Reading,八年级人教新目标下册,Unit 1 Will people have robots?,Do you think you will have your own robots?,Have you ever seen some science fiction movies?,1.What do the robots look like in the movies? 2. What can they do?,What do they look like?,They look like humans.,What does it look?,It looks like a dog.,This robot looks like a huge arm.,What can the robots do?,speak,do exercise,run,cook,play the piano,play football,dance,help people do the most unpleasant jobs,help with the housework,What can robots do?,shapes,humans snake huge arm dog,do homework,play with people,play football,look for people,do unpleasant jobs,walk and dance,talk,Section 1 Before You Read,1a. Tell us what you know about robots. Describe your idea of a robot. Say what it looks like and what it can do.,1b. Read the title of the text. Then circle the words and phrases you think you will read in the passage. Compare your predictions with your partner.,housework cars years ago bored will was koalas buildings less work swimming possible America doctor piano backpack,厌烦的;厌倦的,可能的,Section 2 While You Read,In some science fiction movies, people in the future have their own robots. These robots are just like humans. They help with the housework, and do the most unpleasant jobs.,小说,未来; 将来,科幻电影,help sb. with sth. / help sb. (to) do sth. 帮助某人做某事,他们能够帮助人们做家务和那些最让人不愉快的工作。,Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like people, and do the same things as us. Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance. This kind of robot will also be fun to watch.,科学家,可是; 然而,好几百,早已; 先前,try to do sth. 尽力去做某事 try doing sth. 尝试做某事 make robots look like 使机器人看起来像一样 make sb. / sth. do,日本的一些公司已经能够让机器人行走和跳舞。 这种机器人看来会很有意思。,But robot scientist James White disagrees. He thinks that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person. For example, its easy for a child to wake up and know where they are. Mr White thinks that robots wont be able to do this. But other scientists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to people in 25 to 50 years.,it + be +形容词+ (for sb.) + to do sth. (某人)做某事怎么样 It is not easy for me to get up early on Sunday morning. the sameas 同一样的 I dont like to wear the same clothes as you do every day.,他认为机器人做人做的事情是困难的。,Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. For example, there are already robots working in factories. These robots look more like huge arms. They do simple jobs over and over again. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored. But robots will never get bored.,factoryfactories 工厂 simple 简单的;简易的 over and over again 一遍又一遍地 such 这样的; 这种 get + 形容词 变得；觉得,他们一次又一次地做这些简单的工作。人们做这样的 工作就会感到枯燥。但是机器人永远也不会感到枯燥。,In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have less work to do. New robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like snakes. After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago. We never know what will happen in the future!,各地; 到处,人; 人类,外形; 形状,蛇,地震,电的;导电的,牙刷,不可能的;不会发生的,看起来; 似乎可能的,In the future, there will be more robots every- where, and humans will have less work to do. New robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like snakes. After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago. We never know what will happen in the future!,未来, 到处会有更多的机器人, 人们的工作也会更少。,地震后, 蛇机器人就会帮助寻找建筑物底下的人。,我们永远也不知道未来会发生什么。,Difficult points: 1. They think that robots will be able to talk to people in 25 or 50 years. They think that robots will be able to talk to people in 25 or 50 years. (设问、划分句子) 2. Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance. = Japanese companies can make a kind of robot and this kind of robots can walk and dance.(同义句),The main idea of the passage: It tells what robots may look like and what they can do now and in the future.,so和such的用法区别,so是副词, 修饰形容词或副词, 作状语 (如so good, so fast)；such是形容词， 用来修饰名词, 作定语。 当名词之前有另外的形容词时， 则在此形容词之前一般既可以用such， 也可以用so。但要注意不定冠词a/an的 位置。,当名词为不可数名词或复数名词时, 不能用 so, 而须用such。也就是说, so一般用“so a/an名词”结构。 当名词之前有表示数量的词(如many， much, few, little)时, 则只能用so来修饰 它们, 而不能用such。例如： They have only so much time to do their lessons 他们只有这么多时间做功课。,He has so little information 他只有那么一点点儿信息。 注意: 只有当many, few, much， little这几个词表示数量时, 才用so修饰。,so实际上修饰名词前的形容词。 试比较下列两句： I have met many such people in my life. I didnt expect to meet so many people there.,1.Where can we get _ much money to buy the color TV set? 2. I have never seen _ a naughty