hand. T: What are your opinions, Group 4? T: What a lazy boy! To tell the truth, I also want a robot to do housework for me, haha! If I have a robot, it can do all the housework for me, like my servant. How about you, Group 1? T: I agree with you. If you want to know more about robots, just read 1a. Let the Ss read 1a and do 1b.Check the answers . T: Next, you will read 1a. But before reading, please read 1b. You have to find the words in the passage according to the meanings and the first letter. When you finish, put up your hand. T: Hi, boys and girls! Who can tell us what the first word is? How about you, xxx? T: It doesn’t matter. Please spell it. T: Yes, you are right. Follow me, everyone. “warn”. T: We usually use it this robots. xxx says he 人)=servant。 would like a robot to do homework for him. S2: We like robots, too. They are too helpful in our daily life. S3: … S4: … 4 While-reading (5mins) Individual work Read 1a and do 1b. Check the answers . S1: Sorry, I don’t know how to pronounce it. S1:W-A-R-N Ss: warn S2: cause S3: … S4: … 尽管学生没学过“warn”，但通过英语解释，能知道第一个单词的意思是“警告”，然后再回到短文去寻找哪个单词可能是这个意思。这就是要培养学生“用英语学英语”的能力。老师可以利用这个环节来让学生学习新词: warn, certain, servant。 way: “warn sb. not to do sth.” or “sb. warns that…” The second one? T: … Group work Post-read ing (15mins) Step 1: Let the Ss read 1a again and then discuss the questions in 1c in groups. T: Now, you will read 1a again. However, you should read the questions in 1c first. After reading, please discuss the questions in groups. If you finish your discussion, please let me know. T: What are your opinions about Question 1, Group 3? T: Great! Each group has different ideas. Robots are considered to be our servants, aren’t they? T: I hope so. Do you think robots can think or act for themselves? Read 1a again and then discuss the questions in 1c in groups. S1: We think robots will be part of our lives in the future. Because computer science and robot technology will make everything possible . S2: We think robots will play important part in many areas of work , especially in factories. S3: We think robots will be part of our lives, but they won’t take the place of human beings. S4: … S5: … S6: We think they are. 让学生在重读1a之前，先读1c的问题，带着问题去阅读，有利于提高学生的阅读效率。 5 6
Individual work T: It seems that you have a deep discussion. How about the last question? T: I agree with you. The passage is just talking about possibilities. Do you know which words are usually used to talk about possibilities? T: “May” and “Might”. Step 2: Let the Ss read 1a the third time to find out the useful expressions and the sentences which express possibilities. T: You have learned how to talk about possibilities. Now, read 1a the third time to find out the sentences which express possibilities and useful expressions. If you finish, put up your hand. T: Now, let’s check the sentences together. The first one is… T: The second one is… T: … T: Though the passage is just talking about possibilities, from this passage, we know science S7: We don’t think so. They are machines only. They don’t have their own brains. S8: Perhaps it is possible. Human beings are too clever. They can make impossible things possible. S9: Because robots may become masters of the human beings. S10: Because we are not sure, it is a question. S10: Perhaps , probably S11: maybe Read 1a the third time to find out the useful expressions and the sentences which express possibilities. Ss: Perhaps robots 老师要在学生回答第4个问题时，顺势点明：文章所讲的只是可能性。并指出本话题的目的之一就是要谈论可能性。通常用这些词来表达可能性：perhaps, probably, maybe, may, might。 may be not always good for will think on their us. Perhaps it will do harm own,… to human beings in the Ss: However, once future. robots …may T: Have you found any appear. useful expressions? Ss: … S1: for certain, so far,.. S2: be surprised at , on one’s own,… S3: no longer, between…and… Class activity Class activity Summarizing and assigning homework (9mins) Step 1: Let the Ss read the sentences in Grammar and Functions together. T: We have finished this topic. It’s time to sum up. First, read the sentences in Grammar and Functions together. Ready? Go! Step 2: Let the Ss sum up the grammar. T: Now, let’s sum up the grammar and expressions. What’s the grammar for this topic? T: Yes. What else? T: Right. xxx, can you say something about attributive clause? Read the sentences in Grammar and Functions together. Ss: … Sum up the grammar. Ss: 定语从句。 S1: 还有谈论可能性。 S2: 定语从句常用 6 的关系代词有：who ,which ,that. Who 用于指人，which 用于指物， 8