unit-2-Satisfaction-guaranteed-reading.ppt

1、Unit 2 Robots,Warming up,What is a robot?,A robot is a machine d_ to do jobs that are usually p_ by humans.,esigned,erformed,一、情境导入，整体感知,I.,How does a robot work?,Robots are p_ and c_ by a computer.,rogrammed,ontrolled,Today there are different kinds of robot, including i_ robots, h_ robots, and e_

2、robots.,ndustrial,ousehold,ntertainment,Can you list some kinds of robots you know about? What can these robots do?,industrial robots 工业机器人,household robots家用机器人,entertainment robots 娱乐型机器人,Doraemon,Robots also appear as characters in stories.,Can you make a list of any science fiction, literature,

3、films, video games, TV shows and cartoons you know that include robots as characters?,Lets look at these pictures:,I, ROBOT Science fiction film,Artificial Intelligence 人工智能,Transformers,Astro Boy,Now read a story about a robot. It was originally written by science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov, and

4、published in 1951.,Here the story has been retold by another writer.,Satisfaction is guaranteed. The robot can guarantee satisfaction to you. The robot can make you satisfied.,Satisfaction Guaranteed,II.Fast Reading 1. Find out the characters in the passage and the relationships among them. 2. The m

5、ain idea of the passage: It is mainly about how a _ was _in a family.,二、自主探究，研读课文,Characters in the story: Larry Belmont work for a company that makes robots Claire Larrys wife,a housewife Tony the robot Gladys Claffern One of the richest and most powerful women around, a woman that Claire envies,Cl

6、aires husband,(2) The main idea of the passage: It is mainly about how a _ was _ in a family.,household robot,tested out,3. Read through the passage quickly and find the main idea (key words) of the three parts of this passage:,Part 1 para 1,Part 2 Para2-11,Part 3 Para 12,key words,robot, tested out

7、,Tony, helped, Claire,pleased, rebuilt,main idea,A robot was brought to be tested out in Larrys house,The robot called Tony helped Claire improve her house and herself.,The company was pleased with Tony but it still needed to be rebuilt.,How did Claires feelings toward Tony change?,didnt want,III.Ca

8、reful-reading:Para.1-4,felt alarmed,felt embarrassed,began to trust him,What was Claires trouble that she told Tony?,Claire had a sense of failure.,refuse,accept trust,How did Tony help her?,1. He gave her a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore.,Careful-reading:Para.5-8,5. He transformed the

9、house completely.,2. He made the clerk change his rude attitude immediately.,3. He suggested she invite Gladys and her friends to a party in her house.,4. He managed to catch her in time from the next room.,Q: Was Claire satisfied with Tony?,Tony: Mr. Perfect,“ By the amused and surprised look on he

10、r face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair. (line13 in Para.6)” The underlined word “affair” means _. A.thing B. matter C.abnormal relationship D. event,Multiple-choices:,C,How did Claires feelings develop?,. sad to remember he was just a machine . happy to be envied by other w

11、omen . surprised to hear Tony declare that he felt more than just the desire to please her,Careful-reading:Para.9-12,3. 2. 1.,Why did Tony open the curtains?,What would happen to Tony in the ending? Why?,He wanted Claires guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by the women

12、 guests.,Tony would have to be rebuilt.,Because they can not have women falling in love with machines.,Discussion:,Q: If you were the engineers in this company, would you rebuild Tony? Why? If so, how would you rebuild Tony?,三、迁移拓展，深化知识,Unit 2,Robots,Satisfaction is guaranteed. The robot can guarant

13、ee satisfaction to you. The robot can make you satisfied.,Satisfaction Guaranteed,satisfaction n. ( dissatisfaction ),1)满足;满意;舒服(at; with) 2)令人满意的事物,我听了这个消息非常满意.,I heard the news_.,with great/ much satisfaction,satisfy vt. satisfied adj. satisfying adj. satisfactory adj.,满足;使满足 满意的;满足的 令人满意的 令人满意的,T

