1、1. What do robots look like? 2. What can robots do? Do you know where the word “robot” was firstly used? What do robots look like and what can they do? firstly used in a play Rossums Universal Robots by Karel Capek, a famous Czech novelist and playwright a character who looks like humans and acts li
2、ke humans named robot Do you know what things robots can do? They can help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places. Do you think you will have your own robots in the future? Read and then finish the following tasks. word word 文档文档 链接链接 Match each paragraph with the q
3、uestions it discusses. (P 53) Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Will robots think like humans in the future? What will robots be like in the future? What can robots do today? What are robots like in movies? 2b2b Read paragraphs 1&2 and then answer the following questions: 1. What are r
4、obots like? 2. What kind of jobs can robots do? They are usually like human servants. They can help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous jobs. They can help to build cars and do simple jobs over and over again. 1 2 Read paragraph 3 and then answer the following questions
5、: 1. What can robots do in Japan? A. Know where they are B. Wake up C. Talk like humans D. Walk and dance 2. What do scientists believe about robots? Some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like people. While others th
6、ink that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years. 1 2 Read paragraph 4 and then answer the following question: What will robots be like in the future? These new robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals. Translate th
7、e following phrases into English. 1.1.多次；反复地多次；反复地 _ 2.2.和和一样一样 _ 3.3.醒来醒来 _ 4.4.不同意不同意 _ _ 5.5.许多；大量许多；大量 _ _ 6.6.倒塌倒塌 _ 7.7.寻找寻找 _ over and over again the same as wake up disagree with hundreds of fall down look for 2c2c Complete the sentences about what robots can do now. (P 54) 1. Robots can bui
8、ld _ in factories. 2. They can do _ jobs many times and never get bored. 3. Some can _ and _. 4. Some can help _ people under_. cars simple walk dance look for buildings 2d2d Some robots are very human-like. They can walk and _ like people. Some scientists think that in the future they will _ robots
9、 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 be able to do the _ things as we can. For example, he thinks that robots will _ be able to wake up and know where t
10、hey are. Which side do you _ with? dance make happen talk disagree same never agree Fill in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article. (P 54) We sometimes see robots in movies. They are usually like _ servants. They do jobs like working in dirty or _ places. Today there are _ robots w
11、orking 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 really think like a human. But many scientists _ this. They think that robots will _ be able to talk like humans. human dangerous already factories
12、 over and over again Fill in the blanks to finish the summary of the text and then try to retell it. believe will be difficult to disagree with even It may take _ years to have more robots in the future. These robots _ many different shapes. In India, scientists made robots look like snakes. If buil
13、dings _ 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 inside possible impossible hundreds of look for 2e2e What kinds of animals might robots look like in the future? Wh
14、at do you think these robots will be able to do? Write your ideas and discuss them with your partner. (P 54) I think some future robots might look like _. They will _ 课时重点回顾课时重点回顾 1. over and over again 2. the same as 3. wake up 4. disagree with 5. hundreds of 6. fall down 7. look for Learn the new words and phrases by heart. Finish the exercises in Learning English. Preview 3a-4 on page 55-56.
