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Unit 3 Robots
Reading
Warming up
Enjoy and discuss what can this robot do for people?
water the flowers
tidy up
Pre-reading
Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.
1. as good as ____ a. very untidy or dirty
2. satisfy ____ b. in a correct way
3. virus ____ c. keep something somewhere
4. properly ____ d. very nearly
5. in a complete mess ____ e. instructions that are
designed to cause
computer problem
6. store ____ f. provide what is needed
d
f
e
b
a
c
cook dinner
look after patients
Task 2: Read the text again and divide it into 4 parts and match its main idea.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
(Para 1)
(Para 2-4)
(Para 5)
(Para 6)
Introduce the reason for Mr. Jiang to buy a robot
Bad changes
Return the robot
Good changes
Read Para 1 and fill in the blanks.
Living with a robot
Name:
Job:
Why :
Mr. Jiang
a manager
can have more spare time
While-reading
Task 1: Read the text after the tap and answer the questions.
1. What does Mr. Jiang do?
He is a manager of a big company in Sunshine Town.
2. Why did he buy a robot?
Because he wanted to have more free time.
3. Where did he buy a robot?
He bought it from a robot shop.
4. How did he deal with the robot at last?
He decided to return the robot to the robot shop.
play with children
Let's predict
(1) What would the robot do for Mr Jiang?
(2) What would happen finally?
Post-reading
Daniel is thinking of the good and bad points of having a robot. Help him complete the lists below using the information in the story.
Good points
1. With the robot’s help, I will have a lot more time to _____.
2. It can make ________ for me in the morning.
3. It can _____ my clothes.
4. It can ___________ at the supermarket if I am busy.
5. It can _______ after dinner.
6. My flat will look _____________.
relax
breakfast
iron
go shopping
tidy up
as good as new
Bad points
1. If the robot catches _______, it will cause a lot of problems.
2. It might ___________ early in the morning.
3. It might lay me food on the ____.
4. It might store the milk in the ____________.
5. It might spread coins, bills and ________________ all over the flood.
6. I might move too fast and _________________.
a virus
wake me up
bed
rubbish bin
my private papers
knock things over
Language points
1. He is always too busy to have any time to relax.
= He is always not _____ ________ to have any time to relax.
= He is always _____ busy ______ he doesn’t have any time to relax.
free enough
so that
Practice:
1. Kitty, these books are _____ heavy for you _____ carry. Let me help you.
A. as…as B. too…to C. such…that D. so…that
2. The young man is a funny man. His shows were _____ funny _____ tickets were sold out very soon.
A. very; that B. too; to C. such; that D. so; that
Daniel and Millie are talking on the phone. Daniel wants to buy a robot. Millie is asking him what it would be like to live with a robot. Write a T if Daniel’s answer is true or an F if it is false.
Millie: Would a robot bring any changes to your life?
Daniel: (1) Yes. Some changes might be good, but some might not. ___
Millie: How could a robot help you in the morning?
Daniel: (2) It could eat breakfast for me. ___
Millie: Could it do some shopping for you?
Daniel: (3) Yes. it could do some shopping at the supermarket. ___
Millie: What would the robot do while you are at school?
T
F
make
T
2. The robot made Mr Jiang’s life much easier.
(1) make sb./sth. + adj. 使某人/某物处于……(状态);此处的形容词作宾语补足语。
e.g. We’ll try our best to make the room clean and beautiful.
(2) make sb. do sth. 让某人做某事;make后面跟不带to的动词不定式作宾语补足语。
e.g. My parents make me play the piano every day.
(3) make sb./sth. + n. 使某人/某物(成为)……
e.g. We made him our monitor.
(4) make sb./sth. + 过去分词 让某人/某物被……
e.g. You should try to make yourself understood.
3. It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiang’s needs.
(1) It seems/seemed that … 似乎……
e.g. It seemed that he washed the clothes by hand.
(2) seem to do sth. 似乎做某事
e.g. He seems to have a lot of friends.
