Unit 2 Reading

Is she a real person ?

My ideal robotMy ideal robot

Mr. Jiang

He was the first personto own a robot in Sunshine Town.But what happened?

1.What does Mr. Jiang do ?

2.Where did he buy a robot?

3.Why did the robot cause a lot of problems?

4.How did he deal with the robot in the end?

He is a salesman

He bought it from a robot shop

Because it caught a virus.

He returned the robot to the robot shop.

Skimming Read the passage quickly and catch the main idea of each part

Para 7

Part1:

Part2:

Part3:

Part4 ：

---IntroductionParas 1-2

Paras 3-5 ---Advantages

Para 6 ---Disadvantages

---Ending/Result

Read the passage quickly,divide it into 4 parts and catch the main idea of each part

Work in groups

Read Paragraphs 1&2 and complete Mr. Jiang’s profile:

The first person to own a robot

Who :

Job :

Where :

Why :

Mr. Jiang

Salesman

In Moonlight townIn Sunshine town

In order to have

more free time

What did the robot do?

What did Mr Jiang do?

__________ breakfast

_________ his shirts

________ a lunch box

stayed _____ bed for ___

________ hour every day

In the morning

made

ironed

made

in an

extra

Read Paragraphs 3& 5and fill in the form

during the day

What did the robot do? What did Mr Jiang do?

______ his flat___ the laundry______ the dishes________ the floor, ______ the bed, ______ the rooms______________at the

worked

cleaned

did

washed

swept madeaired

went shopping

During the day

supermarket

What did the robot do?

What did Mr Jiang do?

A __________ dinner would _____________ him on the table________ the dishes

_______ and _______his favourite TV programmes

delicious

washed

relaxed watched

In the evening

be ready for

Read Paragraphs 6 & 7 and choose the wrong things that the robot did

1.He cooked breakfast at the right time.

2.He woke up Mr Jiang at the wrong time.

3.He threw Mr Jiang’s breakfast into the dustbin.

4.He threw Mr Jiang’s clean shirts into the dustbin.

5.He moved around the house and knocked things over.

6.He went out and often lost his way home. 7.He made a mess in Mr Jiang’s flat.

When Mr. Jiang got home, he would find his flat in a mess

food:

books:

mirrors:

coins:

was on the bed

were in the rice cooker

were broken

were spread all over the floor

Good points1.I will have more _________time

2.I can________for a bit longer in the morning.

3.It can help Mum do the ___when there are dirty clothes.

4. It can ________ my shirts after they are washed.

5. It can_______________________ after dinner.

6. My flat will be ____ and look as _________ as new.

free

sleep

laundry

iron

wash the dishes

new good

Bad points1.If the robot catches __________ , it will ca

use a lot of problems.

2.It might put the breakfast in the _________ .

3.It might even throw the shirts into ______.

4.It might _____ some things over.

5.It might make a_____ in my flat.

6.I might have to send it back to the ___________ .

a virus

washing machine

dustbin

knock

mess

robot shop

How about your memory ?

• Is it necessary to own a robot ?

• Why?/ Why not ?

Work in groups

A: Hello,Mr. Jiang .B: Hello. Nice to see you.A: Me ,too. You are the first person to own the robot in your town , aren’t you ?B: ….A: ….B: ….A: Thank you very much.Nice talking with you .B: Thank you .

Work in pairs

Work in pairs ,you may ask questions like these:

1.You are the first person to have a robot in your town, aren’t you?2.Why did you want to buy a robot?3.Where did you buy the robot?4.How can a robot help you in the morning?5.What did the robot do when it had problems?6.What did you do with it at last?

A: Hello,Mr. Jiang .B: Hello. Nice to see you.A: Me ,too. You are the first person to own the robot in your town , aren’t you ?B: ….A: ….B: ….A: Thank you very much.Nice talking with you .B: Thank you .

Work in pairs

1.Mr. Jiang is a _______________ and works in Moonlight Town.2.Mr jiang is the first person in sunshine town to ____________ a robot.3.The robot ________________ Mr. Jiang”s shirts every day.4.The robot would do the _______________ for Mr. Jiang .5. A few weeks later , the robot caught a _______________________ .6. The robot threw the clean shirts in the ___________________ .7. Sometimes the robot would ____________ things over.8.Mr. Jiang found his flat in a _______________ .9. Having a robot was just too much ________________ .10. In the end, Mr Jiang decided to _______________ the robot to the robot shop.

salesman

ownironed

laundry

virus

dustbinknock

messtrouble

return

To read the passage again and again .Try to retell the passage in our own words.

Mr. Jiang ------- busy ----- buy a robot

The robot ------- easy life

breakfast was made shirts were ironed

lunch box was made

no longer needed to get up early to do housework

-----------stay in bed for longer

Use the key words to retell The robot at home:

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 robot flat was clean ,

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

shirts in the dustbin

move around

knock things over

Mr. Jiang decided to return the robot

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make a mess---

1. 江先生是第一个在阳光小镇拥有机器人的人。2. 为了拥有更多空闲的时间，我需要买一个机器人。 3. 这个机器人在江先生的日常生活中产生了很大的影响。4. 江先生再也不需要早起做家务了，可以每天在床上多呆一个小时。5. 当江先生下班回到家时，他的公寓会是很干净的而且看上去就像新的那么好。6. 然后，几周之后，事情变得不妙了起来。 7. 机器人感染了病毒，引起了很多问题。 8. 当江先生回到家就会发现自己的公寓是一团糟 .9. 江先生不知道该拿机器人怎么办。 10. 最后，江先生决定把机器人还给机器人商店