What can a robot do? It can do many different things.

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play musicdancesing

robot waiter robot worker

sweep the floorpour tea cook dinner

play football

explore dangerous places

play with us

serve us

A robot can do all the housework. It can cook dinner, do the laundry, iron shirts, make the bed, sweep the floor and wash the dishes. A robot can also look after children.

Let’s read a short story about a robot. It was originally written by Isaac Asimov, and published in Here the story has been retold by another writer.

He was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.

Unit 2 Reading SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

Larry Belmont Claire Tony Gladys Claffern Characters in the story: --- Larry’s wife, a housewife --- the robot --- employed in a company that makes robots --- a woman that Claire envies

Fast reading (para1-2) Read through the passage quickly and then answer the following questions: 1. What is the text mainly about? 2. What did the robot called Tony look like?

1.What is the text mainly about? 2.What did the robot called Tony look like? It is mainly about how a robot used for housework was tested out in a family. He looked like a tall and handsome man, speaking in a deep voice, with smooth black hair and his facial expression unchanged.

1. Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony? 2. How did Tony help Claire to realize her dreams? 3. What is the result of the story? 4. We can infer from the passage that_____. A. Claire liked Tony but feared him B. Claire cried because Tony made her angry C. Claire forgot Tony as soon as Tony left D. Tony had no feelings as a human being Scanning Because he was more like a human being than a machine. Claire and Tony fell in love with each other and Tony had to be rebuilt A Why did Tony have to be rebuilt?

How did Claire feel? What happened? She saw Tony was ___ and ________. His hair was ______ and _______and his voice was _______. Tony asked whether she needed help dressing. amazed By his _________ and the ________ and ________of his skin. ______________ Tony caught her in time, held her firmly in his arms. alarmed tall handsome smooth black deep embarrassed fingernailssoftness warmth happy, shy, surprised Careful-reading Claire's feelings toward Tony changed as the story developed.

How did Claire feel? What happened? _____________ Tony folded his arms around her, bending his face close to hers and declared that he didn’t want to leave her and that he felt more than just the desire to please her. __________ She was envied by those women. ___________ She remembered Tony was just a machine. surprised happy sad Why did Tony open the curtains?

1. How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in your house? 2. 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? scanning Reading Comprehension V

1. How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in your house? I would …

2. 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?  How absurd, she thought.  He was just a machine.  He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body.  She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.  Then she remembered – Tony was just a machine.  She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed.

1. Claire's feelings toward Tony changed as the story developed. Read the story, then fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings. Comprehending Read the text again and finish the following tasks.

OccasionClaire …OccasionClaire … 1. disliked him 5.Called him a dear 2. When he arrivedwas alarmed 6.Felt his warmth 3.felt embarrassed 7. Felt being envied 4. admired him 8. Cried all night Before he arrived When he offered to help her dress When he offered to help her improve her house and herself Helped her with the sales man When she fell off a ladder and caught by Tony When she heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony She remembered Tony was just a machine