1、Unit 7,Will people have robots?,Section B 2a-2e,.,Section 1 Before You Read,1. Do you think you will have your own robot? 2. Whats it like? 3. What do you want it to do for you?,.,What do they look like?,They look like humans.,They are very human-like.,.,What do they look like ?,They look like snake

2、s.,.,What does it look like?,It looks like a dog.,.,This robot looks like a huge arm.,.,What can the robots do?,speak,do exercise,.,It can do housework.,.,It can do boring work.,.,run,cook,play the piano,.,There are some other robots, what can they do ?,Play football,dance,.,This robot is very stran

3、ge,What can it do ?,Explore(探險) the universe（宇宙）,.,It can be a doctor.,.,It can plant/water flowers.,.,It can do many hard or dangerous work.,.,What can robots do?,shapes,humans snake huge arm dog,do homework,play with people,play football,look for people,do unpleasant jobs,walk and dance,talk,.,2a,

4、Tell your partner what you know about robots. What do they look like and what can they do?,.,Discussion,Tell your partner what you know about robots. What do they look like and what can they do?,2a,I think there will be more robots in the future.,Really? What do they look like?,I think they look lik

5、e humans. They can do anything men can do.,Sounds interesting.,.,Section 2 While You Read,.,2b,Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discuss.,Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4,Will robots think like humans in the future? What will robots be like in the future?

6、What can robots do today? What are robots like in movies?,.,Do You Think You Will Have Your Own Robot? When we watch movies about the future, we sometimes see robots. They are usually like human servants. They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places.,2.Today the

7、re are already robots working in factories. Some can help to build cars, and they do simple jobs over and over again. Fewer people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get bored.,.,1. What do the robots look like in the movies? 2. What can the robots do for

8、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.

9、Because they will never get bored.,.,Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do. Some robots in Japan can walk and dance. They are fun to watch. However, some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to

10、make them really think like a human. For example, scientist James White thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are. But many scientists disagree with Mr. White. They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years.,3.,.,Paragraphs 3: True (T) o

11、r False (F).,1.Japanese companies have already made robots sing and dance. 2. Some scientists think that it will robots like humans, but Mr. White disagree. 3.Its 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.,T,F,T,F,.

12、,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, scientists made robots that look like snak

13、es. 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 future!,4.,.,閱讀文章的4自然段，將下列發(fā)明按時間歸類。,computers, the

14、robots that look like humans， the snake robots a hundred years ago: now: in the future:,computers,the snake robots,the robots that look like humans,.,2c,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

15、 times and never get bored. 3. Some can _ and _. 4. Some can help _ people under _.,cars,simple,walk dance,look for,buildings,.,Fill in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article.,指導(dǎo)： 此類短文填空題，考查同學(xué)們?nèi)嬲莆斩涛膬?nèi)容，以及綜合運用語言的能力。 首先，應(yīng)將通讀本段文字，掌握大意?？芍诙涛闹辛信e了科學(xué)家們的兩種觀點。 然后，根據(jù)2b中短文的內(nèi)容填空。,2d,.,2d,Fill

16、in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article.,Some robots are very human-like. They can walk and _ like people. Some scientists think that in the future they will _ robots more like humans. This may not _ in the near future, but at some point, robots will even be able to _ like people

17、. However, some scientists _. James White believes that robots wont be able to do the _ things as us. For example, he thinks that robots will _ be able to wake up and know where they are. Which side do you _ with?,dance,make,happen,talk,disagree,same,never,agree,.,Language points,1. help sb. with st

18、h. 幫助（做） help sb. (to) do sth. 幫助做 He often helps me with my English. = He often helps me study English. 他經(jīng)常幫助我學(xué)習(xí)英語。,., help sb. (to) do sth. 幫助某人做某事 Can you help me (to) learn English ? 你能幫助我學(xué)英語嗎？ help oneself ( to ) 自用(食物等) Help yourself to the fish. 請隨便吃魚。,.,2. It takes / took / will take sb. som

19、e time to do sth. 某人花了時間做某事(時態(tài)根據(jù)具體情況決定） It takes me an hour to get to my office. It took me quite a long time to understand.,.,知識鏈接,spend 的主語必須是人，常用于以下結(jié)構(gòu)： (1) spend time money on sth. 在上花費時間（金錢）。 eg：I spent two hours on this maths problem. (2) spend time money (in) doing sth. 花費時間（金錢）做某事。 eg：They sp

20、ent two years (in) building this bridge.,.,3. hundreds of 許多；大量 hundred 數(shù)詞, “百”, 用于a、one或含有數(shù)量意義的詞之后, 其后接可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式。 There are four hundred students in our grade. 當(dāng)這類數(shù)詞前面有具體的數(shù)字時, 數(shù)詞不能用復(fù)數(shù)形式。 eg:We have more than five hundred this kind of books. three hundred 三百 five thousand 五千 a few hundred 幾百 類似的數(shù)詞還有

21、thousand , million,.,1. Every year, _ people go to visit their factory. A. a thousand of B. thousands C. thousand of D. thousands of 2. _ people lost their homes in Japans earthquake. A. Two thousands B. Thousand C. Thousands of D. Thousand of,D,即時練,C,.,1. _ travelers come to visit our city every ye

22、ar. （2011 哈爾濱市） A. Hundred of B. Hundreds of C. Five hundreds D. Hundred 2. _ trees have been planted near here, so the air is very fresh. （2010 四川達州） A. Two hundreds B. Hundred of C. Hundreds of D. Hundreds,真題鏈接,B,C,.,4. make sb. (代詞為賓格）do （讓）（做） He made Tom laugh. I couldnt make my car start this

