Unit7Willpeoplehaverobots?SectionB2a-2eSection1BeforeYouRead1.Doyouthinkyouwillhaveyourownrobot?2.What’sitlike?3.Whatdoyouwantittodoforyou?Whatdotheylooklike?Theylooklikehumans.Theyareveryhuman-like.Whatdotheylooklike?Theylooklikesnakes.Whatdoesitlooklike?Itlookslikeadog.Thisrobotlookslikeahugearm.Whatcantherobotsdo?speakdoexerciseItcandohousework.Itcandoboringwork.runcookplaythepianoTherearesomeotherrobots,whatcantheydo?PlayfootballdanceThisrobotisverystrangeWhatcanitdo?Explore(探险)theuniverse(宇宙)Itcanbeadoctor.Itcanplant/waterflowers.Itcandomanyhardordangerouswork.Whatcanrobotsdo?shapeshumanssnakehugearmdogdohomeworkplaywithpeopleplayfootballlookforpeopledounpleasantjobswalkanddancetalk2aTellyourpartnerwhatyouknowaboutrobots.Whatdotheylooklikeandwhatcantheydo?Tellyourpartnerwhatyouknowaboutrobots.Whatdotheylooklikeandwhatcantheydo?2aIthinktherewillbemorerobotsinthefuture.Really?Whatdotheylooklike?Ithinktheylooklikehumans.Theycandoanythingmencando.Soundsinteresting.Section2WhileYouRead2bReadthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwiththequestionitdiscuss.Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4Willrobotsthinklikehumansinthefuture?Whatwillrobotsbelikeinthefuture?Whatcanrobotsdotoday?Whatarerobotslikeinmovies?DoYouThinkYouWillHaveYourOwnRobot?1.Whenwewatchmoviesaboutthefuture,wesometimesseerobots.Theyareusuallylikehumanservants.Theyhelpwiththehouseworkanddojobslikeworkingindirtyordangerousplaces.2.Todaytherearealreadyrobotsworkinginfactories.Somecanhelptobuildcars,andtheydosimplejobsoverandoveragain.Fewerpeoplewilldosuchjobsinthefuturebecausetheyareboring,butrobotswillnevergetbored.1.Whatdotherobotslooklikeinthemovies?2.Whatcantherobotsdoforpeople?Humanservants.Theyhelpwiththehouseworkanddojobslikeworkingindirtyordangerousplaces.Paragraphs1-2:Answerthequestions.3.Wherearetherobotsalreadyworking?4.Whatkindsofthejobsdotherobotsdo?Why?Infactories.Theydosimpleboringjobsoverandoveragain.Becausetheywillnevergetbored.Scientistsarenowtryingtomakerobotslooklikehumansanddothesamethingsaswedo.SomerobotsinJapancanwalkanddance.Theyarefuntowatch.However,somescientistsbelievethatalthoughwecanmakerobotsmovelikepeople,itwillbedifficulttomakethemreallythinklikeahuman.Forexample,scientistJamesWhitethinksthatrobotswillneverbeabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.ButmanyscientistsdisagreewithMr.White.Theythinkthatrobotswillevenbeabletotalklikehumansin25to50years.3.Paragraphs3:True(T)orFalse(F).1.Japanesecompanieshavealreadymaderobotssinganddance.2.Somescientiststhinkthatitwillrobotslikehumans,butMr.Whitedisagree.3.It’seasyforachildtowakeupandknowwheretheyare.4.Somepeoplebelievethatrobotswillbeabletotalkin35to50years.TFTFSomescientistsbelievethattherewillbemorerobotsinthefuture.However,theyagreeitmaytakehundredsofyears.Thesenewrobotswillhavemanydifferentshapes.Somewilllooklikehumans,andothersmightlooklikeanimals.InIndia,forexample,scientistsmaderobotsthatlooklikesnakes.Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside,thesesnakerobotscanhelplookforpeopleunderthebuildings.Thiswasnotpossible20yearsago,butcomputersandrocketsalsoseemedimpossible100yearsago.Weneverknowwhatwillhappeninthefuture!4.阅读文章的4自然段,将下列发明按时间归类。•computers,•therobotsthatlooklikehumans,•thesnakerobotsahundredyearsago:now:inthefuture:computersthesnakerobotstherobotsthatlooklikehumans2cReadthearticleagainquickly.Completethesentencesaboutwhatrobotscandonow.1.Robotscanbuild___________infactories.2.Theycando___________jobsmanytimesandnevergetbored.3.Somecan_________and____________.4.Somecanhelp___________peopleunder____________.carssimplewalkdancelookforbuildingsFillintheblanksinthisparagraphwithwordsfromthearticle.指导:此类短文填空题,考查同学们全面掌握短文内容,以及综合运用语言的能力。首先,应将通读本段文字,掌握大意。可知在短文中列举了科学家们的两种观点。然后,根据2b中短文的内容填空。2d2dFillintheblanksinthisparagraphwithwordsfromthearticle.Somerobotsareveryhuman-like.Theycanwalkand_________likepeople.Somescientiststhinkthatinthefuturetheywill_________robotsmorelikehumans.Thismaynot_________inthenearfuture,butatsomepoint,robotswillevenbeableto_________likepeople.However,somescientists__________.JamesWhitebelievesthatrobotswon’tbeabletodothe__________thingsasus.Forexample,hethinksthatrobotswill_____________beabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.Whichsidedoyou_____________with?dancemakehappentalkdisagreesameneveragree1.helpsb.withsth.帮助(做)……helpsb.(to)dosth.帮助做……HeoftenhelpsmewithmyEnglish.=HeoftenhelpsmestudyEnglish.他经常帮助我学习英语。②helpsb.(to)dosth.帮助某人做某事Canyouhelpme(to)learnEnglish?你能帮助我学英语吗?helponeself(to)自用(食物等)Helpyourselftothefish.请随便吃鱼。2.Ittakes/took/willtakesb.sometimetodosth.某人花了……时间做某事(时态根据具体情况决定)Ittakesmeanhourtogettomyoffice.Ittookmequitealongtimetounderstand.知识链接spend的主语必须是人,常用于以下结构:(1)spendtime/moneyonsth.在……上花费时间(金钱)。eg:Ispenttwohoursonthismathsproblem.(2)spendtime/money(in)doingsth.花费时间(金钱)做某事。eg:Theyspenttwoyears(in)buildingthisbridge.3.hundredsof许多;大量hundred数词,“百”,用于a、one或含有数量意义的词之后,其后接可数名词的复数形式。Therearefourhundredstudentsinourgrade.当这类数词前面有具体的数字时,数词不能用复数形式。eg:Wehavemorethanfivehundredthiskindofbooks.threehundred三百fivethousand五千afewhundred几百类似的数词还有thousand,million1.Eve