
Teaching bjectives:
By the end f this perid, yu will be able t…
learn hw a science fictin is develped and hw many elements it includes.understand the theme expressed in science fictins.cmplete the stry with bld but reasnable imaginatin.develp a right and critical attitude twards the develpment f rbts and AI.
Watch the vide and answer the fllwing questins.
1. Wh is Sphia and what des she lk like?2. What’s unusual abut Sphia?3. D yu think a rbt can have its wn feelings r thughts?
Think and Discuss
1. Wh is Sphia and what des she lk like?2. What’s unusual abut Rbt Sphia?3. D yu think a rbt can have its wn feelings r thughts?
make gd dialgues and play jkes
lk like humans and have facial expressins
plan t dminate the human race(kidding)
gd at playing games
A rbt can nly d what it’s prgrammed t deven thugh they can shw feelings using facial expressins.
If a rbt like Sphia lives with yu, what will happen?
Lk at the title and predict the plt
Rewritten. It is riginally written by Isaac Asimv.
It is prbably abut a prduct which makes its custmers feel satisfied.
2.What des “adapted”under the title mean?
1. What is the stry titled Satisfactin Guaranteed prbably abut?
Reading fr the characters and their relatins
1. Hw many characters are there? Wh are they? 2. What are the relatinships between them?
made this husehld rbt
Claire wished t be)
Careful Reading
Para 1-2:
C Larry persuaded Claire t accept the rbt that wuld be tested ut.
B The result f Claire living with the rbt.
A The prcess f the rbt helping Claire.
Para 3- 8:
Activity 1: Read fr the structure
Match the main idea with each part.
1. What is the beginning f the stry?
Larry’s cmpany had begun experimenting with a husehld rbt. It was ging t be tested ut by Claire.
2. Hw did Claire feel when she first saw the rbt?
She felt alarmed.
He was mre like a human.He was tall and handsme with smth hair and a deep vice.His facial expressin never changed.
Activity2:Read para1-2 (Larry persuaded Clair t accept the rbt that wuld be tested ut)
1. What are Claire’s prblems ? 2. What did Tny d t help Claire?
Read Part2 (3-8):The prcess f the the rbt helping Claire
Activity 3:
Claire had a sense f failure.
Her hme __________________
She wasn'tlike Gladys,but she __________________ .
The saleswman _________her.
She _______ the ladder.
She didn't think__________.
1. What are Claire’s prblems ?
He _____her and treated her with________.
He prmisedt____________________.
He gave her______________________________.
He made the wmanchangedher______.
Hemanagedt ____________ frmthe nextrm.
catch her in time
Tny: Mr. Perfect !
shewas clever
wasn't elegant enugh
wished t be her
fell ff
make her hme mreelegant.
a new hairstyle and imprved her makeup
2. What did Tny d t help Claire?
Tny felt mre than just the desire t please Claire and did nt want t leave the next mrning.
Hw did Tny feel twards Claire?
Read Part3 (9): The result f Clair living with the rbt.
Activity 4:
Activity 5:
Discussin : Grup wrk Hw did Claire’s feelings tward Tny change as the stry develped?.
disliked him/ didn't want him in her huse
felt alarmed
embarrassed
felt ridiculus
began t trust him
thanked t Tny and called him a dear
felt the warmth f his bdy
than just the desire t please her
Hw d yu think this stry will end?
happy ending?
surprising ending?
sad ending?
Wrk in grups and cme up with an ending.
Activity 6: Discussin
A husehld rbt called Tny was t be tested _______ in Larry's huse. Thugh Claire, Larry's wife, didn't like _______ idea at the beginning, she was persuaded t let the rbt ____________ (cmpany) her while her husband was away n a business trip. The rbt lked like a tall and handsme man with smth hair. Thugh his facial ___________ (express) never changed, the rbt spke in a deep and attractive vice. At the first sight f Tny, Claire felt alarmed because he seemed ________ (much) like a human than a machine. S when Tny ffered t help dress, Claire felt mre than _____________ (embarrass).Hwever, Tny gradually wn Claire's trust. He tk gd care f Claire and even managed t rescue her when she fell ff the ladder. He als helped Claire realize her dreams by ________(make) her hme elegant, giving her a new haircut and changing her make-up. Therefre at the party all the guests wh ____________ (invite) were filled with admiratin when they saw her huse was __________ (cmplete) changed. Claire felt satisfied and recvered her cnfidence. And Tny said he was s attached ________ her that he hated t leave her.
were invited
1)D yu think the test is a success r a failure? Why?
