Free talk:
What do you think an android can do?
dancing
Reading
Read the text to find out the following phrases.
1.和人一样大小
2.在足球队里
3.用计算机语言
4.获第二名
5.在某种程度上
6.编造,补足
7.毕竟
8.在…的帮助下
as big as a human
on the football team
in computer language
win second place
in a way
make up
after all
with the help of
Andy
as big as a human
can move and think like a human
looks like a human
Read the text carefully to find the answers to the
following questions.
1. How often are the androids allowed to get
together to play a football game?
2. What helps Andy to move and think like a
human?
3. What does Andy’ programmer program him
with ?
4. What is Andy’s opinion about the match in
Seattle?
5. After losing the match in Seattle, what does Andy
think they should do?
1. How often are the androids allowed to get
together to play a football game?
2. What helps Andy to move and think like
a human?
3. What does Andy’s programmer program
him with?
About once a year.
His computer helps him to move and think like a
human.
First she ________them ________ all the possible
moves; then she prepares _______ moves to use if
a new situation _______________.
programs with
reliable
arises/happens
4. What is Andy’s opinion about the
match in Seattle?
5. After losing the match in Seattle, what
does Andy think they should do?
He thinks that the team who won the first
place cheated.
They should improve their intelligence
and create an even better system.
True or False:
1. I am a striker, so I can run very fast.
2. In the game, I sometimes speak to my
teammates in English.
3. I think the result of the match in Seattle
was unexpected.
4. All the moves of Andy are programmed by
the programmer.
Read the text loudly to find some difficult
sentences.
1. I have learned to signal to my teammates
in computer language to give me the ball
when I’m open and have a good shot for a
goal.
当我的对面没有人防守, 可以好好射
它一个球的时候, 我需要用计算机语
言向队友发出信号把球传给我。
[ʃɔt]
Read the text loudly to find some difficult
sentences.
2. I would really like to play against a
human team, for I have been programmed
to act just like them.
我真的很想要和人类球队比赛，因为
我经过程序编制，行动起来和他们一
样。
Read the text loudly to find some difficult
sentences.
3. After all ,with the help of my electronic
brain which never forgets anything, using
my intelligence is what I’m all about.
不管怎样，在我过目不忘的电子脑的
帮助下，运用智能就是我的一切。
ß Andy is a ______ in the football team and he
can ____ very fast. Last year their team went to
Seattle, and took part in a football competition.
They won the ______ place. But Andy was not
______with the result, because he thinks that the
team who won the first place _______, as they
had a new kind of program ___________just
before the competition. So he wants to tell his
___________and _______to improve his
__________ so that they can create an even better
_____. They can be programmed with all possible
moves and even _____ ____ new moves by
themselves. Their __________brain can never
forget anything.
striker
run
second
happy
cheated
developed
programmer coach
intelligence
system
make up
electronic
In small groups, discuss how to design
your own android. The following questions
can help you.
1. What would you
like it to look like?
2. What are some of
the things you would
like it to do?
3. Do you want it to be
like a man or a
woman, or neither?
4. How much would it
cost?
I think that…
In my opinion…
I believe that…
What’s your reason?
I had decided
that…
Create your own android. Fill in the
file, and compare with your partner.
My Own Robot
Name: _____ Job: ________________
Size: _____________________________
Appearance: _______________________
Character: _________________________
Ability: ____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
Yuan
some height as a ten-year-old
small woman with four arms
patient and kind
Can finish reading some books
in a few minutes and print out
the information when needed
homework helper
possible answers
ß A: What would you like your android to look like?
ß B : In my opinion it should look like a bird.
ß A: That sounds interesting. What will it do for you?
ß B: I think it can sing beautiful songs for me day and night.
ß A : Oh, yes! That sounds good. How much is it?
ß B: It doesn’t cost much money because I will make it by
myself.
ß A: Really?! Do you want it to be a man or woman, or neither?
ß B : I want it to be a beautiful girl named Kelly.
ß A: Please show it to us some day.
ß B: Oh, no money no talk.
A: What kind of robot have you decided
to make?
B: I've decided that we should have a
homework android. It could do all our
work after class and leave us more time
to do football．
A: OK. But what does it look like?
B: In my opinion, it should have four
arms to carry the books, a large head
to remember all the lessons and a
printer to write out the answers．
What do you think?
A: Well, that sounds sensible. Perhaps it
could also put all the exercises into
specially marked boxes for each
subject so we could find them quickly.
What about putting that in its
stomach area?
B: Do you want it to be a man or a
woman? You can choose．
A: I've decided it should be a girl．
B: What's your reason?
A: Girls are so hard-working．
B: Sounds good to me! Let's draw it now!
Will the androids replace
humans in the future?
Debate
G: I don’t agree with that androids will replace humans in the future
because they are made and controlled by people.
B : In my opinion, I agree with the point for the technology is developing
faster and faster. I think they will kill people in the future.
G: In fact, they can’t live without people. For example, if they are broken,
they need to be repaired by people. Besides, they don’t fall in love with
each other so they won’t get married. As a result, they have no babies.
They will die out soon.
B: Although they are not able give birth to a baby, they can copy themselves
one after another.
G: But there is no evidence can prove it.
B : However, many resources of the world will be used up soon.
Then people can’t live on the earth. But robots are still alive.
G: No, they need electricity too… …
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