Claire
felt being envied
cried all night
1. We can infer that when Claire first saw Tony, she felt alarmed by his acplepveearrnaenssc.e.
2. Claire bought the items from the shop because Tony wanted herself and the house changed.
Things ● 9. _a_d_v_is_e_d_ Claire to invite her Tony friends to the house did ● worked steadily on the
improvements of the house ● succeeded in catching Claire when she fell off a ladder ● opened the curtains, 10. _h_u_g_g_e_d__ Claire and expressed his feelings to her
3. Tony opened the curtains to let other women see everything and envy Claire.
4. As a result, the experiment shows CTolaniyrehaanddtoTobneyrefebluliilnt. love with each other.
Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.
Chard handsome
● his 1. _f_a_c_ia_l_e_x_p_r_e_s_s_io_n__ never
changed
● 2. _s_m_o__o_th__ hair ● a deep 3. __v_o_i_c_e__ ● soft and warm 4. __s_k_i_n___
Characters
Who are they?
worked for a company that Larry Belmont makes robots
Claire
Larry's wife, a housewife
Tony
a household robot to be tested out
Gladys Claffern a woman that Claire envies
Entertainment robots
Industrial robots
household robots
The robot which can play football.
Read the text quickly and complete its main idea.
The text is mainly about a robot, Tony, who not only helped Claire do __h_o_u_s_e_w_o_r_k, but also helped her create a new ___i_m_a_g_e_.
Things ● gave Claire a new 5. _h_a_i_rc_u_t__ Tony and changed her makeup did ● wrote out a(n) 6. _li_s_t_ of items
for Claire to buy ● spoke to the clerk in a(n) 7. _je_w__e_ll_e_ry__s_h_o_p__ to make him change his 8. _a_tt_it_u_d_e__
Claire's feelings toward Tony changed as the story developed. Fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings.
Occasion Before he arrived
When he arrived When he offered to help her dress
1. Why did Tony open the curtains?
He wanted Claire's guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by the women guests.
2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed?
Claire disliked him was alarmed
felt embarrassed
Occasion
When he offered to help her improve her house and herself When he helped her with the salesman When she fell off a ladder and was caught by Tony
Claire
admired him
called him a dear felt his warmth
Occasion
When she heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony She remembered Tony was just a machine
A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. Robots are programmed and controlled by a computer.
Toy robots
characters in stories