14、he performance last week was by no means _. satisfy B. satisfactory C. satisfied D. satisfaction,alarmed adj. 担心的，害怕的,be alarmed at 被吓了一跳.,be alarmed for 放心不下；担心,_(人人都感到惊恐) the news that war might break out.,Everybody was alarmed at,alarm n.警报；惊慌；恐慌,a fire alarm,火警,火灾引起很大恐慌.,The fire caused much ala

15、rm.,alarm vt. 使警觉；惊动；使惊慌,不要惊慌,Dont alarm yourself.,It was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.,That he looked so human was disturbing and frightening., it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot., to be offered sympathy by a robot was ridiculous.,absurd,sympathyn. 同情；同感；同情心 e

16、xpress sympathy for 慰问 feel/have sympathy for同情 The general expressed sympathy for the wounded soldier. Do you have/feel sympathy for the beggars lying beside the road.,favour (=favor) （1）n. 喜爱，恩惠 do sb a favour 帮某人的忙 ask sb a favour= ask a favour of sb 请某人帮忙 （2）n. 赞成，赞同 in favour of 赞成，赞同 We are in

17、 favour of Johns plan. favour vt. 偏爱； 赞成，支持 We favour Johns plan. 我更喜欢夜间旅行。 I favour travelling at night.,pile 堆 a pile of=piles of=a lot of一大堆，大量I have a pile of work to do this evening. 今晚我有一大堆工作要做。 Her work is piling up. 她的工作越积越多。 or rather或者说，更准确地说 He played the computer game till late last nigh

18、t, or rather, early this morning. 昨天他玩电脑游戏到深夜,或者更确切地说,到今天凌晨.,accompany sb. to a place 陪伴某人去 accompany sth. with/by sth. 与同进存在或发生 accompany sb at/ on sth 为伴奏 He accompanied the frightened girl to her house and kept her company until she calmed down. 他陪那个受惊的女孩回家，并陪着她直到她镇静下来。 company n. 陪伴；做伴； keep sb

19、company 陪伴某人，和某人做伴 in the company of sb. 在某人陪同下 companion n. 同伴； 伙伴 Thunders accompanied by heavy rain in this season are very common. 这个季节，雷鸣常常伴有大雨。 The singer was accompanied on the piano by her teacher. 那位演唱者的老师用钢琴给她伴奏。,打电话给某人 ring sb (up) call sb (up) give sb a call/ring; make a (telephone) call

20、 call sb on the phone/telephone phone/telephone sb,“ By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair. (line13 in Para.6)” The underlined word “affair” means _. A.thing B. matter C.abnormal relationship D. event,C,affairn. 暖昧关系, 事情, have an affai

21、r with sb.跟某人有暧昧关系 She was having an affair with someone who has a wife. Its not my affair. 这不关我的事。,她宣称她是对的. _,我宣布这次会议开始. _,I declared this conference (to be) open.,declare +(that)从句,She declared (that) she was right.,declare vt. 宣布；声明；表明；宣称,declare +n.,他们将很快宣布选举(election)的结果. _,They will declare th

22、e results of the election soon.,declare+n.+(to be) n./ adj. 宣布为,裁判宣布他为比赛的冠军. _,The judge declared him (to be) the winner of the competition.,desire （1）n. 渴望，欲望，渴求 后常接 for sth 或 to do sth 作定语。 每个人都渴望成功,但并非人人都渴望有钱。 Everyone has a desire for success, but not everyone desires to get rich. （2）v. 希望得到，想要

23、sth desire to do sth sb to do sth that 从句（ sb. (should) do ）,我们都希望幸福健康。 We all desire happiness and health. 他渴望成名。 我希望你们在一个星期之内完成这作业。 The President desired that the new Prime Minister visited him.,He desired to be famous.,I desired you to complete the homework within one week.,(should) visit,leaveal

