内容正文:
Unit 3 Robots
Reading
设计说明
学会预测文章的内容是本单元的学习技能要求。此处对文章内容进行预测,既能解决部分生词,又能激发学生对科幻故事的阅读兴趣。通过快速阅读,帮助学生整体理解文章主要内容。在回答问题的过程中,根据语境理解文章内容。通过提问的方式,帮助学生理解故事发生的背景;通过表格的形式,帮助学生理清文章思路,要求学生能清晰地掌握机器人的优点和缺点。在学生理解课文的基础上,引导他们进行更为深入的思考,并把自己的生活与机器人相联系,激发他们的想象力和创造力。
教学目标
通过本课节的教学,让学生达成以下目标:
1.知识目标
掌握词汇: order, smoothly, satisfy, need, properly, complete, mess, lay, store, coin, bill, private, paper, spread, wheel, in general, no longer
2.能力目标
(1)了解机器人可以怎样改变我们的生活;
(2)认识并理解与机器人共处的有关词汇和表达;
(3)了解拥有机器人的利与弊。
3.情感目标
引导学生自主深入思考机器人在人类生活中的地位。
重点难点
1.重点:理解并掌握本课涉及的词汇和句子。
2.难点:利用所学内容和自己的思考谈论理想中的机器人。
教学准备
PPT课件;相关图片
授课时数
2课时
教学过程
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Show students some pictures.
We have learnt something about robots. Do you remember how robots could help us? Ask students to talk about robots.
help with homework help with housework explore outer space do dangerous jobs
2. Present a picture of Mr Jiang’s home robot to students and introduce it to them. Learn the new words at the same time.
iron(熨烫); clothes smoothly(平整地)
This business suit(套装) was smoothly ironed.
cook meals; make the bed; sweep the floor; wash the clothes; do the shopping; look as good as new; satisfy(满足)our daily need(需求)
Step 2 Presentation
1. Ask students to listen to the article as a whole.
Daniel is very interested in robots. He found an interesting story in this month’s Robot magazine. Here is the story.
Ask students to listen to the article and answer the following questions.
(1) Whose robot will we talk about?
(2) What did he do with the robot at last?
Answers: (1) Mr Jiang’s. (2) He returned it to the shop.
2. Ask students to read and answer the questions.
Ask students to read the first paragraph and answer questions. It’s not necessary to read each paragraph carefully. It is useful to read the first sentence of each paragraph to get the main idea.
(1) What is Mr Jiang?
(2) What is his problem?
(3) What did he do to solve his problem?
Answers: (1) He is a manager of a big company in Sunshine Town.
(2) He is alway