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Unit 1
UNIT 1
SCIENCE FICTION
future
Know ourselves
Think about the future!
Brainstorming:
How do robots already help humans today
Share the opinions with your partner.
Domestic robots:
What are they
robots
Do you know who he is
What’s the relationship between Isaac Asimov and robots
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov is an American scientist and author, who wrote science fiction, proposed three (and then he added Law Zero) Laws of Robotics (in the 1940's):
Law Zero: A robot may not injure humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
Law One: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Law Two: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
Law Three: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
The reading passage is a retelling of an Isaac Asimov’s science fiction called Satisfaction Guaranteed. This story, about a human-like robot, illustrates (阐明) Asimov’s first law for robots:
A robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured. In this case the injury is not a physical one but a psychological one. In following this law, the robot, which is very
human-like, causes the main character, Claire, to have some very confusing feelings.
Background
A robot is a machine _________ (design) to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. Robots ____________________________ (program and control) by a computer.
What is a robot
designed
are programmed and controlled
What kinds of work are robots usually used for
Robots are made to perform different tasks. Many of them are used for tasks that are either dangerous or unpleasant for us human beings. In other cases, robots are used in repetitive, or boring tasks in which human performance might degrade (降低价值) over time. Robots can perform these repetitive, high-precision operations 24 hours a day without fatigue.
Para 1-2:
C Larry persuaded Clair to accept the robot that
would be tested out.
B The result of Clair living with the robot.
A The process of the robot helping Clair.
Para 3- 8:
Para 9:
Activity 1: Skim and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para 1-2:
C Larry persuaded Clair to accept the robot that
would be tested out.
B The result of Clair living with the robot.
A The process of the robot helping Clair.
Para 3- 8:
Para 9:
Activity 1: Skim and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Activity 2: Scan the passage for details.
1. Who did Claire turn to for help when the clerk at the counter was rude to her
Tony, the robot.
Activity 2: Scan the passage for details.
2. The robot Tony helped Claire realize her dream
by making her home elegant, giving her a new hairstyle and changing the makeup she wore, and giving her advice.
Characters Who are they
Larry Belmont
Claire
Tony
Gladys Claffern
worked for a company that makes robots
Larry’s wife, a housewife
a household robot to be tested out
a woman that Claire envies
Read the passage quickly and find out the characters mentioned in the story and then tell who they are.
Skim the text, find out the main idea of the text.
It is mainly about how a household _________ was _________ ________ in a family.
robot
tested
out
Storyline:
Para. 1　A robot is to be tested out.
Para. 2　The robot, Tony, is tested out in Claire’s house.
Para. 3　Tony can serve breakfast.
Para. 4　Tony can show sympathy to Claire.
Para. 5　Tony can read books.
Para. 6　Tony helps Claire improve her makeup and
helps her gain respect.
Para. 7　Tony gives Claire a good suggestion.
Para. 8　Tony protects Claire from falling off the ladder.
Para. 9　Tony expresses his heart/love to Claire.
Summary
The story is about an experiment where a household robot was tested out.
Read the text again and try to summarize the main idea in one sentence.
Step 3 : Post-reading
Discussion:
If you have a robot like Tony, will you fall in love with it？Why
Homework
Write a short essay
Use the words to describe the differences and similarities between humans and robots.
Thank you !

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