= It seems that he has a lot of friends.
(3) seem (to be) + adj. 似乎/看来……
e.g. He seems (to be) very happy today.
Daniel: (4) It would do the housework. ___
Millie: Could the robot cook?
Daniel: (5) I’m afraid it couldn’t. ___
Millie: Does a robot sometimes go wrong?
Daniel: (6) Yes, a robot sometimes goes wrong. ___
Millie: What might cause a robot not to work properly?
Daniel: (7) For example, it could catch a virus. ___
Millie: What would happen then?
Daniel: (8) It could make stupid mistakes. ___
Millie: Could you fix your robot by yourself?
Daniel: (9) No. I wouldn’t know what to do with it. ___
Millie: So what could you do if you find the robot too much trouble?
Daniel: (10) I can return it to the factory. ___
T
F
Yes, it could.
T
T
T
T
T
viewing ability
Teaching reflection (Highlights)
3. based on students’ real life
Teaching reflection (Highlights)
4. cultivate students’ core competencies
01
capacity
03
language ability learning
cultural awareness 02
thinking
ability
04
1. It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiang’s needs.
(1) satisfy v.满足,使……满意
satisfaction n.满意,满足
satisfying adj.令人满意的,令人满足的
satisfied adj.满意的,满足的
be satisfied with … 对……感到满意
e.g. My parents are satisfied with my performance this time.
(2) need n.需要的事物;欲望;常用复数形式
meet/satisfy one’s needs 满足某人的需要
be in need of … 需要……
e.g. They try to satisfy the students’ needs.
The building is in need of repair.
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1.satisfy: vt. “使。。。满意”, satisfying, satisfied, satisfied.
It is impossible to satisfy everyone. Adj. Satisfied: 感到满意的,常形容人 Be satisfied with….: 对什么满意的 Satisfying: 让人满意的,常形容物2.complete: (1)adj. 完全的,彻底的副词:completely ; 反义词:incomplete(不完整的)
It is a complete story. 这是一个完整的故事。 (2)vt. 完成It took them three months to complete the project.
仓颉之初作书盖依类象形故谓之文其形声相益即谓之字文者物象之本字者言孳乳而浸多也著于竹帛谓之仓颉之初作书盖依类象形故谓之文其形声相益即谓之字文者物象之本字者言孳乳而
2.mess (1)n. 乱七八糟Be in a mess : “乱七八糟;不整齐”
the kitchen is in a mess. 厨房里乱七八糟。Make a mess of sth: 把。。。。弄得一团糟
the heavy rain had made a mess of the garden.(2) vt. 弄乱Mess up: 搞乱,弄糟
the little boy messed the room up.
这小男孩把房间弄的又乱又脏。
Discussion
1. If you are the owner of the broken robot in the text, what will you do?
2. Should we ask robots to do all the work for us? What is your ideal robot like?
Practice:
1. 这只大蛋糕不足以让他解饿。
The big cake was not enough to _______ ____ ________.
2. 丹尼尔对他的机器人一点都不满意。
Daniel ____ _____ ________ _____ his robot at all.
satisfy his hunger
is not satisfied with
1. When reading, students have difficulty reading and understanding new words in the passage, such as iron and satisfy.
2. When discussing, some students are not able to use correct words or phrases to express ideas and their ideas are not organized enough.
3. When debating, students lack
background information.
1. Add necessary pictures and phonetic symbols, then teach students to use proper reading strategies to guess meanings of new words from pictures and context while reading.
2. Provide sufficient scaffolding before students’ discussion.
3. Present more multimodal discourses to inspire students before debating.
Teaching reflection (Improvements)
Problems
Plans
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Store (1) vt. “储藏,存储”,stored, stored, storing
They used the house to store the building materials. (2)n. 商店
These stores stay open very late.5.spread: (1) n. 扩散,分布,展开
What can we do to prevent the spread of the disease?(2) vt. “散布,传播,展开” spread, spread
They spread some newspapers on the ground.
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