Unit 1 Science Fiction Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

Look at the pictures, do you know the robots? Watch the videos and learn more about robot. What’s unusual about Robot Sophia? Do you think a robot can have its own feelings or thoughts? make good dialogues and play jokes look like humans and have facial expressions plan to dominate the human race (kidding) good at playing games A robot can only do what it’s programmed to do even though they can show feelings using facial expressions. If a robot like Sophia lives with you, what will happen? Now, let's read a story to see what will happen? What is the text type of this passage? A. Argumentative writing(议论文) B. Narrative writing(记叙文) C. Expository writing(说明文) D. An advertisement Read the story below, which was originally written by famous science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. Read for main idea What is the text mainly about? It is mainly about how a household _______ was ______ _____ in a family. robot tested out Para 1-2: C Larry persuaded Claire to accept the robot that would be tested out. B The result of Claire living with the robot. A The process of the robot helping Claire. Para 3- 8: Para 9: Match the main idea with each part. 6 Reading for the characters and their relations 1. How many characters are there? Who are they? 2. What are the relationships between them? Larry Belmont (work for a company that made robots) Tony Claire Gladys Claffern a couple friends test out a household robot made this household robot Claire wished to be) 7 (1) What does Larry Belmont think of testing out the robot in his house? It is an extra benefit. It is his responsibility. C. It helps improve his house. D. It can make Claire happy. (2) How did Claire feel when Tony offered to help her get dressed? A. Proud.　　 B. Happy. C. Guilty. D. Embarrassed. Choose the best answer. (3) Why does Tony work on the house improvement? A. Because Claire wants to hold a party in her house. B. Because Claire plans to give Lar