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Unit1 Science Fiction
Section A Reading and Thinking
I. Learning objectives
To be able to grasp the general idea of the passage and grasp the context of the passage.
To practice the skills of finding information and concluding the changes of Claire’s feeling toward Tony.
To develop a right and critical attitude towards the development of robots and AI.
II. Studying Procedures
Step1.pre-reading
1)How do robots already help humans in their lives today? __________________________________________________________________
2)Nowadays can robots have emotions?
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Step2. While-reading
1.Fast Reading
Divide the passage into 3 parts and figure out the main idea of each part.
Main idea:
It is mainly about how a household _________ was ______ _____ in a family.
Match the main idea with each part.
para 1-2: A The process of the robot helping Claire.
Para 3- 8: B The result of Claire living with the robot.
Para 9: C Larry persuaded Claire to accept the robot that would be tested out.
2.Reading for details
1). How many characters are mentioned? Who are they? What is the relation between
them?
Characters&Relationship
a household robot
__________________
____________________
_________(work for a company that made robots)
One of the richest and most powerful women
______________
___________
2)Fill in the blanks to finish the structure of the story
the set-up
A household robot was going to be _________ by Claire
Conflict
Claire’s feelings
changed
Claire’s problems
Tony’s help
She thought she was not _______.
Her house was not _______.
She wanted to be like _______________.
The saleswoman was _______ to her.
She was so clumsy t