Unit 7 Will people have robots?,Section B,What can you see in this picture?,50 years later,There will be more people. There will be fewer trees. There will be more pollution. There will be more buildings. There will be more cars. There will be less fresh air.,There will be将会有,Changes,Write each word in the correct column(专栏) below.,1a,astronaut house apartment train rocket space station computer programmer,astronaut,house,apartment,train,rocket,space station,computer programmer,Talking,An astronaut lives in a space station. He goes to work by rockets.,A programmer lives in an apartment. He goes to work by subway.,A farmer lives in a house. He walks to the farm.,An engineer lives in an apartment. He goes to work by car.,Listening,Listen to Alexis and Joe. Number the pictures 1-3.,1c,2,3,1,1d,Listen again. Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs in the box.,1. I _ in an apartment across the street from here. 2. I _ near here. 3. I _ a computer programmer. 4. We _ in a house in the country.,live,lived,am,work,am, live, work, lived, took, will be, will live, will fly,5. I _ the train to school. 6. I _ an astronaut. 7. I _ rockets to the moon. 8. I _ on a space station.,took,will be,will live,will fly,am, live, work, lived, took, will be, will live, will fly,Student A is Alexis and Student B is Joe. Talk about Joes life now, 10 years ago and 10 years from now.,1e,I live in an apartment.,Pair work,Where do you live?,I lived in a house in the country.,Where did you live ten years ago?,I will live in the space station.,Where will you live in ten years?,Discussion,Tell your partner what you know about robots. What do they look like and what can they do?,2a,I think there will be more robots in the future.,Really? What do they look like?,I think they look like humans. They can do anything men can do.,Sounds interesting.,1. dangerous adj. 有危险的；不安全的,e.g. Some animals are in great danger. 一些动物处于极大的危险中。,名词danger +后缀ous dangerous,Lions are dangerous animals. 狮子是危险的动物。,fall down 突然倒下；跌倒；倒塌,2. factory n. 工厂,e.g. There will be more factories in the future. 将来会有更多的工厂。,e.g. The house might fall down in a few months. 几个月内这所房屋也许就会倒塌。,3. fall v. (fell/ fel/) 倒塌；跌倒；掉落,前缀(dis) + agree (同意)disagree,4. disagree v. 不同意 ；持不同意见； 有分歧,e.g. My father agrees, but my mother disagrees. 我爸爸同意，但我妈妈不同意。,believe sb. 相信某人说的话 believe + that 从句,5. believe v. 相信；认为有可能,e.g. I believe that you can finish the work on time. 我相信你会按时完成工作。,e.g. What is the shape of your kite? 你的风筝是什么形状的？,6. shape n. 形状,7. hundreds of 许多；大量= lots of,【辨析】 具体数字+ hundred 如：three hundred 三百,e.g. There are hundreds of flags in front of the building. 在那个高楼前有很多旗帜。,8. over and over again 反复地；多次 还可以说over and over,e.g. They sang the song over and over. 他们反复地唱那首歌。 He called over and over again but nobody answered. 他多次打电话但没有人接。,8. possible adj. 可能的；可能存在或发生,(前缀)im+ possible impossible 不可能的,e.g. Do you think its possible to beat them? 你认为战胜他们有可能吗?,To cross this river seems impossible. 穿过这条河中似乎不可能。,Lead-in,What can robots do?,Think,What do the robots look like?,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?,Reading,2b,Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.,1. 在工厂 _ 2. 做简单工作_ 4. 多次；反复地 _ 5. 许多；大量 _ 6. 看起来像人类 _,Lets review the phrases in 2b.,in factories,do simple jobs,over and over again,hundreds of,look like humans,Revision,7. 醒来 _ 8. 能够 _ 9. 突然倒下；跌倒_ 10. 寻找；寻求 _,wake up,be able to,fall down,look for,1. Robots can build _ in factories. 2. They can do _ jobs many times and never get bored. 3. Some can _ and _. 4. Some can help _ people under _.,cars,simple,look for,the buildings,walk,dance,Read the article again quickly. Complete the sentences about what robots can do now.,2c,Fill in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article.,指导： 此类短文填空题，考查同学们全面掌握短文内容，以及综合运用语言的能力。 首先，应将通读本段文字，掌握大意。可知在短文中列举了科学家们的两种观点。 然后，根据2b中短文的内容填空。,2d,Some 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, robots will even be able to _ like people. However, some scientists _.,dance,make,come true,talk,disagree,James White believes that robots will not be able to do the _ things as we can. For example, he thinks that robots will _ be able to wake up and know where they are. Which side do you _ with?,same,not,agree,What kind of 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.,2e,I think some future robots might look like