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Unit 2 Robots
Reading
It may help you a lot, but it may also bring you much trouble.
A robot that can sweep the floor for you!
Part One Lead-in
Matching the new words with their meaningsPart Two Pre-reading
1 salesman
2 spare
3 iron
4 laundry
5 virus
6 mess
7 spread
a cover a large areab the process of washing
clothesc a dirty and untidy
conditiond a man who sells thingse freef make clothes smooth
with an irong something that causes
computer problems
Part Three While-reading
Task One Listening
1 Did the robot make a great difference to Mr Jiang’s everyday life?
2 What did Mr Jiang decide to do in the end?
Yes, it did.
He decided to return the robot to the robot shop.
Task Two Reading Paragraphs 1 & 2 and answering the questions
1 What’s Mr Jiang’s job?
2 Why did he decide to buy a robot for himself?
He is a salesman.
He bought the robot in order to have more spare time.
Task Three Reading Paragraphs 3-5 and filling in the form below
What did the robot do?What did Mr
Jiang do?
_________ the breakfast;_________ his shirts;_________ a lunch box
stay in bed for____________every day
makeiron
makean extra hour
In the morning
______ the flat; ___ the laundry;_____ the dishes; _____ thefloor; _____ the bed; _____ therooms; __________ at the supermarket
workclean dowash sweep
make airgo shopping
During the day
_________ the dinner;_________ the dishes
_________ and watch his favourite TV programmes
cookwash
relax
In the evening
Task Four Reading Paragraphs 6 & 7 and choosing 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.
Part Four Post-readingTask One Helping Daniel complete the lists below (Page 26)
Good points1 I will have a lot more _____ time.2 I can __________ for a bit longer in the
morning.3 It can help Mum do the ________ when
there are dirty clothes.4 It can ________ my shirts after they are
washed.5 It can ________ after dinner.6 My _____ will be as clean as new.
sparestay in bed
laundry
iron
wash upflat
Bad points1 If the robot catches _________, it will
cause a lot of problems.2 It might put my breakfast in the
________________.3 It might even throw my shirts into the
_________ along with the rubbish.4 It might ________ some things over.5 It might make a __________ in my flat.6 I might have to send it back to the
__________.
washing machine
knockdustbin
mess
robot shop
a virus
Task Two Reading and telling ‘T’ or ‘F’ (Page 27)
(1) Yes.
(2) Maybe. Some changes are good, but
some are not.
(3) From the supermarket.
(4) They want to have more spare time.
(5) It can eat my breakfast for me.
F
T
F
T
F
(6) Yes, I can sleep until noon every day.
(7) It’ll do the housework.
(8) I’m afraid it can’t.
(9) No. Robots never go wrong.
(10) I can return it to the shop.
F
T
F
F
T
Task Three Language points
1 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……
2 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……
3 Mr Jiang was very happy
with his robot.
江先生对他的机器人很满意。
Are you satisfied with your job now?
Are you happy with your job now?
be happy with … 对……满意
4 A few weeks later, however,
things started to go wrong.
然而几周后,情况开始有些不对了。
Things started to go wrong when they moved
to the city center.
当他们搬到市中心去后,问题出现了。Something has gone wrong with the clock.
这只钟出毛病了。
go wrong 出现问题
5 When Mr Jiang got home,
he would find coins were
spread all over the floor.
当江先生回到家,他发现硬币撒得一地都是。
Seeds ___ often ______
by the wind.
are spread
spread-spread-spread
be spread 被撒落
通过今天的学习,我们了解到机器人会
给我们的生活带来便利,但同时也会带来很
多麻烦和不便。在阅读过程中,同学们可以
按照先整体、后分段,先大意、后细节的顺
序来理解文章。运用有效的阅读策略对于提
高大家的阅读能力是大有帮助的。
小 结
Homework
1 Read the passage aloud.
2 Finish off the additional exercises.
Additional exercises
Put the following sentences into English.
1 因特网已经在很多方面改变了我们的生活。 The Internet _______________ our life
_____________________.
2 为了能挽救那个病人的生命,医生们已经试用了所有有效的药物。
_______________ save the ____________, doctors ____________ all the effective medicines.
3 新规定使这座城市的交通状况产生了很大的改观。
The new rule ________ a _____________ the city’s traffic conditions.
4 他改变了饮食习惯并且每天锻炼,结果很快便减肥成功了。
He ________ his diet and _________ every
day. _______, he successfully __________.
5 我的电脑上周感染了一个病毒,它开始工作不正常了。
My computer __________ last week and it
started to ___________.
Keys to the additional exercises
1 has changed; in many ways
2 In order to; patient’s life; have tried
3 made; great change to
4 changed; exercised; As a result; lost his
weight
5 caught a virus; go wrong