Unit 2 Robots Reading

It may help you a lot, but it may also bring you much trouble. A robot that can sweep the floor for you! Part One Lead-in

Matching the new words with their meanings Part Two Pre-reading 1salesman 2spare 3iron 4laundry 5virus 6mess 7spread a cover a large area b the process of washing clothes c a dirty and untidy condition d a man who sells things e free f make clothes smooth with an iron g something that causes computer problems

Part Three While-reading Task One Listening 1Did the robot make a great difference to Mr Jiang’s everyday life? 2What did Mr Jiang decide to do in the end? Yes, it did. He decided to return the robot to the robot shop.

Task Two Reading Paragraphs 1 & 2 and answering the questions 1What’s Mr Jiang’s job? 2Why did he decide to buy a robot for himself? He is a salesman. He bought the robot in order to have more spare time.

Task Three Reading Paragraphs 3-5 and filling in the form below What did the robot do? What did Mr Jiang do? _________ the breakfast; _________ his shirts; _________ a lunch box stay in bed for ____________ every day make iron make an extra hour In the morning

______ the flat; ___ the laundry; _____ the dishes; _____ the floor; _____ the bed; _____ the rooms; __________ at the supermarket work clean do wash sweep make air go shopping During the day

_________ the dinner; _________ the dishes _________ and watch his favourite TV programmes cook wash relax In the evening

Task Four Reading Paragraphs 6 & 7 and choosing 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.

Part Four Post-reading Task One Helping Daniel complete the lists below (Page 26) Good points 1 I will have a lot more _____ time. 2I can __________ for a bit longer in the morning. 3It can help Mum do the ________ when there are dirty clothes. 4It can ________ my shirts after they are washed. 5It can ________ after dinner. 6My _____ will be as clean as new. spare stay in bed laundry iron wash up flat

Bad points 1 If the robot catches _________, it will cause a lot of problems. 2It might put my breakfast in the ________________. 3It might even throw my shirts into the _________ along with the rubbish. 4It might ________ some things over. 5It might make a __________ in my flat. 6I might have to send it back to the __________. washing machine knock dustbin mess robot shop a virus

Task Two Reading and telling ‘T’ or ‘F’ (Page 27) (1) Yes. (2) Maybe. Some changes are good, but some are not. (3) From the supermarket. (4) They want to have more spare time. (5) It can eat my breakfast for me. F T F T F

(6) Yes, I can sleep until noon every day. (7) It’ll do the housework. (8) I’m afraid it can’t. (9) No. Robots never go wrong. (10) I can return it to the shop. F T F F T

Task Three Language points 1In 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 ……

2 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 ……

3 Mr Jiang was very happy with his robot. 江先生对他的机器人很满意。 Are you satisfied with your job now? Are you happy with your job now? be happy with … 对 …… 满意

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

5 When Mr Jiang got home, he would find coins were spread all over the floor. 当江先生回到家，他发现硬 币撒得一地都是。 Seeds ___ often ______ by the wind. are spread spread-spread-spread be spread 被撒落

通过今天的学习，我们了解到机器人会 给我们的生活带来便利，但同时也会带来很 多麻烦和不便。在阅读过程中，同学们可以 按照先整体、后分段，先大意、后细节的顺 序来理解文章。运用有效的阅读策略对于提 高大家的阅读能力是大有帮助的。 小 结

Homework 1Read the passage aloud. 2Finish off the additional exercises.

Additional exercises Put the following sentences into English. 1 因特网已经在很多方面改变了我们的生活。 The Internet _______________ our life _____________________. 2 为了能挽救那个病人的生命，医生们已经 试用了所有有效的药物。 _______________ save the ____________, doctors ____________ all the effective medicines.

3 新规定使这座城市的交通状况产生了很大 的改观。 The new rule ________ a _____________ the city’s traffic conditions. 4 他改变了饮食习惯并且每天锻炼，结果很 快便减肥成功了。 He ________ his diet and _________ every day. _______, he successfully __________.

5 我的电脑上周感染了一个病毒，它开始工 作不正常了。 My computer __________ last week and it started to ___________.

Keys to the additional exercises 1has changed; in many ways 2In order to; patient’s life; have tried 3made; great change to 4changed; exercised; As a result; lost his weight 5caught a virus; go wrong