《牛津初中英语》 9B Unit 2 Robots Reading 扬中外国语学校

a robot

What can a robot do? A robot can do all the housework. It can cook dinner, iron shirts, make the bed, wash the dishes, do the laundry and sweep the floor.

It can be a teacher.

It can look after the children.

1. 看起来跟新的一样好 ________________ 2. 为他准备好 __________________ 3. 对他的机器人满意 __________________ 4. 开始出错 ____________________ 5. 染上病毒 __________________________ 6. 引起很多麻烦 ________________ 7. 在洗衣机里 ________________________ 8. 在房子里四处移动 ____________ 9. 把东西撞翻 ________________________ 10. 发现他的公寓一团糟 _________ 11. 在电饭煲里 _______________________ 12. 硬币被撒得满地都是 _________ 13. 决定把机器人还给机器人商 ________________________________________ 14. 洗衣服的过程 _____________________ 15. 用熨斗使衣服平整 ____________ look as good as new be ready for him be happy/pleased/satisfied with his robot start to go wrong catch a virus cause a lot of problems in the washing machine move around/about the house knock things over find his flat in a mess in the ice cooker coins are spread all over the floor decide to return the robot to the robot shop the process of washing clothes make clothes smooth with an iron

Enjoy the flash and answer the questions 1.Who is the first person in Sunshine Town to own a robot? 2.Where did he buy a robot? 3.Why did the robot cause a lot of problems? 4.How did he deal with the robot in the end? Mr. Jiang is He bought it from a robot shop Because it caught a virus. He returned the robot to the robot shop.

Skimming Read the passage quickly and catch the main idea of each part Para 7 Part1: Part2: Part3: Part4 ： Introduction Para 1-2 Para 3-5 Good points/Advantages Para 6 Bad points/ Disadvantages Ending/Result

Read Paragraphs 1&2 and answer the questions What does Mr.Jiang do? Why did he buy a robot? He is a salesman. In order to have more spare time.

Read Paragraphs 3& 5and fill in the form What did the robot do?What did Mr Jiang do? __________ breakfast _________ his shirts ________ a lunch box stay _____ bed for ___ ________ hour every day In the morning make iron make in an extra

during the day What did the robot do?What did Mr Jiang do? ______ his flat ____ the laundry ______ the dishes ________ the floor, ______ the bed, ______ the rooms ______________ at the supermarket work clean do wash sweepmake air go shopping

In the evening What did the robot do?What did Mr Jiang do? A __________ dinner would _____________ him on the table ________ the dishes _______ and _______ his favourite TV programmes delicious be ready for wash relax watch

Read Paragraphs 6 & 7 and choose the wrong things that the robot did He cooked breakfast at the right time.  He woke up Mr Jiang at the wrong time.  He threw Mr Jiang’s breakfast into the dustbin.  He threw Mr Jiang’s clean shirts into the dustbin.  He moved around the house and knocked things over.  He went out and often lost his way home.  He made a mess in Mr Jiang’s flat.

When Mr. Jiang got home, he would find his flat in a mess food: books: mirrors: coins: was on the bed were in the rice cooker were broken were spread all over the floor

1.The robot made a great difference to Mr Jiang’s everyday life. make a great difference to 对 有很大的影响 电脑已对人们的生活有了很大的影响。 Computers ____________________________ people’s life. have made a great difference to Language points

2. In order to have more spare time, I need to buy a robot. 为了有更多的空余时间，我需要 买一个机器人。 为了赶早班车，我早上五点半就起床了。 ________________ the early bus, I got up at 5:30 in the morning. In order to catch in order to do … 为了 ……

3. As a result, Mr Jiang no longer needed to get up early to do the housework. 结果是江先生不再需要起早做家务了。 My brother doesn’t work hard at school. He often fails in his exams. My brother doesn’t work hard at school. As a result, he often fails in his exams. as a result 结果是 ……, 因此 Language points

4. Mr Jiang was very happy with his robot. 江先生对他的机器人很满意。 be satisfied with--- be pleased with--- be happy with … 对 …… 满意 Language points

5. A few weeks later, however, things started to go wrong. 然而几周后，情况开始有些不对了。 当他们搬到市中心去后，问题出现了。 Things started to ____________ when they moved to the city center. 这只钟出毛病了。 Something has ______________ with the clock. go wrong 出现问题 go wrong gone wrong Language points

6. coins were spread all over the floor. 硬币撒得一地都是。 种子通常是随风散播的。 Seeds _____ often ________ by the wind. are spread spread be spread 被撒落，使分布 Language points -spread-spread

Other useful phrases be the first --- to do sth. everyday life air the rooms catch a virus in the dustbin knock sth. over in a mess in the rice cooker in the end

An interview with Mr. Jiang 1.You are the first person to have a robot in your town, aren’t you? 2.Why did you want to buy a robot? 3.Where did you buy the robot? 4.How can a robot help you in the morning? 5.What will the robot do while you are at work? 6.Do robots sometimes have problems? 7.What will the robot do if it has problems? 8.What did you do with it at last?

Discussion: What is your ideal robot? Design your ideal robot You need to draw the robot on the paper then write a short passage about your robot Name: Appearance: Ability: do the housework / tell funny jokes / teach you Chinese, English and other subjects/ play football

My ideal robot This is my ideal robot. It is called Friend. It has a big head. It is very lovely. It can help me do almost everything. When I have no time to do the housework, it can help me do it. When I am too busy to look after my son, it can play with him.