人教版八年级英语上册Unit7Willpeoplehaverobots?SectionB(2a-2e)Whatcanrobotsdo?speakdoexercisedohouseworkplaythepianoLeadin2aTellyourpartnerwhatyouknowaboutrobots.Whatdotheylooklikeandwhatcantheydo?Readthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwiththequestionitdiscuss.2bWillrobotsthinklikehumansinthefuture?Whatwillrobotsbelikeinthefuture?Whatcanrobotsdotoday?Whatarerobotslikeinmovies?Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4Readthearticleagainquickly.Completethesentencesaboutwhatrobotscandonow.1.Robotscanbuild___________infactories.2.Theycando___________jobsmanytimesandnevergetbored.3.Somecan_________and____________.4.Somecanhelp___________peopleunder____________.carssimplewalklookforbuildings2cdanceSomerobotsareveryhuman-like.Theycanwalkand_________likepeople.Somescientiststhinkthatinthefuturetheywill_________robotsmorelikehumans.Thismaynot_________inthenearfuture,butatsomepoint,robotswillevenbeableto_________likepeople.However,somescientists____________.JamesWhitebelievesthatrobotswon’tbeabletodothe__________thingsasus.Forexample,hethinksthatrobotswill_____________beabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.Whichsidedoyou_____________with?dancemakehappentalkdisagreesameneveragreeFillintheblanksinthisparagraphwithwordsfromthearticle.2dWhatkindofanimalsmightrobotslooklikeinthefuture?Whatdoyouthinktheserobotswillbeabletodo?Writeyourideasanddiscussthemwithyourpartner.2eIthinksomefuturerobotsmightlooklikespiders.Theywillbeabletohelpuscleanthewindow,sweepthefloor.Somerobotsmightlooklikesnakes.Theywillbeabletohelplookforpeopleunderthebuildings.Ifbuildingsfalldownwithpeopleinside.Example1.Somecanhelptobuildcars,andtheydosimplejobsoverandoveragain.例如，他们可以帮助制造汽车，他们反复做简单的工作。(1)forexample"例如"，一般只列举同类人或物“”中的一个为例，用来举例说明，可用于句首、句中或句末。如:He,forexample，isagreatteacher.(2)overandoveragain“意为多次，反复地”。如:Hisfatherwarnedhimoverandoveragain.Languagepoints2.Somescientistsbelievethattherewillbemorerobotsinthefuture.一些科学家相信，未来将会有更多的机器人。(1)believe是动词“，意为相信，认为有可能”。用作及物动词时,可用believe+名词/代词或that/wh-从句或以that从句(表示将来)。如：Ibelievethathewillshowhistruecolorssomeday.用作不及物动词时,后面常跟介词in。如：Doyoubelieveinwhatthepreachersaid?3.…itwillbedifficulttomakethemreallythinklikeahuman.让它们真的像一个人那样思考将会很困难。句型：itbe+adj.+（forsb.）todosth.意“思是（某人）做某事是······”。句中的形容词一般为描述事物特征或人物品德、意愿的词。It'skindofyoutosayso.如：It'seasytosolvetheproblem.4.…robotswillneverbeabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.机器人将不可能醒来，也不可能知道它们在哪。（1）wakeup“意为苏醒”。如：Iusuallywakeupearly.（2）where用作从属连词，引导地点状语从句，修饰主句中的谓语。如：Hisfatherdoesn'tknowwhereheis.5.Thiswasnotpossible20yearsago,butcomputersandrocketsseemedimpossible100yearsago.这在20年前是不可能的，但电脑、火箭在一百年前同样是不可能的。(1)possible是形容词“，意为可能存在或发生的；可能的”。如：I'lldoeverythingpossibletohelpyou.(2)impossible是形容词“，意为不可能存在或发生的；不可能的”。如：It'simpossibleforustofinishtheworkinoneday.6.I’lltakeaholidayinHongKongwhenpossible.如果可能的话，我将会在香港度假。(1)holiday是名词“，意为假日；假期”，与季节连用时多用复数；与数词连用时只表示次数，不表示日期。如：Wehavehadthreeholidaysthisyear.（2）vacation“也...
