1、Unit1 Science FictionTodays science fiction is tomorrows science fact.Todays science fiction is tomorrows science fact.-Isaac Asimov-Isaac AsimovSmart restaurant There are many types of robots.What types of robots are the following robots?industrial robotsentertainment robotshousehold robotsIsaac As
2、imovSatisfaction Guaranteed2.What does “adapted”under the title mean?1.Whose satisfaction is guaranteed?The robots owner or the customers of the company.Rewritten.It is originally written by Isaac Asimov.Read the text quickly and answer the following questions.1.How many characters are mentioned?2.W
3、ho are they?3.What is the relationship between them?ReadingLarry Belmont,who worked for a robot companyGladys Claffern,one of the richest and most powerful women around,a woman that Claire envies a couplefriendswork on test outa household robot to be tested out by Claire in her houseTonyClaireLarrys
4、 wife,a housewife Para 1-2:C Larry persuaded Claire to accept the robot that would be tested out.B The result of Claire living with the robot.A The process of the robot helping Claire.Para 3-8:Para 9:Match the main idea with each paragraph.Read para.1-2 and answer the questions.He was more like a hu
5、man.He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice.His facial expression never changed.How did Claire feel when she first saw the robot?She felt alarmed.Why?Read para.3-8 and answer the questions.1.What were Claires problems?Claire had a sense of failure.Her house was notelegant.She was
6、not like Gladys Claffern.The sale-woman was rude to her.She fell off the ladder.She was not clever.2.How did Tony help her?Was Claire satisfied with Tony?Her house was notelegant.She was not like Gladys Claffern.The sales-woman was rude to her.She fell off the ladder.She was not clever.How did Tony
7、help her?He gave her a new _andimproved the _she wore.hairstylemakeupHe_the housecompletely.transformedHe suggesteda _in her house.party He made the womanchangedher_.attitudeHemanagedto catch her in time fromthe nextroom.Tony:Mr.Perfect!Read para.9 and answer the question.How did Tony feel toward Cl
8、aire?Tony felt more than just the desire to please Claire and did not want to leave the next morning.How do you think this story will end?happy ending?surprising ending?sad ending?Tony let her go and disappeared from sight.It was then that Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the fro
9、nt window.Her guests had seen everything!The women were impressed by Claire,the house and the delicious cuisine.What a sweet victory to be envied by those women!Then she remembered-Tony was just a machine.She shouted Leave me aloneand ran to her bed.She cried all night.The next morning a car drove u
10、p and took Tony away.Even though Tony had been so clever,he would have to be rebuilt-you cannot have women falling in love with machines.All that Tony had done to Claire was not because he fell in love with her but he wanted to do everything he could to satisfy his maters desire.Did Claire do anythi
11、ng wrong?But human beings desire is sometimes Artificial Intelligence,a double-edged sword,in front of which we may either make full use of it or being dragged by it.Discussion:Discuss in groups how to use AI properly.AI is a double-edged sword.To begin with,its advantages are evident.We can Neverth
12、eless (disadvantages/or your wrong choices)To sum up/In my point of view,AI could change the world for the better with amazing scientific advancement,or it could be a catastrophe that could ultimately destroy us or inspire us to destroy ourselves.We cant make a big different to the AI technology.However,we have the right to decide where our future goes using these innovations.Remember:The future is in our own hands!Be wise,be reverent(敬畏的).
