SectionB2a—2eRevisioinIwillliveinahighbuilding.Iwillbeapilot.Whatdoyouwanttobeinthefuture?Wherewillyoulive?Howwillyougotowork?Iwillbeanastronaut.Iwillliveinotherplanet.Iwillgotoworkbyspaceship.Iwillgotoworkbye-bike.Thisrobotlookslikeahugearm.Whatcantherobotsdo?speakdo

exercise

run

cookplaythepianoTherearesomeotherrobots,whatcantheydo?PlayfootballdancePlaythepianowhatcantheydo?talkThisrobotisverystrangeWhatcanitdo?Explore(探險(xiǎn))theuniverse（宇宙）DiscussionTellyourpartnerwhatyouknowaboutrobots.Whatdotheylooklikeandwhatcantheydo?2aIthinktherewillbemorerobotsinthefuture.Really?Whatdotheylooklike?Ithinktheylooklikehumans.Theycandoanythingmencando.Soundsinteresting.Doyouthinkyouwillhaveyourownrobot?

ReadingReadingstrategy:

Lookatthetitleandthepicture,andpredictwhatyouwillreadabout.先看標(biāo)題和圖片，預(yù)測你要讀到的內(nèi)容Whatcanwelearnfromthetitleandthepicture?A.It’saboutasciencefictionmovie.B.It’sabouttherobotscientistJamesWhite.C.It’sabouttherobotsinthefuture.e.g.Thelittlegirlcanevenrecitethearticle.小女孩甚至還能背誦這篇文章。1.evenadv.甚至；連；愈加2.humanadj.人的n.人e.g.Ahumancanthinkandtalk,butananimalcan’t.人能思考、說話，但動(dòng)物不能。NewWordse.g.Myauntisalreadyfifty,butshelooksveryyoung.我姑姑早已五十歲了，但她看起很年輕。3.alreadyadv.已經(jīng)；早已4.

dangerousadj.有危險(xiǎn)的；不安全的e.g.Someanimalsareingreatdanger.一些動(dòng)物處于極大的危險(xiǎn)中。名詞danger+后綴ous→dangerousLionsaredangerousanimals.獅子是危險(xiǎn)的動(dòng)物。falldown突然倒下；跌倒；倒塌5.factoryn.工廠e.g.Therewillbemorefactoriesinthefuture.將來會(huì)有更多的工廠。e.g.Thehousemightfalldowninafewmonths.幾個(gè)月內(nèi)這所房屋也許就會(huì)倒塌。6.fallv.(fell/fel/)倒塌；跌倒；掉落前綴(dis)+agree(同意)→disagree7.disagreev.

不同意；持不同意見；有分歧e.g.Myfatheragrees,butmymotherdisagrees.我爸爸同意，但我媽媽不同意。believesb.相信某人說的話believe+that從句8.believev.

相信；認(rèn)為有可能e.g.Ibelievethatyoucanfinishtheworkontime.我相信你會(huì)按時(shí)完成工作。e.g.Whatistheshapeofyourkite?你的風(fēng)箏是什么形狀的？9.shapen.形狀10.hundredsof許多；大量=lotsof【辨析】具體數(shù)字+hundred如：threehundred三百e.g.Therearehundredsofflagsinfrontofthebuilding.在那個(gè)高樓前有很多旗幟。11.overandoveragain反復(fù)地；多次還可以說overandovere.g.Theysangthesongoverandover.

他們反復(fù)地唱那首歌。

Hecalledoverandoveragain

butnobodyanswered.他多次打電話但沒有人接。12.possibleadj.可能的；可能存在或發(fā)生(前綴)im+possible→impossible不可能的e.g.Doyouthinkit’spossibletobeatthem?你認(rèn)為戰(zhàn)勝他們有可能嗎?Tocrossthisriverseems

impossible.穿過這條河中似乎不可能。Readandmatch考考你的記憶力fall/fellbelievefactorysimpleshapeinside(im)possibleboredhundredsof1.工廠2.相信3.倒塌4.在……里面5.形狀6.簡單的7.數(shù)百的，大量8.厭煩的9.(不)可能的TaskI.Getthemainidea:Ittellsuswhatthe_______looklike,andwhatthey_____nowand________inthefuture.robotscandoSkimming(略讀):Readitaloud

byyourself.willdoTaskII.

