内容正文:
Unit 7 Will people have robots?
Section B(2a-2e)
Teaching Aims
1.语言能力:通过阅读语篇,能准确转述科学家的不同观点,并对此做出批判性思考后表达自己的观点,谈论未来机器人是什么样子。
2.文化意识:肯定国内外在以机器人为代表的科技中取得的成绩,感受科技给生活带来的影响,树立一切皆有可能的自信心。
3.思维品质:能够准确在文中获取所需信息,并对相应信息进行梳理,分析,掌握阅读文章的逻辑性。
4.学习能力:能在学习过程中积极思考,主动探究,发现并尝试使用多种策略解决语言学习中的问题,积极进行拓展性运用。
Teaching Difficulties
如何让学生通过阅读文本,准确转述科学家的不同观点,并对此做出批判性思考后表达自己的观点,拓展学生思维的广度和深度。
Teaching Aids
multimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching
Teaching Procedures
Tips
Step 1 Warming up
· Free Talk
Let Ss to discuss the following questions with their partner:
1. Do you know anything about robots?
2. What do they look like?
3. What can they do?
4. What do you think of robots?
· Let Ss know more kinds of robots and what robots can do.
T shows different kinds of robots (from PPT P6-P8) to Ss and asks “What do these robots look like?”.
Show PPT P9 and P10 to Ss. Ask them to look at the pictures and say what robots can do.
Step 2 Presentation & Reading
Pre-reading
2a
· Based on the information they have learned about robots, T may want Ss to make a conclusion about what they know about robots, e.g. what robots look like and what they can do.
· Optional Choice:
T may want to have Ss work in pairs to generate examples of robots in four different categories: Movies, TV programs, Cartoons, Books. T should then elicit from Ss the names, features and abilities of the robots in each of the categories above, and write the information on the board.
Answers will vary.
· Ask Ss to look at the title of the passage, then make a prediction about the main idea.
Answer: It’s about the robots.
While-reading
2b
· Ask Ss to match each paragraph with the question it discusses.
T may want to have Ss first identify the main ideas for each paragraph and consider what questions are answered by each paragraph. Then complete activity 2c.
Answers: paragraph 1: What are robots like in movies?
paragraph 2: What can robots do today?
paragraph 3: Will robots think l