Unit 2 Robot

Robot

I think /believe that robots can cook for us.

sweep the floor, wash the dishes, do homework for us, play games with us, chat with us, make friends with us…

What things can robots do for us?

I want to buy a robot but I have a lot of questions:• Can robots look after children?

• Do robots sometimes go wrong?

• Have robots ever done something bad on human?

• Are robots cleverer than human?

• Will robots bring any bad changes to my life?

• Can robots look after children?

You want to know if

• Do robots sometimes go wrong?

You want to know if

• Have robots ever done something bad on human?

You want to know if

robots can lookafter children.

robots sometimesgo wrong .

robots have everdone something bad on human.

• Are robots cleverer than human?

You want to know if

• Will robots bring any bad changes to my life?

You want to know if

robots are clevererthan human .

robots will bring

any bad changes to my life.

Now I decide to buy a robot.Can you tell me ?

• Where can people buy a robot?• How big should a robot be?• When do people check their

robot?• Who will buy a robot?

• Where can people buy a robot? Can you tell me • How big should a robot be? Can you tell me• When do people check their robot? Can you tell me

• Who will buy a robot? Can you tell me

where people can buy arobot?

how big a robot should be?

when people checktheir robot?

who will buy a robot?

Object clauses

• An object clause functions as the object in a sentence.

• 用作宾语的从句叫宾语从句。• 当陈述句作宾语时，以‘ that’ 来引导。• 当一般疑问句作宾语时，以‘ if’ 或

‘ whether’ 来引导。• 当特殊疑问句作宾语时，以‘ wh-’ wo

rds 来引导。

• Mr. Jiang is very busy. Last year he bought a robot. He thinks that robots can do a lot of things for him. And his robot did a lot of things for him. When he got up in the morning, breakfast was already made. It also made a lunch box for him every day. While Mr. Jiang was at work, the robot would wash the dishes, sweep the floor, make the bed and air the room. Mr. Jiang was very pleased with his robot. He thought that it was right to buy a robot.

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• A few weeks later, The robot caught a virus (感染了病毒 ). It no longer knew when it should cook breakfast. It sometimes woke Mr. Jiang up at four in the morning. Sometimes, Mr. Jiang would find his breakfast in washing machine. After work, he found that his flat was in a mess. Mr. Jiang did not know what he should do with the robot. He wondered whether he was wrong to buy a robot.

• In the end, Mr. Jiang decided to return the robot to the robot shop. He thought that the robot was just too much trouble.

• He thinks that robots can do a lot of things for him.

• He thought that it was right to buy a robot.• It no longer knew when it should cook

breakfast.• Mr. Jiang did not know what he should do with

the robot.• After work, he found that his flat was in a mess.• He wondered if/whether he was wrong to buy a

robot.• He thought that the robot was just too much

trouble.

1. I’d like to know where Mr. Jiang bought the robot.

2. Can Mr. Jiang tell me when the robot cooks breakfast?

3. I can’t imagine what the robot bought at the supermarket.

4. I want to know how the robot washes up.

5. I wonder why Mr. Jiang returned the robot.

6. I want to ask Mr. Jiang who will repair the robot that went wrong.

Some exercises

请在下列句子中填上适当的特殊疑问词1. Do you know _______ his name is?2. I wonder _____ he will come back home.3. Would you please tell me ______ is the w

ay to the nearest station?4. We’re thinking about ______ we can trave

l for our summer holiday?5. I really don’t know _______ he is talking t

o under the tree?6. Can you tell me _____ you are late for sc

hool again?

what

whenwhich

where

who

why

Correct the mistakes

1. Do you know what is he doing?

2. She said her mother is very well.

3. Miss Li said there were seven days in

a week.

__ __ he is

___ was ____

are

4. He wants to know if they did have a good

time.

5. She asked me that when the train would

arrive.

6. Could you tell me if he has come or not.

________

had____

/

___

whether

Rewrite the sentences with object clauses introduced by ‘wh-’ words.

• 1. What did they worry about? Do you know?

• 2. Where are the exchange students from? I want to know.

• 3. What are we going to discuss at the meeting? Could

you tell me?

• 4. Why is the train late? Can you tell me?

• 5. Where is Tom? Does anybody know?

Do you know what they worried about?

I want to know where the exchange students are from.

Could you tell me what we are going to discuss at the meeting?

Can you tell me why the train is late?

Does anybody know where Tom is ?

• 6. Where does she live? Do you know?

