SectionB2a-2e Tobeabletodescribepersonallifeinthefuturewiththesimplefuturetense.Tolearntosummarizethearticle.Tobeabletopredicttherobotsinthefuturewiththewordsandexpressionscorrectly.Objectives Tellyourpartnerwhatyouknowaboutrobots.Whatdotheylooklikeandwhatcantheydo?2a Whatdotheylooklike?Theylooklikehumans. Whatdoesitlooklike?Itlookslikeakangaroo. Thisrobotlookslikeahugearm. Whatwillrobotsdoforusinthefuture? Let’smakepredictionsIn100years…. speakdoexercise runcookplaythepiano playfootballdance helppeopledothemostunpleasantjobshelpwiththehousework 1.evenadv.甚至；连；愈加e.g.Thelittlegirlcanevenrecitethearticle.小女孩甚至还能背诵这篇文章。2.humanadj.人的n.人e.g.Ahumancanthinkandtalk,butananimalcan’t.人能思考、说话，但动物不能。Newwords 3.alreadyadv.已经；早已e.g.Myauntisalreadyfifty,butshelooksveryyoung.我姑姑早已五十岁了，但她看起来很年轻。4.dangerousadj.有危险的；不安全的名词danger+后缀ous→dangerouse.g.Someanimalsareingreatdanger.一些动物处于极大的危险中。Lionsaredangerousanimals.狮子是危险的动物。ingreatdanger处于极大的危险中 5.factoryn.工厂e.g.Therewillbemorefactoriesinthefuture.将来会有更多的工厂。6.fallv.(fell/fel/)倒塌；跌倒；掉落falldown突然倒下；跌倒；倒塌e.g.Thehousemightfalldowninafewmonths.几个月内这所房屋也许就会倒塌。pl.-factories 7.disagreev.不同意；持不同意见；有分歧前缀(dis)+agree(同意)→disagreedisagreewithsb./disagreetodosth.e.g.Myfatheragrees,butmymotherdisagreestogotheresolate.我爸爸同意，但我妈妈不同意如此晚去那儿。8.believev.相信；认为有可能believesb.相信某人说的话；believe+that从句e.g.Ibelievethatyoucanfinishtheworkontime.我相信你会按时完成工作。 9.shapen.形状pl.-se.g.Whatistheshapeofyourkite?你的风筝是什么形状的？10.hundredsof许多；大量=lotsofe.g.Therearehundredsofflagsinfrontofthebuilding在那个高楼前有很多旗帜。辨析：数字+原形，s,of共存亡↓↓表具体数量twohundred“两百”表大概数量hundredsof“好几百，许多” 11.overandoveragain反复地；多次，还可以说overandovere.g.Theysangthesongoverandover.他们反复地唱那首歌。Hecalledoverandoveragainbutnobodyanswered.他多次打电话但没有人接。 12.possibleadj.可能的；可能存在或发生(前缀)im+possible→impossible不可能的e.g.Doyouthinkit’spossibletobeatthem?你认为战胜他们有可能吗?Tocrossthisriverseemsimpossible.穿过这条河似乎不可能。 Readthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwiththequestionitdiscusses.Para1willrobotsthinklikehumansinthefuture?Para2whatwillrobotsbelikeinthefuture?Para3whatcanrobotsdotoday?Para4whatarerobotslikeinmovies?2b DoYouThinkYouWillHaveYourOwnRobot?Whenwewatchmoviesaboutthefuture,wesometimesseerobots.Theyareusuallylikehumanservants.Theyhelpwiththehouseworkanddojobslikeworkingindirtyordangerousplaces.2.Todaytherearealreadyrobotsworkinginfactories.Somecanhelptobuildcars,andtheydosimplejobsoverandoveragain.Fewerpeoplewilldosuchjobsinthefuturebecausetheyareboring,butrobotswillnevergetbored. Scientistsarenowtryingtomakerobotslooklikehumansanddothesamethingsaswedo.SomerobotsinJapancanwalkanddance.Theyarefuntowatch.However,somescientistsbelievethatalthoughwecanmakerobotsmovelikepeople,itwillbedifficulttomakethemreallythinklikeahuman.Forexample,scientistJamesWhitethinksthatrobotswillneverbeabletowakeupandknow3. wheretheyare.ButmanyscientistsdisagreewithMr.White.Theythinkthatrobotswillevenbeabletotalklikehumansin25to50years.Somescientistsbelievethattherewillbemorerobotsinthefuture.However,theyagreeitmaytakehundredsofyears.Thesenewrobotswillhavemanydifferentshapes.Somewilllooklikehumans,andothersmightlooklikeanimals.InIndia,forexample,scientistsmaderobotsthatlooklikesnakes.4. Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside,thesesnakerobotscanhelplookforpeopleunderthebuildings.Thiswasnotpossible20yearsago,butcomputersandrocketsalsoseemedimpossible100yearsago.Weneverknowwhatwillhappeninthefuture! Insomesciencefictionmovies,whatwillpeoplehaveinthefuture?2.Whichcountryhasrobotsthatcanwalkanddance?3.Wherearethehugearmrobotsworkingnow?Robots.Japan.Infactories.Readandanswerthequestions. 