻小说
2. 帮忙做家务
3. 花费好几百年的时间
4. 看起来像
5. 让机器人走路或跳舞
6. 和人一样做相同的事
science fiction
help with the housework
take hundreds of years
look like
make robots walk and dance
do the same things as a
person
7. 例如
8. 与人交谈
9. 做简单的工作
10. 一遍又一遍
11. 变得烦躁
12. 寻找
13. 看起来有可能的
for example
talk to people
do simple jobs
over and over again
get bored
look for
seem possible
Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 3
Will robots think like humans in the future?
What will robots be like in the future?
What can robots do today?
Paragraph 4 What are robots like in movies?
2b
1. What do the robots look like in the movies?
2. What can the robots do for people?
Human servants.
They help with the housework and do jobs
like working in dirty or dangerous places.
Paragraphs 1-2: Answer the questions.
3. Where are the robots already working?
4. What kinds of the jobs do the robots do?
Why?
In factories.
They do simple boring jobs over and over again. Because they will never get bored.
Paragraphs 3-4: Mark True or False.
1. Japanese companies have already made robots sing and dance.2. Some scientists think that there will be robots like humans, but Mr. White disagree.3.It’s easy for a child to wake up and know where they are.4. Some people believe that robots will be able to talk in 35 to 50 years.5. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings.
T
F
T
F
T
Read the article again quickly. Complete the sentences about what robots can do now.
1.Robots can build _______ in factories.
2. They can do ___________ jobs many times and never get bored.
3. Some can _______ and _______.
4. Some can help ____________ people under _________.
cars
simple
walk dance
Look forbuildings
2c
dancemake
happentalk
disagreesame
never
agree
Fill in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article.2d
I think some future robots might look like ___________. They will _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
What kinds of animals might robots look like in the future? What do you think these robots will be able to do? Write your ideas and discuss them with your partner.
2e
I think some future robots might look like
spiders. They will be able to help us clean
the window, sweep the floor.
Some robots might look like snakes. They
will be able to help look for people under
the buildings. If buildings fall down with
people inside.
They will also be able to sever us. They can
make dinner, do the dishes and cook coffee
for us.
Some robots will be look like people. They
will be able to sing, dance and talk with us.
Some robots might look like big arms.
They will be able to work in factories. They
can help make cars and do simple jobs
over and over again.
Homework
Oral: Read the paragraph in 2d aloud.
Written: Write a passage about the kind of robot you want to have in the future and why.