Unit 2 Reading New words virus dustbin mess
Unit 2 Reading
New words: virus dustbin 垃圾箱 mess mirror salesman 售货员 病毒 rice cooker 电饭煲 混乱、杂乱 ( in a mess ) 镜子 untidy 不整洁的 smooth 光滑的; 平坦的 coin 硬币 rubbish 垃圾；废物 spread 扩散 air 使通风
Task 1 : Skim the article and divide it into 4 parts and conclude its main idea. Part 1: Introduce the first person to own a robot Part 2: Good changes Part 3: Bad changes Part 4: Ending
Task 2 : (Scanning) Finish the profile The first person to own a robot Name : Mr. Jiang Work : Salesman in where : In Moonlight town Why : In order to have more free time
Task 3 : What are the good changes and the good results. the good changes the good results In the morning breakfast was made no longer needed to get up early ironed his shirts could stay in bed for an extra hour made a lunch box clean the flat do the laundry wash the dishes the flat would be as clean as new sweep the floor The delicious dinner would be ready make the bed could relax and watch TV air the room go shopping at the supermarket
Task 4 : Find out the bad points 1. How could a robot start to go wrong ? The robot caught a virus. 2. What are the problems ? • It might put my breakfast in the _______. washing machine • In might throw my shirt into the _______ dustbin along with the rubbish. • It might ______ the things over. knock • It might make a _______. mess robot shop So I might have to return it to the ____
Good points: 1. have more free time 2. sleep for a bit longer 3. do the laundry 4. iron the shirts 5. wash dishes 6. The flat will be as clean as new.
Bad points: 1. catch virus 2. put the breakfast in the washing machine 3. throw the shirts into the dustbin 4. knock things over 5. make a mess
Read again , understand the vocabulary by finishing off Part B 1
True or false: .
Retelling 1: Fill in the blanks Mr. Jiang is very busy and have no time for his hobbies. So he bought a robot to help him. It brought many changes. Mr. Jiang needn’t do any housework. he could stay in bed for longer. Mr. Jiang was very happy with the robot. But later, things changed. The robot caught virus. and caused many problems. Mr. Jiang’s flat was in a mess. Mr. Jiang was very unhappy. In the end , he decided to return the robot to the robot shop.
Retelling 2: Mr. Jiang key words busy buy a robot easy life breakfast was made shirts were ironed lunch box was made no longer needed to get up early do housework stay in bed for longer
while he is at work robot clean the flat , do laundry, wash dishes sweep the floor, make the bed go shopping When he returned home clean flat , delicious dinner After dinner : Mr. Jiang relax , watch TV robot wash dishes
A few weeks later robot catch a virus breakfast in the washing machine make a mess shirts in the dustbin move around knock things over Mr. Jiang decided to return the robot
Discussion: Topic 1. If you are the owner of the broken robot in the text , what will you do? 2. Having a robot or do it myself ? 3. Should we ask robots to do all the work for us? What is your ideal robot like?
Important phrases: 1. in many ways 火星上的生活在很多方面比地球上的生活好. Life on mars is better than life on earth in many ways. in some ways in a/ one way by the way on one’s way … 2. In order to 为了生存, 人就得吃东西. People must eat in order to live. We practise English more in order to improve our oral English. In order not to He got up earlier in order not to be late again.
3. as a result 他没有练习, 结果他输了. He didn’t practise , as a result he lost. as a result of … 由于…的结果, 因为 He was late as a result of heavy snow. As a result of warning , nobody was hurt. 4. no longer = not any longer 多指时间, 用来修饰具体状态 他不再是一个学生了. He is no longer a student. He is not a student any longer. no more = not any more 指数量和程度, 用来修饰动作 她不再哭了. She no more cried.
5. as … 她跟Amy 一样苗条. She is as slim as Amy 它看上去想一栋房子那么大. It seems to be as big as a house. 6. be ready for = be ready to do … 他已经准备好英语考试了. He is ready for the English exam. He is ready to have the English exam. get ready for =get ready to do 他们准备去旅行. They get ready to go on a trip. They get ready for trip.
7. be happy with = be pleased with = be satisfied with 我对我的学生很满意. I am happy with my students. 我对你所做的不是很满意. I am not happy with what you have done. 8. in a mess 这个房间乱七八糟. This room is in (such) a mess. 孩子们把房间高的一塌糊涂. The children made a mess in the room.
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