1. 话题背景
Because the humanoids can work in a department with stairs, communicate with people and look like humans. (由三、四段可知)
单词识记
1.A. state B. desire C. envy D. sympathy E. declare F. haircut G. favour H.. alarmed I. elegant J. accompany
2. 1) out 2) up 3) around 4) alone 5) aside
课文预读
1. do rescue work，take care of humans ，do housework， entertain humans，do research…
2. (略)

2. 3.Skimming
1) a household robot being tested out in a family 2) （1） makes robots （2）wife （3）household robot to be tested out 3) FTFTF
III scannning
. 1）unwilling 2）alarmed 3）embarrassed, disturbed, frightened 4）ridiculous, trustful 5）amazed, absurd, warm 6）proud/being envied, sad

3. Warming up

4. A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. Robots are programmed and controlled by a computer.

5. Toy robots

6. Entertainment
robots