23、morning.,.,5. the same as 和一樣 She looks the same as Lucy. They are the twin sisters. 反義短語： be different from,.,6. be able to 能夠做某事 We hoped that we should be able to do that. They may be able to give me some ideas.,.,be able to 和 can 的區(qū)別 (1) be able to 用于表能力，并可用于多種時態(tài)和非謂語動詞短語，而can 只有一般現(xiàn)在時和一般過去時兩種時態(tài)。

24、(2) can 可用于人或物作主語的句子中；而be able to 的主語只能由有生命的名詞充當(dāng)。 (3) can 常指客觀上能夠；be able to 更側(cè)重于“克服一定困難”、“經(jīng)過努力”、“有能力”做成某事。,.,Exercise Fill in the blanks with the expressions be able to or can. 1.All the people _escape from the fire in time that night. 2. He said he _ finish his homework in an hour,were able to,cou

25、ld,.,and they do simple jobs over and over again. over and over again是固定搭配,還可以說 over and over。 eg：They sang the song over and over. They call over and over again but nobody answered.,Language points,.,3. Some robots are very human-like. 在human-like （形似真人的；真人一樣的）一詞中， -like 為形容詞后綴，用在名詞之后，與其構(gòu)成一個完整的形容詞，

26、表示“ 形似的；像一樣的；類似于.的”。 又如： a bird-like building （像鳥一樣的建筑） a cabbage-like vegetable（一種形似卷心菜的蔬菜），the ball-like thing on the top of the building（樓頂上那個像球一樣的東西。）,.,4. It will be difficult to make them really think like a human. 通常用it 做形式主語，將不定式和動名詞置 于謂語后面，特別是主語較長時，或在一些 習(xí)慣用法中。當(dāng)謂語是系表結(jié)構(gòu)（be + 形容 詞/ 名詞）時，常將不定式后

27、置，構(gòu)成句型 “it + be + 表語（形容詞 / 名詞）+ 不定式”。 e.g. It is not easy to master a foreign language.,.,5. But many scientists disagree with Mr. White. 這里的“disagree with ”譯為 不同意；不一 致；不適合 。 固定搭配：,agree （同意）,agree with sb/sth,disagree （同意）,disagree with sb/sth,.,6.If buildings fall down with people inside, these sn

28、ake robots can help look for people under the buildings. fall down 的意思如下： 1）掉下，落下，跌倒： The old lady fell down in the street and broke her leg. 2）倒塌： The old house soon fell down.,.,8. So Ill probably just keep a bird. keep: v. “保持; 維持; 喂養(yǎng)” 1) keep + sb. / sth. +形容詞 “使某人/某物” e.g. The job kept them bus

29、y for a year. 2) keep +形容詞 “保持” e.g. The man ran up and down to keep warm. 3) keep + sb. / sth. doing “讓某人/某物繼續(xù)做某事” e.g. She kept us waiting for her at the station for an hour. 4) keep + doing “繼續(xù)做, 堅持做” e.g. He kept running after her, trying to catch her.,.,If I have a robot, I hope that it will ,L

30、et your imagine fly. (放飛你的想像),.,look like a spider. It will be able to help me clean the windows and sweep the floor.,If I have a robot, I hope that it will ,look like a girl. It will be able to sing, dance and talk with me. It will also be able to serve me. It can make dinner, do the dishes and coo

31、k coffee for me.,.,What kind 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 floo

32、r. 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. Some robots will be look like people. They will be able to sing, dance and talk with us.They will also be able to sever us. They can make dinner, do the di

33、shes and cook coffee for 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.,.,Read Jills answer to the question “What will your life be like in the future?” Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.,3a

34、,meet work live look keep wear more less fewer take,In 20 years, I think Ill be a newspaper reporter. Ill _ in Shanghai because there will be _ jobs in that city.,live,more,.,As a reporter, I think I will _ lots of interesting people, so Ill have more friends. Ill have _ pets, though, because Ill _

35、have free time. And my apartment will be no good for pets because itll be too small. So Ill probably just _ a bird.,meet,fewer,less,keep,.,During the week, Ill _ smart clothes. On the weekend, Ill _ less smart but Ill be more comfortable. In the future, people will _ more so theyll probably have few

36、er vacations, but I think Ill _ a holiday in Hong Kong when possible. One day Ill even go to Australia.,wear,look,work,take,.,Complete the chart about your life 20 years from now. You can add more items.,What will yourbe like?,pilot,in an apartment,Writing,keep some plants,near a park,3b,.,_ _,Write

37、 about your life 20 years from now. Use 3a and 3b to help you.,Writing,3c,.,One possible version:,In 20 years, I think Ill be a pilot. Ill work in Beijing, because my parents work in Beijing. I want to live with them. Ill live in a large apartment. As a pilot, I can have a few days off every month.

38、I think Ill keep some plants in my apartment. Therell be a park near my home. Ill take a walk after supper. I like chess, so I can also play chess with my friends in the park.,.,In 20 years, I think Ill be a super policeman. Ill live in America, because there will be more joys in that city. As a super policeman, I think I will catch many bad guys(壞人), so Ill help keep the city peaceful. And in my free time, Ill attend all kinds of dancing balls, so that I can make a lot of friends. In addition,（另外