1、Section B 2a-2e阅读阅读 Go for it人教版 八年级上 Unit 7 Will people have robots? Warming-up When we watch the films about the future, we often see robots. Lets enjoy a video about the future life. Free talk The robots have many different shapes. They look like humans/animals/huge arms. They look like human ser
2、vants. They can do the same things as we do. They can work in a car factory.They can do simple jobs over and over again. The buildings fall down.They can help look for people under the buildings. They can explore(探险探险) the universe （宇宙）（宇宙）. Read the title and the picture for predicting. Prediction
3、1) What are robots doing in the picture? 2) What will you read in this article? 3)What may the passage tell us ? Dancing. What can robots do now? What do robots look like? What will robots do in the future? Stories about robots. Robots today (现状现状) and future Reading task Read whole passage quickly
4、and find the key points. Be like Can do In the movies (Para1) In factories (Para2) In Japan (Para3) In India (Para4) They can help with _ and _ jobs like working in dirty or _ places. Human servants Human servants Humans Snakes They can help to build_and do _ jobs_and _ again. They can_ and _ . They
5、 can help _ _ people under_. cars simple over over look for walk dance the buildings housework dangerous do Para.1 Will robots 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? Read the article and
6、match each paragraph with the question it discusses. 2b Reading task Read para.1 and finish the tasks. 1.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. They can
7、help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places. 1.What are the robots like in movies? 2. What can they do in movies? They are like human servants. Answer the questions. Robots in movies What are robots like? Where do they work? What can they do? human servants They do
8、many things for people. help with the housework & do jobs in dirty or dangerous places Robots in movies Reading task Read para.2 and finish the tasks. 2.Today there 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
9、 such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get bored. Robots in factories Decide T/F. 1.Robots in factories can build cars, and they do difficult jobs over and over again. 2.Many robots will do such jobs in the future. T F todays robots Theyre working in_. Some can help
10、to _. They _ over and over again. What can they do? Robots will never_. get bored build cars do simple jobs factories where? why? Reading task Read para.3 and finish the tasks. 3.Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do. Some robots in Japan can walk
11、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 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 sci
12、entists disagree with Mr. White. They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years. They look like humans. 2.Which country was mentioned(提到提到)? Japan. They can walk and dance. 3.What can robots do? 1.What do robots look like now? Todays robots who? James White disagree a
13、gree never be able to _ and _ wake up know where they are be able to _ talk like humans 4.Will robots think like humans? many scientists Some scientists why? Read para.4 and finish the task. Reading task 4.Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future. However, they agree it m
14、ay 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 snakes. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people unde
15、r 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! Decide T/F. 1.Some scientists believe that there will be fewer robots in the future. 2. In the future some robots will look like humans ,o
16、thers might look like animals. 3. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. 4.Computers and rockets also seemed possible 100 years ago. 5. In the writers opinion, robots will not think like humans in the future. Robots in the future i
17、n India: _ and _ _ shapes can help: _ Do you think there will be more robots in the future? Possible/Impossible? We never know what will happen in the future! (形状形状) humans animals look for people under the buildings snakes Fill in the blanks. 1. Robots can build _ in factories. 2. They can do _ job
18、s many times and never get bored. 3. Some can _ and _. 4. Some can help _ people under _. cars simple look for buildings walk dance Read the article again quickly. Complete the sentences about what robots can do now. 2c Fill in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article. 2d Some robots
19、 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. However, some scientists _. James White believes that robots will not
20、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? disagree dance make happen talk same never agree 1.Will robots think like humans in the future? human n.人。表示区别于其他动物或神的人。表示区别于其他动物或神的“人人”。作名词时为可。作名词时为可
