选修7 Unit 2SATISFACTION GUARANTEEDLarry worked for a company 1. _____ made robots. Recently it had begun experimenting with a household robot, which was going to be tested out by Larry’s wife, Claire.Claire didn’t want the robot in h er house, 2. ____Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her 3. ___________(harm). However, Claire felt alarmed when first saw the robot, Tony, 4. ______ seemed more like a human than a machine. He was tall and handsome 5. _____ smooth hair and 6. _____ deep voice although his facial expression never changed.7. _________(good) at housework, Tony was a qualified household robot, who paid attention to Claire’s feelings as well. When Claire was unconfident about herself, he would feel sorry 8. ____ her.9. ____ was ridiculous 10. _____________(offer) sympathy by a robot.One thing that disturbed Claire was 11. ______ she felt her home wasn’t elegant enough for someone like Larry who wanted to improve his social position. Therefore Tony promised12.________(help) her. He gave Claire a new haircut and changed her makeup. After13.________(scan) numbers of books, he made a list of items for Claire 14. _______ accompanying her to the shops. 15. ____________(buy) curtains, cushions, a carpet and bedding, she went into a jewelry shop to buy a necklace. When the clerk was rude to her, she rang Tony up and the clerk immediately changed his attitude after she spoke to him. Claire thanked Tony, 16. _____ (tell) him that he was a “dear”, which was seen by Gladys Claffern, who was one of the richest and most powerful women around, believing Clair was having an affair.Claire was annoyed as Gladys was everything she wanted to be. In order to help her, Tony suggested that she 17. _____ (invite) Gladys and her friends to the house the night before he was to leave and Larry was to return.Finally the party night arrived. The clock struck eight. The guests would be arriving soon and Claire told Tony to go into another room. At that moment, Tony folded his arms around her, 18. _____ (bend) his face close to 19. _____. She cried out “Tony” and then heard him declare that he didn’t want to leave her the next day 20. _____ that he felt more than just the desire to please her. Then the front door bell rang. Tony freed her and disappeared from sight. It was then that Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window. Her guests had seen everything!The women 21. _____ (invite) to the party were impressed by Claire and everything in the house. Just before they left, Claire heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony. What a sweet victory to be envied by those women! She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover.Then she remembered—Tony was just a machine. She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed. She cried all night. The next morning a car drove up and took Tony away.The company was very 22. _______(please) with Tony’s report on his three weeks with Claire. Tony had protected a human being from harm. He had prevented Claire 23. _____ harming herself through her own sense of 24. _____(fail). He had opened the curtains that night so that the other women would see him and Claire, knowing that there was no risk to Claire’s marriage. But even though Tony had been so clever, he would have to be rebuilt—you cannot have women25. ________(fall) in love with machines.Unit 2Ⅰ.单词荟萃1．________n．渴求；欲望；渴望；vt.希望得到；想要→________adj.令人满意的；值得要的2．____________n．满意；满足；令人满意的事物→________vt.满足；使满意→_____________________ adj.令人满意的→_________adj.感到满意的3．________n．喜爱，恩惠；vt.喜爱；偏袒→___________adj.赞成的；有利的→__________adj.特别喜爱的4．_____________vt.陪伴；伴奏→__________n．陪伴；(一)群；(一)队→____________n．伙伴5．________vt.宣布；声明；表明；宣称→________________n．宣布；宣言；声明6．____________ n．喜爱；爱；感情→________ vt.影响；感动→________ n．结果；作用，影响7．________ n．天才；特殊能力；才干→__________ adj.有才能的；天才的8．________ vt.&vi.服从；顺从→________vt.&vi.不服从；违抗9．__________n．评价；评定→________vt.估定；评定→_____________adj.可估价的；可征收的10．________ adj.较年幼的；资历较浅的；地位较低的；n.年少者；晚辈；等级较低者→________n．年长的；资历较老的；地位较高的；高级的11. ________ adj. 优雅的，高雅的→_____________n. 优雅，高雅12. ________ vt. 宣布，声明，宣称→_____________n. 宣布，声明，宣称13. ________ vt. 评价，评定____________n. 评价，评定Ⅱ.短语检测1．试验_____________2．让某人单独待着________________ 3．与其说…不如说… _______________ 4．同情某人______________________ 5．更确切地说____________________ 6．将……放在一边________________ 7．和……有绯闻__________________ 8．一定做…… ___________________ 9．有……的天分_________________ 10．认真对待…… ________________Ⅲ.佳句再现1．Just________________，Claire heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony.就在她们离开之前，克莱尔听到格拉迪斯跟另外一个女人小声地说，她从来没有见过像托尼这么英俊的男人。