9B Unit2 Reading(1)

I. Teaching objectives:

1. To understand the idea of how robots can change our lives.

2. To recognize and understand vocabulary about life with robots.

3. To identify the good points of owning a robot.

II. Teaching procedure:

Step 1: Background information: A robot is an automated machine that is

programmed to perform functions just as a human would do.

Step 2: Reading “The first person to own a robot”

1. Review the things that a robot can do in “welcome to the unit”.

Ask students whether they believe people will use robots to do their

chores for them in the future.

2. Explain the context of the reading passage. Daniel is reading an

article about having a robot at home. There are good points and bad

points.

3. Ask students to listen to the passage, paying attention to the

pronunciation, and make some of them to read the paragraphs aloud.

4. List the good points.

5. Ask students to read each paragraph and put forward questions if

they have.

Step 3: language points

1. the first one to do sth.

2. in order to:引导目的状语，后接动词原形，可以放在句首，或句末，否定形式in order not to do sth.：

She listens to English every day in order to get good marks.

=so as to do: She listens to English every day so as to get good marks.

=in order that +从句: She listens to English every day in order that she can

get good marks.

=so that: She listens to English every day so that she can get good marks.

3. as a result: “因为，由于，由于。。。结果”, 用来做结果状语

She was late as a result of heavy rain.

4. no longer: “不再，再也不，今后不再“，指时间，多由于修饰某种具体状态，相当于not any longer, 其中any

longer 一般放在句末。

I no longer go there.= I don’t go there any longer.

(no more也用来表示不再，再也不“，但是强调数量和程度=not any more)

There’s no more water.=There is not water any more.

5. for an extra hour: extra “额外的，附加的”

III. Homework:

1. Recite the useful vocabulary and paragraphs.

2. Complete some exercise.

3. Preview reading(2)

教学小结：了解机器人如何改变我们的生活，掌握课文里的语言点和重点。以及机器人给我们带来的好处。

9B Unit2 Reading(2)

I. Teaching objectives:

1. To identify the bad points of owning a robot.

2. To identify true and false statements about life with a robot.

II. Teaching procedure:

Step 1: Revision: Revise the useful expressions again orally and have a

dictation.

Step 2: Reading “The first person to own a robot”

1. Explain the context of the second part of the reading passage.

Daniel is reading an article about having a robot at home. There are bad points.

2. Ask students to listen to the passage, paying attention to the

pronunciation, and make some of them to read the paragraphs aloud.

3. List the bad points.

① catch a virus and cause a lot of problems

② no longer know when to cook and wake Mr. Jiang up at 4 in the morning.

③ Find his breakfast in the washing machine, clean shirts in the

dustbin, books in the sink.

④ Move around the house and knock things over

4. Ask students to read each paragraph and put forward questions if

they have.

Step 3: language points

1. be happy with = be satisfied/pleased with

2. wake sb. up

3. in the end = at last= finally

4. return sth. to sb.= give sth. back to sb.

5. decide to do sth.

III. Homework:

1. Recite the useful vocabulary and paragraphs.

2. Complete some exercise.

3. Preview “Vocabulary “

教学小结：了解第一个拥有机器人的人以及机器人给他带来的坏处。这一课时结实以后要求学生背诵课文。提高学生的口语能力。

9B Unit2 Vocabulary

I. Teaching objectives:

1. To learn the names of different parts of a robot.

2. To design an ideal robot

3. To write an article to describe the ideal robot.

II. Teaching procedure:

Step 1: In weaker classes, students probably will not know what some of