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