Unit 1 Reading Thinking课文讲解课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

1. Recently it had begun experimenting with a household robot.It was going to be tested out by Larry’s wife, Claire. 最近，公司用一台家用机器人来做实验。它将由拉里的妻子克莱尔来测试。 experiment with …用…做实验 test out 测试; 检验 2.Claire didn’t want the robot in her house，especially as her husband would be away on a business trip for three weeks，but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her to be harmed. however, when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed. 克莱尔不想要这个机器人，特别是当她的丈夫出差三周，但是拉里劝说她机器人不会伤害她也不会允许被伤害。然而，第一次看到机器人时，克莱尔还是有点惊慌。 especially 修饰整个句子 on business 出差 harm vt/n. 伤害；坏处 do harm to… =be harmful to… 对…有害 allow sb to do sth 允许某人做某事 alarmed adj.害怕的；惊慌的 alarming adj. 令人惊恐的 3.On the second morning， Tony brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing.Now she was being looked after by a robot that looked so human and it was disturbing. 第二天，托尼带来了早餐然后问她是否需要帮忙穿衣服。现在，她被看起来像人的机器人照顾着，这太令人不安了。 具体某一天的上/下午用介词on。be dressed in 穿着…衣dress up 打扮；盛装 was being looked after 进行时态的被动语态 human adj. 人性的；人的disturbing adj.令人不安的；令人烦恼的 3.Claire thought it was ridiculous that she was being offered sympathy by a robot， but she gradually admired his wisdom and integrity and began to trust him. He always treated her with dignity. 克莱尔觉得一个机器人对她表示同情十分荒谬，但是她逐渐地佩服他的智慧和忠诚并开始信任他。他总是有尊严地对待他。 it 是形式主语，that she was being offered sympathy by a robot引导的主语从句 sympathy n.同情 show feel sympathy for sb 同情某人 sympathetic adj. 同情的 in the integrity 原封不动地 with dignity 有尊严地 lose dignity失去尊严 stand on one’s dignity 保持尊严 4. She wasn’t like Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful women around. 她与格拉迪丝• 克拉芬不同，后者是当地最有钱有势的女性之一。 like 介词 “像” one of the richest…在句中作同位语，对Gladys Claffern作进一步解释和说明。 5.As a favour, Tony promised to help Claire make herself more beautiful and her home more elegant. 作为一项恩惠，托尼答应帮助克莱尔，把她变得更漂亮些，也把她的家变得更雅致些。 favour n.   喜爱；帮忙；  恩惠 do sb. a favour 帮某人一个忙 6. So Claire borrowed some library books for him to read, or rather, scan. 所以克莱尔从图书馆借了一些书让他读。更确切地