英语人教新目标八年级上册课件八年级上册Unit-7-section-B-reading

Unit7

Willpeoplehaverobots?

SectionBReading(2b)inthepastnow

Whatdotherobotslooklike?humansanimalsWhatdoyouexpecttherobotstodo?Freetalk

Let’spredictWhatisthepassageabout?

It’sabouttherobots.Doyouthinkyouwillhaveyourownrobot?Unit7ReadingLead-inPara1Willrobotsthinklikehumansinthefuture?Para2Whatwillrobotsbelikeinthefuture?Para3Whatcanrobotsdotoday?Para4Whatarerobotslikeinmovies?Somescientistsbelievethattherewillbemorerobotsinthefuture.Todaytherearealreadyrobotsworkinginfactories.Whenwewatchmoviesaboutthefuture,wesometimesseerobots.However,somescientistsbelievethatalthoughwecanmakerobotsmovelikepeople,itwillbedifficulttomakethemreallythinklikeahuman.Scanning

Matchthemainideas.“Topicsentence”(主题句)isoftenatthebeginningorattheendofeachparagraph.Tips:Wheredotheywork?Whatarerobotslike?Whatcantheydo?RobotsinmoviesWhenwewatchmoviesaboutthefuture,wesometimesseerobots.Theyareusuallylikehumanservants.Theyhelpwiththehouseworkanddojobslikeworkingindirtyordangerousplaces.ReadingActivity1Readpara.1andfinishtheactivities

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Carefulreading:They'reworkinginfactories.Somecanhelpto__________.They____________overandoveragain.Whatcantheydo?

Robotswillnever_________.

getboredbuildcarsdosimplejobs2.Todaytherearealreadyrobotsworkinginfactories.Somecanhelptobuildcars,andtheydosimplejobsoverandoveragain.Fewerpeoplewilldosuchjobsinthefuturebecausetheyareboring,butrobotswillnevergetbored.ReadingActivity2

RobotsinfactoriesShapes:_______________InIndia:______Ability:__________Robotsinthefuture.

Howlong:Itmaytake_________years.

hundredsofhumansanimalsTherewillbemoreReadPpletetheactivities.ReadingActivity3Somescientistsbelievethattherewillbemorerobotsinthefuture.However,theyagreeitmaytakehundredsofyears.helplookfor...snakesWhatdoes“it”referto(指代）?InIndia,forexample,scientistsmaderobotsthatlooklikesnakes.Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside,thesesnakerobotscanhelplookforpeopleunderthebuildings.Thiswasnotpossible20yearsago.Whatdoes“this”referto?ReadPara.3andanswer.

?Thinklikehumans

manyscientistssomescientistsRobotscanthinklikehumans.Robotscan’tthink.

opinion?opinion?

Whichsidedoyouagreewith?Why?ReadingActivity4Readingstrategy:Wecanusethekeywords

tohelpusfindtheanswerquickly.Carefulreading:ButmanyscientistsdisagreewithMr.White.Theythinkthatrobotswillevenbeabletotalklikehumansin25to50years.However,somescientistsbelievethatalthoughwecanmakerootsmovelikepeople,itwillbedifficulttomakethemreallythinklikeahuman.Forexample,scientistJamesWhitethinksthatrobotswillneverbeabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.Weneverknowwhatwillhappeninthefuture.Somerobotsareveryhuman-like.Theycanwalkand_______likepeople.Somescientiststhinkthatinthefuturetheywill______robotsmorelikehumans.Thismaynot______inthenearfuture,butatsomepoint,robotswillevenbeableto___likepeople.However,somescientists________.JamesWhitebelievesthatrobotswon’tbeabletodothe______thingsasus.Forexample,hethinksthatrobotswill_____beabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.Whichsidedoyou_____with?

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maketalkdisagreesameneveragreeLet'sretellhappenWhydoesthewriterwritethepassage?AfterreadingactivityWritingDesignyourownrobot.Writedownyourideas.Whatwillyourrobotlooklikeinthefuture?Whatwillitbeabletodo?Eg:Wewanttohavearobotinthefuture.Itwilllooklike______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.Ithinkmydreamwillcometrue.