英语八年级上册七单元section_b

Unit 7Will people have robots?六小组 By: Cristiano Young2a Tell your partner what you know about robots. What do they look like and what can they do?What do they look like?They look like humans.What does it look like?It looks like a dog. This robot looks like a huge arm.What will robots do for us in the future?Lets make predictionsAfter 100 years.speakdo exerciseruncookplay the pianoplay footballdancehelp people do the most unpleasant jobshelp with the housework2b Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.Para 1 will robots think like humans in the future?Para 2 what will robots be like in the future?Para 3 what can robots do today?Para 4 what are robots like in movies? Do You Think You Will Have Your Own Robot? 1.When we watch movies about the future, we sometimes see robots. They are usually 1.like human servants. They help with the 2.housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places.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.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, somescientists 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 know3.where they are. But many scientists disagree with Mr. White. They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years.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 that4.look like snakes. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can helplook 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!翻译短语1.科幻小说 2.帮忙做家务3.花费好几百年的时间4.看起来像5.让机器人走路或跳舞6.和人一样做相同的事science fictionhelp with the houseworktake hundreds of yearslook likemake robots walk and dancedo the same things as a person7.例如8.与人交谈9.做简单的工作10.一遍又一遍11.变得烦躁12.寻找13.看起来有可能的for exampletalk to peopledo simple jobsover and over againget boredlook for seem possible1.In some science fiction movies, what will people have in the future?2. Which country has robots that can walk and dance?3. Where are the huge arm robots working now?Robots.Japan.In factories.Read and answer the questions.4. What does James White think?5. What kind of job can a snake robot do?He thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are.After an earthquake, it could help look for people under buildings.2c Read the article again quickly. complete the sentences about what robots can do now.1.Robots can build in factories.2.They can do jobs many times and not get bored.3.Some can and .4. Some can help people under. carssimplewalk dancelook forthe buildingsSome robots are very human-like. They can walk and _ like people. Some scientists think that in the future they will _ robots more like humans. This may not _ in the near future, but at some point, robotswill even be able to _ like people.2d Fill in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article.dancemakepossibletalkHowever, some scientists . James White believes that robots wont be able to do the _ things as us. For example, he thinks that robots will_ be able to wake up and know where they are. Which side do you _ with?sameneveragree2e what kinds animals might robots look like in the future? What do you think these robots will be able to do? Write your ideas and discuss them with your partner.I think some future robots might look like butterflies. They will be able to sing and dance. When I am sad, they can try their best to make me happy. And when I want to go shopping, they can take me to the mall,(购购物广场场) so that I will never stand the crowded street. In my life, it gives me a lot of help.1.and they do simple jobs over and over again.并且他们们反复的干着简单简单 的工作1. over and over again是固定搭配，译为译为 ：反复2. 的；多次”， 还还可以说说 over and over。例如：3. They sang the song over and over.4. 他们们反复的唱着那首歌。5. They call over and over again but nobody 6. answered. 他多次打电话电话 ，但没人接。Language points2. Fewer people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get bored.此句中的get bored 译为译为 “ 感到厌烦厌烦 ，感到无 聊”。其同义词为义词为 ：be bored 二者的区别别在于：get bored（强调动调动 作） be bored （强调调状态态） 英语语中有很多过过去分词词或形容词词都可以和get, be 连连用。比如：tired，angry 等。例如：You won't be bored when you are h