—— Reading
WZMS Ma Chenchen
•Type: an entertainment robot
•Function: play chess
•Type: a household robot
•Function: do some housework
like serving tea.
•Type: industrial robots
•Function: produce cars
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Science fiction:
1) Characters
2) Plots
1.
2.
3.
4.
Beginning
Development
Climax
Ending
Characters in the story
Skim and match the plots with the main ideas.
Tony
wife &. husband
1. Beginning
(para2-3)
Larry
2. Development (para4-6)
3. Climax (para7-10)
4. Ending (para11) Gladys
love
separate
trust
dislike
Claire
1. Beginning of the story (Para 2-3)
Type: a household robot
Appearance:
more like a human than a machine
Functions:
serve
breakfast
1. help basic housework
help dressing
2. protect its owner
dislike
Claire’s feelings towards Tony: _______
was alarmed
felt embarrassed
___________
_______________
Tony
2. Development of the story (Para 4-6)
1. What problems did Claire have?
1) Herself: not clever; overweight.
2) Her home: not elegant.
2. What did Tony do to help Claire?
1) to her: make her smarter and
more elegant;
change the clerk’s attitude.
2) to her home: make it more elegant.
3. Climax of the story (Para 7-10)
How did Tony prevent Claire from being harmed?
Things done by Tony
Claire’s feelings
___________
Encouraged her when she cried
and _________
suggested holding a party.
/
Held her firmly in his arms when
_______________________
she fell off a ladder.
felt his warmth
Pretended to kiss Claire and
_________________
opened
the curtains on purpose.
________________
felt being envied
fell in love
4. Ending of the story (Para 11)
• Type: a household robot
• Appearance: more like a human than a machine
• Functions:
(1) help basic housework
1. serve breakfast
2. help dressing
(2) protect its owner
self-confidence
1. protecting by improving Claire’s _____________
1.1 make her smarter and more elegant
1.2 make her home more elegant
2. protecting by preventing Claire from being harmed
2.1 change the clerk’s attitude to her
2.2 catch her in time when she fell off a ladder
2.3 plan the party to make Gladys envy her
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1. Was Claire satisfied with Tony? Why?
2. Was the company satisfied with Tony? Why?
What do you think the company will do to
improve the robot?
Homework
• Write a short passage about how the company
improves the robot Tony.
• Finish Ex. 1,2 on P 13 and Ex. 2,3 on P 14.
Blackboard design
M7U2 Robots — Reading
Plots:
Things done by Tony
Claire’s feelings
1. Beginning
do housework
dislike
2. Development
make her smarter
trust
make her home more elegant
change the clerk’s attitude
admire
3. Climax
encourage
hold…in arms
fall in love
plan the party
4. Ending
/
separate