人教八上Unit 7 第四課時（Section B 2a-2e ）

SectionB2a–2eUnit7Willpeoplehaverobots?初中英語八年級上冊RJ1.Newwords:human,dangerous,already,factory,

Japan,believe,disagree,even,agree,shape,fall,inside,

possible,impossible,side2.

Expressions:overandoveragain,hundredsof,

falldown,lookfor3.Readingstrategy:skimmingLearninggoals4.Sentences:However,somescientistsbelievethatalthoughwecanmakerobotsmovelikepeople,itwillbedifficulttomakethemreallythinklikeahuman.Theythinkthatrobotswillevenbeabletotalklikehumansin25to50years.Thesenewrobotswillhavemanydifferentshapes.Whatdoyouknowaboutrobots?WarmingupWhatdorobotslooklike?Whatcanrobotsdo?DiscussionTellyourpartnerwhatyouknowaboutrobots.Whatdotheylooklikeandwhatcantheydo?Whatdorobotslooklike?Whatcanrobotsdo?Somelooklikehumans.Somelooklikeanimals.Otherslooklikehugearms.Theycantalkorevenwalk.Theycanseeandhear.Theycanhelppeopledolotsofdangerousorhardwork.2a1.Lookatthetitleandthepicture.Predictthemainideaofthispassage.2.Thenreadthepassagequicklytogetthemainidea.Readthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwiththequestionitdiscusses.Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4Willrobotsthinklikehumansinthefuture?Whatwillrobotsbelikeinthefuture?Whatcanrobotsdotoday?Whatarerobotslikeinmovies?Skimming2bWhatcanrobotsdonow?Whatwillrobotsbeabletodointhefuture?Readthearticleagainandfillintheform.Readparagraphs1-2andanswerthequestions:1.Whatdotherobotslooklikeinthemovies?Theyareusuallylikehumanservants.2.Whatcantherobotsdoforpeople?Theyhelpwiththehouseworkanddojobs.1.Whenwewatchmoviesaboutthefuture,wesometimesseerobots.Theyareusuallylikehumanservants.They

helpwiththehouseworkanddojobslikeworkingindirtyordangerousplaces.DoYouThinkYouWillHaveYourOwnRobot?n.人；adj.人的幫助……adj.=danger危險+后綴ous1.①Willrobotsthinklikehumansinthefuture?

②Theyareusuallylikehumanservants.（教材P532b）humanadj.人的；n.人第一句中human作名詞，意為“人，人類”，與humanbeing意思相同；第二句中human作形容詞，意為“人的；人類的”。Dogscanhearmuchbetterthanhumans.Thenoisecomesfromanumberofhumanactivities.Languagepoints2.Todaytherearealreadyrobotsworkinginfactories.Somecanhelptobuildcars,andtheydosimplejobsoverandoveragain.Fewerpeoplewilldosuchjobsinthefuturebecausetheyareboring,butrobotswillnevergetbored.幫助做某事多次；反復地在未來感到無聊2.Todaytherearealreadyrobotsworkinginfactories.（教材P532b）Therebesb./sth.doingsth.有某人/某物正在做某事Thereisagirlsinginginthenextroom.Therearetwocatssleepinginthesun.2.Todaytherearealreadyrobotsworkinginfactories.（教材P532b）alreadyadv.已經(jīng)；早已【易混辨析】already與yetalready“已經(jīng)”，一般用于肯定句中。用在疑問句中表示驚奇、意外。Theconcerthasalreadybeenonfor15minutes.音樂會已經(jīng)進行15分鐘了。Isit12o’clockalready?都12點鐘了？yet“已經(jīng)；還”，多用于疑問句和否定句的句末。在疑問句中意為“已經(jīng)”，在否定句中意為“還”。Haveyouseenthisfilmyet?你已經(jīng)看過這部電影了嗎？Hehasn’tarrivedyet.他還沒有到。3.…andtheydosimplejobsoverandoveragain.（教材

