Unit 7 Section B 2a-2e课件 2023-2024学年人教版八年级英语上册

Unit 7 Will people have robots? Section B 2a-2e What do these robots look like and what can they do? What do the robots look like? What can the robots do? look like human servants; look like animals; ... do many things and never get bored; If ... fall down; with ... inside; look for ... 1. What are we going to learn according to the picture? 2. Do you think you will have your own robot? Before reading the future? 'What can robots are robots like in movies? 2b Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses. Do You Think You Will Have Your Own Robot? 1. When we watch movies about the future, we sometimes see robots. They are usually like human servants. They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places. 2. Today there are already robots working in factories. Some can help to build cars, and they do simple jobs over and over again. Fewer people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get bored. the future? 'What can robots are robots like in movies? 2b Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses. 3. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do. Some robots in Japan can walk and dance. They are fun to watch. However, some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a human. For example, scientist James White thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are. But many scientists disagree with Mr. White. They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years. the future? 'What can robots are robots like in movies? 2b Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses. 4. Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. These new robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like