高中英語(yǔ)選修七Unit2Reading

高二人教新課標(biāo)版選修七Unit2RobotsReadingWhat’sarobot?(Page10)Arobotisamachinedesignedtodojobsthatareusuallyperformedbyhumans.Theyareprogrammedandcontrolledbyacomputer.Let’slookatsomepicturesandsee

whatrobotscanlooklike.Robotscanbemadeintoallkindsofthings.Whatcanrobotsdo?Pre-readingRobotsPlaywithhumanSecretaryDodangerousworkHouseworkAndsoon…TypesofrobotsIndustrialrobotsusedinmanufacturingDomesticrobotssuchasvacuumcleanersandlawnmowers;Entertainmentrobotssuchastoysandthoseinthemeparks;Robotsusedintoxicwasteclean-upandinunderwaterandspaceexploration;…Doyouthinkitispossibleforarobotto:thinkforitselfhavefeelingshaveitsownneedsanddesireslookandfeellikeahumanbeingReadingSatisfactionGuaranteedAsimov’sfirstlawforrobots:Arobotmustnotinjurehumanbeingorallowthemtobeinjured.Inthiscasetheinjuryisnotaphysicalonebutapsychologicalone.Aboutthewriter:IsaacAsimovReadthetextquicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions:SkimmingWhatisthetextmainlyabout?Itismainlyabouthowarobotusedforhouseworkwastestedoutinafamily.2.WhatdidtherobotcalledTonylooklike?Helookedlikeatallandhandsomeman,speakinginadeepvoice,withsmoothblackhairandhisfacialexpressionunchanged.Howmanycharactersarementioned?Whoarethey?Whatarethey?whatistherelationbetweenthem?LarryBelmontClaireTonyGladysClaffernArobotOneoftherichestandmostpowerfulwomenaround.employedinacompanythatmakesrobotshousewifecouplewastobetestedoutbyClaireintheirfamilyawomanthatClaireenviesMakealistofwhattherobotTonydidduringtheexperiment.didhouseworkPreventedClaire

frombeingharmed

(example)helpedClairemakeherself

andherhomeelegantby…h(huán)elpedClairebe

envied

byotherwomengaveheradviceonhow

todecorateherhousegaveheranewhaircutand

changedthemakeupsheworeThechangeofClaire’sfeelingtoTonyunwillingtoacceptproudofhimalarmed,disturbed

