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1、,speak,do exercise,run,cook,play football,dance,help people do the most dangerous jobs,help with the housework,Do you think you will have your own robot?,Unit 3,Duan Yukun YiFu Middle School,Section B 2b,Do you think you will have your own Robot? When we watch movies about the future, we sometimes s

2、ee robots. They are usually like human servants. They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places. Today there are already robots working in factories. Some can help to build cars and they do simple jobs over and over again. Fewer people will do such jobs in the fut

3、ure because they are boring, but robots will never get bored. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do. Some robots in Japan can walk and dance. They are fun to watch. However, some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people,

4、 it will be difficult to make them really think like a human. For example, scientist James White thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are. But many scientists disagree with Mr White. They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years. Some

5、scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. These new robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals. In India, for example, scientists made robots that look like snakes. I

6、f buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. This was not possible 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed impossible 100 years ago. We never know what will happen in the future.,2b,1,2,3,4,Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3

7、Paragraph 4,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,Task 1. Find out what each paragraph is about.,While-reading,What are robots like in movies?,What can robots do today?,Will robots think like humans in the future?,What will robots be like in the future?,Do you think you will have your own Robot? When we watch movies abou

8、t the future, we sometimes see robots. They are usually like human servants. They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places. Today there are already robots working in factories. Some can help to build cars and they do simple jobs over and over again. Fewer people

9、will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get bored. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do. Some robots in Japan can walk and dance. They are fun to watch. However, some scientists believe that although we can m

10、ake robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a human. For example, scientist James White thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are. But many scientists disagree with Mr White. They think that robots will even be able to talk like hum

11、ans in 25 to 50 years. Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. These new robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals. In India, for example, scientists made rob

12、ots that look like snakes. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. This was not possible 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed impossible 100 years ago. We never know what will happen in the future.,2b,1,2,3,4,disagree

13、 with fall down over and over again be able to do look for hundreds of,Task 4. Match the phrases with their meanings.,stop standing try to find dont agree with very many, lots of can do many times,Which apple is falling down?,Task 5. Look and say.,In the past,Today,In the future,In India, scientists

14、 made robots that look like _.,In movies, robots are usually like _. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like _.,Some robots will look like _ and others might look like _.,Task 2. read and fill in the blanks about what robots are like.,snakes,human servants,humans,humans,animals,Task 3. Ha

15、ve a jigsaw reading and fill in the blanks about what robots can do.,In movies They can help with the_ and do jobs like _in dirty or dangerous places.,Today In factories, some can build _ and do simple jobs _. Some can_and _. If buildings _, some robots can help _ people under the buildings.,In the

16、future Some scientists think robots will _ do the same things as humans. But many _ them.,housework,disagree with,cars,over and over again,walk,dance,look for,be able to,working,fall down,What can robots do?,shapes,humans snake animals,do housework,do jobs like working in dangersous places,build cars,look for people,do simple jobs over and over again,walk and dance,even talk in the future,Work