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Unit 7
Will people have robots?
Section B (2a-2e)
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Enjoy a video
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Free talk
1. What does th evideo mianly talk about ?
2. What does robots look like ?
3. What can robots do ?
It mainly talks about robots.
Robots are made into different shapes, such as humans, dogs and so on.
They can make coffoe, play football, and make surgery.
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Free talk
Tell your partner what you know about robots.
What do they look like and what can they do?
2a
What do you know about robots ?
They are in different shapes.
They can do many things.
They will be more and more popular.
There will be more and more robots in the future.
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Free talk
What do they look like and what can they do?
2a
What do they look like ?
It looks like a dog.
It looks like a panda.
It looks like human.
It looks like a huge arm.
It looks like a snake.
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What do they look like and what can they do?
2a
What can they do ?
Free talk
It can cook.
It can help do housework.
It can look after the elder.
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What do they look like and what can they do?
2a
What can they do ?
Free talk
It can chat with people.
They can work in factories.
It can play football.
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Do You Think You Will Have Your Own Robot?
From the picure and title, the passage may be mainly about ____________________.
robots in the future.
one’s own
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2b
Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Will robots think like humans
in the future?
What will robots be like
in the future?
What can robots do today?
What are robots like in movies?
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Read para. 1 carefully and answer the questions.
1. What are robots like in movies?
2. What can robots do in movies?
They are usually like human servants.
They help with housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places.
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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.
help with the housework
help to do housework
help sb. do sth.
help sb. with sth
help to do sth.
with the help of sb.
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Read para. 2 carefully and answer the questions.
They can work in factories. Some can help to build cars, and they do simple jobs over and over again.
1. What can robots do today?
2. Why will fewer people do simple jobs ?
3. Why can robots do simple jobs over and over again ??
Fewer people will do simple jobs in the future because they are boring .
Because robots will never get bored.
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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.
There be sb. / sth. doing sth.
such: adj. such + n
bore: boring adj.
bored adj.
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Read para. 3 carefully and answer the questions.
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 believe that although they can make robots move like people, it will be be difficult to make them really think think like a human.
1. What are scientists trying to do?
2. What can some robots do in Japan?
3. What do some scientists believe ?
4. What do some scientists think robots can do in 20 to 50 years?
They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 20 - 50 years
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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.
try to do sth.
try one’s best (to do sth)
make sb. do sth.
the same +n+as
as +adj/adv + as
make sb. do sth.
It is difficult to do sth.
It will be difficult to do sth
make sb. do sth.
wake up
wake sb. up
disagree with sb. 反
agree with sb.
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Will robots think like humans in the future? And why ?
No, they won’t. Some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a human.
But some scientists disagree with Mr. White. They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years.
For example, scientist James White thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are .
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Read para. 4 carefully and answer the questions.
They think there will be more robots in the future.
They will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals.
If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings .
1. What do some scientists think of robots in the future?
2. What will the robots look like?
3. What can snake robots do ?
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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 humans, and others might look like animals. In India, for example, scientists made robots that look like snakes. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. This was not possible 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed impossible 100 years ago. We never know what will happen in the future!
agree with sb.
agree to do sth.
agree with sb. to do srh.
hundreds of
thousands of
millions of
in the shape of
out of shape
inside / outside
possible: pssibly
impossible
seem adj.
seem to do sth.
impossible 反 possible
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让机器人走路或跳舞
look like
make robots walk and dance
fall down
help with the housework
take hundreds of years
突然倒下,跌倒,倒塌
帮忙做家务
花费好几百年的时间
看起来像
Summary
和人一样做相同的事
do the same things as a person
for example
talk to people
do simple jobs
over and over again
一遍又一遍
例如
与人交谈
做简单的工作
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在将来
in the future
help with...
帮助做某事
hundreds of
数百
尽力去做某事
尝试做某事
使机器人看起来像……一样
try doing sth.
try to do sth.
make robots look like…
get bored
look for
seem possible
Summary
变得烦躁
寻找
好像可能的
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Read the article again quickly. Complete
the sentences about what robots can do now.
1. Robots can build in factories.
2. They can do jobs many times and never get bored.
3. Some can and .
4. Some can help people under _____ _________.
cars
simple
walk dance
look for
the
buildings
2c
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Fill in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article.
Some robots are very human-like. They can walk and ______ like people. Some scientists think that in the future they will ______ robots more like humans. This may not _______ in the near future, but at some point, robots will even be able to _____ like people.However, some scientists _______ . James White believes that robots will not be able to do the ______ things as we can. For example, he thinks that robots will ______ be able to wake up and know where they are. Which side do you ______ with?
dance
make
happen
talk
2d
same
never
agree
disagree
at some point
在某一时刻
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What kinds of animals might robots look like in the future?
What do you think these robots will be able to do?
Write your ideas and discuss them with your partner.
2e
homework
I think some future robots might look like ___________. They will _____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Thank you !
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