I think it is a failure. Because, during the test, Tny nt nly understd Claire‘s feelings and emtins, but he was develping his wn. Given that(假如) Tny was nt prgrammed t have an affectin (有感情)previusly, it will be dangerus fr human t live with a machine with his wn feelings and thughts.
Yes, I d, because the rbt thinks and acts like human beings, which can make us frget the differences between rbts and human beings.
2)D yu think it is pssible fr a persn t lve a rbt? Why?
讀后續(xù)寫根據(jù)課文內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段,使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。續(xù)寫的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150 左右。 Tny freed her and disappeared frm sight. It was then that Claire realized that Tny had pened the curtains f the frnt windw. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The next mrning a car drve up and tk Tny away. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________
Pst-readding
1.Tny let her g and _____________ frm sight. It was then that Claire realised that Tny had _________________ f the frnt __________________t be envied by thse wmen! She might nt be as beautiful as them, nne f them had such a but_______________________.3. But even thugh Tny had been s clever and caring, he wuld____________________-yu cannt have wmen________________________________.
disappeared
pened the curtains
falling in lve with machines
a sweet victry
handsme lver
have t be rebuilt
Let’s listen t the rest f the stry and fill in the blanks
1. Recently it had begun experimenting with a husehld rbt. It was ging t be tested ut by Larry’s wife, Claire.最近,公司用一臺家用機器人來做實驗。它將由拉里的妻子克萊爾來測試。experiment with …用…做實驗test ut 測試; 檢驗
Language Pints
2. Claire didn’t want the rbt in her huse, especially as her husband wuld be away n a business trip fr three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the rbt wuldn’t harm her r allw her t be harmed.
【翻譯】 克萊爾并不想她家里有個機器人,尤其是在她丈夫要出差三周的時候,但是拉里勸她說機器人不會傷害她,也不會讓她受到傷害。
that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句
but連接的并列復(fù)合句
especially 修飾整個句子 n business 出差 harm vt/n. 傷害;壞處 d harm t… =be harmful t… 對…有害allw sb t d sth 允許某人做某事 alarmed adj.害怕的;驚慌的 alarming adj. 令人驚恐的
3.On the secnd mrning, Tny brught her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing.Nw she was being lked after by a rbt that lked s human and it was disturbing.第二天,托尼帶來了早餐然后問她是否需要幫忙穿衣服。現(xiàn)在,她被看起來像人的機器人照顧著,這太令人不安了。具體某一天的上/下午用介詞nbe dressed in 穿著…衣 dress up 打扮;盛裝 was being lked after 進行時態(tài)的被動語態(tài)human adj. 人性的;人的disturbing adj.令人不安的;令人煩惱的
4.Claire thught it was ridiculus that she was being ffered sympathy by a rbt, but she gradually admired his wisdm and integrity and began t trust him. He always treated her with dignity. 克萊爾覺得一個機器人對她表示同情十分荒謬,但是她逐漸地佩服他的智慧和忠誠并開始信任他。他總是有尊嚴(yán)地對待他。it 是形式主語, that she was being ffered sympathy by a rbt引導(dǎo)的主語從句sympathy n.同情 shw feel sympathy fr sb 同情某人sympathetic adj. 同情的 in the integrity 原封不動地with dignity 有尊嚴(yán)地 lse dignity失去尊嚴(yán)stand n ne’s dignity 保持尊嚴(yán)
ridiculus adj. very silly r unreasnable 愚蠢的; 荒唐的, 可笑的
e.g. It's ridiculus that we have t wait six weeks.
