Preview tasks

1. Solve the new words from P24-27.

2. How many parts can the text be divided into ? What is the main idea of each part ?

2. Discussion:

Do you think robots will take the place of humans ? Why or why not ?

Unit 2 ReadingThe robot at home

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3 4 4

virus

catch a virus

mirrorlook at oneself in a mirror

mess

in a mess

rice cookeruntidy

dustbincoins Coins are spread all over the floor

throw rubbish into the dustbin

ironmake clothes smooth with an iron

Task 1 : Skimming (find out the main idea of each part)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Introduce the first person to own a robot

Bad changes

Return the robot

Good changes

Task 2 : Scan Part1and finish the profile

The first person to own a robot

Name :

Job :

Workplace:

Reason for buying a robot :

Mr Jiang

Salesman

In Moonlight town

In order to have more spare time

Task 3 : Scanning (Good changes and results).

Good changes

in the morning

made/ cookedbreakfast

ironed his shirts

made a lunch box

no longer needed to get up early

could stay in bed for an extra hour

Good results

Good changes Good resultswhile at work

clean the flat do the laundry wash the dishessweep the floormake the bed,air the roomsgo shopping at the supermarketcook dinner

The flat would be clean

and look as good as new

A delicious dinner would be ready

could relax and watch TV

Task 4 : Listen and answer

1.Why did the robot start to go wrong ?

2.What were the problems ?

Because it caught a virus.

•It put breakfast in the _______________and threw clean shirts into the ______.

•It _______the things over.

•It made a ______ in the flat.

washing machine

dustbin

knocked

mess

match these pictures

Discussion

If you were Mr Jiang , what would you do with the robot?

Robots can do nearly everything for us. (1)______________( 结果 ),many people would like to have a robot (2) ______________ （为了） have more time to enjoy life. They can really make our lives more relaxed in many ways if they act normally.However, like humans may get ill, a robot may (3) ______________ （染上病毒） . If so, things will start to (4) ______________ （出差错） . It may (5) ______________________ （撞翻你的东西） and you will find your room (6) ______________ （一团糟 . It may make many mistakes when it helps with your studies.(7) ______________ （最后 , you will find it is (8) _________ （太麻烦） .

As a result

in order to

catch a virus

go wrong

knock your things over

In the end

too much trouble

in a mess

Consolidation

Thank you !

Retell and act out part of the article

Good points: Mr Jiang 1.have more free time 2.sleep for a bit longer Robot: 1.do the laundry 2. iron the shirts 3. wash dishes 4.flat is as good as new

Bad points:Robot:1.catch a virus

2.put breakfast in the washing machine 3.throw clean shirts into the dustbin

4.knock things over

5.make a mess

Dialogue: In the robot shop