Unit 7 Will people have robots?（讲义及答案）

Unit 7 Will people have robots? (讲义)

Words and expressions paper /'pe?p?(r)/ n. 纸；纸张 pollution /p?'lu??n/ n. 污染；污染物 prediction /pr?'d?k?n/ n. 预言；预测 future /'fju?t??(r)/ n. 将来；未来 pollute /p?'lu?t/ v. 污染 environment /?n'va?r?nm?nt/ n. 环 境planet/'pl?n?t/ n. 行星 earth /??(r)θ/ n. 地球；世界 plant /plɑ?nt/ v. 种 植 n. 植 物 part /pɑ?(r)t/ n. 参加；参与；部分 play a part 参与（某事） peace /pi?s/ n. 和平 sea /si?/ n. 海；海洋 sky /ska?/ n. 天空 astronaut /'?str?n??t/ n. 宇航员；航天员 apartment /?'pɑ?(r)tm?nt/ n. 公 寓 套 房 rocket /'r?k?t/ n. 火箭 space /spe?s/ n. 太空；空间 space station 太空站；宇宙空间站 human /'hju?m?n/ adj. 人 的 n. 人 servant /'s??(r)v?nt/ n. 仆人 dangerous /'de?nd??r?s/ adj. 有危险的；不安全的 already /??l'redi/ adv. 已经；早已 factory /'f?kt?ri/ n. 工厂 over and over again 多次；反复地 believe /b?'li?v/ v. 相信；认为有可能 disagree /,d?s?'gri?/ v. 不同意；持不同意见；有分歧 even /'i?vn/ adv. 甚至；连；愈加 hundreds of 许多；大量 shape /?e?p/ n. 形状；外形 fall /f??l/ v. (fell /fel/) 倒塌；跌倒；掉落 fall down 突然倒下；跌倒；倒塌 inside /?n'sa?d/ adv. & prep. 在……里面

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look for

possible /'p?s?bl/

impossible /?m'p?s?bl/ side /sa?d/

probably /'pr?b?bli/ during /'dj??r??/ holiday /'h?l?de?/ word /w??(r)d/ Nick /n?k/

James /d?e?mz/ White /wa?t/ 寻找；寻求

adj. 可能存在或发生的；可能的 adj. 不可能存在或发生的；不可能的 n. 一方（的意见、态度、立场） adv. 很可能；大概 prep. 在……期间 n. 假期；假日 n. 单词；词 尼克（男名） 詹姆斯（男名） 怀特（姓）

Role-play Nick: What are you reading, Jill? Jill: It’s a book about the future.

Nick: Sounds cool. So what will the future be like?

Jill: Well, cities will be more crowded and polluted. There will be

fewer trees and the environment will be in great danger. Nick: That sounds bad! Will we have to move to other planets? Jill: Maybe. But I want to live on the earth. Nick: Me, too. Then what can we do?

Jill: We can use less water and plant more trees. Everyone should play

a part in saving the earth.

Grammar focus What will the future be like? Will people use money in 100 years? Will there be world peace? Cities will be more polluted. And there will be fewer trees. No, they won’t. Everything will be free. Yes, I hope so. Kids will study at home on computers. They won’t go to school. 第 2 页

Countable nouns There will be more people. There will be fewer trees. Uncountable nouns There will be more pollution. There will be less free time. ’ll=will won’t=will not

3a Fill in the blanks with more, less or fewer. 1. In the future, there will be pollution in the sea. cars because there will be

robots will people in the cities. jobs for people because 2. In 100 years, there will be 3. There will be 4. I think there will be be fresh water because there will be

do the same jobs as people.

cities because people will build

free time because there will buildings in the country. things to do.

5. In 50 years, people will have Reading 2b Read the article and match each paragraph with the questions it discusses. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4

Will robots think like humans in the future? What will robots be like in the future? What can robots do today? What are robots like in movies?

Do You Think You Will Have Your Own Robot?

1. When we watch movies about the future, we sometimes see robots. They are usually like human servants. They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places.

2. Today there are already robots working in factories. Some can help to build cars, and they do simple jobs over and over again. Fewer people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get bored.

3. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do

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the same things as we do. Some robots in Japan can walk and dance. They are fun to watch. However, some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a human. For example, scientist James White thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are. But many scientists disagree with Mr. White. They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years.

4. Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. These new robots will have many different shapes. Some will looks like humans, and others might look like animals. In India, for example, scientists made robots that look like snakes. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. This was not possible 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed impossible 100 years ago. We never know what will happen in the future!

Exercises 一、填空

1. Our (环境) will be better if we protect it. 2. The (预言) didn’t come true. 3. His uncle is an (宇航员). 4. He worked in a (太空站) last year. 5. There are five (仆人) in his family. 6. Tom was surprised by all the 7. We hope the world will be 8. Be away from the tiger. It’s 9. It’s too late. I 10. It seems 二、单选 (

(pollute) on the beach. (peace). (danger). (agree) that we go there today. (possible) that people can fly.

. B. pieces of papers

D. piece papers C. to clean

D. in cleaning

the room.

)11. Please pass me two A. pieces of paper C. pieces paper

( )12. Let’s play a part A. clean

B. cleaning

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