andfrightenedembarrassed,disturbed

andfrightenedtrustfallinlove.LarrywasgoingtobeawayfromhomesohehiredarobottoaccompanyhiswifeClaire.2.Clairedidn’tliketheideaatthebeginning,butatlastsheagreedtoit.3.WhenTonyofferedtohelpdressing,Clairewaspleasedtoacceptit.Butshethoughtitwassurprisingforarobottobesohuman.T1FFTrueorFalseCarefulReading4.TonycouldunderstandClairewhenshesaidshewasnotclever.5.Claire’shusbandwantedtoimprovehissocialposition,butshewassorryshecoulddonothingtohelphim.6.TonywaseagertohelpClaire.Hescannedquitealotofbooksinthelibrary,buthecouldfindnowaysout.TTF7.TonyaskedClairetogothetowntobuythingsheneededtoimprovethehouse.8.ItwasClairethatfirstdecidedtoinviteGladysandherfriendstoherhouse.9.WhileTonyworkedontheimprovementsofthehouse,Clairealsodidherpart.1FTF10.Claire’sguestswerefilledwithadmirationwhentheysawherhousewascompletelychanged.11.ClairewasveryhappytofindthatGladysenviedher.12.ThecompanywassatisfiedwithTony’sreportbecausehehadsuccessfullymadeawomanfallinlovewithhim.TTF1.WhydidLarrybringarobotbackhome?A.Tohelphiswife.B.Totestouttherobot.C.Toaccompanyhiswife.D.Forentertainment.本題旨在幫助大家練習(xí)主旨粗心歸納能力。主旨?xì)w納禁忌八面玲瓏追求理解的徹底完美?？刹捎脪咦x,跳讀(scan,skim)。Forthemainidea.BListentothetextcarefully.answerthequestions:2.WhatkindofrobotwasTony?A.anindustrialrobotB.anentertainmentC.arobotthatcancarriesoutjobsinthehouseD.arobotthatcancarriesoutjobsintheshop3.WhodidClaireturntoforhelpwhenasalesmanwasrudetoherintheshop.A.TonyB.herhusbandC.ThemanageroftheshopD.Gladys4.WhydidGladysenvyClaire?Because___________.A.shehadahandsomefriendB.shewasbeautifulC.shewasrichD.sheispowerfulFordetailsCAA5.WhyshouldTonyberebuilt?Because_______.A.heharmspeopleB.itcannothelpthehousewifeinthefamilyC.itistoofrighteningD.wecannothavewomenfallinginlovewithmachinesMakeinferenceD1.Claire’sfeelingstowardTonychangedasthestorydeveloped.Readthestory,thenfillintheoccasionswhenClairehadthesefeelings.ComprehendingExercise1BeforehearrivedWhenheofferedtohelpherdressWhenheofferedtohelpherimproveherhouseandherselfWhenhehelpedherwiththesalesmanWhenshefelloffaladderandcaughtbyTonyWhensheheardGladyswhisperingtoanotherwomanthatshehadneverseenanyonesohandsomeasTony.SherememberedTonywasjustamachine.Readthestoryagainandanswerthefollowingquestionsingroups.1.WhydidTonyopenthecurtains?Exercise2HewantedClaire’sgueststoseehimandClairetogethersothatshewouldbeenviedbywomenguests.2.WhatdidTonydotopreventClairefrombeingharmed?Bymakingherfeelgoodaboutherself.Hehelpedhermakeherandherhomeelegantsothatshewouldnotfeellikeafailure.3.WhydidTonyhavetoberebuilt?Becausethecompanyfeltthatitcouldnothavewomenfallinglovewitharobot.5.ClairespentthreeweekswithTonyinherhouse.Whatsentencesinthestoryshowthatshekeptforgettingandthenrememberingthathewasamachine?Howabsurd,shethought.Hewasjustamachine.Heheldherfirmlyinhisarmsandshefeltthewarmthofhisbody.Shescreamed,pushedhimawayandrantoherroomfortherestoftheday.Thensheremembered–Tonywasjustamachines.Sheshouted“Leavemealone”andrantoherbed.Ingroups,listTony’scharacteristicsthatweresimilartoandthosedifferentfromthoseofahumanbeing.Exercise3Lookslikeahumanbeing.Bodyandskinsoftandwarm.Hairandfingernailsrealistic.Voicelikeahuman’s.Facialexpressionsneverchange.Quickerreactions(ShefelloffaladderandeventhoughTonywasinthenextroom,hemanagedtocatchherintime.)Abletomakesuggestionsandpredictions.Abletomakeaplanandfollowitthrough.Hasgoodcommunicationskills.Behaviournotappropriate(Tonybroughtherbreakfastandthenaskedherwhethersheneededhelpdressing)Whichlawisthestory“SatisfactionGuaranteed”basedon?2.WhatmighthappeninaworldwheretherewererobotsifAsimov’sthreelawsdidnotexist?Discussion阿西莫夫機(jī)器人三大定律：

