1. Do you think you will have your own robots?
Unit 7
Do you think you will have your own robots?

3. Robots can even help with the housework

4. work in dirty or dangerous places

5. Hundreds of robots are already
in factories.
do simple jobs

6. C. the robots in the future
Pre-reading：Predict(预测) what we can learn from the title and the picture
Do you think you will have your own robot?
will
A. the shapes of robots
B. the work of robots
C. the robots in the future

7. Will robots think like humans in the future?
While-reading : Skimming(略读),read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.
Will robots think like humans in the future?
What will robots be like in the future?
What can robots do today?
What are robots like in movies?
Paragraph 1__________________________________
Paragraph 2__________________________________
Paragraph 3__________________________________
Paragraph 4__________________________________

8. working in dirty or dangerous places
While-reading: Read Paragraph 1 and 2, and fill
in the blanks.
robots
shape
work in
movies
______
in factories
housework
help with ___________
human servants
do jobs like _______________________________
working in dirty or dangerous places
cars
build _________
do ______ jobs many times and never get bored
simple
____and____ again
over over

9. Side 2: Robots will think and even be able to _______________.
While-reading: Read Para. 3 and answer the questions.
1.What are scientists doing now?
2.What are their ideas of robots in the future?
thoughts
Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do. Some robots in Japan can walk and dance. They are fun to watch. However, some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a human. For example, scientist James White thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are. But many scientists disagree with Mr. White. They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years.
some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a human.
think like humans
Side 1: Robots will never be able to _________________.
two sides of thoughts
They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years.
talk like humans
Side 2: Robots will think and even be able to _______________.

10. While-reading: Read paragraph 3 again, then fill in the blanks.
Some robots are very human-like. They can walk and __________like people. Some scientists think that in the future they will _________robots more like humans. This may not ________in the near future, but at some point, robots will even be able to ________like people. However, some scientists _________. James White believes that robots will not be able to do the ________things as we can. For example, he thinks that robots will ________ be able to wake up and know where they are.
Which side do you ________with?
dance
make
happen
talk
disagree
same
never
agree
_____________________________

11. Which side do you agree with?
Robots will never be able to think like humans.
Side 2:
Robots will think and even be able to talk like humans.
I agree with side1 /2.
I think / believe that robots will …
I don’t think / believe that…

12. While-reading: Read Para 4, and complete the diagram.
How long:________________
hundreds of years
Shapes :________
________-in India:_______
used for: _ _______________
humans
robots in the future
animals
snakes
help look for people under the buildings if the buildings fall down with people inside.

13. r b t Summary two sides shapes work
walk dance
(in movies) help with the housework
(like a human servant)
work in dirty or dangerous places
(in factories) build cars do simple and boring jobs over and over again (never get bored)
humans animals
(snakes...)and so on
in the future
two sides
Robots will think and even be able to talk like humans
But it may take hundreds of years.
Robots will never be able to think like humans

14. My own future robot look for believe even however already
There are ______many robots working in the factory today. I ______there will be more in the future. I want to have my own robot. It will look like a cool human. It can help me with the housework. It can dance and sing songs for my family to watch. It can also ______my missing things easily. It can______ teach my students English for me ________, this robot will not be able to think like humans. I don’t want to have a robot as clever as me.
already
believe
the shape of the robot
the work of the robot
look for
even
However
the thought

15. After-reading : Write an article about your future robot.
There are already many robots working in the factory today. I believe there will be more in the future. I want to have my own robot. It will look like a cool human. It can help me with the housework. It can dance and sing songs for my family to watch. It can also look for my missing things easily. It can even teach my students English for me. However, this robot will not be able to think like humans. I don’t want to have a robot as clever as me.
My own robot
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

16. Future? We never know what will happen in the future. possible
Everything will be ________.
impossible
Nothing is__________ .

17. Homework Waiting for you Level A Read the paragraphs in 2d aloud.
Level B
Correct your articles about the future
robot and show them to me. I'm proud
of you.
Waiting for you