九年级英语下学期第一单元U1ReadingB

1、The latest in shopsMy “hobby” is shopping.The “robot” restaurantA new restaurant has opened in China, and isserving meals cooked by robot chefs. The “robot” restaurant, in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, bought two robots from a Shenzhen-based technology company for more than 50,000. Huan

2、g Xianghao, the restaurant manager, says his robot chefs can make a lot of traditional Chinese dishes, each of which takes just two or three minutes. “We charge exactly the same price as other local restaurants, even though the robot chefs dishes probably taste better,” he said. “Chinese dishes are

3、known for their delicacy (精致) and deliciousness. Many customers think it amazing that robots can make such good dishes.” “Our robot chefs are more efficient and cleaner, and they never complain.” Hundreds of recipes have been stored in the databases(数据库) of the computers which control the robots mov

4、ements. However, the robots still need human assistance (帮助) to help them prepare theingredients, like washing and cutting the vegetables. According to the passage, we can know that nothing is impossible in the near future!【Task】Fill in the blanks according to the passage.1.The underlined word “char

5、ge” probably means “_” in Chinese.2. _ control the robot chefs movements.要价ComputersB1 Before reading the passage on the next page, work in pairs and imagine you are going to open a new shop for teenagers. Discuss the questions below.1. What will your shop sell?2. What will you have in your shop?Our

6、 shop will sell comic books.Well put some comfortable chairs in the shop.3. What can teenagers do in your shop?4. What is special about your shop?Teenagers can sit down while they choose which comic books to buy. Well put posters of classic comic characters on the wall, too.To make our shop really s

7、pecial, we could have a big screen showing super hero films. 1.How many ways can we find to buy things?LET S FIND THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:LET S FIND THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:Warming-upways of buying thingsshopping mallsthrough the mailon the InternetPeoples shopping - are always changing!habits2. Wha

8、t is this?It is a vending machine.These machines offer all _ of things and you can find them _ .kindseverywhereWhen you want to buy something ,put your coins in itpress the buttonthe things you want come outJapan now has a “Roboshop”-a shop with no _, only _shop assistantsrobotsRead the passage and

9、tell the following sentences true (T) or false (F):( )1. Many people all over the world like shopping.( )2. People always use the same way to buy things.( )3. A vending machine is a kind of machine which can sell things.( )4. In Japan, people can buy a pet from a vending machine.TFTT( )5. In a “Robo

10、shop”, the robot gives you things without getting money.( )6. In Youth Station, the DJ playing music hangs from the ceiling.( )7. In Sports Town you can see live sports from around the world while you are shopping.( )8. Peoples shopping habits are changing. FFTTB2 Read the passage about interesting

11、shops from around the world and complete the notes below.USAVending machinesThey sell CDs.JapanVending machinesYou can buy a (1)_ _ _and keep it as a (2)_._.RoboshopThe robots(3) _and give you(4) _.Some robots can(5) _._.PlaceMachine or shopFeaturesbeetlepet read your credit cardwhat you wanttalkUKS

12、hopsThey are like (6)_.Many of them have a (7) _. The Youth Station has a (8) _ and a (9)_.Sports Town has a (10) _ so you can (11) _social clubscafelarge nightclubDJbig screensee live sportsLanguage pointsThey seem to find new ways to buy things every day. (P4) 他们好象每天都在找新的方法买东西。解析：a way to do sth 意

13、为“做某事的方法”，相当于a way of doing sth。例如： 这就是做这项工作的最好方法。This is the best way to do the work well.= This is the best way of doing the work well.Language pointsFor young people, one of the most popular ways to shop is to use a vending machine. (P4)=For young people, one of the most popular ways of shopping

14、is to use a vending machine. 对年轻人来说，最流行的购物方法之一是使用投币式自动售货机。 Shopping is popular withmany people around the world. (P4) 购物受世人喜爱。解析：be popular with“受某人喜爱”，而be fond of“喜爱”有主动含义。例如： 那个动漫展览很受年轻人欢迎。 The Animation Show was popular with young people. 我们的英语老师深受我们喜爱。 We are very fond of our English teacher. .

15、and out comes a “kabutomushi”, that is, a black beetle. (P4) 出来一个出来一个“kabutomushi”，也就是，一只，也就是，一只黑色的甲虫。黑色的甲虫。解析：(1) out comes a “kabutomushi”是一个倒装句，正常语序是a “kabutomushi” comes out。在英语句子中有时为了强调谓语，会把谓语动词或动词词组的副词放在句首，即主语和谓语语序互调，这种句子叫倒装句。例如： 门开了，我们的班主任进来了。The door was opened, and in came our head teacher.

16、 车来了。 Here comes the bus. (2) that is意为“也就是说、即”，与that is to say通用，其作用是对前面的名词或句子作更明确的解释，常放在被说明的名词或句子后面，用逗号与其隔开。例如： 我们后天要开英语晚会，也就是说12月23日。We will have an English evening party the day after tomorrow, that is, December 23. 你必须在五点前完成工作，也就是说你只有一个小时干活。You must finish the work by five oclock, that is, you

17、have only one hour to do the work. The strangest product on sale from a vending machine is in Japan. (P4) 自动售货机售出最奇怪东西的地方在日本。解析：sale“销售，买卖”，常用短语有on sale“出售，上市”，for sale“待售”。例如： 据说一款新型手机下周上市。Its said the new iPhone will go on sale next week. 那幢大楼有几个套间待售。 There are some flats for sale in that building

18、. ., where you can see live sports from around the world. (P4) 你能看到来自世界各地现场直播的体育节目。 解析：本句是由关系副词where引导的非限定性定语从句，在从句中作状语，where可用“介词+which”代替。例如： 我访问了三年前读书的学校。I visited the school where I studied three years ago. = I visited the school in which I studied three years ago. We were taken up to the top of

19、 the tower, where we could see the whole city.= We were taken up to the top of the tower, from which we could see the whole city. 我们乘电梯上到塔顶，在那里可以俯瞰全城。一、把下面句子改为同义句。1. Our English teacher often tells us the way of studying English well.Our English teacher often tells us_ _ _ _ English well. 二、用适当的介词填空

20、，使句子的意思完整。2.This latest model of mobile phones is _ sale in the shop near my house.the way to study on三、根据汉语意思完成句子。3. 他们要来我们学校做调查，也就是说，他们要和我们一起呆几天。They will make a survey in our school, _ _ , they will stay with us for a few days. 4. 门开了，出来了一只大狗。The door was opened. _ _ a big dog. that is Out came5.

21、 Most children are fond of cartoons. Cartoons _ _ _ most children.6. My father will fly to the town, where he had a meeting last year. My father will fly to the town, _ _ he had a meeting last year.is popular within which. 与shopping place有关的词汇shopping center / mall 购物中心department store百货商店supermarket超市 online shopping网上购物information desk服务台information office 问讯处counter柜台shelf货架stall / stand售货摊cash desk收银处. 与shopping有关的短语do ones shopping / go shopping去买东西 in all一共; 总共out of style过时的try on试穿keep shop照管商店at