Unit 2The First Period Reading

deal with the reading part.
scanning
ask students to scan the text and find out what tony looks like.
t: ok. i’m glad you had a heated discussion. now i’d like you to meet tony—a robot that looks exactly like a human being. he is a character in the science fiction satisfaction guaranteed by isaac asimov. please read the text and find the answers to the following questions.
show the following questions on the powerpoint.
1. what did tony look like?
2. what did tony do to make claire and her home elegant?
several minutes later check the answers with the whole class.
careful reading
ask students to read the text carefully and then complete the table on page 12.
occasion claire…
1. before he arrived disliked him
2. when he arrived was alarmed
3. when he offered to help her dress felt embarrassed
4. when he offered to help her improve her house and herself admired him
5. when he helped her with the salesman called him a dear
6. when she fell off a ladder and caught by tony felt his warmth
7. when she heard gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as tony felt being envied
8. she remembered tony was just a machine cried all night
 
then discuss the comprehending questions on page 12 in groups.
t: let’s read the text carefully and then do the comprehending exercises on page 12.
several minutes later check the answers with the whole class.
t: from the development of her emotion, we can see tony was designed as a mr. perfect. he is designed not to harm claire or allow her to be harmed. this is one of isaac’s three laws for robots. later in this unit we will learn more about his three laws.
characteristics of science fiction
t: as you know, the story was written in 1951. with the development of science, some of the functions performed by tony have come true. from this story we can draw a conclusion: science fiction is often based on scientific principles and technology. science fiction may make predictions about life in the future. please remember these are some characteristics of science fiction. if you are interested, you may write short science fictions in your spare time.
explanation
during this procedure, play the tape recording for students. students will underline the difficult sentences. after listening to the recording, explain the difficult sentences to students. before explaining the difficult points, students are asked to refer to the notes to the text on pages 88-89.
t: do you have any difficulties with the text？