機(jī)器人不得傷害人類,或看到人類受到傷害而冷眼旁觀；

在不違犯第一定律的前提下,機(jī)器人必須絕對(duì)聽從人類給與的任何命令；

在不違犯第一定律和第二定律的前提下,機(jī)器人必須全力保護(hù)自己。1.desirev.1)盼望;希望(做某事):desiretodosth.2)要求某事3)要求(懇求)某人做某事desirethat…do/shoulddo;desiresb.todosth.我請(qǐng)您立刻回信。Idesire____________________ofyours.我們希望有個(gè)好結(jié)果。_____________________________去請(qǐng)他進(jìn)來(lái)。__________________________animmediateanswerWedesiretohaveagoodresult.Pleasedesirehimtocomein.LanguagePoints他們要求你馬上回來(lái)。Theydesire______________________________.thatyoushouldcomeatoncedesiren.(1)愿望;欲望(2)要求(3)食欲(4)向往的東西他有強(qiáng)烈的求知欲。Hehas____________________________________.astrongdesireforknowledge/tolearnmeetone’sdesirehave\feelagreatdesireforatone’sdesire知足某人的欲望盼望照某人希望2.satisfactionn.(opp.dissatisfaction)1)知足;滿意;舒服(at;with)2)令人滿意的事物我聽了這個(gè)消息特別滿意。Iheardthenews____________________________.withgreat/muchsatisfactionsatisfyvt.satisfiedadj.satisfyingadj.satisfactoryadj.知足;使知足滿意的;知足的令人滿意的令人滿意的Shesmiledwithgreatsatisfaction.thesatisfactionsofdoingwork工作的樂趣v.satisfyIt’snoteasytosatisfyhim.adj.satisfiedsatisfying令人滿意的Iamsatisfiedwiththeresultoftheexam.Theresultoftheexamissatisfying.adj.satisfactory滿意的/優(yōu)異的/圓滿的It’sasatisfactoryexcuseforhisabsence.expressone’ssatisfactionat/withfindsatisfactionintosb’ssatisfaction/tothesatisfactionofsb.withsatisfaction對(duì)……表示滿意對(duì)……感覺滿意到使某人滿意的程度滿意地3.testout考驗(yàn)testvt.examineandmeasurethequalities考驗(yàn);試驗(yàn);測(cè)驗(yàn)Thelongclimbtested(out)ourpowersofendurance.這次長(zhǎng)距離登山考驗(yàn)了我們的耐力。Shetestedthewholeclassonirregularverbs.她對(duì)全班學(xué)生進(jìn)行了不規(guī)則動(dòng)詞的測(cè)驗(yàn)。testn.examinationortrialofthequalities,考驗(yàn);試驗(yàn);測(cè)驗(yàn);化驗(yàn)Sheleftherpurseonthetableasatestofthechild’shonesty.Shegavethestudentsatestinmathyesterday.aneyetest眼睛檢查abloodtest驗(yàn)血4.alarmn.警報(bào);慌張;驚慌火災(zāi)惹起很大驚慌。____________________________Thefirecausedmuchalarm.give/raise/soundthealarmtake(the)alarmatafirealarmafalsealarmairalarmwaterlevelalarm發(fā)警報(bào);敲警鐘對(duì)……感覺驚訝;火警虛驚一場(chǎng)空襲警報(bào)水位警示alarmvt.使警備;驚動(dòng);使慌張不要慌張Don’talarmyourself.bealarmedat(thenews)被(那消息)嚇了一跳.bealarmedfor(thesafetyof…)放心不下;擔(dān)心(……的安全)達(dá)成句子:1)Asmallboysawthesmokeand_________________(發(fā)出警報(bào)).2)________________________(人人都感覺驚慌)thenewsthatwarmightbreakout.raisedthealarmEverybodywasalarmedat5.smoothadj.平展的;平滑的;順利的路平展了/困難打掃了。______________________vt.使……圓滑,平展或順利用熨斗把這件衣服熨平。______________________________smoothlyadv.平穩(wěn)地;順利地一切進(jìn)展順利。_________________________Thewayisnowsmooth.Smooththisdresswithahotiron.Everythingwentsmoothly.6.embarrassvt.使困惑;使局促不安銷路下降使公司陷于財(cái)政困難.Thedeclineofsales_______________________.在生人眼前局促不安embarrasssb.withsth./bydoingsth.做……使某人尷尬/害羞/窘?jīng)r不要問(wèn)隱私,會(huì)讓他們感覺不好心思Don’t_______________________(byasking)personalquestions.embarrassedthecompanybe/feelembarrassedinthepresenceofstrangersembarrassthemwithembarrassedadj.尷尬的,尷尬的,害羞的他對(duì)我衣服的評(píng)論使我很尷尬。_________________byhiscommentsaboutmyclothes.embarrassingadj.使人尷尬的;令人尷尬的你什么時(shí)候最尷尬?Whathasbeenyour______________________________?Iwasembarrassedmostembarrassingmoment7.sympathyn.同情;同感;同情心有關(guān)短語(yǔ)：expresssympathyfor慰問(wèn)feelsympathyfor,havesympathyfor同情insympathywith同情;贊成;隨著;和……一致outofsympathyfor…h(huán)aveno/some…sympathywithsb/sth不支持/支持某人/某事出于對(duì)…的同情翻譯:我確信她一定贊成你的建議。