Unit 1 Science and fiction Project 教学设计-2023-2024学年高二英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

教学设计 课程基本信息 学科 英语 年级 高二 学期 春季 课题 Project - Design a robot or an AI device 教科书 书 名：人教版教材选择性必修第四册 出版社：人民教育出版社 教学目标 1. 能利用本单元的知识和语言描述机器人，大胆预测未来机器人的发展及与人类的关系。 2. 能通过互联网查找所需的关键信息，尤其聚焦机器人的功能、特征及与人类的关系。 教学内容 教学重点： 1. 能通过互联网了解科幻影视作品中机器人的功能、特征及与人类的关系。 2. 能大胆预测和想象未来机器人的发展（聚焦功能、特征和独特的品质）及与人类的关系。 3. 能利用本单元所学的知识和语言得体地介绍机器人。 教学难点： 1. 能大胆预测和想象未来机器人的发展（聚焦功能、特征和独特的品质）及与人类的关系。 2. 能利用本单元所学的知识和语言得体地介绍机器人。 教学过程 Activity 1: brainstorm and talk 1. Can you think of any sci-fi films or novels that have a unique robot or an AI device? 2. What’s the robot or AI device in those sci-fi films and novels that impresses you most? What makes it unique? Activity 2: research the robots. Use the Internet to help you. Activity 3: make a table like the one below and fill in the parts for different robot characters and AI devices. Movie/Novel Name Type Characteristics Function/Ability Unique quality Star Wars R2-D2 An astromech droid Brave, smart, funny, loyal, true to his friends Co-pilot, hack computers, fix machines, ... He speaks in chirps and whistles Activity 4: learn more about types of robots What types of robots do you know? Activity 5: Discuss in groups and work out the type and characteristics of the robot that you would like to design. 1. What is your robot or AI device called? Why? 2. What does it look like? Why? 3. What’s the type of your robot? 4. Do you want it to look or act more like human beings or not? Why? 5. How does it work? Does it benefit or threaten human being? In what ways? 6. Why does this quality make your robot unique? Activity 6: Read an introduction of Space Robots and try to summarize basic elements of a brief introduction of a robot. Space robots Space robots are of various sizes and shapes, which include robot arms, ... Types of Space Robots Remotely operated vehicles (ROV) and remote manipulator system (RMS) are the two major types of the space robots RMS is more like a robotic arm that recr