Unit2Robots（warmingupandreading）课件人教版选修7.ppt

Unit 2 Robots; What is a robot? A robot is a machine ___________ to do jobs that are usually _________ by humans . Robots are ___________ and ___________ by a computer. ;Robots;;Reading for main idea;;Larry Belmont Claire Tony Gladys Claffern;Part 1:;1. Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony? A. Because he was a robot. B. Because she didn’t like him. C. Because he was more like a human than a machine. D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.;2. The robot Tony helped Claire to realize her dreams by______. A. making her home elegant. B. giving her a new haircut and changing the make-up she wore. C. giving her advice on her dresses. D. all the above;3. “How awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair. The underlined word “awful” means_____（Paragraph6） A. interesting B. unlucky C. terrible D. amazing;How did Claire feel?;How did Claire feel?;;; Claire’s feelings towards Tony changed as the story developed. ;Occasion;4 ;7;1. Why did Tony open the curtains? He wanted Claire’s guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by the women guests.;2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed? Tony prevented Claire from being harmed by making her feel good about herself. He helped her make her and her home elegant so that she would not feel like a failure. ;3. Why did Tony have to be rebuilt? Tony had to be rebuilt because the company felt that they could not have women falling in love with a robot. 4. How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in your house? ;5. Claire spent three weeks with Tony in her house. What sentences in the story show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he was a machine? How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine. He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of