Unit 7 Section B 课时课件 2024-2025学年人教版英语八年级上册

Section B (1a-1e) Unit 7 Will people have robots? 学习目标 Key words & phrases : astronaut; apartment; rocket; space; space station;transportation; kind of. Key sentences: 1. What do you think your life will be like in 10 years? 2. I'll fly rockets to the moon. Maybe I'll also fly to other planets. 3. -Where will you live? - I'll live on a space station. To learn to describe personal life using the simple future tense . Free talk What will the life be like in 100 years? cities the environment robots the world people other things more/fewer trees more/less fresh water more/less pollution What will the future be different from now? Pre-listening 1a Write each word in the correct column below. astronaut house apartment train rocket space station computer programmer Jobs Transportation Places to live astronaut computer programmer train rocket house apartment space station n.宇航员 n.火箭 太空站 n. 公寓 1b Think of other words and write them in the chart in 1a. Jobs Transportation Places to live astronaut, computer programmer train, rocket house, apartment, space station, writer, engineer, doctor, actor, scientist, pianist, cook bus, bike, car, subway, boat, ship, space ship, high-speed train building, hotel Make sentences with the 3 types of words: She is an engineer. She travels by train. She lives in an apartment in the city. Astronauts work in a space station. They travel to space by rocket. Let's practice! The computer programmer works in an office. He lives in an apartment and goes to work by bike. A doctor works in a hospital. He lives in a house and drives his car to work. While-listening 1c Let's listen! Listen to Alexis and Joe. Number the pictures [1-3]. 2 3 1 1d Listen again. Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs in the box. 1. I _ in an apartment across the street from here. 2. I _ near here. 3.I _a computer programmer. am live work lived took will be will live will fly work am live 4. We in a house in the country. 5. I the train to school. 6. I an astronaut. 7. I rockets to the moon. 8. I on a space station. lived will be will fly took will live am live work lived took will be will live will fly Listen again and fill in the chart about Joe's life: Past Now Future Living place Job Transportation / a house an apartment a space station a student a computer programmer an astronaut train rocket Listen and read Alexis: Hi, I’m Alexis. Joe: Nice to meet you, Alexis. I’m Joe. Alexis: Nice to meet you, Joe. Do you live here in Highville? Joe: Yes, I do. I live in an apartment across the street from here. Alexis: Oh, really? Joe: Yes. I work near here, too. I’m a computer programmer. Alexis: A computer programmer? That sounds interesting. Joe: Well, actually it’s kind of boring. I do the same thing every day. Alexis: Hey, Joe, is that a picture of you? Joe: Yeah, that was me 10 years ago. Alexis: So, did you live here in Highville 10 years ago? Joe: No, I lived with my parents in Greenville. We lived in a house in the country. I went to school here in Highville, though. Alexis: Really? That’s pretty far from here. How did you get to school? Joe: Oh, I took the train to school. Alexis: So, Joe, what do you think your life will be like in 10 years? Joe: Oh, I think I’ll be an astronaut. Alexis: An astronaut? Are you kidding? Joe: No, I’m serious. I’ll fly rockets to the moon. Maybe I’ll also fly to other planets. Alexis: Oh, and where will you live? Joe: I’ll live on a space station. Post-listening 1e Student A is Alexis and Student B is Joe. Talk about Joe’s life now, 10 years ago and 10 years from now. A: Where do you live? B: I live in an apartment. Pair work A: Where did you live 10 years ago? B: I lived in Greenville. A: How did you get to school? B: I took train to school. 10 years ago A: what will your life be like in 10 years? B: oh, I think I’ll be an astronaut. A: Where will you live in 10 years? B: I will live on a space station. In 10 years Group work Name psat present future Ask your classmates about their past,present and future. Do a survey Exercises 一、单项选择。 