1、Unit 2 Robots,Industrial robots 工業(yè)機(jī)器人,Entertainment robots,household robots家用機(jī)器人,The robot which can play with children.,The robot which can play football.,The robot which can speak to people.,What is a robot?,A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans.,2020/7/30,S

2、cience fiction about robots,2020/7/30,Transformers 變形金剛,I, Robot 我，機(jī)器人 ,New words,satisfaction n. U 滿足, 滿意 C 另人滿足或帶來樂趣的事物 absent adj. 不在場(chǎng)的,在別處的 (absent from sth.) sympathy n. U, C 同情, 同情心(sympathy for/towards sb.) test out 試驗(yàn)；考驗(yàn) alarm vt.使警覺；使驚恐；驚動(dòng) n.警報(bào)；驚恐,pile n. 堆, 疊 vi. 堆起, 堆積 vt. 把堆起 accompany v

3、t. 陪伴；伴奏 (accompany sb. at/on sth.) favour n.喜愛；恩惠 vt.喜愛；偏袒 ring up 給打電話 turn around 轉(zhuǎn)向；回轉(zhuǎn) declare vt.宣布；聲明；表明；宣稱,envy vt. 嫉妒,羨慕 (后接名詞或代詞作賓語,也可接雙賓語) n. 嫉妒,羨慕 (envy of sb; envy at/of sth; the envy of sb. ) leave alone 不管；別惹；讓一個(gè)人待著；和單獨(dú)在一起 cuisine n.烹飪（風(fēng)味）；菜肴 affair n.事務(wù)；事情；曖昧關(guān)系 elegant adj.優(yōu)雅的；高雅的；講究的

4、,Read a short story about a robot. It was originally written by the science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov, and published in 1951. Here the story has been retold by another writer.,Background information: A retelling of an Isaac Asimovs story called Satisfaction Guaranteed. About a human-like robot. A

5、simovs first law(鐵規(guī)) for robots: A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured. The robot causes the main female character(文藝作品里的人物) to have some very confusing feelings.,Satisfaction Guaranteed 包君滿意,Skimming & scanning,Reading for main idea,What is the text mainly about? It is ma

6、inly about how a household _ was _ _ in a family.,robot,tested,out,Reading: Satisfaction guaranteed,Larry Belmont,Claire,Characters in the story:,Gladys Claffern,working in a company that makes robots,Larrys wife, a housewife,the robot,a woman that Claire envies (嫉妒),Part 1:,Part 2:,Part 3:,Part 4,P

7、ara 1- Para 3,Para 4- Para 8,Para 9- Para 11,Para 12,Meet,Help,love,Leave,Reading for structure,Reading for details,Claire had a sense of failure,She was not elegant,Her house was not elegant,The salesman was rude to her,She wanted to be another Gladys,She fell off a ladder,Tony: Mr. Perfect !,What

8、a sweet victory to be envied by those women! She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover!,Claire had a sense of failure,She was not elegant,Her house was not elegant,The salesman was rude to her,She wanted to be another Gladys,She fell off a ladder,Claire had a

9、sense of failure,She was not elegant,Her house was not elegant,The salesman was rude to her,She wanted to be another Gladys,She fell off a ladder,He gave her a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore,He managed to catch her in time from the next room,He suggested a party in her house,He made the

10、 salesman changed his attitude,He transformed the house completely,Was Claire satisfied with Tony?,alarmed,tall,handsome,smooth,deep,embarrassed,fingernails,softness,warmth,Happy, surprised, shy,Careful-reading,surprised,happy,sad,declared,desire,envied,Find out how Claires emotion developed,_ _ _ _

11、 _ _,Sad to remember he was just a machine accepted him C. proud of him D. refused to have Tony at her house E. trusted him F. loved him,D,B,E,c,F,A,How Claires emotion developed,Comprehending,Before he arrived,When he offered to help her dress,When he offered to help her improve her house and herse

12、lf,When he helped her with the salesman,When she fell off a ladder and caught by Tony,When she heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony,She remembered Tony was just a machine,1. Why did Tony open the curtains? He wanted Claires guests to see him and

13、 Claire together so that she would be envied by the women guests.,2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed? Tony prevented Claire from being harmed by making her feel good about herself. He helped her make her and her home elegant so that she would not feel like a failure.,Do you thin

14、k it needs to rebuild Tony, why or why not?,3. Why did Tony have to be rebuilt? Tony had to be rebuilt because the company felt that they could not have women falling in love with a robot. 4. How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in your house?,(Students give their own answers.),5. Claire

15、spent three weeks with Tony in her house. What sentences in the story show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he was a machine? How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine. He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body.,She screamed, pushed him away and ran to

16、 her room for the rest of the day. Then she remembered-Tony was just a machine. She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed.,6. Which of the following is NOT Tonys characteristic? clumsy. B. handsome. C. helpful. D. smart.,7. Which of the following is the right description about Gladys? A. She w

17、as a rich and powerful fat woman. B. She had everything that Claire wanted and envied. C. She was the one whom Claire turned to for help when she was annoyed. D. She had a bad relationship with Claire.,8. Tony did the following things to help Claire EXCEPT _. A. giving her a new haircut B. changing

18、her makeup C. having the house completely transformed and improved D. going into a jewellery shop to buy her a necklace,9. Which of the following is NOT the reason why Tony opened the curtains? A. To let other women see everything. B. To show the risk of Claires marriage. C. To let other women envy

19、Claire. D. To make Claire elegant just like her neighbor.,10. As a result, the experiment shows _. A. Claire and Tony fell in love with each other B. Tony had to be rebuilt C. Tony was angry with his designer D. Both A and B,facial expressions,smooth,voice,skin,haircut,list,accompany,attitude,improv

20、ements,impressed,Tall, handsome, black hair, deep voice,Facial expressions never changed,Clever enough to solve all kinds of problems,Cannot think for itself,harmed,alarmed,improve,envy,pleasing,Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife . 2. Claire didnt like the

21、 idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last. 3. Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever.,F,T,T,4. It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house. 5. Claires guests were filled with admiration(羨慕） when they saw her house was completely changed. 6. The company was satisfied with Tonys report because he had successfully made a