24、one 不管；不打扰；让独自待着,不要动我的书. _,Leave my book alone.,由我来做吧. _,Let me alone to do it.,leave behind 留下;忘带;遗留 leave out 省去;排除;遗漏,Jack is angry at present and wed better _ him _.,leave,alone,6. you cannot have women falling in love with machines. 总不能让女人和机器相爱吧。,have + sb./sth. + doing 让一直做某事 have + sb. + do 让

25、/请某人做某事 not have + sb./sth. + doing 不能容忍某人做某事 have +sb./sth.+done 使被.；,She had us all laughing at her jokes . She wont have her children sitting down to dinner with dirty hands.,As you ve never been there before , I ll have someone _you the way . A. to show B. show C. showing D. showed,B,1. Claires

26、feelings toward Tony changed as the story developed. Read the story, then fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings.,Comprehending,Read the text again and finish the following tasks.,Before he arrived,When he offered to help her dress,When he offered to help her improve her house and hers

27、elf,When he helped her with the sales man,When she fell off a ladder and caught by Tony,When she heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony,She remembered Tony was just a machine,5,3,1,6,4,8,7,Fill in the blanks to retell the passage. Tony was a robot

28、 that would be _ out in Claires house while her husband was _. At the first sight of Tony, Claire felt rather _ because Tony looked more like a handsome man. When offered to help dressing, she got _. Claire planned to make herself and her house _ but she felt _ to be shown _ by a robot. In order to

29、make her happy, Tony _ a pile of books and got a plan. Without being _, she went to buy the required items alone. When talking to Tony on the phone, she was discovered by Gladys, who might think she had an _ with some man. It was so _ that she wept with anger at home.,tested,absent,alarmed,embarrass

30、ed,elegant,absurd,sympathy,scanned,accompanied,affair,awful,In order to let Claire be _ by those women like Gladys, Tony decided to transform the house completely and organize a party. While helping with the improvement, Claire fell off a ladder but was caught by Tony in time and held _ in his arms.

31、 Eventually, Tony helped Claire win the victory by _ that he felt more than just the desire to please her. Sad at the fact, Claire asked to be _ alone and ran to her bed, crying hard.,envied,firmly,declaring,left,Ex.1 on P13,1. satisfaction; tested out 2. sympathy 3. leave alone 4. desire 5. ring up

32、 6. scanned 7. absurd 8. declared,Ex.2 on P13,1. scan 2. favour 3. cushions/beddings 4. beddings/cushions 5. clerks 6. awful 7. turn around 8. alarms 9. declaring,scanning,Read Para.1-4 and then answer the following questions:,1.Why did Larry put Tony into his family? 2.What was the robot called Ton

33、y like?,3. Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony? A. Because he was a robot. B. Because she didt like him. C. Because he was more like a human being than a machine. D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.,embarrass (vt.)embarrassed (adj.) embarrassing (adj.)embarrassment (n.),

34、When the lady fell down onto the stage, she felt rather _. It was _ for the lady to fall down onto the stage. Falling down onto the stage _ the lady very much. Falling down onto the stage was a terrible _ to the lady.,embarrassed,embarrassing,embarrassed,embarrassment,Taking up a reporter on CCTV is

35、 the envy of all people. I dont envy Wang Xiaoya her career, but I am strongly envious of her talent instead.,It is a_ for a beggar to put up such a ridiculous excuse for money, so that no s_ should be offered to such a man.,Tony is just a machine, which made her feel sad. Please find sentences in t

36、he story to show Claires sadness when she remembered Tony was a machine.,1.How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine.,2.He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of day.,3.Then she remembered-Tony was just

37、a machine. She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed.,In groups, list Tonys characteristics that were similar to those of a human being and different from those of a human being.,Characteristics,Physical,Mental,Emotional,Similar,Different,Discussion,Characteristics,Similar,Different,Physical,(1)Looks like_. (2)Body a