(insympathywith)I’msureshewillbeinsympathywithyourproposal.我不同意他的建議。(havenosympathywith)Ihavenosympathywithhim.我同情你。(sympathize)Isympathizewithyou.8.pilen.堆;摞;疊v.堆起;聚積apileof/pilesof=lotsof成堆的/成批的pileup增多;積累;(車輛)相碰Therewereapileofmagazinesonthedesk.I’vegotpilesofworktodothisevening.Thefallenleavespiledup.聚積9.withwonder:迷惑地with+n作狀語(yǔ)withsurprise/embarrassment/fear10.reachfor/reachoutone’shandforHereachedouthishandforanapple.n.reachwithinone’sreachoutofone’sreach=beyondone’sreach11.accompanyv.1)togo/staywithI’dlikeyoutoaccompanymetothesupermarket.Whataccompanieshimisalwaysadog.2)toexistatthesametime和……一起發(fā)生Lightningusuallyaccompaniesthunder.12.Assheturnedaround,therestoodGladysClaffern.1)倒裝句:Downcamethehammerandoutflewthesparks.Inrushedtheboys!A.謂語(yǔ)是go,come,run,等表示地點(diǎn)轉(zhuǎn)移的動(dòng)詞和be動(dòng)詞，B.句中有表示方位的副詞there,here,up,down,in,out,away等，為強(qiáng)調(diào)該副詞,可將副詞置于句首,但要注意：Therecamethebus!Hereheis!若主語(yǔ)是名詞,用倒裝;若是代詞,則不倒裝。2)turnaround轉(zhuǎn)身;展轉(zhuǎn);旋轉(zhuǎn);好轉(zhuǎn),有轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)他突然轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身來(lái),看見了我。_________________________________________________Allofasuddenheturnedaround/aboutandsawme.turnaboutturnagainstturnawayturnonturnoffturnout轉(zhuǎn)身;轉(zhuǎn)向;調(diào)向背叛;抗?fàn)?使抗衡把(臉)轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)去;拋棄開(電燈,收音機(jī),自來(lái)水)解雇;關(guān)掉;使失去興趣結(jié)果是;證明是;生產(chǎn)(產(chǎn)品)13.affairn.事情/曖昧關(guān)系/私通pl業(yè)務(wù)/事務(wù)/事態(tài)Affairsatpresentinthatcountryareunsettled.那個(gè)國(guó)家目前的形勢(shì)動(dòng)亂不安.Bigcountriesdon’ttrytodirecttheaffairsofothercountries.current/foreign/worldaffairs時(shí)事/外交事務(wù)/世界事務(wù)affairsofstate國(guó)事/國(guó)務(wù)/政務(wù)14.declarevt.宣布;聲明;表示;說(shuō)明;聲稱1)declare+n.宣告他們將很快宣布選舉的結(jié)果。____________________________________________2)declare+n.+(tobe)n./adj.宣布……為……裁判宣布他為比賽的冠軍。_____________________________________________________Theywilldeclaretheresultsoftheelectionsoon.Thejudgedeclaredhim(tobe)thewinnerofthecompetition.我宣布這次會(huì)議開始.__________________________________3)declare+(that)從句聲稱;聲稱她聲稱她是對(duì)的._______________________________Ideclaredthisconference(tobe)open.Shedeclared(that)shewasright.declarewaron/upon對(duì)……宣戰(zhàn)declareagainst聲明反對(duì)declarefor(infavourof)聲明贊成15.morethan+n不只是是,不止StudentTimesismorethananewspaper.IthelpsustolearnEnglish.Whathewantsismorethanmoney.morethan+adj/adv/v很/特別Heismorethanscaredofcats.more+adj/adv/n/v+than與其說(shuō)……,，不如說(shuō)……Heismorescaredthanill.他與其說(shuō)是病了,倒不如說(shuō)他是受了驚嚇。16.ItwasthenthatClairerealizedthatTonyhadopenedthecurtains…強(qiáng)調(diào)句Itis/was+強(qiáng)調(diào)部分+that/who+其他Itisnotwhereyoucomefromorwhatyouare,buttheabilitytodothejob______matters.A.oneB.thatC.whatD.itItwasaftertheinventionofprinting_____topublishlargenumbersofbooksandpictures.A.werepeopleableB.thatpeoplewereableC.whenwerepeopleableD.peoplewereableBB17.impresssbwithsthimpresssthon/uponsbmakeanimpressiononsb這位姑娘既開朗又有風(fēng)趣感,給這位男孩留下了深刻的印象。Thegirlimpressedtheboywithherlivelinessandsenseofhumor.他的話銘記在我內(nèi)心。Hiswordswasimpressedonme.他給我留下了深刻的印象。Hemadeastrongimpressiononme.18.envyvt.&n.忌妒;羨慕1)envy+sb.(forsth.)2)envysb.sth.忌妒/羨慕某人某事我真羨慕您！______________