1.The next time you see Nikos, he _ sixteen years old. A. will be B. is C. was D. will 2.Margot _ computer science last year. A. studies B. studied C. will study D. is studying 3.In ten years, John _ an astronaut. A. is B. will be C. was D. will A B B 4. How many people _ there fifty years ago? A. will B. were C. are D. will be 5. In AD 20 000,what _ the world be like? A. is B. will C. was D. are 6.There is _ meat but _ cakes on the plate. Please have one. A. a little; a few B. a few; a little C. few; little D. little; a few B B D 1.There isn’t enough s_ in the room for 60 desks. 2.I live in an a_ across the street from here. 3.Yang Liwei is a great Chinese a_. 4.China has sent many r_ up into space. 5.Everyone should play a part in saving the e_. pace 二、根据首字母填写单词。 partment stronaut ockets arth Homework Preview the passage in Section B 2b. Do the exercises in students’ book. Section B (2a-2e) Unit 7 Will people have robots? 学习目标 Key words & phrases: human; servant; dagerous; already; factory; over and over again; Japan; believe; disagree; even; agree; hundreds of; shape; fall; fall down; inside; look for; possible; impossible; side . Key sentences: 1. Fewer people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring , but robots will never get bored. 2. 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. Learn a passage about robots. Free talk Do you know anything about robots? What do they look like? What can they do? What do you think of robots? What do these robots look like? They look like humans. What do these robots look like? kangaroo snake cat dog They look like all kinds of animals. What do these robots look like? They look like huge arms. What can robots do? speak do exercise play football dance They can do the same things as humans do. What can robots do? help with the housework play the piano make cars They can help people in many ways. Pre-reading 2a Tell your partner what you know about robots. What do they look like and what can they do? What do robots look like? What can robots do? Some look like humans. Some look like animals. Others look like huge arms. They can talk or even walk. They can see and hear things. They can help people do lots of dangerous or hard work. Look at the title and the picture. Predict the main idea of this passage. A. It’s about a science fiction movie. B. It’s about the robot scientist James White. C. It’s about the robots . √ 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? While-reading Let's skim 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. Para. 1 A. Will robots think like humans in the future? B. What will robots be like in the future? C. What can robots do today? D. What are robots like in movies? 2. 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. Para. 2 A. Will robots think like humans in the future? B. What will robots be like in the future? C. What can robots do today? D. What are robots like in movies? 3. …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. Para. 3 A. Will robots think like humans in the future? B. What will robots be like in the future? C. What can robots do today? D. What are robots like in movies? 4. Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future. …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… Para. 4 A. Will robots think like humans in the future? B. What will robots be like in the future? C. What can robots do today? D. What are robots like in movies? Reading tips Read the passage quickly and look for the key words or the key sentences. They can help you find the answers quickly. You needn’t read word by word. Task 1 Skimming and matching What is the main idea of the passage? Fast reading It tells us what robots may look like and what they can do now and future. Let's summarize Task 2 Scanning for details Careful reading Read para.1 carefully and answer the quetions. 1. What are robots like in movies? 2. What can they do? They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places. They are usually like human servants. Task 3 Scanning for details Careful reading Read para.2 carefully and fill in the blanks. Today's robots 1.They can_cars in factories. 2.They can do _jobs over and over again and never_ _. build simple get bored Today there are already robots_ in factories. working 1.Why do robots never get bored? Let's think 2.Do you think robots can think like us in the future? Task 4 Scanning for details Careful reading Read para.3 carefully and answer questions. 