1、Unit 7 Will people have robots?(2a-2e)In fact,some people already have robots in their homes.They say that robots are humans friends.Some people say robots are just human servants.Robots help with housework and they work in dangerous places.Today there are already robots working in factoriesThey hel
2、p to build cars and do simple jobs over and over again and they never get bored.Some scientists believe that robots can do the same things as humans do.But other scientists disagree.They say robots can never think like a human.Scientists say robots will have many different shapes in the future.For e
3、xample,if buildings fall down,a snake robot can help to look for people under the buildings.2bYou dont have to read sentence by sentence,just read quickly and find out the important informationTask 1 skimmingRead the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.Para.1 Will robots
4、think like humans in the future?Para.2 What will robots be like in the future?Para.3 What can robots do today?Para.4 What are robots like in movies?Todays robotsIn movies,robots are like _What can robots do today?Help build carsDo simple jobs over and over againhuman servantsPara1&Para2Task 2 carefu
5、l readingSome 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 happen in the near future,but at some point,robots will even be able to _ like people.However,some scientists _.dancemaketalkdisagree Par
6、a3Task 2James White believes that robots will not be able to do the _ things as we can.For example,he thinks that robots will _ be able to wake up and know where they are.Which side do you _ with?sameneveragreeScientists believe there will be more robots.These robots will have many different _.Some
7、will look like _,others might look like _.In India,scientists made robots that look like _.If buildings fall down with people _,the snakes can help _ people under the buildings.shapeshumansanimalssnakesinsidelook for Para4Task 2Task 3 RetellingrobotsMovies Todays robotsHumans&robotsRobots in the fut
8、ureRobots are _human servantsHelp with_ houseworkWork in _ and _placesdirtydangerousWork in _build_do _and never _factoriescarssimple jobsget boredRobots like humans.They can _ and they can _ in 25-50 yearswalk and dancetalkRobots can not think like a_humanThere will be _robotsmoreRobots will have d
9、ifferent _shapesIn IndiaRobots are clever,and they can help us do a lot of things.Actually they are good helpers,we need to regard them as our friends.Exercise1.I dont _(相信相信)a single word the man said.2.Joes father works in one of the _(工工厂厂)on Park Street.3.Its _(不可能的不可能的)for me to be there before 8:00 p.m.4.There are trees in all _(形状形状)and sizes in the park.5.I _(不同意不同意)with Len he said the picture was good.But I said it was bad.disagreedbelievefactoriesimpossibleshapesWrite a small article about robots.