【句式】It is / was ridiculus that … ……是荒謬的。
【常用搭配】 a ridiculus idea 荒唐的主意 lk ridiculus 看上去可笑 sund ridiculus 聽起來荒謬 abslutely/ttally ridiculus 荒謬絕倫
5. She wasn’t like Gladys Claffern, ne f the richest and mst pwerful wmen arund.她與格拉迪絲? 克拉芬不同,后者是當(dāng)?shù)刈钣绣X有勢的女性之一。like 介詞 “像” ne f the richest…在句中作同位語,對Gladys Claffern作進一步解釋和說明。
6. As a favur, Tny prmised t help Claire make herself mre beautiful and her hme mre elegant.作為一項恩惠,托尼答應(yīng)幫助克萊爾,把她變得更漂亮些,也把她的家變得更雅致些。
【常用搭配】 ask a favur f sb. / ask sb. a favur 求某人幫忙 d sb. a favur 幫某人忙 in favur f 贊同,支持 in sb.’s favur 有助于某人
7. S Claire brrwed sme library bks fr him t read, r rather, scan.所以克萊爾從圖書館借了一些書讓他讀。更確切地說,掃描。 scan--scanned--scanned--scanning
拓展:rather than 而不是ther than 除……之外 mre than 很,非常;超過;不僅僅是
8. She lked at his fingers with wnder as they turned each page.她驚奇地看著他的手指翻頁。with wnder 驚奇地
(It is) n wnder that…難怪…Her child is missing. It is n wnder that she is s upset.他的孩子不見了,難怪她心神不寧。
9. As he was nt allwed t accmpany her t the shps,he wrte ut a list f things that he wuld need fr his wrk n the huse.由于他被禁止陪同克萊爾去商店,他列舉出了裝修房子所需要的東西。allw sb t d sth 被動結(jié)構(gòu):sb be allwed t d sth
accmpany vt. ①陪同, 陪伴 ②伴隨, 和……一起發(fā)生(存在) 【常用結(jié)構(gòu)】accmpany sth. by / with sth. ③給……伴奏 【常用結(jié)構(gòu)】accmpany sb. at / n sth.
e.g. Wh will accmpany yu t the airprt?The rain was accmpanied by / with a high wind.Mr. White accmpanied his speech with gestures.The singer was accmpanied at / n the pian by his pupil.
10.As she turned arund,there std Gladys Claffern.當(dāng)她轉(zhuǎn)身時看到了格萊蒂斯。 turn arund 轉(zhuǎn)身there std Gladys Claffern.為完全倒裝句11. He suggested that she invite Gladys and her friends t the huse the night befre he was t leave and Larry was t return.在他離開和拉里回來之前,他建議克萊爾邀請格拉迪絲和她的朋友們到家里來 。suggest 表“建議”時,后面的賓語從句用虛擬語氣即shuld d。 suggest 表“暗示,表明”時,后面的賓語從句用陳述語氣。be t d sth 將要做某事
12. Claire tried t help by wrking n a light suspended frm the ceiling, but she fell ff the ladder.克萊爾試圖幫忙修理懸掛在天花板上的一盞燈,但她從梯子上摔了下來。wrk n從事suspended frm the ceiling為過去分詞短語作后置定語13.Even thugh Tny had been in the next rm,hemanaged t catch her in time.即使托尼在隔壁房間,他及時接住了她。even thugh=even if 即使;縱然manage t d sth設(shè)法做某事in time 及時;最后
14.The clck struck eight.八點鐘了。strike--struck--struckstrike vt.敲擊;打擊;襲擊;使想起;罷工;打動n strike 在罷工It struck sb that 使某人突然想起15.The guests wuld be arriving sn, s Claire dismissed Tny fr the rest f the night.客人們很快就要到了,所以克萊爾讓托尼結(jié)束了當(dāng)晚剩下的工作。wuld be arriving 為將來進行時態(tài)dismiss vt. 讓(某人)離開; 解散;解雇;消除 lay ff 解雇dismiss … frm …從…開除… dismissal n.解雇;開除
e.g. t dismiss a suggestin/a claim/an idea 駁回建議/要求/想法 The suggestin shuld nt be dismissed ut f hand (= withut thinking abut it). 這建議不應(yīng)當(dāng)直接就被摒棄。 He dismissed her frm his mind. 他揮去了對她的思念。 She claims she was unfairly dismissed frm her pst. 她聲稱自己被無理免職。
【常用搭配】 dismiss (…) frm … 從……解除/開除(……)
16.At that mment,Tny tk her in his arms,bringing his face clse t hers.take sb in ne’s arms 擁抱某人bringing his face clse t hers.為現(xiàn)在分詞短語做伴隨狀語17. She heard him declare that he did nt want t leave her the next day, and that he felt mre than just the desire t please her. 她聽到托尼說,他明天不想離開她,而且他不只是僅僅想讓她開心。declare that…and that… 兩個that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句 第一個that可以省略,第二個that不可以省略。declare fr / against sth. 表態(tài)支持/反對某事 declare sth (t be/ as) … 宣布…為…
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