Preview tasks 1. Solve the new words from P How many parts can the text be divided into ? What is the main idea of each part ? 2. Discussion: Do you think robots will take the place of humans ? Why or why not ?
Unit 2 Reading The robot at home
virus catch a virus mirror look at oneself in a mirror mess in a mess rice cooker untidy
dustbin coins Coins are spread all over the floor throw rubbish into the dustbin iron make clothes smooth with an iron
Task 1 : Skimming (find out the main idea of each part) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Introduce the first person to own a robot Bad changes Return the robot Good changes
Task 2 : Scan Part1and finish the profile The first person to own a robot Name : Job : Workplace: Reason for buying a robot : Mr Jiang Salesman In Moonlight town In order to have more spare time
Task 3 : Scanning (Good changes and results). Good changes in the morning made/ cooked breakfast ironed his shirts made a lunch box
no longer needed to get up early could stay in bed for an extra hour Good results
Good changesGood results while at work clean the flat do the laundry wash the dishes sweep the floor make the bed,air the rooms go shopping at the supermarket cook dinner The flat would be clean and look as good as new A delicious dinner would be ready could relax and watch TV
Task 4 : Listen and answer 1.Why did the robot start to go wrong ? 2.What were the problems ? Because it caught a virus. It put breakfast in the _______________and threw clean shirts into the ______. It _______the things over. It made a ______ in the flat. washing machine dustbin knocked mess
match these pictures
Discussion If you were Mr Jiang, what would you do with the robot?
Robots can do nearly everything for us. (1)______________( 结果 ),many people would like to have a robot (2) ______________ (为了) have more time to enjoy life. They can really make our lives more relaxed in many ways if they act normally.However, like humans may get ill, a robot may (3) ______________ (染上病毒). If so, things will start to (4) ______________ (出差错). It may (5) ______________________ (撞翻你的东西) and you will find your room (6) ______________ (一团糟. It may make many mistakes when it helps with your studies.(7) ______________ (最后, you will find it is (8) _________ (太麻烦). As a result in order to catch a virus go wrong knock your things over In the end too much trouble in a mess Consolidation
Thank you !
Retell and act out part of the article
Good points: Mr Jiang 1.have more free time 2.sleep for a bit longer Robot: 1.do the laundry 2. iron the shirts 3. wash dishes 4.flat is as good as new Bad points: Robot: 1.catch a virus 2.put breakfast in the washing machine 3.throw clean shirts into the dustbin 4.knock things over 5.make a mess
Dialogue: In the robot shop