初中英语牛津译林版九年级下册Unit 3 Robot教案设计

Welcome to the unit

Teaching aims:

Know the uses of robots.

To understand some of the advantages of the robots.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 New words

      robot              n. 机器人

post               vt. <英>邮局=<美>mail

explore            vt. 探索，讨论

outer space         n. 太空

brain              n. 大脑

whatever          pron. 任何，一切事物

Step 2 Lead-in

1. Have you seen robots in the films?
2. What kind of robots do you know?

3. What do you think robots can do for you?

Let students look at the picture then read them aloud.

Step 3 Exercises

     Do you know how robots could help us? Match each phrase with the correct picture.

A   help with homework

B   explore outer space

C   do dangerous jobs

D   help with housework

Step 4 Discussion

      Amy is asking Daniel how robots could help us in our daily lives. Work in pairs and talk about your ideas. Use the conversation below as a model.

Step 5 Presentation

     Show the flash and the pictures to the students.

Step 6 Ask and answer

     Listen to the dialogue between Eddie and Hobo and answer the following questions:

1. What is Eddie doing?

    2. Why does Eddie want to complain to the robot shop?

3. What does Eddie want Hobo to do?

4. Why doesn’t Hobo post the letter for Eddie?

Step 7 Language points

    1. Would robots have brains in the future, Daniel?

      丹尼尔，将来机器人会有大脑吗？

      句中的would用来谈论想象的事情。

      情态动词would, could均可引出想象的结果

2. I’m complaining about you to the robot shop.

       我在向机器人商店投诉你。

       complain about sb to sp/sb

她正在向她的妈妈抱怨关于她的妹妹。

       She is complaining about her sister to her mother.

3. Post this for me.为我寄这封信。

       post sth for sb  为某人寄某物

post sb sth = post sth to sb 寄某样东西给某人

请把这封信寄给Millie.

Please post this letter to Millie.

Please post Millie this letter.

Step 8 Exercises

1.Will you please _____ (邮寄) this letter for me when you go to the post office?

2. The robot can do w_________ it is asked to with his hands.

3. He is _____________ (抱怨）about his mother.

4. He has a clever _____________ (大脑）。

5. They could do d________ jobs like putting fires.

词组翻译：

1）向某人抱怨某事

2）为某人寄某物

3) 探索外太空

4) 做危险的工作

5) 扑灭火

Step 9 Read comprehension

Robots are becoming a big part of our lives. There may be half a million robots in the U.S. 20 years from now. These machines are changing the way work is being done. Thousands of robots are used in factories. These robots are not like the robots in movies. They don’t walk or talk .Instead, a robot may be just a metal arm .the robot arm can do a certain job in a factory over and over again. It can do jobs that people may not want to do. A robot never gets tired of doing the same thing. Sometimes a robot gets to do more exciting work. In Canada, the police are using a robot on wheels. This robot’s job is to take apart（清除）bombs that may

go off(爆炸).

(   ) 1. Robots are becoming ______.

      A. more and more important             

      B. less important than before

      C. less useful than twenty years ago

      D. more and more expensive

(   ) 2. From the passage we can see that robots can ______.

      A. walk in the factories

      B. do a certain job in a factory over and over again

      C. talk with people          

      D. get tired of doing the same thing

(   ) 3. The title for this story could be_______.

      A. Robot’s job    

      B. Jobs in the factories

      C. Robot on Wheels        

      D. Robots in Our Lives

(   ) 4. Robots in Canada can probably______.

      A. build a bomb      

      B. make films

      C. save lives 

      D. walk and talk 

Step 10 Homework

1. Finish the exercises on workbook.

2. Preview the next lesson.