P532b）此短語中的again可以省略。【易混辨析】overandoveragain與(all)overagain:overandoveragain反復地I’lldoitoverandoveragain.我會反復做這件事。(all)overagain從頭再來I’lldoit(all)overagain.我會重新做這件事overandoveragain多次；反復地Readparagraphs3-4andmarkT(true)orF(false):1.Japanesecompanieshavealreadymaderobotssinganddance.2.Somescientiststhinkthattherewillberobotslikehumans,butMr.Whitedisagrees.3.It’seasyforarobottowakeupandknowwheretheyare.FTF()()()4.Somepeoplebelievethatrobotswillbeabletotalkin25to50years.5.Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside,thesesnakerobotscanhelplookforpeopleunderthebuildings.TT()()3.Scientistsarenowtryingtomakerobotslooklike

humananddothesamethingsaswedo.SomerobotsinJapancanwalkanddance.Theyarefuntowatch.However,somescientistsbelievethatalthoughwecanmakerobotsmovelikepeople,itwillbedifficult

tomakethemreallythinklikeahuman.trytodosth盡力做某事it

beadj.todosth去做某事是……n.日本v.相信；認為有可能Forexample,scientistJamesWhitethinksthatrobotswillneverbeabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.ButmanyscientistsdisagreewithMr.White.Theythinkthatrobotswillevenbeabletotalklikehumansin25to50years.醒來；喚醒不同意；反對有能力做某事4.Somescientistsbelievethattherewillbemorerobotsinthefuture.However,theyagreeitmaytakehundredsofyears.Thesenewrobotswillhavemanydifferentshapes,Somewilllooklikehumans,andothersmight

looklikeanimals.InIndia,forexample,scientists許多；大量看起來像maderobotsthatlooklikesnakes.Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside,thesesnakerobotscanhelplookforpeopleunderthebuildings.Thiswasnotpossible20yearsago,butcomputersandrocketsalsoseemedimpossible100yearsago.Weneverknowwhatwillhappeninthefuture!跌倒；倒塌尋找4.However,somescientistsbelievethatalthoughwe

can…（教材P532b）believe在此處作及物動詞，一般不用于進行時態(tài)。其后常跟名詞，代詞或從句作賓語。Believeitornot,yourbrainneverstopsworking.Ibelievethatanappleadaykeepsthedoctoraway.believev.相信；認為有可能believe表示相信某人的話，相信某事等。Wedon’tbelieveinher,sowedon’tbelievewhatshesays.我們不信任她，所以我們不相信她說的話。believein表示“信任；信仰”，多指品德、操守等方面可靠、可信?！疽谆毂嫖觥縝elieve與believein5.…thatrobotswillneverbeabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.（教材P532b）（1）wakeup在此處用作不及物動詞短語，意為“醒來”。Theywakeupeverymorningtoworkfortheirfamiliesandtheirfuture.wakeup醒來；叫醒（2）wakeup還可作及物動詞短語，此時為“動詞+副詞”型短語，后接名詞作賓語時，名詞放在up前或后均可；后接代詞作賓語時，代詞只能放在wake與up之間。Don’twakeupyoursister,Ben.=Don’twakeyoursisterup,Ben.It’s7o’clock.It’stimetowakehimup.6.①ButmanyscientistsdisagreewithMr.White.②However,theyagreeitmaytakehundredsofyears.（教材P532b）disagree與agree互為反義詞，其用法相似，以agree為例：disagreev.不同意；有分歧agreev.同意；贊成；應允agreewithsb./sth.同意某人的看法或觀點，后接人或表示“意見；看法”的名詞agreetosth.同意（計劃、建議、安排等）agreetodosth.同意做某事agreeonsth.就……取得一致意見agree+that從句贊成……；同意……Asforme,Iagreewiththelatter（后者）.Weagreedtotheirarrangements.Weagreetoleaveatonce.I’mafraidIcan’tagreeonyouropinion.Mostpeopleagreethatthenovelisagoodone.7.However,theyagreeitmaytakehundredsofyears.（教

材P532b）【易混辨析】hundred與hundredsofhundred表示具體數(shù)量，意為“百”。其前有a、several及具體數(shù)字時，hundred后不加-s，也不和of連用。Theroomcanholdtwohundredpeople.這個房間能容納200人。hundredsof許多；大量hundredsof表示籠統(tǒng)的數(shù)量，意為“許多；大量”。不可與具體數(shù)字連用。Hehashundredsofbooks.他有許多書。模糊數(shù)字“兩有”(有-s有of),具體數(shù)字“兩無”(無-s無of)。8.Theythinkthatrobotswillevenbeabletotalklikehumansin25to50years.（教材P532b）evenadv.甚至；連；愈加(1)even位置比較靈活，常置于所修飾的詞前，用來加強語氣。It’scoldthereeveninsummer.EvenTom,alittleboy,knowsit.(2)even可放在形容詞、副詞的比較級前，修飾比較級，表示程度。Thecomputercouldplaychessevenbetterthanhumans.(1)fall（過去式為fell）在此作動詞。Babiesoftenfalldownwhentheylearntowalk.9.Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside,thesesnakerobotscanhelplookforpeopleunderthebuildings.(教材P532b）falldown突然倒下；跌倒；倒塌(2)fall還可作名詞，其用法有:fall

