1. 人教课标 高二 选修 7 Unit 2

2. Warming Up

3. Robots Play with humans Do research Talk with humans Do some shopping Act as a policeman /a seller Do the housework And so on… Take care of children If you have a chance to have your own robot, what do you want he can do?

4. Learning Aims ： 1.To know something about Robots.. 2. To practice some reading skills. （ skimming ， scanning ）

5. Pre- reading Do you think the young man is a real person?

6. The text mainly tells us _____. A. why Claire fell in love with a human being B. why a robot fell in love with a human being C. a story about a household robot being tested out in a family D. that a robot can save a human being from danger reading

7. CharactersWho are they? Larry Belmont Claire Tony Gladys Claffern worked for a company that makes robots Larry’s wife, a housewife a household robot to be tested out a woman that Claire envies

8. 1.We can infer that when Claire first saw Tony, she felt alarmed by his cleverness. 2. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last. 3. Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever. 4. When Tony offered to help dressing, Claire was pleased to accept it. 5. It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house. True or False appearance embarrassed Tony

9. Claire’s feelings towards Tony changed as the story developed. Fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings. Task four

10. Occasion Claire`feeling(s) Before he arrived Refuse him When he arrived When he help her dress felt embarrassed When he helped her with the salesman accept trust When she fell off a ladder… When she heard Glady whispering… Proud of him She remembered Tony was a machine called him a dear felt his warmth felt being envied disliked him felt alarmed cried all night love

11. summary Fill in the blanks according to the text. Title Satisfaction Guaranteed EventA household robot was going to be 1.____________out by Claire. Process.When she first saw the robot, she felt 2.___________..Claire thought it was 3.__________ to be offered 4.__________ by a robot..As a 5.__________Tony helped Claire make herself smarter and her home more 6._________..Claire was 7.__________by the women in the party. ResultTony was just a machine.She shouted :“8.__________me 9.__________ ”and cried all night because she had 10._________in love with him. ridiculous tested alarmed sympathy favour elegant envied leavealone fallen

12. Can you make up an end for the story? Task one: Task two: You can introduce the purpose of your robot or the abilities your robot has.) Design a robot and draw it on a piece of paper, then introduce it to your classmates. (You can introduce the purpose of your robot or the abilities your robot has.)

13. 1. Read the passage, too. 2. Surf the internet to learn more about robots and science fiction.