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A topic sentence is usually the first or last sentence of a paragraph.
Read and answer the questions.
1.In some science fiction movies, what will people have in the future? Robots.
clean the house help look for people play games help with the housework walk and dance talk to people look afterticle and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.
4.Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years.These new robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals. In India, for example , scientists made robots that look like snakes. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. This was not possible 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed impossible 100 years ago. We never know what will happen in the future!
2. Some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people ,it will be difficult to make them really think like a human.
Read Para 4. complete the diagram.
5. What kind of job can a snake robot do?
After an earthquake, it could help look for people under buildings.
Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.
Play football
dance
help people do the most unpleasant jobs
help with the housework
What can robots do?
do homework
shapes
play with people play football walk and dance
1.When we watch movies about the future,we sometimes see robots. They are usually like human servants. They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places.
2. Which country has robots that can walk and dance?
Japan. 3. Where are the huge arm robots working now?
In factories.
4. What does James White think?
He thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are.
Read Para 4. complete the diagram.
How long:_h_u_n_d_r_e_d_s_o_f__y_ea_r_s_
Robots in the future
Shapes :___h_u_m_a_n__s
__a_n_im__a_l_s _-in India:__s_n_a_k_e_s
Reading strategy: Look at the title and the picture, and predict what you will read about.
先看标题和图片,预测你要读到的内容
Skimming(略读):
Read it aloud by yourself.
TaskI. Get the main idea:
Scanning(细读): Read Para. 1, and answer:
1.In what kind of movies ,we sometimes see roIbnotths?e movies about the future.
2.TWhehyaatraereliktheehyulmikaen? servants. serve-servant
It tells us what the __ro_b_o_t_s_look like,
and what they _c_a_n_d_onow and__w__il_l d_o__ in the future.
Task II. Find out the topic sentence(中心句) of each paragraph(段落).
Do you think you will have your own robots?
What do they look like?
They look like humans.
What do they look like ? They look like snakes.
This one looks like a dog.
Para. 1 Para. 2
Will robots think like humans in the future? What will robots be like in the future?
Para. 3 Para. 4
What can robots do today? What are robots like in movies?
Mr. White. They think that robots will even be able to
talk like humans in 25 to 50 years.
Read Para 3. decide True or False.
( T)1.Some robots in Japan are fun to watch,
What do they look like?
They look like humans.
This robot looks like a huge arm.
What can the robots do?
speak
do exercise
play the piano run
cook
There are some other robots, what can they do ?
( T)4.Scientist James White believes that
robots will never be able to do the same
things as we can.
1. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do.
Read Para 2. complete the sentences.
2.Today there are already robots working in
factories. Some can help to build cars, and they do
simple jobs
over and over again. Fewer people will do such jobs
in the future because they are boring, but robots
will never get bored. 1.Robots can build cars
in factories.
2.They can do simple jobs many times and
not get bored.
use for:___h_e_lp__l_o_o_k_f_o_r______ people…
Possible/impossible?
in the movie
now
humans housework
dirty time
What ways do you think a robot will help you and your family in the future? Write your ideas.
because they can dance and walk
( F)2.scientists are trying to make robots
look like animals.
humans
( F)3.we can make robots move like people and
think like a human . It will be difficult to make …
look for people do unpleasant jobs
talk
humans snake huge arm dog
Do you think you will have your own robot?
What can we learn from the title and the picture? A. It’s about a science fiction movie. B. It’s about the robot scientist James White. C. It’s about the robots in the future.
Para.1 Will robots think like humans in the future?
Para.2 What will robots be like in the future?
Read Para 3. decide True or Fauls.
Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do. Some robots in Japan can walk and dance. They are fun to watch. However, some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a human. For example, scientist James White thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are. But many scientists disagree with