1、人教课标高二 选修 7Unit 2A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans.Robots are programmed and controlled by a computer.Toy robotscharacters in storiesEntertainment robotsIndustrial robotshousehold robotsThe robot which can play football.1.What is the main idea of the story
2、?A.Why Claire fell in love with a human being.B.Why a robot fell in love with a human being.C.A story about a household robot being tested out in a family.D.A robot can save a human being from danger.CCharactersWho are they?Larry BelmontClaireTonyGladys Claffernworked for a company that makes robots
3、Larrys wife,a housewifea household robot to be tested outa woman that Claire envies2.How many characters are there in this passage?Who are they?Task 1 Choose the best answer1Why did Tony open the curtains？_AHe wanted other women to see him and Claire，knowing that there was no risk to Claires marriag
4、e.BHe wanted the sunshine to shine up the room.CHe wanted to see if it was dark.DHe wanted to see if there was a car nearby.A2We can conclude that _.ATony was illbehaved BClaire fell in love with TonyCTony didnt perform well in Claires house DTony and Claire got marriedBClaires feelings toward Tony
5、changed as the storydeveloped.Fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings.How did Claire feel?What happened?She saw Tony was _ and _.His hair was _and his voice was _.His facial expression_Tony asked whether she needed help dressing.By his _ and the _ and _of his skin.Tony caught her in tim
6、e,held her firmly in his arms and she felt the_ of his body.alarmedtallhandsomesmoothdeepembarrassedfingernailssoftnesswarmthhappy,shy,surprisedCareful readingnever changedamazedwarmthHow did Claire feel?What happened?Tony folded his arms around her,bending his face close to hers and_ that he didnt
7、want to leave her and that he felt more than just the _ to please her.She_by those women.She remembered Tony was just a machine.surprisedhappysaddeclareddesirewas envied I.In groups,list Tonys characteristicsthat were similar to and those that were different from those of a human being.Characteristi
8、csSimilarDifferentPhysicalMentalCharacteristicsSimilarDifferentPhysical Looks like a human being.Body and skin soft and warm.Hair and fingernail realistic.Voicelike a humans.Facial expressions never change.Quicker reactions(She fell off a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room,he managed t
9、o catch her in time.)CharacteristicsSimilarDifferentMentalAble to make suggestions and predictions.Able to make a plan and follow it through.Has good communication skills.Behaviour not appropriate(Tony brought her breakfast and thenasked her whether she needed help dressing.)Can you make up an end f
10、or the story?Recently the company 1._ Larry Belmont worked had begun experimenting 2._ a household robot,Tony.At first,Claire didnt want the robot in her house,but she was persuaded by her husband to accept it.At the first sight of Tony,she felt 3._(alarm).She thought 4._ was absurd that a robot sho
11、uld look human.On the second morning Claire was even 5._(embarrass)when Tony brought her breakfast and asked her 6._ she needed help dressing.She refused but later she was glad that Tony could make her home 7._(elegance),give her a new haircut and change the makeup she 8._(wear).And finally Tony helped Claire win the victory 9._(envy)by those ladies like Gladys.What made us unbelievable is 10._ Claire fell in love with Tony-a robot.wherewithalarmedembarrassedwhetherit检elegantworeto be enviedthatAssignmentRead the passage again and find the difficult points.Preview the language points.
