Unit+1+Science+fiction+Reading+and+Thinking+高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

UNIT1SCIENCEFICTIONReadingandthinkingSatisfactionguaranteedWhat’sthis?Whatcanrobotsdonowadays?industrialrobotshouseholdrobotsentertainmentrobotsWhatotherthingscanrobotsdonowadays?(watchavideoandtrytotell)Nowadays,robotscan----workaswaitersorwaitresses;helpwithbathroomcleaning;assistdoctorsdodifficultoperations.helpwithmanufacturing;helpwithagriculture;manyboring,tiring,repetitive,complicatedandevendangerousjobshelprescuepeople.Arobotisamachine_______________________

(programandcontrol)todojobsbyacomputer.programmedandcontrolledunderhumancontrolWhatisarobot?thinkforitself?Leadindiscussionhavefeelings?haveitsownneedsanddesires??LeadindiscussionIsaacAsimovoneofthemostfamoussciencefictionwriters.

wrotenumeroussciencefictionstoriesandnovels.famousforhisseriesstories‘Robots’,‘GalacticEmpireTrilogy’and‘Foundation’.Readthetitleandtrytopredictwhatthetextisabout.Whosesatisfactiondoyouthinkwillbeguaranteed?Tomakesure,tobeensuredPredictionLarry’scompanymadea

robot,whichwasgoingto

byLarry’swife,Claire.Skimmingforthesetting,charactersandmainplotsSetting

householdbetestedoutCharactersMainplotsacoupletestoutworkonahouseholdrobotfriendsClaireLarryBelmontTonyGladysClafferncharactersPuttheplotsinarightorderanddividethepassageintothreeparts.Part1:para(_-_)Part2:para(_-_)Part3:para(

)B.TheresultofClairelivingwiththerobotA.TheprocessoftherobothelpingClaireC.

LarrypersuadedClairetoaccepttherobotthatwillbetestedout（thebackground）12389MainplotsPart1:para(1-2).LarrypersuadedClairetoaccepttherobotthatwillbetestedout.1)DidClairewantarobotinherhouse?Why?2)HowdidClairefeelatthefirstsightoftherobot,Tony?

dislikealarmed1.Beforehearrived2ShefirstsawhimDetailedreadingPart2:para(3-8)TheprocessoftherobothelpingClairedislikealarmed1.Beforehearrived2Shefirstsawhimembarrassedridiculousthankful3Tonyaskedifsheneededhelpdressing4.Tonyofferedsympathy5Tonyhelpedhertalktothesaleswoman1)WhatdidTonyhelpClairewith?2)HowdidClaire’sfeelingschange?Detailedreading6.Whilingworkingontheimprovements,ClairefeltTony’swarmth.ShyandnervousDetailedreadingPart3:Para.(9)TheresultofClairelivingwiththerobotDoyouthinkTonywasinlovewithClaire?WhataboutClaire?DidshefallinlovewithTony?

ShehascontradictoryfeelingstowardsTony.ShewasgraduallyfallinginlovewithTony.

2.Ifso,doyouthinkitacceptableforClaireandTonytobeinlove?

Whosesatisfactiondoyouthinkwillbeguaranteed?PredictionWhowasatthedoor?Whatwouldhappennextintheparty?Wasthepartysuccessful?WhatwouldhappentoTony?Didhepassthetestintheexperiment?Workingroupsandtrytopredicttheending.(writeashortpassageof100wordsorso.)GroupworkWhoseendingdoyoulikebest?SHOWTIMECanwedismissrobots?TechnologyislikePandora’sbox---onceit’sopen,youcan’treallycloseit.科技就像潘多拉的盒子，一旦打开，再也关不上了。CriticalthinkingWhatrelationshipdoyouthinkhumansandrobotsshouldkeep?Why?Robotsareour

.CriticalthinkingInthefuture,humanlifeandrobotswillbecombinedsotightlythatourlifewillbemoreandmoreinfluencedbyrobots.Theremightstillbeconflicts,buttherewillbebemorecompetitionandcooperation.Withourintelligenceandwisdom,wehumanswilllearntoliveinharmonywithrobots,develop