高二英语 Unit 2 RobotsListening and Reading task课件 人教新目标选修7.ppt

Listening Listening and and reading taskreading task2021/8/11 星期三1Listening on Page 54 Robot What is the robot?What can the robot do?1Vacuum cleanerIt can move from room to room cleaning your house.You can programme it so that it cleans when youre away and you can control what its doing from your computer at the office.2021/8/11 星期三2Robot What isThe robot?What can the robot do?2Personal robot calledPaPeRoIt understands 650 phrases,speaks more than 3,000.It can recognize different people.It can check your email.It can help children do research on the Internet for their homework,talk to them about their day at school and play games.2021/8/11 星期三3Robot What is the robot?What can the robot do?3Tiny helicopterIt will be used to fly into dangerous areas.For example,it can fly into a house thats been destroyed by an earthquake and check if anyones inside.2021/8/11 星期三4Robot What is the robot?What can the robot do?4Walking chairIt helps people who cant walk to go up and down stairs.2021/8/11 星期三5LISTENING TEXTTHE WORLD OF ROBOTSListen to radio presenter,Alan Dobson(AD),talking to science news reporter,Emma Woods(EW),about robots in todays world.2021/8/11 星期三6AD:Now its time for our weekly chat with science news reporter,Emma Woods.Hi Emma.EW:Hi Alan.AD:So,what do you have for us today,Emma?2021/8/11 星期三7EW:Well,Alan,I thought wed have a quick look at the world of robots.AD:Thats an interesting topic.2021/8/11 星期三8EW:Well,we actually already use robots in many industrial situations,but now theyre also being developed for use around the house.Let me tell you about a very clever carpet cleaner that can move from room to room cleaning your house by itself.2021/8/11 星期三9 You can programme it,so that it cleans when youre away and you can control it from your computer at the office.AD:I wonder whether it does a good job,but I want one anyway!EW:Well,Alan,youd probably also want a PaPeRo.2021/8/11 星期三10AD:A what?EW:A PaPeRo.PAPERO.Its an egg-shaped personal robot that you can talk to.AD:Youre kidding.You mean it can understand you?2021/8/11 星期三11EW:Thats right.Ive read that it understands 650 phrases and speaks more than 3,000 words.And it can recognize different people.AD:Thats amazing!So,what can it do?2021/8/11 星期三12EW:Well,it can check your email.It can help children do research on the Internet for their homework,talk to them about their day at school,play games,and even dance with them.2021/8/11 星期三13AD:Unbelievable!Now,lets move on to other types of robots.You also found out about a tiny robot plane,didnt you?EW:Thats right,Alan.This wonderful little robot weighs less than 9 grams and has a camera.In the near future itll 2021/8/11 星期三14 be used to fly into dangerous areas and check if anyone is trapped inside.AD:So it could save a lot of peoples lives.EW:Yes,and,recently,a walking chairs been developed that the makers believe will help people who cant walk to go up and down stairs.2021/8/11 星期三15AD:Well,Emma,thanks so much for telling us a little bit about the exciting world of robots.Now what are you going to talk about next week?2021/8/11 星期三16Reading task2021/8/11 星期三172021/8/11 星期三18 Three decades of war in Cambodia have left scars in many forms throughout the country.Unfortunately,one of the most lasting legacies of the conflicts continues to claim new victims daily.Read this piece of news about landmines.2021/8/11 星期三19 In most cases,even the soldiers who planted the mines did not record where they were placed.Now,Cambodia has one of the highest rates of physical disability of any countries in the world.2021/8/11 星期三20 At the current rate of progress,it may take as many as 100 years to clear all the mines in Cambodia,and the UN estimates that with current technology,it will take nearly 1,100 years to clear all the mines in the world.2021/8/11 星期三21This is the situation in Cambodia.This is the situation in Cambodia.2021/8/11 星期三22Here and there are the mine signs.2021/8/11 星期三23 In spite of so many warning signs,there are still many victims.2021/8/11 星期三242021/8/11 星期三252021/8/11 星期三26Robots in the fight against landmines.2021/8/11 星期三27Pre-reading1.What is the main topic of the article?Which part of the text tells you that?2.Who wrote the article?3.What do the three pictures show you?2021/8/11 星期三284.Where is research being done on robots that can find landmines?5.In which two countries might the robots be used?2021/8/11 星期三29Careful reading1.How many people are killed or injured by landmines every year?2.How often is someone killed or injured by a landmine?3.For how long do landmines keep causing damage?Answer key for Exercise 2:2021/8/11 星期三304.How many landmines are buried just beneath the surface of the ground?5.In how many countries are landmines buried?6.How many landmines are removed every year?7.How many landmines are buried in the ground every year?8.How big is the robot that can find landmines?2021/8/11 星期三319.How much does it weigh?10.How many legs has it got?11.When was an agreement to stop the manufacture and use of landmines signed?12.How many countries signed the agreement?2021/8/11 星期三32Para graphMain ideaSupporting details1Introduction:the damage landmines 26,000 people killed or badly injured each year 100 million buried in 60 countries Most victims are innocent peopleSuggested answers to Exercise 3:2021/8/11 星期三3323The problem of landminesRobots can help find traditional minesEach year 100,00 removedEach year 2,000,000 buriedDifficult and dangerous to removeMuch safer in the hunt for landminesFaster at finding landminesResearch at Chiba University2021/8/11 星期三3445Robots can find plastic minesWorld opinion turned against landmines in the 19990s Experimental robots in production To use radar to locate mines To identify types of mines Agreement in Ottawa,Canada to stop the manufacture and use of landmines Still a lot of work to be done2021/8/11 星期三352021/8/11 星期三36