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Flight of the RoboBees
robotic inspire
roboticist a carpenter bee
a bold statement well-posed
impact autonomous
medicine independently
space exploration envision
rigid hazardous
insect scratch
一个大胆的说法
n./v. 撞击;巨大影响;产生影响
n. 机器
太空探索
adj.严格的;死板的
机器人的;机械的
n.昆虫
v. 激励;鼓舞
木蜂
adj.适定的
adj. 自动的;自治的;自主的
adv.独立地;自立地
v.想象;预想
adj. 危险的;有害的
v.抓;挠;刮伤
n. 机器人专家
Warming-up
1.Go through the expressions in this part.
Introduction
Flight of the RoboBee
RoboBees are small flying robots that are being developed at the Wyss Institute of Harvard University by a team headed by Robert Wood.
1.What can you see and learn from this picture?
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2.Discuss what are RoboBees possibly used for.
hazardous environment exploration
search and rescue
space exploration
assisted agriculture
If a building was blown down
in a storm, they could fly
into the wreckage and
check for survivors.
Before you watch
1.Predict what you are going to see with some tips.
1.Read questions or statements before watching a video. It’s helpful for us to guess what we may watch in the video.
2.How to predict :
(1) predict from the context
(2) predict from general knowledge
(3) predict from grammatical rules
2.Think and try to circle the correct word(s) for each sentence.
1. RoboBees are like bees in that they fly independently / together, but all work independently / together.
2. Robert Wood is an explorer / a roboticist.
3. In the future, RoboBees could help explorers / policemen and doctors / photographers.
4. All of the RoboBees have crashed / flown successfully.
5. Like bees, every RoboBee has a job to do / obeys a queen bee.
While you watch
1.Watch the video first to check your answers .
Check whether your answers are right.
1. RoboBees are like bees in that they fly independently / together, but all work independently / together.
2. Robert Wood is an explorer / a roboticist.
3. In the future, RoboBees could help explorers / policemen and doctors / photograph