完整word版高中英語Unit2RobotsPeriod4UsingLanguageLis

1、 =_= 成就夢想精誠凝聚Speaking and Writing ，Using Language：ListeningPeriod 4 ?設(shè)計方案?一 Teaching aims Enable students to express supposition and belief. 1Learn to write a passage describing a new type of robot. 2 Teaching procedures inLeadStep 1 ask students to look at the words below.Many of them are used to d

2、escribe Claire's ，F(xiàn)irst1feelings in the story.Carry out the following tasks in pairs. disturbedenviedsurprised attracted embarrassed amazed awful amused alarmedupset frightened satisfied hurt impressed (1)Find as many of these words in the text as possible and underline the sentences. (2)Write a

3、 short paragraph to describe Claire using some of these words. (3)Tell a story using at least five of these words. Sample writing：robot a in finds this friend emotional woman who needs a good friend.She Claire is a very who comes to help her in her home.She is attracted to him because he is so hands

4、ome ，called Tonyand sympathetic.He becomes her best friend.She is impressed by his abilities but embarrassed by her but is ?feelings for him.She is disturbed because she thinks of him as a man ?even though he is notin succeeds an affair.Claire and think they are having envy amused that other women h

5、er ，but in doing so falls in love with Tony.His visit leaves her upsetovercoming her sense of failure，which has replaced her sense of failure.She has been hurt by Tony because he is ，frightened and hurttoo nice rather than because he is not nice enough. have a small talk about the story. Next，2(1)Wh

6、y did Tony have to be rebuilt? (2)How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in your house? Suggested answers：(1)Because you can't have women falling in love with machines. (2)Various answers are possible.Students are encouraged to speak out their feelings freely. Listening Step 2Read the q

7、uestions and Molly and Kate are discussing the story “Satisfaction Guaranteed”1then listen to their conversation.Tick the correct boxes. 照亮人生 /(v) 點亮心燈 精誠凝聚 =_= 成就夢想 Questions Molly Kate1.Who really likes the story？ ？ 2.Who thinks that Claire loved Tony 3.Who thinks that Tony loved Claire？ 4.Who thi

8、nks that the purpose of Tony's action was to make Claire ？feel good about herself 5.Who thinks taking Tony away must have hurt Claire？ 6.Who said that making a robot so much like a man was bound to ？cause trouble Keys：Questions Molly Kate？ 1.Who really likes the story ？2.Who thinks that Claire l

9、oved Tony 3.Who thinks that Tony loved Claire？ 4.Who thinks that the purpose of Tony's action was to make Claire ？feel good about herself ？ 5.Who thinks taking Tony away must have hurt Claire 6.Who said that making a robot so much like a man was bound to cause trouble？ listen again and find answ

10、ers to the following questions. ， 2.Next (1)What does Kate think the difference between robots and human is? (2)How does Kate think Claire was hurting herself? (3)Why would one of the girls like a robot such as Tony living at her house? (4)What does Kate think the company's biggest mistake was?

11、Suggested answers：(1)Robots can't feel emotion of any kind. (2)By seeing herself in a negative way. (3)She likes the idea of a handsome man whose only purpose was to please her. (4)Making the robot look so much like a real man Listen to the tape again and write down the expressions of suppositio

12、n and belief. 3 Keys：but I don't believe robots can feel emotion of any kind.，Yesmaybe Claire fell in love with himI think Tony loved Claire.I guess that's why the company had to rebuild him.So it must have hurt her when he was taken away.I suppose that was the company's greatest mistake

13、. 照亮人生 /(v) 點亮心燈 成就夢想精誠凝聚 =_= Step 3 Discussion Students are asked to work in groups and imagine having a robot in their houses to do the housework.Discuss what the positive or negative effects of the situation would be.(Don't forget to use expressions of supposition and belief.Students are give

14、n five minutes.Five minutes later，ask some students to present their ideas to the whole class.Encourage every student to use his imagination，because there're no right or wrong answers，only different opinions.After students present their opinions，the teacher speaks out his or her opinion.) A samp

15、le Positive_effects I think it is wonderful for people to have robots in their houses to do the housework.After a day's work，when people get home，they can be really relaxed with everything prepared by their robots.A robot never gets tired.Nor does it complain.Life will be very easy and comfortab

16、le. Negative_effects Maybe people can enjoy a very comfortable life with the help of their robots.But at the same time I believe people will lose the ability to do housework.As time goes by，people cannot live well without a robot's help.I think that kind of life would be terrible. Step 4 Writing

17、 Students are asked to work in groups.First decide the purpose of the robot，then make a list of the abilities the robot has.Next draw a picture on a piece of paper and name its parts and explain what each part does.Finally write a passage describing the robot and what it can do.Show the following to

18、 help students to design their robots. Tips on designing your robots For each robot that you build，you will have to choose options for six major robot characteristics.Each characteristic gives rise to one or more questions.These are： Looks：What does the robot look like？Is there a reason for it to lo

19、ok as it does？ Sensing：How does the robot “know” or figure out what's in its environment？If it were put in a different environment，would it be able to figure out this new environment？ Movement：How does the robot move within its environment？If it were put in a different environment，would it still

20、 be able to move within this new space？ Manipulation：How does the robot move or manipulate other objects within its environment？Can a single robot move or manipulate more than one kind of object？ Energy：How is the robot powered？Can it have more than one energy source？ Intelligence：How does the robot

21、 “think”？What does it mean to say that a robot “thinks”？ Note：Not all robots have to have all six characteristics.For example，some robots don't need to manipulate things，so they have no manipulating characteristics.Some robots have more than one manifestation of a characteristic.For example，a ro

22、bot may be able to sense its environment using both a vision system and sonar. Students are asked to discuss first.If there is not enough time，they should finfish it after class. Step 5 Homework Write a passage describing a new type of robot. Sample writing： Remote Presence Robots Remote Presence Ro

23、bots allow a medical expert to visually examine and communicate with a patient from anywhere in the world，via the machine，using wireless technology.The robot runs on a 照亮人生 /(v) 點亮心燈 精誠凝聚 =_= 成就夢想 wireless system with the doctor at another location.It is controlled via a secure broadband Internet co

24、nnection.The doctor (controller) and patient are able to have a realtime twoway audiovisual interaction，with the controller in full command of the robots movements，head monitor and camera.The doctor “driving” the robot can view the patient，ask questions and read patient records，view Xrays and test r

25、esults from the console.The patient sees the doctor's image on the robots “face” Although the robot does not physically examine the patient，it allows facetoface contact between the doctor and patient，providing immediate access to specialists. Our robots certainly would never replace all doctors

26、on ward rounds，but they are a communication tool which allows doctors to have direct contact with their patients if they are unable to get to them.And this may be a significant step for patient care. The rubbish collector robot The rubbish collector is a robot about half the size of a small car.Its body is square and contains a large rubbish bin inside it.It has a