Unit 2 RobotReading第一部分 简要提示一、年级：九年级二、教学内容：9B Unit 2 Robots三、课型：阅读课四、教学目标1. 知识目标1) 词汇：掌握本课时的四会单词。2) 词组：to own a robot; change ones life; in many ways; have more spare time; make a great difference to ; iron shirts; for an extra hour; do the laundry; air the rooms; return home from work; look as good as new; be happy with ; go wrong; catch a virus; cause problems; knock things over; in a mess; 3) 句型：In order to have more spare time, I need to buy a robot. As a result, Mr Jiang no longer needed to get up early to do the housework.I need to buy a robot.2. 能力目标通过阅读了解文中所出现的家用机器人的基本情况；学会运用本课所学的主要词汇、句型。3. 情感目标 结合所学内容，引导学生对未来生活展开美好想象，激发学生探索未知世界的热情。五、教学重难点1. 重点：理解课文内容；掌握四会单词、词组和句型2. 难点：When Mr Jiang got home, he would find his flat in a mess. Coins were spread all over the floor.第二部分 教学流程Step 1 Pre-reading T: Hello, everyone! Nice to meet you. Im Mr. Bao from Wuxi Big Bridge Experimental High School. Look at the picture of my school. T: Is the teaching building tall? It has 12 floors. It may be the tallest teaching building in Jiangsu. Do you know why we built such a tall building? Because the school is close to the city center and we dont have much space.T: Near the school, there are many shops. Many teachers love going shopping at lunchtime. I dont like shopping much, but I often go to one of the shops. Can you guess what kind of shop it is?T: Yes, you are right. I often go to the electrical shop. I love to have a look at those TVs, cameras, MP3 players and so on. Last week, I went there again and saw a strange thing. Lets have a look.T: Do you know what it is? Its a robot. Do you know what it can help us do? It can help us sweep the floor. Do you like it? Yes? It may help you a lot, but it may also bring you much trouble. You dont believe that? Today we are going to learn about Mr. Jiangs robot. Lets find out how the robot change his life. Before we start to read the article, lets have a look at these new words. T: Here we have seven new words. Can you match them with the meanings on the right? No. 1, salesman. What does it mean? Yes, it means a man who sells things. No. 2, spare. Yes. Spare means free. For example, spare time, it means free time. No. 3, iron. It means make clothes smooth with an iron. No. 4, laundry. What does it mean? Yes. It means the process of washing clothes. We often say do the laundry, which means do the washing. No. 5, virus. Its something that causes computer problems. No. 6, mess. Mess means a dirty and untidy condition. We often say in a mess. No. 7, spread. It means covered a large area. T: Now, please read these new words after me. Step 2 While-reading T: Very good. Now would you please listen to the article on the tape for the main idea? Please listen and answer these two questions. 1 Did the robot make a great difference to Mr Jiangs everyday life? 2 What did Mr Jiang decide to do in the end?T: Lets check your answers. 1 Did the robot make a great difference to Mr Jiangs everyday life? Yes, it did.2 What did Mr Jiang decide to do in the end? He decided to return the robot to the robot shop.T: Well done! Now, please open your books at Page 24. Please read Paragraph 1 and 2, and then answer these two questions. 1. Whats Mr Jiangs job? (He is a salesman.)2. Why did he decide to buy a robot for himself? (He bought the robot in order to have more spare time.)T: Have you got the answers right? Good! Lets go on reading. This time, lets read Paragraph 3, 4 and 5, and then fill in the form below.T: In the morning, the robot makes the breakfast, irons his shirts, makes a lunch box. Mr Jiang can stay in bed for an extra hour. During the day, the robot cleans the flat, does the laundry, washes the dishes, sweeps the floor, makes the bed, airs the rooms, and goes shopping at the supermarket. Mr Jiang is working during the day. In the evening, the robot cooks the dinner and washes the dishes. Mr Jiang relaxes and watches his favourite TV programme.T: Very good! Youve got all the answers right. These are all the good points of the robot. Does it have any bad points? Does he ever do anything wrong? Now, please finish reading the last two paragraphs, and then choose the wrong things that the robot did after he caught a virus. l He cooked breakfast at the right time. l He woke up Mr Jiang at the wrong time. ()l He threw Mr Jiangs breakfast into the dustbin.l He threw Mr Jiangs clean shirts into the dustbin. ()l He moved around the house and knocked things over. ()l He went out and often lost his way home.l He made a mess in Mr Jiangs flat. ()Step 3 Post-reading T: All right. Now, we have known that the robot has some good points and some bad points. Daniel is thinking of the good and bad points of having a robot too. Help him complete the lists below. You have the lists on Page 26 in your books.