Unit 3 Robots
Reading (I)
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. have a better understanding of robots;.
2. guess the meanings of the new words from the context; 3. understand the structure the context; 4. catch the main idea of the whole article.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: order, smoothly, satisfy, need, properly, complete, mess, lay, store, coin, bill, private, paper, spread, wheel, suit, iron, virus, order one
from a robot shop, look as good as new, tidy up, in general, go wrong, no longer, in a complete mess, business suit, catch a virus
2. New structures: He is always too busy to have any time to relax.
It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiang’s needs.
The robot caught a virus and no longer worked properly.
When Mr Jiang got home, he would find his flat in a complete mess.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
Understand all the new words in the context.
IV. Teaching Procedures Step 1 Lead-in
1. Type of the passage
A. Narration记叙文 B. Science fiction科幻故事 C. Expository writing说明文 2. Two main characters
Mr Jiang, a manager of a company and a home robot. 3. Let’s predict
(1) What would the robot do for Mr Jiang
iron his business suit smoothly (通过图片来理解短语意思)
The robot would do lots of housework for him. It would satisfy Mr Jiang’s needs. Mr Jiang
would be satisfied with the robot. Be satisfied with means be pleased with. (2) What would happen finally They may be close friends. The robot may hurt Mr Jiang. They may be angry with each other. ...
【设计意图：学会预测文章的内容是9A第三单元的学习技能要求。此处对文章内容进行预测，既解决了部分生词，又能激发学生对科幻故事的阅读兴趣。】
Step 2 Fast Reading 1. Read and choose
T: Read through the article and choose the best answer. Did the robot really change Mr Jiang’s life finally Why A. Yes, because it was able to do lots of housework. B. No, because a robot can only work for a few weeks. C. No, because it caught a virus and made many stupid mistakes. 2. New words
T: What does the word virus mean
According to the phrase “made many stupid mistakes”, we can guess it means “病毒”.
【设计意图：快速阅读，帮助学生整体理解文章主要内容。在回答问题的过程中，根据上下文语境，理解生词virus。】
Step 3 Careful Reading Para 1
1. Read and answer
T: Read the first paragraph quickly and answer the question. (1) Where does Mr Jiang work He works in Sunshine Town. (2) What was his problem
He was too busy to have any time to relax. (3) What did he do to solve his problem He ordered a robot from a robot shop. (4) What does the phrase order a robot mean
order a robot: pay for the robot first and then the shop send it to you. 【设计意图：通过提问的方式，帮助学生理解故事发生的背景。】 Paras 2-5
1. Read and fill in the blanks
The robot made Mr Jiang’s life much easier. When Mr Jiang got up in the made breakfast morning ironed his business suit smoothly prepared his lunch box When Mr Jiang was at work did all the housework went shopping When Mr Jiang returned home looked as good as new a delicious dinner was ready tided up after dinner It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiang's needs. (1) When Mr Jiang got up in the morning, what did the robot do for him
The robot made breakfast, ironed his business suit smoothly and prepared his lunch box. (2) When Mr Jiang was at work, what did the robot do for him
The robot did all the housework and went shopping. (3) When Mr Jiang returned home, what did the robot do for him
His rooms looked as good as new. His delicious dinner was ready and the robot would tidied up after dinner.
(4) What does the writer think of the robot according to a day of its work
It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiang’s needs. (5) What does the phrase in general mean It means as a whole. In Chinese 整体来说.
【设计意图：通过表格的形式，帮助学生理清文章思路，要求学生能清晰地掌握家用机器人一天具体的工作内容。】 Para 6
Introduce what happened to the robot and Mr Jiang according to the pictures and questions. (scanning)
1. But things started to go wrong. The robot caught a virus. So what happened to it It no longer worked properly. 2. What did the robot do in the morning In the morning, it woke up Mr Jiang at 4 o’clock. 3. When Mr Jiang returned home, what did he found He found his flat in a complete mess.
4. What does the word mess mean Is it a good condition or a bad condition
T: Let’s go on reading. After reading the rest part of the paragraph, you will understand it. (1) What was on the bed
The food would be laid on the bed. Lay the food on the bed. Lay means put.
(2) What was in the rubbish bin
Milk would be stored in the rubbish bin. Store milk in the rubbish bin. Store means keep. (3) What was all over the floor
Coins, bills and private papers were spread on the floor. Spread these things all over the
floor. Here spread means put something everywhere. (4) So what does the phrase in a mess mean
It means in a bad condition or not tidy at all.
【设计意图：本小节生词特别多，为了培养学生在所给的故事情节中猜词悟意的习惯，通过设问、追问、给图片的方式，带领学生在阅读中理解生词意思，在理解生词的基础上，理清文章思路。】
5. Which English saying can be used to describe his life now A. Pride goes before a fall. B. Accidents will happen. C. Every bad has some good. D. You never know till you have tried. The answer: B. 天有不测风云.
【设计意图：活跃气氛，检查学生是否理解文章内容，也可以引导学生在阅读时要善于联想，学会触类旁通。】 Para 7
Read and answer questions
1. What did Mr Jiang do with his robot
He decided to return the robot to the robot shop. 2. How does the writer feel about having a robot
He thinks that robots can help people do a lot, but they can also be too much trouble! 2. Do you agree with the writer Why
【设计意图：第一、第二个问题在文章最后一小节能找到。但第三个问题是开放性问题，需要学生自己去思考，目的是引导学生思考机器人在人类生活中的地位。】
Step 4 Further understanding 1. Answer the two questions.
(1) How did Mr Jiang feel with his robot from beginning to the end hopeful satisfied angry disappointed (2) If you were Mr Jiang, what would you do 2. Design your own robot (1) Design your own robot.
(2) What do you want your robot to do for you？ (3) What will you do for your robot
【设计意图：在学生理解课文的基础上，引导他们进行更为深入的思考。并把自己的生活与机器人相联系，激发他们的想象力和创造力。】
V. Homework
1. Read the whole article again and write down your own understanding of the robot. 2. Choose one of the following films to see:
《终结者》 《变形金刚》 《机器人总动员》 《我，机器人》
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