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Unit 7 Will people have robots?
Section B (2a-2e)
学习目标
学习本课时新单词和短语:human,servant,dangerous,already,factory,Japan, believe,disagree,even,agree, shape,fall,inside,possible,impossible,side,
over and over again, hundreds of, fall down, look for;
阅读课文“Do You Think You Will Have Your Own Robot?”;了解未来机器人的发展。
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Do you know something about robots ?
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What do the robots look like?
They look like ________.
humans
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What do they look like ?
They look like ________ .
animals
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What can the robots do ?
help with the housework
look for people under buildings
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2a
Tell yor partner what you know about robots. What do they look like and what can they do?
I think there will be more robots in the future.
Really? What do they look like?
I think they look like humans. They can do anything men can do.
Sounds interesting.
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2b
Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.
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Language point 1
Will robots think like humans in the future?
human n.人。作名词时为可数名词,其复数形式为humans。
Only a truly free person has human dignity. How long can a human being live without food?只有真正自由的人才具有人的尊严。
【辨析】person, human, people
(1) person泛指一切人,包括男女老幼,既有单数,也有复数形式。
We need a person to help us. 我们需要有个人来帮助我们。
She is just the person you wanted.她就是你要找的人。
(2)human表示区别于其他动物或神的“人”。
Are robots as clever as humans?机器人跟人一样聪明吗?
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(3) people意为“人,人们,人民”, 可用some,many等修饰。表示复数意义。people 在句中用作主语时,谓语动词为复数形式。 people 在俗语中还作“家人,亲属”解。
A lot of people go to enjoy the cool under the big tree every evening.每天晚上都有许多人去那棵大树下面 乘凉 。
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Language point 2
…do simple jobs over and over again.
over and over again意为“一再地;再三反复地”。相当于once and again,again and again 等。
He read it over and over again.
他反复地阅读它。
He wrote these words again and again.
他反复地写这些词。
【注意】over again 意为“再重复一次”,与 once again,once more 同义。
I didn’t get it.Would you please read it over again?
我没有完全听懂。请再读一遍好吗?
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Language point 3
However,they agree it may take hundreds of years.
hundreds of数百的,成百上千的。
Hundreds of