《学案导学设计》2013-2014高中英语重大版必修1【配套课件】Unit 5 Special Clothes（5份）

Period One 本课栏目开关 知识整合 难句分析 Period One 话题导入 本课栏目开关 知识整合 难句分析 话题导入 A robotic suit that reads brain signals and helps people with walking problems will be available to rent in Japan for $2,200 a month—an invention that may be of great benefit to the disabled and elderly. HAL is a computerized suit with sensors that read brain signals directing leg movement through the skin.The 22­pound battery­operated computer system is belted to mechanical devices attached to the legs，which then provide robotic assistance to people as they walk. Cyberdyne，a new company in Tsukuba outside Tokyo，will mass­produce HAL.Two people demonstrated(说明) the suits at Period One 话题导入 本课栏目开关 知识整合 难句分析 the company’s headquarters on Tuesday.A demonstration video also showed a partly paralyzed(瘫痪的) person getting up from a chair and walking slowly wearing the HAL suit. “We are ready to present this to the world，” said Yoshiyuki Sankai，a University of Tsukuba professor who designed HAL and has worked on robotic suits since 1992 and is also Cyberdyne’s chief executive.He said a full device that covers the entire body is also being designed，though it is unclear when it will be available commercially. HAL comes in three sizes—small，medium and large—and also has a one­leg version for a $1,500 monthly rental fee.It is unclear when HAL will go on sale to the public or what the price tag will be. Period One 话题导入 本课栏目开关 知识整合 难句分析 Sankai said the HAL technology is devoted to social welfare purpose only，adding that he has refused the requests from military officials to share it. Some European nations have already expressed interest in HAL.The University of California and other researchers around the world are working on similar robotic suits that increase moving ability. Period One 答案　B 话题导入 本课栏目开关 知识整合 难句分析 根据上文完成下列各题 1．What kind of people will use the robotic suit? A．The young people at college. B．The disabled and elderly. C．Military officials. D．The researchers all over the world. Period One A Robotic Sui