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Reading and Thinking —— Satisfaction Guaranteed (Adapted)
学习目标:
1.To learn about the type and usage of a robot.
2.To grasp what Tony did to help Claire and how Claire’s emotion developed during Tony’s stay at her house.
3.To develop a right and critical attitude towards the development of robots and AI.
Leading-in: Free talk
1. What can robots already help humans in our lives today?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Do robots have emotions like human being?
Activity 1 Reading for structure and type
1.What is the text type of this passage?
A. Argumentative writing(议论) B. Narrative writing(记叙)
C. Expository writing(说明) D. An advertisement(广告)
2.Read for structure & main idea
Para 1-2: A How Tony helped Claire with her problems and how Claire felt towards it
Para 3- 8: B The result of Tony living with Claire.
Para 9: C Why and how Tony came to Claire’s house
Main idea: It is mainly about how a household _________ was ______ _____ in a family.
Activity 2 Read for details
1.Read for the main characters and their relationships.
Larry Belmont:worked for____________,Claire’s________
Tony:a______ robot made by_____ to_______
Gladys Claffern:one of the___________.She was everything Claire________________
2.Find out Claire’s problems and Tony’s help.
Claire’s problems
Tony’s help
1. She thought she was not .
2. Her house was not .
3. She wanted to be like .
4. The saleswoman was to her.
5. She was so clumsy to .
1. He gave her a new and improved the she wore.
2. He the house completely.
3. He suggested a in her house.
4. He made the woman changed her
.
5. He managed to in time from the next room.
On the night of the party, before the guests , Tony took her in his arms, said that he did not want the next day, and that he felt more than just the to please her.
Thinking and choose a suitable answer:
3. Why did Tony work on the house improvement?
A. Claire wanted to hold a party in her house.
B. Claire planned to give Larry a surprise.
C. Claire didn’t think it good enough for Larry.
D. Claire intended to make the best of Tony.
4. What did Gladys Claffern think of the relationship between Claire and Tony?
A. Friends. B. Lovers. C. Relatives. D. Colleagues.
Activity4: Analyse development of feeling of Claire.disliked
alarmed
embarrassed
ridiculous &admirable
thankful
shy & nervous
Feelings
Larry Belmont
Occasions
Tony asked about dressing
When Claire fell Tony’s warmth
Tony helped to talk with saleswoman
Tony
offered
sympathy
She first saw Tony
Before
Tony
arrived
Activity 5:What would happen next?(续写小练习)
Then the front door bell rang. Tony let her go and disappeared from sight. It was then that Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window. Her guests had seen everything!(谁来了?他们看到了什么?) The women ________________ Claire, the house and the delicious cuisine,which ___________________. Just before they left, Claire heard Gladys whispering to another woman that ____________________________. __________________________________(被这些女人羡慕是多么甜蜜的胜利!) She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover. Then she (突然想到什么, 她如何反应?)___________________________
The next morning a car drove up and took Tony away. (Tony 被带去了哪里?对他的测试结果反应如何?)________ report on his three weeks with Claire. ()简单回顾Tony作了什么),Tony had ________ a human being from harm when he prevented Claire from falling off a ladder. He had also opened the curtains that night so that the other women would see him and Claire,______________________(这对Claire带来什么好处). (结果即使Tony 如此...,公司得对他怎样?)But even though________________,____________________________________ — you cannot have women falling in love with machines.
Post-reading:
2.Did Tony really fall in love with Claire?
3.Whose satisfaction was guaranteed?
4.Relationship with Robots: Good or Bad for Humans?
Language points
Phrases bank:
1. be away on a business trip_____________ 2. seem more like a human than a machine ___________
3. tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice _____________________________________
4. ……是荒唐的___________________________5.gradually admire one 's wisdom and integrity_______
6. with dignity_____________________________ 7. improve one's social position____________________
8. as a favour______________________________ 9. 更确切地说_______________________
10. 预约做......_______________________11. paint one's nails______________________________
12. be rude to sb._______________________13. change one's attitude_________________________
14.转身______________________________15.be in a relationship____________________________
16.work steadily on the improvements_________________________________________________
17. 从梯子上掉下来_______________________ 18. push sb. away__________________________
19. feel more than just the desire to please sb.___________________________________________
20.take sb. in one’s arms____________________________________________
1. It was going to _______________(test) out by Larry’s wife, Claire.
2. …but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her ______________(harm).
3. It would be _____ bonus.
4. __________________________________________________(他更像是一个人而不像是一台机器。)
5. He was tall and handsome _______smooth hair and a deeo voice, although his ________(face) expression never changed.
6. Now she was_______________ (look) after by a robot_______looked so human, and it was ________(disturb).
7. Claire thought ____ was ridiculous that she was being offered ___________(sympathetic) by a robt, but she ___________(gradual) admired his wisdom and _________(诚实正直) and began to trust him.
8. Claire thanked Tony, _________(tell) him that he was a “dear”.
9. _______ she turned around, _______________________________.(格拉迪丝·克拉芬正站在那。)
10. Although it was __________________(完全无辜), Claire felt ________(guilt).
11.He suggested that she __________(invite) Gladys and her friends to the house the night before he was ___________(leave) and Larry was ___________(return).
12. By that time, Tony expected that the house, _______ was being completely transformed, would be ready.
13. Claire tried to help by ______(work) on a light__________(suspend) from the ceiling, but she fell off the ladder.
14. Even though Tony had been in the next room, he managed __________(catch) her _________(及时).
15. She ___________(scream), ___________(push) him away, and ran to her room.
16. __________________________________________________(时钟敲响了八点整。)
17. At that moment, Tony took her in his arms, __________(bring) his face close to _______(her).
18. She heard him declare that he did not want to leave her the next day, and ______ he felt _______(不仅仅) just the desire ___________(please) her.
2.It+be+adj.+that从句
“It+be+adj.+that从句”是固定句式,其中it是形式主语,真正的主语是that引导的从句。it作形式主语的常用句式:
(1)It+be+adj.+that从句
(2)It+be+过去分词(said,thought,hoped,believed,reported...)+that从句
(3)It+不及物动词(seem,occur,happen)+that从句
(1) 显然他有强烈的欲望接管这家公司. __________________he has an urge to take
over the company..
(2)人们希望把中国传统文化传播到世界。
__________________our traditional Chinese
cultures should be spread to the world.
(3)碰巧我知道如何去火车站。
__________________I knew how to get to the
railway station.
1. 完全倒装
使用完全倒装句的几种情况:“方位方向加时间,地点介短表语(提)前”,即:
(1)here,there(方位),in,out,off,away,up,down(方向),now,then(时间)等表示方位、方向或时间的副词或者表示地点的介词短语置于句首,谓语动词是be,come,go,remain,lie,run等,且主语为名词时,用完全倒装。
(2)主系表结构中,作表语的形容词、副词置于句首时用完全倒装。such作表语置于句首时用完全倒装。
(1)出席会议的是一些全国著名的诗人。
__________________some famous poets all
over the country.
(2) 这儿是一些关于如何创造一个绿色和谐的
环境的建议。 ______________ a green and harmonious environment.
(3)一棵大树下坐着失望的大卫,他不情愿地
放弃了越野赛,悲伤的泪水顺着他的脸止不
住地淌。 _________________,who unwillingly quit the cross-country run and tears of sadness streamed down his cheeks without control.
4)中国人不得不使用外国油的日子一去不复返了__________________ when the Chinese people had to use foreign oil.
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