选修7unit2reading.

1、Unit 2 RobotsWhat is a robot?A robot is a machine d_ to do jobs that are usually p_ by humans. esignederformedThere are many types of robots and they can do different work.Can you name some of them?EntertainmentrobotsIndustrial robots 工业机器人工业机器人Domestic robots家用机器人家用机器人The robot which can do rescue

2、workexplore dangerous placesThe robot which can be used to explore spaceThe robot which is used to find the landmines (地雷地雷) Military robots What can robots do?RobotsPlay with humantake care of humanrescue workHouseworkAnd so onRobots 机器人历险记机器人历险记Doraemon 机器猫（多啦机器猫（多啦A梦梦） 2Transformers(变形金刚变形金刚)Term

3、inator 终结者终结者Do you think it is possible for a robot to think for itself? have feelings? have its own needs and desires? look and feel like a human being?Do you like reading science fictions?Have you ever heard about Isaac Asimov?He was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston Univ

4、ersity,best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.Lets read a short story about a robot. It was originally written by Isaac Asimov, and published in 1951. Here the story has been retold by another writer.Unit 2Unit 2Satisfaction GuaranteedSatisfaction GuaranteedRea

5、dingReading1.How many characters are mentioned in the story?Who are they?ClaireLarry BelmontTonyGladys Clafferncoupletest outA woman that she enviesinventa household robotFast reading 2. What is the text mainly about?It is mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family. Becau

6、se he wanted to test out how a robot used for housework in a family.1. Why did Larry put Tony into his family?Para 1 Comprehending scanningPara 2 2.What did the robot called Tony look like?He looked like a tall and handsome man, speaking in a deep voice, with smooth black hair and his facial express

7、ion unchanged.Para 3&5 1. What did Claire do when Tony offered to help her dressing?She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go.2. When did Claire begin to trust Tony?Tony showed his sympathy to her.Her found that Tony understood her. Things Tony did to make Claire and her home elegantHe gav

8、e Claire a new _ and changed the makeup she wore.He wrote out a(n) _ of items for Claire to buy as he was not allowed to _ her to the shops.haircutlistaccompanyPara 6&8Things Tony did to make Claire and her home elegantKnowing the salesman was rude to Claire, Tony made the salesman change his _.

9、He worked steadily on the _ of the house and it_ Claires neighbor.attitudeimprovementsimpressed1. 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.Para 9&12 2. Why did Tony have to be rebuilt?Tony had to be re

10、built because the company felt that they could not have women falling in love with a robot.CharacteristicsSimilarDifferentPhysicalTall, handsome, black hair, deep voiceFacial expressions never changed4 List Tonys characteristics that were similar to those of a human being and different from those of

11、 a human being.MentalClever enough to solve all kinds of problemsCannot think for itselfdislike himBefore he arrivedOccasionClaireWhen he arrived was alarmedWhen he offered tohelp her dress felt embarrassedWhen he offered tohelp her improve her house and herself admired him5. The Change of Claires Feelings to Tonycalled him a dearOccasionClaire felt his warmthWhen she fell off a ladder and was caught by TonyWhen he helped herwith the salesmanThe Change of Claires Feelings to TonyOccasionClaireShe remembered Tony was just a