1、SectionReadingUnit 7Will people have robots? Teaching GoalsTopic: RobotsFunctions: Make predictionsStructures: Future with will & there will be.Ability goal: Improve students reading abilityEmotion goal: We should study hard and make our dreams come true.When we watch the movies about the future, we

2、 sometimes see robots.The robots have many different shapes.big armhumans人snakeclockspider蜘蛛shapesdogThese robots are in different shapes. What do they look like? They look like _.animalsEnjoy a videoWhat can robots do?dancewalk a doghelp with houseworkwork in the factoryWhat can this robot do? It c

3、an _.cookFree talkWhat can this robot do? It can _.clean / sweep the floorFree talkWhat about this robot? It can_.water the plantsFree talkAs you can see, these robots look like _.They can _ the housework.They are like human _.humanshelp with servantsWhat does this robot look like? It looks like _.W

4、hat can it do?It can _ in dangerous places.help look for peoplea snakeDo you think you will have your own robot?Yes, I do. I hope I will have my own robot. It will help me wash clothes.Cook delicious food for meDo the dishes for me Tidy the room for me Wake me up on timeSend me to schoolThey are lik

5、e our servants.仆人Do you think you will have your own robot? ReadingReading strategy: Look at the title and the picture, and predict what you will read about. 先看標(biāo)題和圖片，預(yù)測你要讀到的內(nèi)容 What can we learn from the title and the picture? A. Its about a science fiction movie. B. Its about the robot scientist Jam

6、es White. C. Its about the robots in the future. How to read an article?What methods do you know?學(xué)法指導(dǎo)：Skimming（略讀）指盡可能快的閱讀，迅速地獲取文章的大意或主題思想。即抓住文章的大概。Scanning（查讀）是一種從大量的資料中查找某一項具體事實或某一項特定信息的快速閱讀方法。即快速定位所需的信息。Careful reading（細讀）用于深入文章細節(jié)理解文章內(nèi)容，需要我們理解重點詞句的含義和分析上下文之間的聯(lián)系等。Match each paragraph with the ques

7、tion it discusses.Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 4Will robots think like humans in the future?What will robots be like in the future?What can robots do today?What are robots like in movies?2bFirst reading1. Robots can build _ in factories.2. They can do _ jobs many times and never get bo

8、red. 3. Some can _ and _. 4. Some can help _ people under _. cars simplelook for the buildingswalkdanceRead the article again quickly. Complete the sentences about what robots can do now.2cSecond reading write T or F.( )1.Some robots in Japan are fun to watch, because they can dance and walk( )2.sci

9、entists are trying to make robots look like animals. ( )3.we can make robots move like people and think like a human .( )4. New robots will have many different shapes. ( ) 5. In Japan, scientist made robots that look like snakes.TFFhumansIt will be difficult to make them really think like a human.In

10、diaTFThird readingPara .1Answer the questions:When do we sometimes see robots?When we watch movies about the future.2. What are robots usually look like?They are usually like human servants.Scanning(細讀): Para. 1 找出下列短語When we watch movies about the future, we sometimes see robots. They are usually l

11、ike human servants. They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places.像_人的仆人_幫著做家務(wù)_在某方面幫助 human servantshelp with houseworkhelp withbe like比如，像Read Para. 22.Today there are already robots working in factories. Some can help to build cars, and they do simple jobs over

12、 and over again. Fewer people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get bored. factories 是復(fù)數(shù)形式，其單數(shù)是_,在工廠 _factories factory inPara. 2 找出下列短語并翻譯 in factories do simple jobs over and over again do such jobs get bored 在工廠做簡單的工作多次，反復(fù)地 做這樣的工作變得厭煩Read paragraph 3An

13、swer the questions: Can robots do the same things as we do? Yes, they can.2. What can the robots in Japan do? They can walk and dance.3. Will it be easy to make robots think like a human? No, it wont.4. What does James White think?He thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where th

14、ey are. Read Para 4. complete the diagram.4.Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. These new robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals. In India, for example

15、 , scientists made robots that look like snakes. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. This was not possible 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed impossible 100 years ago. We never know what will happen in the futur

16、e! Read Para 4. complete the diagram.Robots in the future How long:_Shapes :_ _ eg. in India:_ use for:_Possible/impossible?hundreds of yearshumansanimalssnakeshelp look for peopleNothing is impossible if you put your heart into it. SummaryWhat can robots do?help with the houseworkhelp people do the

17、 most unpleasant or dangerous jobshelp to build carsdo simple jobs over and over againwalkdancetalk with peoplehelp look for peopleWhat will robots be like?humanssnakes(animals)Report: I think some future robots might be like _. They will _.Match the phrases with its meanings.Post-reading over and o

18、ver againget bored wake uphundreds offall downlook for醒來尋找覺得無聊反反復(fù)復(fù)，一次又一次倒下成百上千Exercise1. I think that robots are just like human _. Theyllwork for us all the time.A. shapeB. teachers C. servants D. children單項選擇2. All the robots wont feel _ when they do all kinds of jobs for erestingB. interestedC. boredD. boringExercise3. Robots may appear at our homes_ years later.A. hundredB. hundredsC. hundred ofD. hundreds of4. Its hard for us _ the same thing over and over again.A. to doB.