Findoutthetopicsentence（中心句）

ofeachparagraph（段落）.

Atopicsentenceisusuallythefirstorlastsentenceofaparagraph.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Willrobotsthinklikehumansinthefuture?

Whatwillrobotsbelikeinthefuture?Whatcanrobotsdotoday?Whatarerobotslikeinmovies?Readthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwiththequestionitdiscusses.Scanning(細(xì)讀):

ReadPara.1,andanswer:1.Inwhatkindofmovies,wesometimesseerobots?2.Whataretheylike?

Inthemoviesaboutthefuture.Theyarelikehumanservants.Whenwewatchmoviesaboutthefuture,wesometimesseerobots.Theyareusuallylikehumanservants.Theyhelpwiththehouseworkanddojobslikeworkingindirtyordangerousplaces.

2.Todaytherearealreadyrobotsworkinginfactories.Somecanhelptobuildcars,andtheydosimplejobsoverandoveragain.Fewerpeoplewilldosuchjobsinthefuturebecausetheyareboring,butrobotswillnevergetbored.ReadPara2.completethesentences.1.Robotscanbuild

infactories.2.Theycando

jobs

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

andnotgetbored.

cars

simpleoverandoveragain

ReadPara3.decideTrueorFauls.Scientistsarenowtryingtomakerobotslooklikehumansanddothesamethingsaswedo.SomerobotsinJapancanwalkanddance.Theyarefuntowatch.However,somescientistsbelievethatalthoughwecanmakerobotsmovelikepeople,itwillbedifficulttomakethemreallythinklikeahuman.Forexample,scientistJamesWhitethinksthatrobotswillneverbeableto

wakeupandknowwheretheyare.ButmanyscientistsdisagreewithMr.White.Theythinkthatrobotswillevenbeabletotalklikehumansin25to50years.

ReadPara3.decideTrueorFalse.()1.SomerobotsinJapanarefuntowatch,becausetheycandanceandwalk()2.scientistsaretryingtomakerobotslooklikeanimals.()3.wecanmakerobotsmovelikepeopleandthinklikeahuman.()4.ScientistJamesWhitebelievesthatrobotswillneverbeabletodothesamethingsaswecan.TFFThumansItwillbedifficulttomake…2.Somescientistsbelievethatalthoughwecanmakerobotsmovelikepeople,itwillbedifficulttomakethemreallythinklikeahuman.1.Scientistsarenowtryingto

makerobotslooklikehumansanddothesamethingsaswedo.佳句賞析Theywilldothesamethingsasus.

ReadPara4.completethediagram.4.Somescientistsbelievethattherewillbemorerobotsinthefuture.However,theyagreeitmaytakehundredsofyears.Thesenewrobotswillhavemanydifferentshapes.Somewilllooklikehumans,andothersmightlooklikeanimals.InIndia,forexample,scientistsmaderobotsthatlooklikesnakes.Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside,thesesnakerobotscanhelplookforpeopleunderthebuildings.Thiswasnotpossible20yearsago,butcomputersandrocketsalsoseemedimpossible100yearsago.Weneverknowwhatwillhappeninthefuture!

ReadPara4.completethediagram.RobotsinthefutureHowlong:________________Shapes:__________________-inIndia:_______usefor:___________________Possible/impossible?hundredsofyearshumansanimalssnakeshelplookforpeople…Nothingisimpossibleifyouputyourheartintoit.Whatcanrobotsdo?shapeshumanssnakehugearmdogdohomeworkplaywithpeopleplayfootballlookforpeopledounpleasantjobswalkanddancetalkSumupSomerobotsareveryhuman-like.Theycanwalkand______likepeople.Somescientiststhinkthatinthefuturetheywill_______robotsmorelikehumans.Thismaynot_________inthenearfuture,butatsomepoint,robotswi