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选修7 Unit 2 Robots  (学案)  

The First Period  Reading

【教学目标】Teaching goals

a. 重点词汇和短语

fiction, cartoon, desire, satisfaction, absent, alarm, alarmed, smooth, embarrass, sympathy, elegant, pile, scan, fingernail, absurd, haircut, accompany, curtain, cushion, carpet, paint, awful，affair, firm, firmly, declare, victory, envy, marriage, test out, ring up, turn around, leave alone

b. 重点句型

1. She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go.

2. Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot.

3. By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair.

【教学重点】Teaching important points

 Teach students to enjoy science fiction. Enable students to grasp what Tony did to help Claire and how her emotion developed during Tony’s stay at her house. Help students to sum up characteristics of science fiction.

【教学难点】Teaching difficult points

How Claire’s emotion developed during Tony’s stay at her house.

【教学过程】Teaching procedures：

Step I   Warming up：

【问题探究】：What is a robot?

How can a robot perform human tasks?

Step II  Reading：

Ask the students to scan the text and find out what Tony looks like.

1. What did Tony look like?

2. What did Tony do to make Claire and her home elegant?

First reading: Read the story and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Please try to find the sentences in the story to support your answers:

1)Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire.

2)Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning , but she agreed to it at last.

3)When Tony, the robot, offered to help dressing , Claire was pleased to accept it . But she thought it was surprising for a robot to be so human.

4)Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever.

5)Claire ‘s husband wanted to improve his social position , but she was sorry she could do nothing to help him.

6) Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned  a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out.

7) Tony asked Claire to go to the town to buy things he needed to improve the house.

8)It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house.

9) While Tony worked on the improvements of the house, Claire also did her part.

10)Claire was  happy to find the Gladys envied her.

Second reading:

1) Why did Tony open the curtain?

2)What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed?

3)Why should Tony be rebuilt?

4.Claire spent three weeks with Tony in her house. What sentences in the story show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he was a machine? Underline them.

Careful reading:

Ask students to read the text carefully and then discuss the comprehending questions on Page 12 in groups.

Claire’s emotion development

After dealing with the comprehending exercises, ask students to work together to find how Claire’s emotion developed.

【语言点讲解】Explanation(Language points)

1.test out sth.=put sth. to the test对新试做的物品或新产生的理论进行“试用”或“检验考验”，检验其试用的程度或有效性，以便加以改进。

E.g.Their thory is going to be tested out.

2.alarm  n.警报，惊慌e.g. The fire caused much alarm.火灾引起很大的恐慌．

相关短语：

give the alarm to~~　　发警报给～～  take alarm at~~　　对～～感到吃惊

a fire alarm　　火警    a false  alarm　　虚惊一场

Vt.使警觉，使惊慌e.g. I don’t want to alarm you, but  there is a strange man in your garden.我不想吓唬你，不过你花园里有个陌生人．

相关短语：

be alarmed at ~~  被～～吓了一跳

e.g.I was alarmed at his entering the home.

be alarmed for~~  对～～放心不下e.g.I was alarmed for her safty.

3．embarrassed  尴尬的，难堪的，害羞的

e.g.be embarressed in the presence of stranges在生人面前局促不安

4.sympathy 　同情心，同感

express sympathy for~~对～～表示慰问  a letter of sympathy慰问信

feel/have sympathy for~~同情～～

e.g.I felt much sympathy for the blind.

be in sympathy with～～赞同～～

5.or rather　或者说，准确地说

e.g.What I want is the truth,or rather a series of truth.我需要的是事实，准确地说是一系列事实．

6.affair　暖昧关系，事情，私通
e.g.Don’t mind one’s own affaires/ business.别管闲事！
have an affair with sb.跟某人有不正当的男女关系.
e.g.she was having an affair with someone who has a wife（有妇之夫）.
It’s not my affair.这不关我的事．

7 suggest doing sth.建议做～～
suggest sth. to sb.=suggest to sb that从句
给某人提建议
e.g.I suggested to him that he should work hard.
8.declare　宣布，声明，表明

declare war on/upon~~　对～～宣战

declare +n./sb. to be ~~　宣布～～为～～

e.g.I declare this meeting to be open.

我宣布会议开始．

declare oneself　　发表意见，表明态度 declare against ~~　声明反对

declare for sth.=declare in

favor of sth.声明赞成

9.more than　1)极其，不止

e.g.When I heard the news I was more than surprised,I was astonished.当我听了这个消息，我不止是吃了一惊，而是大吃一惊．

2)多于e.g.It was more than five years since I had come here.

10 envy　嫉妒，羡慕

 e.g.How I envy you!you have a happy family!
envy sb.sth.　　嫉妒羡慕某人某事  be green with envy　非常妒忌
be in envy of one’s success　羡慕某人的成功
out of envy　　出于妒忌／羡慕
11. have somebody doing 让某人做什么

You can’t have women falling in love with machines.你不能让女人跟机器人相爱．

have sb./sth. doing sth.不允许～～做某事

fall in love with sb.指的是和某位异性陷入热恋，通常你们之间相识一段时间． have a crush on sb.对一位异性十分着迷，通常指不太熟悉的异性，比方说你在路上遇见个让你着迷的异性． be in love with sb强调爱恋这一状态

【同步练习】单词拼写

1．We all _____ (渴望)peace and happiness．

2．Flower arrangement is an ______ (高雅的)art．

3．This kind of material feels as _____ (光滑的)as silk．

4．The parliament _____(宣告)that the colony was independent．

5．She ______ (陪伴)her friend to the concert last night.

