1. Unit2 Robots-Reading 高二选修 7

2. Questions 1. If you have a robot, what do you want him to do for you? 2. Do you think it is possible for a robot to: think for itself? have feelings? have its own needs and desires? look and feel like a human being? Pre-reading

3. Bicentennial Man 机器管家

4. Reading Satisfaction Guaranteed

5. Skimming True or False 1. Larry was going to be away from home so he haired a robot to accompany his wife Claire. 2. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last. F T

6. True or False 3.Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever. 4.It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house. F F

7. True or False 5.When Tony, the robot, offered to help dressing, Claire was pleased to accept it. But she thought it was surprising for a robot to be so human. F

8. True or False 6. Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out. F

9. True or False 7. While Tony worked on the improvements of the house, Claire also did her part. 8.The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him. T F

10. Questions in No.29 English Weekly 1--facial expressions 2--smooth 3--voice 4--skin 5--haircut

11. Answers to Part 1 6--list 7--accompany 8--attitude 9--improvements 10-- impressed

12. Scanning Read and underline the sentences describing Tony

13. Satisfaction guranteed Characteristics--- tall, handsome, smooth and black hair, deep voice and soft and warm skin Tony looks like a human being→ ►

14. Satisfaction guranteed He gave Claire a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore. Tony is able to make suggestions and predictons. She fell off a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room, he managed to catch her in time. Tony has quicker reactions → ► → ►

15. Satisfaction guranteed He wrote out a list of items for Claire to buy and advised Claire to invite her friends, making the guest envy her. Tony is able to make a plan and follow it through ► →

16. Satisfaction guranteed Knowing the salesman was rude to Claire, he made the salesman change his attitude. Tony has good communication skills. ► →

17. Satisfaction guranteed When Claire wept with anger, he gave her encouragement; when Claire envied others and was disappointed with herself, he show sympathy and wanted to please her and helped her. Tony has emotions. → ►

18. Satisfaction guranteed his facial expressions never changed It is different from human being He brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing. Behaviour not appropriate → → ► ►

19. Summary Larry Belmont, for a robot company which was experimenting a robot, left a robot called Tony to his wife, Claire. It was going to be by her. When seeing Tony at first, Claire felt because of his appearance. working with tested out alarmed

20. On the second morning, she felt w-hen asked whether she needed his help dressing. Later, Tony wanted to her by helping her make herself and her home..When knowing what bothered her, he showed and advised her to invite her friends to her home. Tony worked steadily on the. embarrassed please elegant sympathy improvements

21. That night before Tony was to leave and Larry was to return, Claire got her friends. What a sweet to be envied by those women! And at that moment, Claire thought she would with Tony, but Tony was just a machine! envyvictory fall in love

22. Discussion How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in your house? How do you treat it?

23. Words and sentences Paragraph 1: test out sth.=put sth. to the test 对新试做的物品或新产 生的理论进行 “ 试用 ” 或 “ 检验考验 ” ，检验其试用的程度 或有效性，以便加以改进。 E.g.Their thory is going to be tested out.

24. 2.alarm n. 警报，惊慌 e.g. The fire caused much alarm. 火灾引起很大的恐慌． 相关短语： give the alarm to~~ 发警报给～～ take alarm at~~ 对～～感到吃惊 a fire alarm 火警 a false alarm 虚惊一场

25. Vt. 使警觉，使惊慌 e.g. I don’t want to alarm you, but there is a strange man in your garden. 我不想吓唬你，不过你花 园里有个陌生人． 相关短语： be alarmed at ~~ 被～～吓了一跳 e.g.I was alarmed at his entering the home. be alarmed for~~ 对～～放心不下 e.g.I was alarmed for her safty.

26. Para 3; embarrassed 尴尬的，难堪的，害羞的 e.g.be embarressed in the presence of stranges 在生人面前局促不安 Para 4: 1.sympathy 同情心，同感 express sympathy for~~ 对～～表示慰问 a letter of sympathy 慰问信 feel/have sympathy for~~ 同情～～ e.g.I felt much sympathy for the blind. be in sympathy with ～～赞同～～

27. Para 5: 1.or rather 或者说，准确地说 e.g.What I want is the truth,or rather a series of truth. 我需要的是事实，准确地说是一系列事实．

28. Para 6: 1.affair 暖昧关系，事情，私通 e.g.Don’t mind one’s own affaires/ business. 别管闲事！ have an affair with sb. 跟某人有不正当的男女关系. e.g.she was having an affair with someone who has a wife （有妇之夫）. It’s not my affair. 这不关我的事．

29. Para 7 suggest doing sth. 建议做～～ suggest sth. to sb.=suggest to sb that 从句 给某人提建议 e.g.I suggested to him that he should work hard.

30. Para 9 declare 宣布，声明，表明 declare war on/upon~~ 对～～宣战 declare +n./sb. to be ~~ 宣布～～为～～ e.g.I declare this meeting to be open. 我宣布会议开始． declare oneself 发表意见，表明态度 declare against ~~ 声明反对 declare for sth.=declare in favor of sth. 声明赞成

31. more than 极其，不止 e.g.When I heard the news I was more than surprised,I was astonished. 当我听了这个消息，我不止 是吃了一惊，而是大吃一惊． 多于 e.g.It was more than five years since I had come here.

32. Para 10 envy 嫉妒，羡慕 e.g.How I envy you!you have a happy family! envy sb.sth. 嫉妒羡慕某人某事 be green with envy 非常妒忌 be in envy of one’s success 羡慕某人的成功 out of envy 出于妒忌／羡慕

33. Para 12 You can’t have women falling in love with machines. 你不 能让女人跟机器人相爱． have sb./sth. doing sth. 不允许～～做某事 fall in love with sb. 指的是和某位异性陷入热恋，通常你 们之间相识一段时间． have a crush on sb. 对一位异性十 分着迷，通常指不太熟悉的异性，比方说你在路上遇见 个让你着迷的异性． be in love with sb 强调爱恋这一状态

34. Homework 1.Review the passage. 2. Underline the important words. 3. Finish Ex.1 and 2 on P13.

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