21、 数名词数名词,其复数形式为其复数形式为humans。 【辨析】【辨析】person泛指一切人泛指一切人,包括男女老幼包括男女老幼,既有单数既有单数,也有复数也有复数 形式。形式。people意为意为“人人,人们人们,人民人民”, 可用可用some,many等修饰。表示等修饰。表示 复数意义。复数意义。people 在句中用作主语时在句中用作主语时,谓语动词为复数形式。谓语动词为复数形式。 people 在俗语中还作在俗语中还作“家人家人,亲属亲属”解。解。 Language points eg：Are robots as clever as humans?机器人跟人一样聪明吗？机器人跟人一样
22、聪明吗？ She is just the person you wanted.她就是你要找的人。她就是你要找的人。 A lot of people go to enjoy the cool under the big tree every evening.每天晚上都有许多人去那棵大树下面每天晚上都有许多人去那棵大树下面 乘凉乘凉 。 2.Today there are already robots working in factories. “There be+ sb./sth.+doing sth.”表示表示“有某人或某物正在做某事有某人或某物正在做某事”, 该句型常用来强调动作该句型常用来
23、强调动作,一般对进行时态进行强调。一般对进行时态进行强调。 【拓展】【拓展】 “There must be sb./sth.doing sth.+地点地点” 表示表示“某处一某处一 定有某人定有某人/某物在做某事某物在做某事”。 There are many children playing on the playground. 有很多孩子在操场上玩耍。有很多孩子在操场上玩耍。 There is a girl singing under the tree.树下有个女孩在唱歌。树下有个女孩在唱歌。 There must be a child crying in the room. 房间里肯定有个
24、小孩在哭。房间里肯定有个小孩在哭。 3.Fewer people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get bored. such adj. &adv.这样的这样的&这样地，常用来修饰名词这样地，常用来修饰名词. suchadj.可数名词复数可数名词复数/不可数名词不可数名词 sucha/anadj.可数名词单数可数名词单数=“so +adj.+ a /an +可数名词单可数名词单 数数”，表示，表示“如此如此的一个的一个”。（当名词前有（当名词前有many，much，
25、few或或little等词修饰时，用等词修饰时，用so不用不用such。）。） She is such a lovely girl. = She is so lovely a girl. Dont go out in such cold weather. The man told us so funny a story. How can you get so much money to buy the car? 名前名前such，形，形( (副副) )前前 so；多多少少；多多少少(many， much，few，little) 也用也用so；little一词特一词特 殊记，殊记，“小小”用用s
26、uch， “少少”用用so。 4.Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans make sb.do sth.使某人做某事。使役动词使某人做某事。使役动词make和和see,hear,listen to,look at,watch,notice 等感官动词都接不带等感官动词都接不带to的不定式作宾补。的不定式作宾补。 help后可带后可带to,也可不带也可不带to。【注意】【注意】make sb.do sth.在变为被动结在变为被动结 构时构时,不定式的不定式的to要还原回来。要还原回来。 She made me stay
27、with her.她让我和她待在一起。她让我和她待在一起。 The boss made his workers work over twelve hours a day. =The workers were made to work over twelve hours a day.老老 板逼迫工人每天工作超过板逼迫工人每天工作超过12个小时。个小时。 5.But many scientists disagree with Mr. White.However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. hundreds of意为意为“数以百计的数以百计的
28、”，用于笼统的数量。当，用于笼统的数量。当hundred为为 复数时，前面不可与具体数字连用，并在后面接复数时，前面不可与具体数字连用，并在后面接“of可数名词可数名词 复数复数”。hundred,表示具体的数量，意为表示具体的数量，意为“一百一百”，当，当hundred前前 有具体数字修饰时，只能用单数。有具体数字修饰时，只能用单数。类似的还有类似的还有thousands of成千成千 上万上万的的,millions of几百万几百万的等。的等。 There are nine hundred students in our school. 我们学校有我们学校有900个学生。个学生。 Ther
29、e are hundreds of books in the library. 这个图书馆里有数百本书。这个图书馆里有数百本书。 1.突然倒下，跌倒，倒塌突然倒下，跌倒，倒塌 2.帮忙做家务帮忙做家务 3.花费好几百年的时间花费好几百年的时间 4.看起来像看起来像 5.让机器人走路或跳舞让机器人走路或跳舞 6.和人一样做相同的事和人一样做相同的事 7.例如例如 8.与人交谈与人交谈 fall down help with the housework take hundreds of years look like make robots walk and dance do the same t
30、hings as a person for example talk to people Phrases summary 9.厌倦厌倦 10.有能力做某事有能力做某事 11.醒来醒来 12.20至至50年内年内 13.一遍又一遍一遍又一遍 14.不同意不同意 15.寻找寻找 16.看起来有可能的看起来有可能的 get bored be able to do sth wake up in 20 to 50 years over and over again disagree with look for seem possible Robots When ,weThey are usually l
31、ike Para.1 Para.2 Para. 3 Para.4 They help with . Todayworking in factories Some.build cars, and they do. Some robots in Japan Scientist James White thinksnever These new robots will have Some will,and others might In Indian, if buildingsthese snake robots can We never know. Summay Summarize and ret
32、ell. We sometimes see robots in movies. They are usually like _ servants. They do jobs like working in dirty or _ places. Today there are _ robots working in _. Some can help to build cars, and they do simple jobs _. Some scientists _ that although we can make robots move like people, it _ make them
33、 really think like a human. But many scientists _ this. human dangerous already factories over and over again believe will be difficult to disagree with Consolidation Fill in the blanks to retell the text. They think that robots will _ be able to talk like humans. It may take _ years to have more ro
34、bots in the future. These robots _ many different shapes. In India, scientists made robots look like snakes. If buildings _ with people _, these snake robots can help _ people under the buildings. This was not _ 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed _ 100 years ago. will have fall down
35、 inside possible impossible hundreds of look for even Discuss in groups and design your own robots.Draw a picture and introduce what it can/will do. Report: In my group, we will have our own robots. They look like They can Groupwork What kind of animals might robots look like in the future? What do
36、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 _. They will _ _ _ _ _ I think some future robots might look like spiders. They will be able to help us clean the window, sweep the floor. Some robots might l
37、ook 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 dishes and make 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. Hold on, make it come true!
