八(下)Unit 1第6课时-Reading

( ) 5. Some people believe that robots will be able to talk in 35 to 50 years. Check the answers : 1-5: F T F T F

3. Task Three：Read Paragraph 4-5 and fill in the chart ! The shapes The robots in factories The robots in the future 1. These robots look more like 1. Some will look like ______, ________. and the others might look like _______. What the robots can do 2. There are already robots 2. Humans will have ________ _____________. to do . 3. They ____________ over and 3. After an earthquake , a snake over again. They will never robot could help ___________ ______. Post-reading activities听后活动 4. Task Four : Listen and repeat !

Ask students to pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation. 5. Task Five: Complete the text without looking at the passage !

In some science ________ movies, people in the ______ have their own robots . But some __________ believe that it may take _______of years .Scientists are now trying to make robots look like people and do the _______things as us . Japanese companies have already_______ robots walk and dance . Now, there are already robots ______in factories. They do ______ job over and over again . They will never get_____.The robot in the future can help _______for people. That may not _______possible now. Check the answers :

fiction ,future , scientists, hundreds, same, made, working, simple, bored, look, seem 设计意图：本段话是对Reading的一个缩写，让学生在了解文章的基础上，学

under buildings. 会整体把握，把握重点内容，并锻炼他们的思维能力，培养学生的阅读能力。并让程度好的学生能会背诵，积累写作的材料。 Step 4 Writing

Write out a passage about “ what the robots can do in the future” .

设计意图：拓展并学以致用，既让学生学会本课内容，又让学生开拓想象，放飞梦想，对将来的机器人的用途进行描述，又是对本节课重难点的练习，并进行情感教育，“世上无难事，只怕有心人，一切皆有可能。” Inquiry into knowledge by translation

一、They help with the housework, and do the most unpleasant jobs. ___________________________________ 1. help sb.with sth. 表示___________________ 2. help sb.(to) do sth. 表示________________ 3. 知识拓展：

help oneself ( to )表示______________ 4. 即时练： 汉译英：

（1）你能帮助我学英语吗？________________________ (2) 请随便吃鱼。 _______________________________

二、Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. However.

They agree it may take hundreds of years. __________________________ 1. take 意为_______

It takes sb. some time to do sth. ______________________

例： 做作业每天要花费我一个小时的时间。______________________________ 知识拓展：

A: spend 的用法：

主语+ spend +时间/ 金钱+ on sth. 主语+ spend +时间/ 金钱+ in doing sth. eg. I spent two hours on this maths problem. They spent two years (in) building this bridge. B: cost 用法:

主语（物）+ cost sb. +金钱

eg. A new computer costs a lot of money. 即时练：

(1) They spend too much time the report. A. writing B. to write C. on writing D. write (2) It will me too much time to read this book. A. take B. cost C. spend D. pay (3) This science book ____ me a great amount of money. A. took B. cost C. used D. spent 2. hundred 的用法：

（1） 基数词 + hundred 表示_________ , 后面加可数名词复数。

e.g. three hundred三百,five thousand五千,a few hundred几百。 （2） hundreds of 表示 __________，后面加可数名词复数 e.g. Hundreds of trees have been planted near here, so the air is very fresh. There are four hundred students in our grade. 即时练：

1. Every year, _____ people go to visit their factory.

A. a thousand of B. thousands C. thousand of D. thousands of

2. _______ people lost their homes in Japan’s earthquake.

A. Two thousands B. Thousand C. Thousands of D. Thousand of 三、He thinks that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person. ________________________________________________ 1. It’s +adj. +for sb. to do sth. ____________________ e.g. It's easy to do this thing. _________________________

2. the same as …意为_______________，其反义词组：________________ 四、That may not seem possible now._____________________________ 1. seem 意为_____________常用作连系动词。 2. seem + to do表示____________

e.g. He seems to think so.他似乎认为如此。 3. It seems +that从句”,________________

e.g.似乎没有人知道此事。___________________ e.g.看来他在撒谎。_________________________ 4. seem + n.／adj.表示“好像是,似乎是”

e.g.看上去他像是个诚实的孩子。_________________________

The end-of- class test当堂检测

一、根据句意和首字母或汉语提示完成句子。

1. This is an u______________ job, and few people want it . 2. My father bought an e__________ bike for me.

3. ____________(科学家) are now trying to make robots look like people . 4. New robots will have many different ___________(形状). 5.These robots look more like _______(巨大的) arms . 6. Some will look like ________(人类)， and others might look like _________(蛇)。 二、用所给词的适当形式填空。

1. _______(help) yourself to some chicken, Linda . 2. We’re now trying _______(learn) English well .

3. _________(hundred) of trees have been planted near here , so the air is very fresh.