1. Reading

2. Skimming: try to divide it into 4 parts and conclude its main idea. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Introduce the first person to own a robot Good changes Bad changes Ending (para1-2) (para3-5) (para6) (para7)

3. Answer the questions 1.Who is the first person in Sunshine Town to own a robot? 2.Where did he buy a robot? 3.Why did the robot cause a lot of problems? 4.What did he deal with the robot in the end? Mr. Jiang is He bought it from a robot shop Because it caught a virus. He returned it to the robot shop.

4. Read Paragraphs 1 、 2 and finish the profile: The first person to own a robot Name : Job : Where : Why : Mr Jiang Salesman In Moonlight town In order to have more spare time

5. Read Paragraphs 3& 5 and fill in the form: What did the robot do?What did Mr Jiang do? __________ breakfast _________ his shirts ________ a lunch box stayed _____ bed for ___ ________ hour every day In the morning made ironed made in an extra

6. during the day What would the robot do?What did Mr Jiang do? ______ his flat ____ the laundry ______ the dishes ________ the floor, ______ the bed, ______ the rooms ______________ at the supermarket was at work clean do wash sweep make air go shopping

7. In the evening What would the robot do?What did Mr Jiang do? A __________ dinner would _____________ him on the table ________ the dishes _______ and _______ his favourite TV programmes delicious be ready for wash relaxed watched

8. Read Paragraphs 6 & 7 and choose 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.

9. When Mr. Jiang got home, he would find his flat in a mess food: books: mirrors: coins: was on the bed were in the rice cooker were broken were spread all over the floor

10. Match the new words with their meanings 1salesman 2spare 3ironed 4laundry 5virus 6mess 7spread a covered 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 d e f b g c a

11. Find out the bad points 1.How could a robot start to go wrong ? 2.What are the problems ? The robot caught a virus. It might put my breakfast in the _____________. It might throw my shirts into the _____________along with the rubbish. It might ____________ some things over. It might make a ______________. I might have to send it back to the ___________. washing machine dustbin knock mess robot shop

12. What about the good points? 1.spare 2.stay in bed 3.laundry 4.iron 5.wash the dishes 6.flat

13. Retelling : Fill in the blanks Mr. Jiang is ___________ and ___________for his hobbies. So he bought __________ to help him. It brought many changes. Mr. Jiang needn’t ___________.he could ____________for longer. Mr. Jiang was very happy with the robot. But later, things changed. The robot ____________.and caused _____________.Mr. Jiang’s flat was ______. Mr. Jiang was very unhappy. In the end,he decided to __________ to the robot shop. very busy has little time a robot do any housework stay in bed caught a virusmany problems in a mess return it

14. Important phrases: 1. in many ways 火星上的生活在很多方面比地球上的生活好. Life on Mars is better than life on earth in many ways. in some ways in this way by the way on one ’ s way to … 2. In order to 为了生存人就得吃东西. People must eat in order to live. We practise English more in order to improve our oral English. In order not to He got up earlier in order not to be late again.

15. Language points 2. In 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 ……

16. 3.The robot made a great difference to Mr Jiang’s everyday life. make a great difference to ------ 对 ------ 有很大的影响 电脑已对人们的生活有了很大的影响。 Computers ____________________________ people’s life. have made a great difference to Language points

17. 4. 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 ……, 因此 Language points

18. 4. as a result 他没有练习, 结果他输了. He didn ’ t practise,as a result he lost. as a result of … 因为大雪, 他迟到了. He was late as a result of the heavy snow. As a result of warning,nobody was hurt. 由于 … 的结果, 因为 5. no longer = not any longer 多指时间, 用来修饰具体状态 他不再是一个学生了. He is no longer a student. He is not a student any longer. no more = not any more 指数量和程度, 用来修饰动作 她不再哭了.She no more cried.

19. 6. as … as … 她看上去跟 Amy 一样苗条. She seems to be as slim as Amy. 7. be ready for = be ready to do … 他已经准备好英语考试了. He is ready for the English exam. He is ready to have the English exam. get ready for =get ready to do 他们准备去旅行. They get ready to go on a trip. They get ready for the trip.

20. 8. Mr Jiang was very happy with his robot. 江先生对他的机器人很满意。 be satisfied with--- be pleased with--- be happy with … 对 …… 满意 Language points

21. 8. be happy with = be pleased with = be satisfied with 我对我的学生很满意. I am happy with my students. 我对你所做的不是很满意. I am not happy with what you have done. 9. in a mess 这个房间乱七八糟. This room is in (such) a mess. 孩子们把房间搞的一塌糊涂. The children made a mess in the room.

22. 10. A few weeks later, however, things started to go wrong. 然而几周后，情况开始有些不对了。 他过去误入歧途，犯了很多错。 这只钟出毛病了。 The clock has ______________. go wrong 出现问题 gone wrong 误入歧途 Language points He used to go wrong and made many mistakes.

23. 11. coins were spread all over the floor. 硬币撒得一地都是。 种子通常是随风散播的。 Seeds _____ often ________ by the wind. are spread spread be spread 被撒落，使分布 Language points -spread-spread