1.About whether robots can think, do scientists have the same idea? 2.What are the different ideas? No, they don't. Some scientist think that it will be difficult to make robots really think like a human.But some scientist thinks that robots will even be able to talk with human in 25 to 50 years. 3.Which side do you agree? Why? Task 5 Scanning for details Read para.4 carefully and choose T(true) or F(false). Careful reading Some scientists believe that there will be fewer robots in the future. 2.These new robots will have many different shapes. 3. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. 4.Computers and rockets also seemed impossible 20 years ago. F T T F more 100 Task 6 Mind-mapping Who What How When is the passage talking about? jobs can robots do? will robots talk like people? will there be more robots? do robots look for people under the falling buildings seem impossible? do robots look like? do scientists think about robots? who robots what help with the house work do dirty and dangerous work how opinion James White other scientists Robots can’t think like people. Robots will talk like people in 25-50 years. when in 25-50years in the future 20 years go human snake build cars do simple jobs 2c 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 not get bored. 3.Some can and . 4. Some can help people under . cars simple walk dance look for buildings 2d 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. dance make happen talk adj. 类似人的 However, some scientists_ . James White believes that robots won’t be able to do the _ things as us. For example, he thinks that robots will _be able to wake up and know where they are. Which side do you _ with? same never agree disagree 2e 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. I think some future robots might look like _. They will _ _ _ be able to swim like a real fish. They will dive deeply into the sea and oceans to help humans do dangerous work underwater. fish Post-reading If I have a robot, I hope that it will … Let's discuss Work in groups of four. Design your own robot. Draw what your robot looks like and discuss and write down what it can do. Our robot looks like… It can do… Group work Language points 1. ①Will robots think like humans in the future? ②They are usually like human servants. human adj. 人的;n. 人;人类 第一句中human作名词,意为“人;人类”,与human being 意思相同。 第二句中human作形容词,意为“人的;人类的”。 Dogs can hear much better than humans. The noise comes from a number of human activities. 2. Today there are already robots working in factories. There be sb./sth. doing sth. 有某人/某物正在做某事 There is a girl singing in the next room. There are two cats sleeping in the sun. already adv. 已经;早已 【易混辨析】 already “已经”,一般用于肯定句中。用在疑问句中表示惊奇、意外。 The concert has already been on for 15 minutes.音乐会已经进行15分钟了。 Is it 12 o’clock already? 都12点钟了? yet “已经;还”,多用于疑问句和否定句的句末。在疑问句中意为“已经”,在否定句中意为“还”。 Have you seen this film yet? 你已经看过这部电影了吗? He hasn’t arrived yet. 他还没有到。 4. However, some scientists believe that although we can … believe v. 相信;认为有可能 believe在此作及物动词,一般不用于进行时态。 其后常跟名词,代词或从句作宾语。 Believe it or not, your brain never stops working. I believe that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. believe 表示相信某人的话,相信某事等。 We don’t believe in her, so we don’t believe what she says. 我们不信任她,所以我们不相信她说的话。 believe in 表示“信任;信仰”,多指品德、操守等方面可靠、可信。 【易混辨析】 5. … that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are. wake up 醒来;叫醒 (1)wake up在此处用作不及物动词短语。 They wake up every morning to work for their families and their future. (2)wake up还可作及物动词短语,此时为“动词+副词” 型短语,后接名词作宾语时,名词放在up前或后均可;后接代词作宾语时,代词只能放在wake与up之间。 Don’t wake up your sister, Ben. =Don’t wake your sister up, Ben. It’s 7 o’clock. It’s time to wake him up. 6. ①But many scientists disagree with Mr. White. ②However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. disagree v. 不同意;有分歧 agree v. 同意;赞成;应允 disagree与agree互为反义词,其用法相似,以agree为例: agree with sb./sth. 同意某人的看法或观点,后接人或表示“意见;看法”的名词 agree to sth. 同意(计划,建议,安排等) agree to do sth. 同意做某事 agree on sth. 