Unit 1 Science fiction Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

UNIT 1 SCIENCE FICTION Reading and thinking Explore the relationship between humans and robots 2 Contents 01 02 03 Lead-in Reading Language points 3 Part 1 Lead-in 4 Opening Page Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact. — Isaac Asimov At the end of this lesson, I will be able to: learn about the type and usage of a robot. find out the characters mentioned in the story and then tell who they are by scanning the passage. grasp what Tony did to help Claire and how Claire’s emotion developed during Tony’s stay at her house. Let's meet some types of robots in our life industrial robots medical robots service robots domestic/household robots 7 Video Time 8 A robot is a machine _________ (design) to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. Robots ____________________________ (program and control) by a computer. What is a robot? designed are programmed and controlled Do you think it is possible for a robot to think for itself? have feelings? have its own needs and desires? look and feel like a human being? Whose satisfaction do you think will be guaranteed? How are robots usually described in science fiction? Will there be a robot in this novel? What type of robot will it be? Prediction What does the title—SATISFACTION GUARANTEED mean? Part 2 Reading 12 First reading 1. Read the text quickly and choose the best answer. 1) The passage mainly tells us . A. the robot could do everything that man can B. that a robot can take the place of a human being C. an experiment where a household robot was tested out D. why a robot fell in love with a human being 2) What kind of genre(体裁)is this text? A. descriptive(描写文) B. Narrative (记叙文) C. Expository (说明文) D. Argumentation(议论文) 13 3. Why didn't Claire want the robot in her house? A. Because she didn't like robots at all. B. Because she didn't like the robot's appearance. C. Because she was afraid of being harmed by the robot. D. Because the robot looked like a real person