Unit2RobotsPeriod4精品课件2（新人教选修7）.ppt

新课标人教版课件系列; Using Language;Leading in ; 阿西莫夫是一位多产得惊人的作家，自50年代初，至今已出版了300多部著作。;在家中图书室（1976年） ;阿西莫夫与珍尼特 ;演讲 ;军旅戎装;阿西莫夫追悼会现场 ;作品：; Isaac Asimov, Writer / Chemist Born: Birthplace: Died:;For against ;Read the passage and finish the following exercise ;5. In 1950, he published his first science book. 6. “The Foundation Trilogy” consists of 3 stories about death and rebirth of a great empire in a galaxy of the future. 7. In his collection of short stories, he developed a set of three “laws” for robots.;Listening, discussing and writing ; 4. Who thinks that the purpose of Tony’s actions was to make Claire feel good about herself. 5. Who thinks that humans will never be able to make a robot like Tony? 6. Who would really like a robot like Tony at her house?;LISTENING TEXT;M: Don’t you think that was a great love story, Kate? K: No, not really. M: You didn’t? Well, I loved it. There was so much emotion between Tony and Claire.;K: Molly, that’s rubbish. You forget that Tony was a machine. Yes, Claire fell in love with Tony, but I don’t believe robots could possibly feel emotion of any kind. That’s the difference between them and us.;M: Well, I disagree. I think Tony loved Claire. Remember he said to her how he didn’t want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the wish to please her? K: Yes, but Molly, that was just part of Tony’s role. They made him so that he wouldn’t allow a human to be hurt.;And Claire was hurting herself by seeing herself in a negative way and Tony couldn’t let her do that. So everything Tony did was to make Claire feel good about herself. It had nothing to do with emotion – that was just how he was made.;M: OK, well, maybe you’re right. I suppose I just want to think he was more human than he was. Anyway, I wonder how they could actually make a robot seem as if he had emotions.;K: I have no idea. Maybe Tony was just a very complicated computer. Anyway, I don’t belie