就……取得一致意见 agree + that从句 赞成……;同意…… As for me, I agree with the latter. We agreed to their arrangements. We agree to leave at once. I’m afraid I can’t agree on your opinion. Most people agree that the novel is a good one. 7. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. hundreds of 许多;大量 hundred 表示具体数量,意为 “百”。其前有a,several及具体数字时,hundred后不加-s,也不和of连用。 The reading room can hold two hundred people. hundreds of 表示笼统的数量,意为“许多;大量”。不可与具体数字连用。 He has hundreds of books. 模糊数字“两有”(有-s有of), 具体数字“两无”(无-s无of)。 8. They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years. even adv. 甚至;连;愈加 (1)even位置比较灵活,常置于所修饰的词前,用来加强语气。 It’s cold there even in summer. Even Tom, a little boy, knows it. (2)even可放在形容词、副词的比较级前, 修饰比较级,表示程度。 The computer could play chess even better than humans. fall down 突然倒下;跌倒;倒塌 (1)fall(过去式为fell)在此作动词。 Babies often fall down when they learn to walk. (2)fall还可作名词,意为“跌倒;秋天;瀑布” 9. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. I had a fall from a horse and broke my arm. The girl was born in fall. That's the famous ice fall. inside在此处用作副词。inside还可用作介词,意为“在……里面”,其反义词为outside。 inside adv. &prep. 在……里面 We had to move inside when it started to rain.(inside 作副词) Go inside the house.(inside 作介词) look for 寻找 look for 强调“找”的过程和动作,意为“寻找”。 find 强调“找”的结果,意为“找到”。 Exercises 一、单项选择。 1. -There are more and more people _ a part in saving the earth now. - Yes, I hope so. The more, the better. A. play B. playing C. to play D. are playing 2.It’s _ for us to finish the work in three days. Please give us two more days. A. educational B. impossible C. important D. interesting B B 3.The students in this school plant _ trees every year. hundred of B. hundreds of C.five hundreds D.five hundreds of 4. - Mom, there’s something wrong with my clock. Could you _ tomorrow morning? - No problem, dear. A. wake me up B. wake up me C. ring up me D. ring me up B A 5. They seemed to _ this decision. A. go with B. disagree with C. play with D. begin with 6. After the earthquake, the house might _in a few months. A. write down B. put down C. turn down D. fall down B D 二、完成句子。 1. 说实话, 我不同意你的意见。 To tell the truth, I _ _ you. 2. 街上有位老人跌倒了。我们赶紧跑上前去帮他。 An old man _ _ on the street. We quickly ran up to help him. 3. 你需要反复练习这首曲子。 You need to practice playing the music _ _ _ _ . 4. 汤姆, 有个人正在找你。 Tom, there is someone _ _ you. disagree with fell down over and over looking for again Homework 1. Read and recite the new words and phrases . 2. Do the exercises in students’ book. Section B (3a-Self Check) Unit 7 Will people have robots? 学习目标 Key words & phrases: probably; during; holiday; word. Key sentences: 1. As a reporter, I think I will meet lots of interesting people,so I'll have more friends. 2. And my apartment will be bo good for pets because it'll be too small. Learn how to write a passage about your future life. Warming up What will you be in 20 years ? scientist teacher pilot computer programmer doctor reporter policeman astronaut Let's predict Let's predict Where will you live in 20 years ? Hawaii Beijing Paris an apartment a big house a high building What pets will you keep ? bird hamster pet pig dog rabbit cat Let's predict What free time activities will you do ? Let's predict travel around the world have a picnic fly kites play badminton have a lot of parties read books Make more predictions. How will you be different in the future? Maybe 20 years from now? I will be more beautiful. I will have lots of money. I won’t go to school. I will have a big house. …… 3a Read Jill’s answer to the question “What will your life be like in the future?” Fill in the blanks with the following words. In 20 years, I think I’ll be a newspaper reporter. I’ll _in Shanghai, because there will be_ jobs in that city. As a reporter, I think I will _ lots of interesting people, so I’ll have more friends. meet work live look keep wear more less fewer take live more meet I’ll have _ pets, though, because I’ll have _ free time. And my apartment will be no good for pets because it’ll be too small. So I’ll probably just _ a bird. During the week, I’ll_ smart clothes. On the weekend, I’ll_ less smart but I’ll be more comfortable. In the future, people will _more so they’ll probably have fewer vacations, but I think I’ll _ a holiday