Unit7Willpeoplehaverobots?Whatcantherobotdo?Whatdotheylooklike?somethingaboutrobots

Task1PredictTitle:1.Whatdoyouthinkthepassageismainlyabout?2.Whataretherobotsdoinginthepicture?Robots.Theyaredancing.Skimming:Readthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwiththequestionitdiscusses.Para.1Willrobotsthinklikehumansinthefuture?Para.2Whatwillrobotsbelikeinthefuture?Para.3Whatcanrobotsdotoday?Para.4Whatarerobotslikeinmovies?Task2:

MatchReadPara.1andanswer:Task3:Carefullreading1.Whatarerobotslikeinmovies?Theyareusuallylikehumanservants.2.Whatcanrobotsdoinmovies?Theycanhelpwiththehouseworkanddojobslikeworkingindirtyordangerousplaces.ReadPara.2andfillintheblanks.1.Robotscanbuild_________

infactories.2.Theycando_____________overandoveragainandneverget____________.carssimplejobsboredToday'srobotsInmoviesInreallifeThey'relike_________helpwith_________dodirtyor________jobsbuild____infactoriesdo______jobsmanytimesandnever______humanservants

houseworkdangerouscarssimplegetboredReadparagraphs1-2,andthencompletethemind-map.Task4Readpara.3carefullyandfillinthetable.manyscientists

somescientistsRobotslooklike________anddothesamethingsaswedo.Theycanwalkand_____Robotswillevenbeableto_____likehumansin25to50years.JamesWhiteBelievethatitwillbe_______tomakerobots_____

likeahuman.humansdance.talkdifficultthink

disagreewith

RobotsinthefutureTheirSomewilllooklike________Othersmightlooklike_________.humansanimalsshapesinIndiasnakesReadpara.4carefullyandfillinthetable.Doesthewriterthinkhe/shewillhavearobot?Yes,he/shedoes.Weneverknowwhatwillhappeninthefuture.ImpossibleI'mpossible.DoYouThinkYouWillHaveYourOwnRobot?Task6:Groupwork.

Discusshowyouthinkarobotwillhelpusinourlife,writedownyourgroup'sideasanddrawapictureofyourrobot:1.Doesithaveaname?2.Whatdoesyourrobotlooklike?3.Whatisyourrobotlike?4.Whatcanitdo?5....Reportlikethis:Inthefuture,Iwillhavemyownrobot.Ithinkmyfuture

robotwilllooklike...Itwillbe...Itwillbeableto...Readthearticleagainquickly.Completethesentencesaboutwhatrobotscandonow.1.Robotscanbuild

infactories.2.Theycando

jobsmanytimesandnotgetbored.3.Somecan

and

.4.Somecanhelp

peopleunder.

cars

simple

walkdance

lookfor

buildings2c

Somerobotsareveryhuman-like.Theycanwalkand_________likepeople.Somescientiststhinkthatinthefuturetheywill_________robotsmorelikehumans.Thismaynot

inthenearfuture,butatsomepoint,robotswillevenbeableto_________likepeople.Fillintheblanksinthisparagraphwithwordsfromthearticle.

dance

make

happen

talk2d

However,somescientists_______.JamesWhitebelievesthatrobotswon’tbeabletodothe_________thingsasus.Forexample,hethinksthatrobotswill_________beabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.Whichsidedoyou_________with?

same

never

agree

disagree1.在工廠______________2.做簡單工作_________________4.多次；反復地___________________5.許多；大量___________________6.看起來像人類________________infactoriesdosimplejobsoverandoveragainhundredsoflooklikehumans7.