高二英语选修7ampnbspUnitampnbsp2第二课时ReadingampnbspComprehension导学案

　　高二英语 选修七unit2 robots导学单
　　导学单（二）reading comprehension 教学目标： 帮助学生更多地了解机器人及有关的科幻小说、小说家阿西莫夫及其文学作品。
　　reading comprehension i
　　the text mainly tells us _____.
　　a. why claire fell in love with a human being
　　b. why a robot fell in love with a human being
　　c. a story about a household robot being tested out in a family
　　d. that a robot can save a human being from danger
　　reading comprehension ii
　　1. how many characters are mentioned?
　　2. who are they?
　　3. what is the relation between them?
　　characters in the story:
　　larry belmont: employed in a company________________
　　claire: ___________ wife, a housewife
　　tony: ____________ to be tested out by claire in her house
　　gladys claffern: the most powerful women around, a woman that claire envies
　　reading comprehension iii
　　claire’s feelings towards tony changed as the story developed. fill in the occasions when claire had these feelings.
　　occasion claire
　　before he arrived _____________________________
　　when he arrived _____________________________
　　when he offered to help her dress ______________________________
　　when he offered to help her improve
　　her house and herself _____________________________
　　when he helped her with the salesman _________________________
　　when she fell off a ladder and was
　　caught by tony ___________________________
　　when she heard gladys whispering
　　to another woman that ___________________________
　　she had never seen anyone so handsome as tony ________________
　　she remembered tony was just a machine __________________________
　　reading comprehension iv true or false
　　1.larry was going to be away from home so he hired a robot to accompany his wife.
　　2. claire didn’t like the idea at the beginning, but she agreed to it at last.
　　3. tony could understand claire when she said she was not clever.
　　4. when tony offered to help dressing, claire was pleased to accept it.
　　5. it was claire that first decided to invite gladys and her friends to her house.
　　6. claire’s guests were filled with admiration when they saw her house was completely changed.
　　7. the company was satisfied with tony’s report because he had successfully made a woman fall in love with him.
　　reading comprehension v
　　read the story again and answer the following questions in groups.
　　1. why did tony open the curtains?
　　2. what did tony do to prevent claire from being harmed?
　　3. why did tony have to be rebuilt?
　　4. how would you feel if you had a robot like tony in your house?
　　5. claire spent three weeks with tony in her house. what sentences in the stor show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he was a machine?
　　reading comprehension vi
　　in groups, list tony’s characteristics that were similar to and those that were different from those of a human being.
　　characteristics similar different
　　physical
　　mental