1、Unit 3 Robots Reading (II) I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. get more information about robots; 2. use the new words and phrases correctly; 3. know advantages and disadvantages about robots; 4. talk about their ideal robots. II. Teachin
2、g contents 1. New words and phrases: order, smoothly, satisfy, need, properly, complete, mess, lay, store, coin, bill, private, paper, spread, wheel, order one from a robot shop, look as good as new, tidy up, in general, go wrong, no longer, in a complete mess 2. New structures: He is always too bus
3、y to have any time to relax. It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiangs needs. The robot caught a virus and no longer worked properly. When Mr Jiang got home, he would find his flat in a complete mess. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. Use the new words and ph
4、rases correctly. 2. Talk about the ideal robot. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Revision 1. Mr Jiang bought a new robot. How did the robot help Mr Jiang in the morning? 2. In the first few weeks, what did Mr Jiang think of the robot? 3. After a few comfortable weeks, what happened to the robot? 4. Af
5、ter the robot caught a virus, what happened? 5. What happened to the things in his flat? 【设计意图：通过对课文内容的回忆，帮助学生进一步加深对课文的理解，同时引出机器 人话题及相关知识点。 】 Step 2 Language points 1. smoothly When he got up in the morning, his business suit was smoothly ironed. She has ironed her sons T-shirt smoothly. The pen wri
6、tes smoothly. 2. look as good as new When Mr Jiang returned home from work, his flat would look as good as new. 3. satisfy It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiangs needs. This paper satisfied his teacher and parents. I believe this car will satisfy her needs. 4. catch a virus work pro
7、perly The robot caught a virus and no longer worked properly. This computer cant work properly because it has caught a virus. 5. in a complete mess When he got home, he would find his flat in a complete mess. The room is in a complete mess, but this lovely robot can put things in order. The bed is i
8、n a complete mess. 6. be stored Milk was stored in the rubbish bin. My father has stored many books in his study so far. A lot of ice cream is stored in the lorry. 7. be spread Coins, bills and his private papers were spread all over the floor. Coins are spread all over the place. Sweets are spread
9、on the table. 8. what to do with Mr Jiang didnt know what to do with it. The boy doesnt know what to do with this math problem. Mr Li knows what to do with this robot. 【设计意图：由课文例句引出语言点，创设学生感兴趣的情境，让他们在情境中不知不觉 地感受语言，既避免了枯燥的讲解，又实现了教学目标及效果。 】 Step 3 Practice 1. Read the text after the tape 2. Try to ret
10、ell the text 【设计意图：熟读课文后，进一步帮助学生巩固重要句型。 】 Step 4 Discussion 1. Advantages and disadvantages of robots T: Work in groups and talk about advantages and disadvantages of the robots. Advantages: They can do housework for us, take care of our pets, iron our business suits, do some shopping for us, let us
11、 have more free time, let us have more sleep, prepare our lunch boxes, cook delicious meals and so on. Disadvantages: They may be easy to catch a virus, make stupid mistakes, put our food in the wrong place, move around and knock things over, make our house in a complete mess, not work properly, wak
12、e up too early and so on. 【设计意图：通过小组讨论机器人的优缺点，帮助学生深层次理解课文，激发他们对机器 人进行更为理性的思考，为下一环节埋下伏笔。 】 2. Your ideal robot T: Work in pairs and talk about what your ideal robot is like. 【设计意图：在讨论了机器人的利与弊之后，让学生讨论他们理想中的机器人。这一环节 既是对课文的升华，也可对学生的人生观及价值观起到一定的引导作用。 】 3. Chinas National Robot Competition T: Every year,
13、many students take part in Chinas National Robot Competition. They design all kinds of robots. Do you want to join them? 【设计意图: 联系实际，对学生提出希望，激发学生的责任感与使命感，把积极的情感、 态度和价值观融合在主题体验中，更容易收到潜移默化的效果。 】 Step 5 Conclusion T: I wish you would work hard and design useful robots in the future. I wish students would study better with the help of new types of robots. I wish people would have more free time and live longer. I wish robots would not catch viruses easily. 【设计意图：本环节是话题的升华，通过美好的愿望鼓励学生好好学习文化知识，为人类 的进步做出应有的贡献。 】 V. Homework 1. Remember new words, phrases and sentences. 2. Recite the article.
