(para 11)
She remembered Tony was just___________ a machine
cried all night
The change of Claire’s feeling to Tony
unwilling to accept
alarmed,disturbed and frightened
Isaac Asimov
( 1920-1992)
He was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.
(para 4-5)
When he offered to help her improve her house and herself
The Change of Claire’s Feelings to Tony Claire Occasion (para 6) called him a dear When he helped her with the___________ clerk
T or F
rry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Claire. F 2. Claire didn’t like the idea in the beginning, T but she agreed to it at last. 3. Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever. T 4.Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite piles of books in the library, but he could find no ways out. F
• How many characters are mentioned in the text? • What are their names? • What did they do?
• Larry
--Employee in a company making robots
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• Claire • Tony
Reading
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By Isaac Asimov
I. Skimming
1.What is the text mainly about? 2. How many characters are mentioned in the story? What did they do? What was their relationship?
Do you know any story or novel or film whose hero (heroine) is a robot? If you do, can you say something about them?
Robots 机器人历险记
Doraemon 机器猫（多啦A梦 ）
What can a robot do?
Talk with human
act as a policeman
/a seller Do the housework (cleaning,cooking ……..)
Take care of children do research
Robots
Do some shopping Play with human
Happy, surprised, shy
What happened?
tall She saw Tony was ______ and handsome He had smooth ________. ______hair and deep his voice was _______.
warmth ________ and ________of his skin. softness
III
scanning
Reading Comprehension III
Claire’s feelings towards Tony changed as the story developed. Fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings.
trust surprised, shy
embarrassed, disturbed and frightened
happy, proud of him
sad, disappointed, fall in love
Reading Reading for for details Details
How did Claire feel? alarmed ____________ embarrassed ____________ amazed
(para 8)
When she fell off a ladder _____________and was caught by Tony
felt his warmth
The Change of Claire’s Feelings to Tony Claire (para 10) Occasion When she heard Gladys felt being envied ______________another whispering to woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony
“ I, ROBOT” (机械公敌)
Transformers (变形金刚)
2
1
终结者（阿诺.施瓦辛格）T800
Do you think it is possible for a robot to:
•have feelings? •have its own needs and desires? •look and feel like a human being?
And so on…
run
dance
Playing football
Driving
say hello to people
talk with people
lead the way
Nowadays robots can be made into all kinds of shapes for various uses.
--Larry’s wife, a housewife.
--A robot to be tested out by Claire in their family
• Gladys Claffern -- the richest and most powerful women that Claire envies
Let’s read a short story about a robot. It was originally written by Isaac Asimov, and published in 1951. Here the story has been retold by another writer.
a woman that Claire envies
Reading for structure
Part 1:
Para 1- Para 3
Help Leave Meet love
Part 2:
Para 4- Para 8
Part 3:
Para 9- Para 11
Part 4
Para 12
II. Fast reading
Occasion
(para 1)
Claire
Before he arrived When he arrived
dislike him
alarmed was________ embarrassed felt__________ admired him
(para 2) (para 3)
When he offered to dress help her ________
Tony asked whether she needed help dressing. By his fingernails _________ and the
Tony caught her in time, held her ______________ firmly in his arms .
Reading for main idea
What is the text mainly about? It is mainly about how a household _________ robot was _________ tested ________ in a family. out
South Korea.
EveR-1
EveR-1这一名字的前半部分代表“夏娃（Eve）”， 后半部分的字母“R”则代表“机器人（robot）”。
Introduction
Isaac Asimov was an amazing writer who had finished more than 300 works since the beginning of the 1950’.
阿西莫夫机器人三大定律： 1.机器人不得伤害人类,或看到人类受到伤害 而袖手旁观； 2.在不违反第一定律的前提下,机器人必须绝对 服从人类给与的任何命令； 3.在不违反第一定律和第二定律的前提下,机器人