发布者：司玉玺 所属单位：许昌市建安区第一高级中学 发布时间：2020-10-10 浏览数( -) 【置顶】 【举报】
教学设计
Teaching Aims
1. Master the words and expressions about robots.
2. Can talk about the achievements of the study on robots.
3. Use the passive infinitive correctly in different situations.
Important points
1. Describe the achievements of the study on robots.
2. Talk about robots in future.
Difficult points
1. The grammar, the passive infinitive.
2. How to design robots.
Teaching methods
1. Multi-media teaching.
2. Writing on the blackboard.
3. Class activities: discussion in pairs and in class.
Teaching procedures
Step one
Lead in
Ask students to look at the pictures on screen, and ask them questions.
1. Where could you find each robot?
2. What does each one do?
3. Can you think of any other type of robot?
4. 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 ?
Step two Pre-reading
1. Work in pairs
The passage, Satisfaction Guaranteed, is about a robot and a woman.
Do you think a woman will fall in love with a robot?
2. Skimming and discussion
Step three Fast reading
First, read the pre-reading of the passage.
Second, read the passage as fast as you can, find the Characters in the story.
Then, decide the following are true or false.
1. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife Clair.
2. Clair didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.
3. When Tony, the robot, offered to help dressing, Clair was pleased to accept it. But she thought it was surprising for a robot to be so human?
4. Tony could understand Clair when she said she was not clever.
5. Clair’s husband wanted to improve his social position, but she was sorry she could do nothing to help him.
6. Tony was eager to help Claire. He scanned quite a lot of books in the library, but he could find no ways out.
7. Tony asked Claire to go to the town to buy things he needed to improve the house.
8. It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys and her friends to her house.
9. While Tony worked on the improvements of the house, Claire also did her part.
10. Claire was happy to find that Gladys envied her.
11. Claire’s guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed.
12. The company was satisfied with Tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him.
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3. Introduction
Introduce the background information.
4. Choose the best answer.
Step four Intensive reading
Let’s read the passage again while listening to it, and answer the questions. Look at the screen and answer the questions according to the text.
1. The questions:
1. What is the text mainly about?
2. What did the robot called Tony look like?
3. Why did Claire feel alarmed at the sight of Tony?
4. Why did Larry put Tony into his family?
5. What did Tony do to make Claire and her home elegant?
2. Reading
Read the passage again and understand the details.
3. Discussion
Look at the screen and discuss with partners and finish the form on screen.
4. Check the answers.
Step five Post reading
1. Answer the questions.
2. Ask students to discuss and finish the exercises.
3. Check the answers in class according to the screen.
Homework
1. Review and retell the story.
2. Write a short story to describe a robot you imagine.
3. Surf on Internet to find out more information about the robots.