选修7 UNIT 2 warming-up and reading.

1、What is a robot?A robot is a machine d_ to do jobs that are usually p_ by humans. esignederformedToday there are different kinds of robot, including i_ robots, h_ robots, and e_ robots. Robots also appear as characters in stories.ndustrial ouseholdntertainmentCan you list some kinds of robots you kn

2、ow about?What can these robots do?industrial robots 工业机器人工业机器人household robots家用机器人家用机器人entertainment robots娱乐型机器人娱乐型机器人News reporter robotCan you make a list of any science fiction, literature, films, video games, TV shows and cartoons you know that include as characters?Lets look at these pictures

3、:I, ROBOT Science fiction filmInteligencia Artificial人工智能人工智能TransformersAstro BoyDo 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?Now read a story about a robot. It was originally written by science fiction wri

4、ter, Isaac Asimov, and published in 1951. Here the story has been retold by another writer.Larrys wife, a housewifethe robotemployed in a company that makes robotsa woman that Claire enviesLarry Belmont ClaireTonyGladys Claffern.What is the type or form of literature of this passage ?Part 1:Part 2:P

5、art 3:Part 4 Para 1- Para 3Para 4- Para 8Para 9- Para 11Para 12Meet Help love Leave Reading for structureScanning Read through the passage and then answer the following questions:1.What is the text mainly about?2.What did the robot called Tony look like?3.Why did Larry put Tony into his family?1. Wh

6、at is the text mainly about?2. What did the robot called Tony look like?It is mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family.He looked like a tall and handsome man, speaking in a deep voice, with smooth black hair and his facial expression unchanged.3.Why did Larry put Tony i

7、nto his family?Because he wanted to test out how a robot used for housework in a family.1. 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 expressions.Ca

8、reful reading 2. The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dreams by_. A. making her home elegant B. giving her a new haircut and changing the make-up she wore C. giving her advice on her dresses D. all the above3. As a result, the experiment shows_. A. Claire and Tony fell in love with each other

9、 B. Tony had to be rebuilt C. Tony was angry with his designer D. Both A and B4. 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 her Tony5. We can infer from the passage that_.A.

10、Claire liked Tony but feared himB. Claire cried because Tony made her angryC.Claire forgot Tony as soon as Tony left herD.Tony had no feelings as human being.Decide whether the following statements are true or false, and try to find the sentence in the story to support your answers:1.Larry was going

11、 to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire.2.Claire didnt like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.3. Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever.Reading comprehensionFTT4. Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of book

12、s in the library, but he could find no ways out.5.It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house.6.Claires guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed.7.Claire was very happy to find that Gladys envied her.8. The company was satisfied with Tonys report because he