6. How I e______ you getting an extra day's holiday.

7. To my s______, my son passed the examination.

8. None of them could offer a satisfactory e______ for their absence.

9. Remember not to e______ them by asking personal questions.

10. His second m______ was held at St. Paul's church.

词组活用

for oneself  reach(...) for leave... alone  search for　 take... seriously

 1. The little boy ______ the book on the shelf.

 2. The police were ______ the prisoner escaping from prison last night.

 3. ______ my words, 　　　or you will be sorry some day.

 4. I told him to ______ my things ______, but he wouldn't listen.

 5. I shall not believe it until I see it ______ ______.

句型转换

1. I had never expected that I would get a Christmas present.

   A Christmas present was I had ______ ______ I had expected.

2. Thanks to your help, I succeeded in finishing my task in time.

   Thanks to your help, I ______ ______ finish my task in time.

3. The thing that surprised me most was to see the village people sitting quietly in our classroom.

  ______ ______ me most was ______ the village people were sitting quietly in our classroom.

4. Every year in China, people keep a day with the purpose of honoring and showing respect for the elders.

  Every year in china, a day is ______ ______ to honor and Show respect for the elders.

5. She shut herself in the room so as not to be disturbed.

   She shut herself in the room ______ ______ she might not be disturbed.

文化视野

Read the following and fill the blanks with the given words

control； development; fields; bank; perform; used; possible; fort pay; because; made; moneys whatever; play; recognize

      Computer have played and will play a very important role in many   1  , such as education, transport, personal life, scientific research. Nowadays computers are being   2   in agriculture and industry and can help the farmers to  3   the conditions of plants. More and more computers will come into our daily life with the    4   of science and technology.

    If you want to change money or   5   your electricity bills, you won't have to go to the  6  .

     A computer and a telephone will help you. It can also help you to do housework and it can   7   human voices and   8   instructions. It is   9   that the majority of labor force will work at home. People will be able to use the videophone  10  conferences. This can help us save a lot of energy and   11  . It is thought that in the future we won't have to go shopping because we will be able to get almost  12   we want on the Internet. There will be no more books

   13  we will be able to get all texts from computers. The Internet will be used to   14   games, see films and buy foods. Most telephone calls will be  15   by computers too.

【达标测试】

II．单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

2l. They desired that they___________ the right to vote.

A. had         B. have    C. are       D. were

22. Nick is looking for another job because he feels that nothing he does_________ his boss.

A. serves      B. satisfies     C. promises    D. support                                 

23. One side of the board should be painted yellow, and_______

A. the other is white     B. another white    C. the other white D. another is white                            

24. —Hi , Tracy , you look tired.

—I'm tried. I ___________ the living room all day.

A. painted       B. had painted   C. have been painting    D. have painted

25. His wife, to whom he___________ for 20 years , was child­less.

A. had married      B. married       C. has married    D. had been married                         

26. I shall not believe it until I see it___________ myself.

A. for      B. by      C. of    D. in                                      

27. When we finally___________ to get home after the tiring long journey we could hardly move a step farther.

A. tried        B. succeeded      C. managed       D. attempted                               

28. A Tales of Two Cities is___________ a novel.  It helps us to understand the history of England and French of that time.

A. more than      B. not more than     C. no more than         D. less than

29. I'm sorry to tell you that I___________ on the play ground.

A. forget your books           B. forgot your books behind

C. have left your books alone    D. left your books behind

30. Why? I have nothing to confess ___________ you want me to say?

A. What is it that                            B. what it is that

C. How is it that                             D. How it is that

31. It' s the ability to do the job ___________ matters not where you come from or what you are.

A. one         B. that     C. what      D. it                                 

32. Sally worked late in the evening to finish her report ___________ her boss could read it first thing the next morning.

A. so that      B. because    C. although   D. when                                  

33.  Do let your mother know all the truth , she appears ___________ everything.

A. to tell     B. to be told   C. to be telling    D. to have been told                           

34. Tom should love ____________his little sister to the theater this evening.

A. to be taken   B. to take   C. being taken    D. taking                            

35. With a lot of problem ____________, the newly – elected president is having a hard time.

A. settled     B. settling     C. to settle       D. being settled                             

36. We had nothing to do _______ watch TV.

   A. but to      B. then to      C. but       D. then

37. ---What about the protection?

   ---Let’s keep the surface _______ dirt by putting a cover over it.

   A. far from   B. free from   C. apart from   D. away from

38. With all the audience ________, the speech began.

   A. sat     B. seating    C. seated       D. having seated

39. ---Why are you smiling at me? --- You look _______ in that hat.

 A. absent-minded    B. absurd     C. gifted     D. wise

40. John has no difficulty making friends in any situations due to his _______ character.

   A. selfish         B. hardworking      C. easygoing     D. shy

Homework:

1.Review the passage

2. Underline the important words

3. Finish Ex.1 and 2 on P13.