n.倒塌；跌落；掉落Ihadafallfromahorseandbrokemyarm.秋天Iwasborninfall.瀑布That’sthefamousicefall.inside在此處用作副詞。inside還可用作介詞，意為“在……里面”，其反義詞為outside。Wehadtomoveinsidewhenitstartedtorain.(inside作副詞)Goinsidethehouse.（inside作介詞）9.Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside,thesesnakerobotscanhelplookfor

peopleunderthebuildings.(教材P532b）insideadv.&prep.在……里面lookfor強調(diào)“找”的過程和動作，意為“尋找”。find強調(diào)“找”的結(jié)果，意為“找到”。9.Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside,thesesnakerobotscanhelplookforpeopleunderthebuildings.(教材

P532b）lookfor尋找【易混辨析】lookfor與find10.Thiswasnotpossible20yearsago,butcomputersandrocketsalsoseemedimpossible100yearsago.（教材P532b）possibleadj.可能存在或發(fā)生的；可能的impossibleadj.不可能存在或發(fā)生的；不可能的Itcanbepossibleforyoutoliveabetterlifeifyouworkharder.It’simpossibleforustofinishtheworkinoneday.Readthearticleagainquickly.Completethesentencesaboutwhatrobotscandonow.1.Robotscanbuild__________infactories.2.Theycan

do___________jobsmanytimesandnevergetbored.3.Somecan_________and____________.4.Somecan

help___________peopleunder____________.carssimplewalkdancelookforthebuildingsThesolution:findsentencesrelatedtokeywords.2cFillintheblanksinthisparagraphwithwordsfromthearticle.Somerobotsareveryhuman-like.Theycanwalkand_________likepeople.Somescientiststhinkthatinthefuturetheywill_________robotsmorelikehumans.Thismaynot_________inthenearfuture,butatsomepoint,robotswillevenbeableto_________dancemakehappentalkadj.

類似人的賓補2dlikepeople.However,somescientists____________.JamesWhitebelievesthatrobotswillnotbeabletodothe_________thingsaswecan.Forexample,hethinksthatrobotswill____________beabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.Whichsidedoyou____________with?disagreesameneveragreeDoYouThinkYouWillHaveYourOwnRobot?Robotsinmovies(Para.1)Robotstoday(Para.2)likehumanservants;helpwiththehousework;dojobslikeworkingindirtyordangerousplacesworkinfactories;helptobuildcars;dosimplejobsoverandoveragainStructureofthearticleDoYouThinkYouWillHaveYourOwnRobot?Willrobotsthinklikehumans?(Para.3)NoYeswillbedifficult;willneverbeabletowakeupandknowwheretheyarewillbeabletotalklikehumansin25to50yearsDoYouThinkYouWillHaveYourOwnRobot?Robotsinthefuture(Para.4)therewillbemorerobots;havemanydifferentshapes(looklikehumansoranimals);snakerobotscanhelplookforpeopleunderthebuildingsIfIhavearobot,Ihopethatitwill…DiscussionWhatkindsofanimalsmightrobotslooklikeinthefuture?Whatdoyouthinktheserobotswillbeabletodo?Writeyourideasanddiscussthemwithyourpartner.Ithinksomefuturerobotsmightlooklike_____________.Theywill____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________beabletoswimlikearealfish.Theywilldivedeeplyintotheseaandoceanstohelphumansdodangerousworkunderwater.fish2e1.—Therearemoreandmorepeople__________apartinsavingtheearthnow.—Yes,Ihopeso.Themore,thebetter.A.play B.playing C.toplay D.areplaying2.It’s__________forustofinishtheworkinthreedays.Pleasegiveustwomoredays.A.educationalB.impossibleC.importantD.interestingBB一、單項選擇Exercises3.(百色中考)Theenvironmentherebecomesbetterandbetter.

birdsarecomingback.A.Hundred B.HundredsC.ThousandD.Thousandsof4.—Mom,there’ssomethingwrongwithmyclock.Couldyou_____tomorrowmorning?—Noproblem,dear.A.wakemeupB.wakeupmeC.ringupme

D.ringmeupDA5.(濱州中考)Ithinkwashinghandseverydayisgood

ourhealth.—Yes,Iagree

you.A.to;to

B.with;toC.for;withD.at;with6.Aftertheearthquake,thehousemight

.A.writedown

B.putdownC.turndownD.falldownCD1.It’s___________(possible)forachildtocarrysuchaheavybox.2.Thereare_________(hundred)ofst