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Unit 7 Will people have robots?
Section B
2a-2e (P53)
八年级人教版上册英语
What do robots look like today?
shapes
Warming-up
What can they do?
They can do the same things as we do.
They can help with the housework .
They are like human servants(仆人).
What is the article about?
A. The history of robots.
B. The robots in life and in the future.
C. A story about robots.
Look at the picture and the title of the passage ,predict the main idea of the passage.
Reading tips:
Pre-reading
A. Will robots think like humans in the future?
B. What will robots be like in the future?
C. What can robots do today?
D. What are robots like in movies?
Today
think
shapes
movies
2b Read the article and match each para. with the question it discusses.
Reading tips :“ Topic sentence” is often at the beginning or the end of each paragraph.
Reading tips:注意寻找与文段重复的单词。
Fast-reading
Read para.1 & para.2 and fill in the chart.
careful-reading
Robots in movies
Robots in factories
They’re like ______________.
They help with the housework and do ________ or _________ jobs.
They work in factories. They can _________and never _________.
human servants
dirty
dangerous
build cars
get bored
What can robots in Japan do?
Read para.3 and underline the answer.
What can’t robots do now?
Will robots think like humans in the future?
Read para.4 and find the answers.
What will robots look like in the future?
What can snake robots do?
2c
Complete the sentences about what robots can do now.
Robots can build _______ in factories.
They can do ________ jobs many times and never get bored.
Some can _______ and ________.
Some can help __________ people under____________.
cars
simple
walk
dance
look for
buildings
Post-reading
2d
Fill in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article.
Some robots are very human-like. They can walk and _______ like people. Some scientists think that in the future they will _____ robots more like humans. This may not _______ in the near future, but at some point, rob