4.WhatdoesJamesWhitethink?5.Whatkindofjobcanasnakerobotdo?Hethinksthatrobotswillneverbeabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.Afteranearthquake,itcouldhelplookforpeopleunderbuildings. Readthearticleagainquickly.Completethesentencesaboutwhatrobotscandonow.1.Robotscanbuildinfactories.2.Theycandojobsmanytimesandnotgetbored.3.Somecanand.4.Somecanhelppeopleunder.carssimplewalkdancelookforbuildings2c Somerobotsareveryhuman-like.Theycanwalkand_________likepeople.Somescientiststhinkthatinthefuturetheywill_________robotsmorelikehumans.Thismaynotinthenearfuture,butatsomepoint,robotswillevenbeableto_________likepeople.Fillintheblanksinthisparagraphwithwordsfromthearticle.dancemakehappentalk2d However,somescientists_______.JamesWhitebelievesthatrobotswon’tbeabletodothe_________thingsasus.Forexample,hethinksthatrobotswill_________beabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.Whichsidedoyou_________with?sameneveragreedisagree whatkindsofanimalsmightrobotslooklikeinthefuture?Whatdoyouthinktheserobotswillbeabletodo?Writeyourideasanddiscussthemwithyourpartner.Ithinksomefuturerobotsmightlooklikebutterflies.Theywillbeabletosinganddance.WhenIamsad,theycantrytheirbesttomakemehappy.AndwhenIwanttogoshopping,theycantakemetothemall,(购物广场)sothatIwillneverstandinthecrowdedstreet.Inmylife,itgivesalotofhelp.2e 1.Fewerpeoplewilldosuchjobsinthefuturebecausetheyareboring,butrobotswillnevergetbored.此句中的getbored译为“感到厌烦，感到无聊”。其同义词为：bebored二者的区别在于：getbored（强调动作）bebored（强调状态）英语中有很多过去分词或形容词都可以和get,be连用。比如：tired，angry等。例如：Languagepoints ►Youwon’tbeboredwhenyouarehungry.当你饿的时候你就不会觉得无聊了。►Ifyoudothesamethingsmonthaftermonth,youmaygetbored.如果你每月都做同样的事情，你可能会感到厌烦。 2.Itwillbedifficulttomakethemreallythinklikeahuman.把机器人做的像人一样思考将会很难。通常用it做形式主语，将不定式和动名词置于谓语后面，特别是主语较长时，或在一些习惯用法中。当谓语是系表结构（be+形容词/名词）时，常将不定式后置，构成句型“it+be+表语（形容词/名词）+不定式”。如：►Itisnotaneasythingtomasteraforeignlanguage.掌握一门外语不是件容易的事。 3.ScientistJamesWhitethinksthatrobotswillneverbeabletowakeup.Beableto“能够……”can&beableto相同点:两者都表示能力不同点:1）can只有现在式和过去式。2）beableto可用于现在时、过去时和将来时，但它没有进行时。 3)表示经过努力而成功的某一次动作，只能用beableto.试做以下试题:①He____________driveacar.②He____________climboverthemountainbefore.canwasableto 4.ButmanyscientistsdisagreewithMr.Whit.但很多科学家不赞同怀特先生的观点。这里的“disagreewith”译为“不同意；不一致；不适合”。固定搭配：agree（同意）agreewithsb/sthdisagree（同意）disagreewithsb/sth e.g.►Theydisagreedwitheachotheraboutthetimeandplaceoftheaccident.他们在对事故发生的时间和地点彼此有分歧。►Istronglydisagreewithhisviews.我强烈反对他的见解。►IdisagreecompletelywithJack.我完全不同意杰克的意见。 5.Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside,thesesnakerobotscanhelplookforpeopleunderthebuildings.如果建筑物倒塌，人还在里面，这些蛇形机器人可以帮助在坍塌的建筑物里搜救伤者。falldown的意思如下：1）掉下，落下，跌倒：►Theoldladyfelldowninthestreetandbrokeherleg.老妇跌倒在大街上，摔坏了腿。 2）拜倒，跪倒：►Theyfelldownbeforehim.他们拜倒在他面前。3）倒塌：►Theoldhousesoonfelldown.这座老房很快就倒塌了。 6.SoI’llprobablyjustkeepabird.keep:v.“保持；维持；喂养”keep+sb./sth.+形容词“使某人/某物……”e.g.Thejobkeptthembusyforayear.2)keep+形容词“保持”e.g.Themanranupanddowntokeepwarm. 3)keep+sb./sth.doing“让某人/某物继续做某事”e.g.Shekeptuswaitingforheratthestationforanhour.4)keep+doing“继续做，坚持做”e.g.Hekeptrunningafterher,tryingtocatchher. 7.Iwillliveonaspacestation.space空间，空处(可数)►Thereisaspaceof46incheswidebetweenthetwobookcases.►Theroadisbadforaspaceoftwomiles.►Weneedmorespacetosetitup.►Isthereanyspaceleft?还有地方吗?space当太空讲时是不可数名词。spacestation太空站spaceship太空船spacesuit宇航服 1.Readthepassageafterclass2.Writeyourownsentenceswiththephrasesbelowoverandoveragain,getbored,wakeup,hundredsof,beableto,falldownlookfor,seemimpossibleHomework