教材试题 Unit 2 Listening,discussing and writing

Unit 2 RobotsUsing LanguageListening, discussing and writing1 Molly and Kate are discussing the story “Satisfaction Guaranteed”. Read the questions and then listen to their conversation. Tick the correct boxes. Molly Katel Who really likes the story? 2 Who thinks that Claire loved Tony? 3 Who thinks that Tony loved Claire? 4 Who thinks that the purpose of Tonys actions wasto make Claire feel good about herself. 5 Who thinks that humans will never be able to make a robot like Tony? 6 Who would really like a robot like Tony at her house? 2 Read the questions and then listen again. Answer the questions. 1 What does Kate think the difference between robots and humans is?2 How does Kate think Claire was hurting herself?3 Why would one of the girls like a robot like Tony living at her house?4 What is the joke that Kate makes?5 What does Kate think the companys biggest mistake was?3 Read these sentences. What words below would make sense in the sentences? Do not write your answers down. Now listen to the conversation and complete the sentences. think maybe suppose wonder guess believe 1 I dont _ robots can possibly feel emotion of any kind. 2 I _ Tony loved Claire. 3 I _ I just want to think he was more human than he was. 4 I _ how they could actually make a robot seem as if he had emotions. 5 _ Tony was just a very complicated computer. 6 I _ that Tony was really a man pretending to be a robot. 7 I _that was the companys biggest mistake. 4 Imagine it is sometime in the future and people have robots in their houses to do the housework. Form groups of six and carry out the tasks. 1 Divide into two groups of three. 2 Group A discusses the question：What do you think the positive effects of this situation would be? Be as imaginative as you like. Use words in Exercise 3 in your discussions. 3 Group B discusses the question：What do you think the negative effects of this situation would be? Be as imaginative as you like. Use words in Exercise 3 in your discussions. 4 Groups A and B each choose a student to present their ideas to the whole group. 5 Imagine you are engineers in a company that makes robots and you have been asked to design a new type of robot. Your robot can be used in the home, in a workplace, in the street, in the natural environment, in space or anywhere else you can think of. In groups, carry out the following tasks. 1 What is the purpose of your robot and what abilities do you want your robot to have? Make a list. 2 Make a list of the kinds of body parts your robot would need to carry out your instructions. 3 Draw your robot on a large piece of paper and name its parts and explain what each part does. Stick your design on the classroom wall. Have one member of your group explain your design to the rest of the class. 4 Write a paragraph describing your robot and what it can do. Persuade the company that your robot would be the best one for them to make. Stick your paragraph next to the design of your robot. Ask your teacher to judge which robot is the best and to give reasons for hisher choice. LISTENING TEXTSATISFACTION GUARANTEEDListen to Molly (M) and Kate (K) discussing the story “Satisfaction Guaranteed”. M：Dont you think that was a great love story, Kate? K：No, not really. M：You didnt? Well, I loved it. There was so much emotion between Tony and Claire. K：Molly, thats rubbish. You forget that Tony was a machine. Yes, Claire fell in love with Tony, but I dont believe robots could possibly feel emotion of any kind. Thats the difference between them and us. M：well, I disagree. I think Tony loved Claire. Remember he said to her how he didnt want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the wish to please her? K：Yes, but Molly, that was just part of Tonys role. They made him so that he wouldnt allow a human to be hurt. And Claire was hurting herself by seeing herself in a negative way and Tony couldnt let her do that. So everything Tony did was to make Claire feel good about herself. It had nothing to do with emotion that was just how he was made. M：OK, well, maybe youre right. I suppose I just want to think he was more human than he was. Anyway, I wonder how they could actually make a robot seem as if he had emotions. K：I have no idea. Maybe Tony was just a very complicated computer. Anyway, I dont believe it would ever be possible for humans to make a robot like Tony. M：Well, Kate, you just never know. Actually, Id really like a robot like Tony living at my house. Imagine a handsome man whose only purpose in life was to please you!K：Mmm. Do you know what I really think, Molly?M：What?K：I think that Tony was really a man pretending to be a robot. M：Oh, Kate!K：Actually, now that I think about it, I guess that was the companys biggest mistake. M：What?K：That they made the robot look so much like a real man. M：Yes, youre right. Answer key for Exercise 1：1 Molly2 Kate 3 Molly4 Kate 5 Kate 6 MollyAnswer key for Exercise 2：l Robots cant feel emotion of any kind. 2 By seeing herself in a negative way. 3 She likes the idea of a handsome man whose only purpose was to please her. 4 That Tony is really a man pretending to be a robot. 5 Making the robot look so much like a real man. Answer key for Exercise 3：See the fourth listening. Sample discussion for Exercise 4：S1：I think robots will be able to make life so much better for people. For example, nobody will need to do housework any more because the robot will do it for them. S2：Maybe they could also make wonderful dinners for parties and tidy up the childrens bedrooms after theyve gone to bed. S3：Yes, that would be great. I wonder whether you could have a robot which could follow any instructions, whether it was make a sandwich or cut the grass. S2：I guess my children would like a robot that did their homework for them!S1：I suppose mine would too. But in that case, how would you ever know if someone had done the homework by themselves?S3：Yes, and if you had a really creative idea whod believe that youd created it?S1：I dont like that idea. Maybe its best for us to do our own work whether its good or not!Sample writing for Exercise 5：The rubbish collectorThe rubbish collector is a robot about half the size of a small car. Its body is square and contains a large rubbish bin inside it. It has a camera attached to the top front of its body. Also at the front is a pair of arms. Underneath it has four wheels and six legs. With the camera it can “see” rub