• 7. When did the accident happen? Please go and find out.

• 8. Who will be the winner of the game? I’m not sure.

• 9. How can you get to the top of the mountain?

Could you tell me?

• 10. How many people went to the Great Wall last week? I want to know.

Do you know where she lives ?

Please go and find out when the accident happened.

I’m not sure who will be the winner of the game.

Could you tell me how you can get to the top of the mountain?

I want to know how many people went to the Great Wall last week.

Fill in the blanks1. The radio says it _________ cloudy

tomorrow. (be)

2. The headmaster hopes everything ______ well. (go)

3. Tom says that they ____________ (play). basketball at six o’clock yesterday evening.

4. I hear they _________ (return) it already.

5. He said that they _________ members of the Party since 1948. (be)

will be

goes

were playing

have returned

had been

6. I didn’t know whom the letters _________ from. (be)

7. The teacher told his class that light _______ faster than sound. (travel)

8. I think you __________ about the relay race now. (talk)

were

travels

are talking

• 当主句是一般现在时态时，从句根据需要可用各种时态。

• 当主句为一般过去时态时，从句要用相应的过去时。但当从句为客观真理时，从句为一般现在时态。

1. The teacher asked the students _____.

A. if they were interested in dinosaurs

B. when was Albert Einstein born

C. what they will do with the computers

D. how many trees they have planted

2. --Would you please tell us what ___ on this subject? -- Yes, I’d love like to.

A. you will say B. will you say

C. you will speak D. will you speak

A

A

3. -----Could you tell me ____________? -----About two hours . A. how long it takes to fly to Guilin B. how long it took to fly to Guilin C. how long does it take to fly to Guilin D. how long did it take to fly to Guilin 4. I’ll give a talk tomorrow. I’m thinking about ________. A. what to say B. how to say C. what can I say D. how can I say

A

A

5. Somebody rang my doorbell just now, but I didn’t know . A. who were they B. who they were C. who was it D. who it was 6. The shoes are neither cheap nor comfortable . I can’t understand_______women like buying them . A. why B. when C. whether D. how 7. -------I hear we’ll have a new physics teacher this term . -------Really ? Do you know ___________? A. where he comes from B. what subject he teaches C. if he is a chemistry teacher D. that he is a physics teacher

D

A

A

读下面一段对话 , 然后把它改写成一段文章

• Hobo: What are you doing, Eddie?• Eddie: I'm writing a complaint letter.• Hobo: What do you complain about?• Eddie: I want to complain about the broken robot.• Hobo: Who do you want to complain to?• Eddie: I want to complain to the robot shop.• Hobo: When will you post the complaint letter?• Eddie: I'd like you to post the letter for me now!

• Hobo is asking Eddie some questions. He asks Eddie________________. Eddie says ________________________.Hobo feels very surprised. So he asks Eddie ____________________.Eddie tells him that ____________________________________. Then Hobo wants to know ___________________________. Eddie answers _________________________________. Hobo also wonders

• ________________________________. Eddie answers quickly _____________________________________.

what is Eddie doinghe is writing a complaint letter

what he complains abouthe want to complain about the broken robot

who Eddie wants to complains tohe wants to complains to the robot shop

when Eddie will post the complaint letter

that he would like Hobe to post the tter for him.

Homework

•Finish the exercises on the paper.

• Daniel wants to buy a digital camera. He is talking to a salesman in a shop. Fill in the blanks with ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘when’, ‘where’, ‘why’ and ‘how’.

• Salesman: May I help you?• Daniel: Yes, I am looking for a birthday present.• Salesman: Could you tell me the present is

for and kind of present you are looking for?• Daniel: It’s for my cousin. I am thinking of gettin

g him a camera（相机） . Can you show me your cameras are?

• Salesman: Sure. They are over there on the

shelves. How about this one?• Daniel: I wonder _______ You would recomme

nd this green one to me.

whowhat

where

why

• Salesman: It’s because a lot of young people like this colour and it is cheap.

• Daniel: Can you tell me________ much it costs?• Salesman: It costs only 1500 yuan.• Daniel: Wow! That’s a good price. Can you sho

w me how to use it?• Salesman: Certainly. Oh, sorry! We don’t have a

ny more batteries(电池 ). Could you come back later?

• Daniel: Can you tell me _______ I should come back?

• Salesman: Five minutes later?• Daniel: OK.

how

when

Homework

•Finish the exercises on the paper.