in Hong Kong when possible. One day I’ll even go to Australia. fewer less keep wear work take look 3b Complete the chart about your life 20 years from now. You can add more items. What will your…be like? job home free time activities neighborhood super policeman in America attend a dancing party, travel a famous singer 3c Write about your life 20 years from now. Use 3a and 3b to help you. _ the topic sentence My life in 20 years will be … supporting sentences I will work as a ... and ... I will also have much free time to travel ... My home will be... My neighborhood will be... My life in the future is beautiful… I like this kind of life. the concluding sentence The standard of writing 1. Good handwriting. (书写美观) 2. Stick closely to the subject. (紧扣主题) 3. Different sentence structures.(句型多样) 4. No grammar mistakes. (无语法错误) 5. No spelling mistakes. (无拼写错误) Score(评分): Best (9-10) Better (7-8) Good (5-6) Not good (1-4) Sample writing In 20 years, I think I’ll be a super policeman. I’ll live in America, because there will be more joys in that city. As a super policeman, I think I will catch many bad guys, so I’ll help keep the city peaceful. And in my free time, I’ll attend allkinds of dancing balls, so that I can make a lot of friends. In addition,I want to take a holiday to travel around the world. Every time when I get home, my neighborhood Coco will sing for me. I like this kind of life. 4 Discuss how you think a robot will help students with schoolwork in the future. Write down your group’s ideas and draw a picture of your robot. I think students won’t need dictionaries because a robot will tell them the meaning of the words. Sample: 1. I think students won’t need to go to school, because their robots can teach them at home. 2. I think students won’t need to write their homework on paper but on computer, and robots will help students to correct the homework. Self Check 1 Put the words in the correct columns in the chart. job, people, pollution, robot, fresh water, paper, planet, car, clean air, city, free time, building, money, tree more/fewer more/less job, people, robot, planet car, city building, tree pollution, fresh water paper, clean air, free time, money 2 Fill in the blanks in the conversation. Girl: Mom, what will the future _ like? Mom: Well, no one knows what the future will be _. Girl: But _ I be beautiful like you? _ I be a pilot? I want to fly up into the sky. be like will Will Mom: You’re already beautiful. And you should study hard. Then you _ be a pilot. Girl: OK. I must study harder then. Mom: But you should also remember that _ will _both good and bad things in life. Girl: Oh, I’m not scared, Mom, because you _ help me! will there be will Language points 1. So I’ll probably just keep a bird. probably常用于肯定句中,位于助动词、情态动词或连系动词之后,实义动词之前。其形容词形式是probable,意为“可能的”。 It will probably rain tomorrow. I think it is probably true. Our greatest enemy is probably not others, but ourselves. probably adv. 很可能;大概 We keep a couple of chickens and ducks. keep v. 养;饲养 2. During the week, I’ll wear smart clothes. during 强调时间的延续,表示状态或习惯性的动作持续的时间 用于stay, meal, visit等表示动作或行为会持续一定时间的名词之前 in 指一般性的某一(段)时间 during prep. 在……期间 The phone rang during the meal. During the summer we camped in the forest. We went to Beijing in July. 3. … but I think I’ll take a holiday in Hong Kong when possible. take a holiday相当于have a holiday。其中holiday作名词,意为“假期;假日”。 take a holiday 度假 We want to take a holiday in Sanya. I’m going home for my holidays. Exercises 1.Jim will _(很可能)go to France on vacation this year. 2.We often get together _(在……期间)the Spring Festival. 3.My parents will take a _(假期)in Lanzhou. 4.The moon is not a p_,but the earth is. 9.Everything is p_ if you put your heart in it. 一、单词填空 during probably holiday lanet ossible 二、完成句子。 1.将来你的机器人会长什么样? What _ your robot _ _ in the future? 2.作为一名记者,我认为我会遇到好多有趣的人。 _ _ _, I think I will meet lots of interesting people. 3.我很有可能养一只鸟。 I’ll _ _ a bird. 4.我会在香港度假。 I’ll _ _ _ in Hong Kong. 5.他们会让机器人更加像人类。 They will make robots _ _. will look like As a reporter probably keep take a holiday more human-like Homework 1. Write an article about your future life in 20 years . 2. Do the exercises in students’ book. $$