人教版-选修7unit2-robots教案.doc

Unit 2 robots Period 1 warming up and ReadingTeaching goals 教学目标 1. Target language语言目标a. 重点词汇和短语fiction, cartoon, desire, satisfaction, absent, alarm, alarmed, smooth, embarrass, sympathy, elegant, pile, scan, fingernail, absurd, haircut, accompany, curtain, cushion, carpet, paint, awful，affair, firm, firmly, declare, victory, envy, marriage, test out, ring up, turn around, leave aloneb. 重点句型1. She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go.2. Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot.3. By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair.2. Ability goals能力目标: Help students to learn about robots and science fiction. 3. Learning ability goals学能目标：Enable students to realize science fiction reflects scientific thought; a fiction of things-to-come based on things-on-hand.Teaching important points教学重点Teach students to enjoy science fiction. Enable students to grasp what Tony did to help Claire and how her emotion developed during Tonys stay at her house. Help students to sum up characteristics of science fiction.Teaching difficult points 教学难点How Claires emotion developed during Tonys stay at her house.Teaching methods教学方法Discussing, explaining, reading and practicingTeaching aids教具准备The multimedia computer Teaching procedures 教学过程Step I Warming up Present a photo of robot. Then ask students to say something about robot.1. What is on the blackboard?2. What is a robot?3. How does a robot work? (A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. Robots are programmed and controlled by a computer. )4. There are many types of robots and they can do different work. Can you name some of them?( Entertainment robots, Industrial robots, Domestic robots)5. What Science fiction about robots have you ever read?(star war,cJ7，terminator, Transformers）6.What is science fiction?( The science fiction is defined as a form of modern literature ,which is intended to predict future of human world and inspire human imagination and novelty of scientists.) Step II Pre-reading1. Introduce the background of the text.2. Ask students to predict some questions: Do you think it is possible for a robot think for itself?have feelings?have its own needs and desires?look and feel like a human being?3 .Imagine that one day you find your best friend a robot, what is your feeling? Can you accept him or her as before?Step III ReadingFast reading1.What is the text mainly about?It is mainly about how a household _ was _ _ in a family.2.Find the characters in the story Larry Belmont: working in a company that makes robots Claire: Larrys wife, a housewife Tony: the robot Gladys Claffern: a woman that Claire envies 3. Read the story and decide whether the following statements are true or false. a. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife.( )b. Claire didnt like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.( )c. Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever.( )d. Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out.（ ）e.It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house.（ ）f.Claires guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed.( )g.Claire was very happy to find that Gladys envied her.( )h. The company was satisfied with Tonys report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him.( )(F T T F F T T F)4. Reading for structurePart 1( Para 1- Para 3)：meetPart 2( Para 4- Para 8)：helpPart 3( Para 9- Para 11)：lovePart 4( Para 12)：leaveCareful reading for details1.How did Claire feel? What happened?_She saw Tony was _ and _. He had _hair and his voice was _._Tony asked whether she needed help dressing. amazedBy his _ and the _ and _of his skin._Tony caught her in time, held her firmly in his arms .2. Find out how Claires emotion developed_ _ _ _ _A. Sad to remember he was just a machine B. accepted him C. proud of himD. refused to have Tony at her houseE. trusted him F. loved himComprehensionRead the story again and answer the following questions in group.1. Why did Tony open the curtains?(He wanted Claires guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by the women guests.)2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed?(Tony prevented Claire from being harmed by making her feel good about herself. He helped her make her and her home elegant so that she would not feel like a failure.) 3. Why did Tony have to be rebuilt?(Tony had to be rebuilt because the company felt that they could not have women falling in love with a robot.)4.Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony? A. Because he was a robot.B. Because she didnt like him.C. Because he was more like a being than a machine.D. Because he never changed his facial expressions5. We can infer that when Claire first saw Tony, she felt alarmed by _.A. his appearance B. his ability C. his facial expressions D. his cleverness6.Why did Claire buy the items from the shop? A. Because her husband was to return. B. Because Tony was to leave.C. Because Tony wanted the house transformed.D. Because she thought she needed them.7.The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dream by_.A. making her home elegantB. giving her a new haircut and changing the makeup she woreC. giving her advice on her dressesD. all the above8. Which of the following is NOT the reason why Tony opened the curtains?A. To let other women see everything.B. To show the risk of Claires marriage.C. To let other women envy Claire.D. To make Claire elegant just like her neighbor.9. As a result, the experiment shows _. A. Claire and Tony fell in love with each otherB. Tony had to be rebuiltC. Tony was angry with his designerD. Both A and B 10. All the following statements are true except _.A. Tony tried to please ClaireB. Claire tried to displease TonyC. Tony managed to protect ClaireD. Gladys admired Claire for TonyStep IV Post reading Discu