Unit 7 Will people have robots Section B 2a-2d 课件 2024-2025学年人教版英语八年级上册

Unit 7 Will people have robots? Section B (2a~2d) 1 Learning Objects By the end of the class you will be able to : 1. learn some new words and important phrases and sentences; 2. talk about what robots look like and what robots can do; 3. skim for the main idea，scan for the details and retell; 4. understand the main idea of the passage 5. to predict their future robots. 2 Lead-in Let’s watch a video and then answer the questions. 3 What do they look like? They look like humans. What can they do? They can dance. 4 What else can robots do? 5 help with the housework 6 What else can robots do? talk to people cook meals carry the bags look after the dogs 7 Where are they? in factories factory n.工厂 What can they do? build cars 8 snakes help look for people under the buildings. 9 Predict(预测) What will you read？ Maybe we will have our own robot in the future. 10 2b Look through the passage and match the questions Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 C. What can robots do today? Will robots think like humans in the future? D. What are robots like in movies? B. What will robots be like in the future? Pay attention to the first sentence and the last sentence in each paragraph. (快速浏览，概括大意) Tips: 11 2c Read quickly and fill in the blanks Robots can build _______ in factories. can do _______ jobs over and over again. can _________ and ___________. can help ___________ people under the buildings. (Para 2) (Para 2) (Para 3) (Para 4) 12 Scanning Circle What can robots do? 13 2c Read quickly and fill in the blanks Robots can build _______ in factories. can do _______ jobs over and over again. can _________ and ___________. can help ___________ people under the buildings. (Para 2) (Para 2) (Para 3) (Para 4) cars 14 Scanning Circle What can robots do? 15 2c Read quickly and fill in the blanks Robots can build _______ in factories. can do _______ jobs over and over again. can _________ and ___________. can help ___________ people under the buildings. (Para 2) (Para 2) (Para 3) (Para 4) cars simple 16 Scanning Circle What can robots do? 17 2c Read quickly and fill in the blanks Robots can build _______ in factories. can do _______ jobs over and over again. can _________ and ___________. can help ___________ people under the buildings. (Para 2) (Para 2) (Para 3) (Para 4) cars simple walk dance 18 Scanning Circle What can robots do? 19 2c Read quickly and fill in the blanks Robots can build _______ in factories. can do _______ jobs over and over again. can _________ and ___________. can help ___________ people under the buildings. (Para 2) (Para 2) (Para 3) (Para 4) cars simple walk dance look for 20 Careful-Reading (Para 1) Read paragraph 1 carefully and answer the questions 1. What are the robots like in movies? A: animals B: human servants C: cars 2. What can the robots do in movies? A: help with the housework B: work in dirty or dangerous places C: Both A and B 21 In movies look like human servants. can help with the housework. can do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places. 22 Careful-Reading (Para 2) Read paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks 1. Today _________ _______ already robots ________ in factories. 2. Some can _____ ____ build cars, and they do simple jobs________ ____ ____ _______. 3. People think these jobs are boring, but robots will never _______ ________. there are working help to over and over again many times get bored 厌烦，感到无聊 23 Careful-Reading (Para 3) Ask and answer in pairs (Group-work) 1 2 3 4 5 24 01 What are scientists doing now? 02 What can robots in Japan do? 03 What's James White's idea about future robots? 04 Do all the scientists agree with James White? 05 What's the idea of the scientists who disagree with James? 25 Para 3 01 What are scientists doing now? They are trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do. 26 Para 3 02 What can robots in Japan do? Walk and dance 27 Para 3 03 What's James White's idea about future robots? He thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are. 28 Para 3 04 Do all the scientists agree with James White? No, they don't. Many scientists disagree with him. agree with sb. disagree with sb. 29 Para 3 They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years. 05 What's the idea of the scientists who disagree with James? 30 Para 3 some scientists (James White) other scientists VS It will be difficult to make robots really think like a human. Robots will even be able to talk like humans. 31 Careful-Reading (Para 4) Fill in the form. Robots in the future How long will it take? Shapes（形状） _______________ some will look like_________. others might look like_______. hundreds of years humans animals For example, in India. Some robots look like snakes. If buildings _______ _________ with people inside, they can help to ________ _______ people under the buildings. fall down look for 32 Post-Reading Robots will have different shapes. If you have a robot, what will it look like? what will it do? 33 Post-Reading My own robot In the future, I might have my own robot. It will look like__________. It will ________________________. a dog play with my kids and talk with them 34 Have a discussion 1.Will robots think like humans? What will happen if the robots can think like humans? 2.Is it good or bad to make robots? Good: be teachers/doctors/servants/friends They will do most of the work to take the place of humans,so people will have more free time to relax Bad: People will be lazy (lazier and lazier) More people will lose their jobs and they won't find jobs... 35 Every coin has two sides.There are some good things and bad things in our life. Double-edged sword 双刃剑 The key is to use it properly. 36 Let's have a summary and retell . robots in the movies human servants housework dirty /dangerous now build cars simple jobs never get bored in the future will look like humans animals some scientists other scientists 37 Let us retell the passage. In the movies ,robots are like _________.And they help with the __________ and do dirty and __________jobs. Now,robots can work in _________.Some can build _____and they can do _________ jobs and they will not get bored. In the future ,there will be more robots,but it may take hundreds of years.They will look like humans and _______.Some can help look for people under the buildings. However,different people have different ideas.Some scientists think robots can do the ________ things as we do.But some think it will be ________ to make them think like a human. humans housework dangerous factories cars simple animals difficult same 38 Homework Share your ideas with your partner and draw a picture of your future robot. Then write a short introduction of it. 39 Thank you 40 $$