3. Why should Tony be rebuilt? Because the company (designers) cannot have women falling in love with machines.
Discussion
In groups, list Tony’s characteristics that were similar to those of a human being and different from those of a human being.
Character istics
Similar Able to make suggestions ______________ and predictions. Able to make a plan ___________and follow it through. Has good communication ______________ skills
Careful-reading
How did Claire feel? alarmed What happened? She saw Tony was ___ tall and handsome His hair was ______ black ________. smooth and _______and his voice was deep _______. Tony asked whether she needed help dressing. fingernails and the By his _________ softness ________ and ________of his skin. warmth
C. giving her advice on her dresses
D. all the above
3. As a result, the experiment shows_______. A. Claire and Tony fell in love with each other B. Tony had to be rebuilt C. Tony was angry with his designer
Different
Behaviour not_______ appropriate ______ (Tony asked Claire whether she needed help dressing)
Mental
Character istics Emotional
Similar Can show sympathy __________ for Claire and can give encouragement ___________ to her.
Post-reading
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 women guests .
2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed?
3.Why did Larry put Tony into his family? Because he wanted to test out how a robot used for housework in a family.
Skimming
Choose the best answer
1. Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony? A. Because he was a robot. B. Because she did’t like him. C. Because he was more like a being than a machine. D. Because he never changed his facial expressions.
Characteris tics Similar Different
Physical
Mental Emotional
Character istics
Similar
Different
(1)Looks (1)Facial a human like__________ expressions_ Physical being _____. never change ___________. (2)_________ Quicker (2)Body and reactions warm skin are_____. ___________ (3)Hair and __ (She fell off a fingernails____ ladder and even though Tony was realistic _________. in the next room, (4)Voice he managed to a human’s like__________. catch her in time)
Background information: •A retelling of an Isaac Asimov’s story called Satisfaction Guaranteed. •About a human-like robot. •Asimov’s first law for robots: A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured. •The robot, cause the main character to have some very confusing feelings.
Pre-reading II
Discuss:
Do you think it is possible for a robot to: •think for itself? •have feelings? •have its own needs and desires? •look and feel like a human being?
D. Both A and B
4. All the following statements are true except _______. A.Tony tried to please Claire B.Claire tried to displease Tony
C.Tony managed to protect Claire
He had prevented Claire from harming herself by making her feel good about herself. He helped her make her and her home elegant so that she would not feel like a failure.
embarrassed amazed
Happy, surprised, ______________ Tony caught her in time, held her shy firmly in his arms .
How did Claire feel?
What happened?
Tony folded his arms around surprise her, bending his face close to _____________ hers and declared that he didn’t want to leave her and that he felt more than just the desire to please her. She was envied by those happy women. __________ She remembered Tony was sad just a machine. ___________
Choose your favorite one.
Warming up – II
Pre-reading I What is a robot? A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans.
scanning
Read through the passage and then answer the following questions: 1.What is the text mainly about?
2.What did the robot called Tony look like? 3.Why did Larry put Tony into his family?
Characters in the story:
Larry Belmont ---- employed in a company that makes robots Claire ---- Larry’s wife, a housewife
Tony ---- the robot Gladys Claffern ---- a woman that Claire envies
D.Gladys admired Claire for her Tony
5. We can infer from the passage that_____. A.Claire liked Tony but feared him B.Claire cried because Tony made her angry C.Claire forgot Tony as soon as Tony left her D.Tony had no feelings as ent