Unit 2 Robots

What is a robot? How do robots work?

A robot is a machine ___________ to do jobs that are usually _________ by humans .

Robots are ___________

and ___________ by a computer.

designed

performed

programmed

controlled

What can robots do?

Robots

play with humanstake care of

humans

rescue work housework

cook meals

perform operations dance with humans

Entertainment robots

Industrial robots

Domestic/household robots

Do you think the robots have feelings?

Do you think a woman will fall in love with a robot?

That can happen in a fiction!

“Satisfaction Guaranteed”

is a science fiction written by Isaac Asimov.

Science fiction

——stories, novels, etc. which describe events and people that don’t exist, such as X File, Star War.

Scanning: How many main characters are mentioned in this

text? Who are they?

Larry Belmont:

Claire:

Tony:

Gladys Claffern:

He worked for a company that made robotsLarry’s wife

A robot that was going to be tested out

One of the richest and most powerful women that Claire admired

1. The text mainly tells us _____A. how a robot used for housework is tested out in a familyB. why Claire fell in love with a human beingC. why a robot fell in love with a human beingD. that a robot can save a human being from danger

A

2. What was the result of the experiment?_____A. Claire fell in love with TonyB. Tony fell in love with Claire

C. Tony had to be rebuiltD. All of the above

D

True or false1. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire.

2. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.

3. Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out.4. It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house.5. Claire was very happy to find that Gladys envied her.6. The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him.

1. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire.

2. Claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.

F

T

3. Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out.

F

4. It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house.

5. Claire was very happy to find that Gladys envied her.

6. The company was satisfied with Tony’s

report because he had successfully made a

woman fall in love with him.

F

T

F

Pay attention to the feelings of Claire

In Paragraph 1-3

1. How did she feel when she first saw Tony?

2. How did she feel when Tony offered to help her dressing?

She felt alarmed.

She felt embarrassed.

Pay attention to the feelings of Claire

In paragraph 4-8

3. When Tony was reading books, she looked at Tony’s fingers. How did she feel?

4. When she was doing shopping, Tony made the salesman change his attitude. What did she do to Tony?

5. When she fell off a ladder and Tony held her firmly in his arms, what did she do?

Pay attention to the feelings of Claire

3. When Tony was reading books, she looked at Tony’s fingers. How did she feel?

4. When she was doing shopping, Tony made the salesman change his attitude. What did she do to Tony?

She was amazed by his fingernails and the softness and warmth of his skin.

She thanked Tony, telling him that he was a “dear”.

Pay attention to the feelings of Claire

5.When she fell off a ladder and Tony held her firmly in his arms, what did she do?

She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.

Pay attention to the feelings of Claire

In paragraph 9-11

6. Why did she think she was envied by those women?

7. Why did she shout “ Leave me alone” at last?

Because none of them had such a handsome lover.

Because she remembered that Tony was just a machine.

Do you like a robot with feelings? Why? Why not? (You may use the following expressions)

play withshare our sorrow and happinessnot only a good listener but also a good advisera good companion when we feel lonelytake control of the world

do harm to the relationship among the family members

Read the passage carefully again.

Underline some useful or difficult words and expressions in the text.