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Robots
Unit 2
What is a robot
A robot is a machine _______ to do jobs that are usually _______ by humans . Robots are _________ and ___________ by a computer.
designed
performed
programmed
controlled
Nowadays robots can be made into all kinds of shapes for various uses and there are different kinds of robots.
industrial robots
explore dangerous places
work in factories
pour tea
household robots
serve people
sweep the floor
cook dinner
Entertainment robots
play with children
dancing
play music
Play football
singing
Do you think it is possible for a robot to
have feelings
to think for itself
have its own needs and desires
look and feel like a human being
Pre-reading
Isaac Asimov
（1920-1992）
An American scientist and writer
Science fiction stories about robots
About the author
Nothing is impossible in a fiction!
Films based on the works of Isaac Asimov
《包君满意》
Satisfaction guaranteed
Reading
Answer the following questions:
1. What does the text mainly tell us
2. How many characters are mentioned in the text
Who are they
3. What is the relationship between them
4. Find out the structure of the text.
Fast reading
The text mainly tells us _____.
A. why Claire fell in love with a human being
B. why a robot fell in love with a human being
C. a story about a household robot being tested out in a family
D. that a robot can save a human being from danger
-employed in a company that make robots
- Larry’s wife, a housewife
- the robot to be tested out by Claire in her house
– one of the richest and most powerful
women around, a woman that Claire
envies
Characters in the story:
Larry Belmont
Claire
Tony
Gladys Claffern
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Para 1-Para 3
Para 4-Para 8
Para 9- Para 11
Para 12
Meet
Help
love
Leave
Reading for structure
Careful reading
Larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife.
2.Claire didn't like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.
3.Tony could understand Claire when she said she was not clever.
A. Read the story and decide Whether the following
statements are true or false.
F
T
T
4. It was Claire that first decided to invite Gladys
and her friends to her house.
5. Claire's guests were filled with admiration when
they saw her house was completely changed.
6. The company was satisfied with Tony's report
because he had successfully made a woman fall
in love with him.
F
T
F
1. Why did Tony open the curtains
2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed
3. Why did Tony have to be rebuilt
4. How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in your house
5. Claire spent three weeks with Tony in her house. What sentences in the story show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he was a machine
B. Read and answer the following questions:
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.
Tony prevented Claire from being harmed 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.
2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being
harmed
Tony had to be rebuilt because the company felt that they could not have women falling in love with a robot.
3. Why did Tony have to be rebuilt
5. Claire spent three weeks with Tony in her house. What sentences in the story show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he was a machine
How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine.
He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth
of his body. She screamed, pushed him away and ran
to her room for the rest of the day. Then she
remembered - Tony was just a machine. She shouted
“Leave me alone” and ran to her bed.
Please give your own answers.
4. How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in
your house
Claire’s feelings
dislike him
was alarmed
felt embarrassed
called him a dear
felt his warmth
felt being envied
cried all night
When he helped her with the salesman
She remembered Tony was just a machine
Before he arrived
When he arrived
When he offered to help her dress
When she fell off a ladder and caught by Tony
When she heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome
as Tony
admired him
C. Claire’s feelings toward Tony changed as the story developed. Match Claire’s feelings with the occasions.
When he offered to help her improve her house and herself
Occasions
How Claire’s emotion developed
refuse
accept
trust
proud
love
sad
Claire’s emotional development
1. We can infer that when Claire first saw Tony, she felt alarmed by _____.
A. his appearance
B. his ability
C. his facial expressions
D. his cleverness
D. Multiple choices
2. Which of the following is the right description about Gladys
A. She was a rich and powerful fat woman.
B. She had everything that Claire wanted and envied.
C. She was the one whom Claire turned to for help when she was annoyed.
D. She had a bad relationship with Claire.
3. Tony did the following things to help
Claire EXCEPT _______.
A. giving her a new haircut
B. changing her makeup
C. having the house completely transformed
and improved
D. going into a jewellery shop to buy her
a necklace
4. 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
D. Both A and B
A household robot, Tony, was going to ___________ by Larry’s wife, Claire, when he was _______ for three weeks. Claire didn’t like the idea at first, but Tony won Claire’s trust gradually. Tony helped Claire realize her dreams by _______ her home more elegant and made her more beautiful by giving her a new haircut and ________ the makeup she wore. However, Gladys thought Claire was having an ______ by mistake. Tony advised Claire to invite Gladys and her friends to her house. At that night, Tony opened the curtains of the front window and ______ that he didn’t want to leave Claire and that he felt more than just the ______ to please her. It was a sweet victory for Claire to be _____ by those women.
affair
envied
be tested out
making
absent
declared
desire
changing

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