Unit 7 Where would you like to visit?

please look at the three questions in the chart in activity 5. think them over. i’ll ask one to present his or her robot to the class.
let them think for a while. then ask one good student to present his or her design to the class. he or she may say like this.
i am going to invent a robot dancer. it will look like a very pretty girl. i hope my robot can dance to different kind of music. when people are tired and want to listen to some music, my robot can perform dancing while the music is on. and my robot doesn’t need any other kind of power except the sound of the music.
then ask the whole class to discuss their robots in groups of four and fill in the chart with the information about the robots.
ask one or two students to present their designs to the class. if time permits, get students to make drawings of their robot pets or other robot ideas.
step ⅵ summary
we have read a very wonderful article about robot. and we have discussed our own robots. we have done much practice on comprehension.
step ⅶ homework
read the article in activity 2 again for further comprehension.
step ⅷ blackboard design
reading: your own robot
the seventh period
answers to activity 3:
servant g; doubtful a; artificial intelligence e; humanoid f; wave b; elderly d; trapped c
sample answers to activity 4:
1. robots will help the elderly because there aren’t enough children in japan anymore.
2. robots don’t get bored because they don’t think.
3. an all-robot football team will play well because the players won’t get tired.
4. a hundred years ago, computers, spaceships and electric toothbrushes seemed impossible.
5. some robots will look like spiders and snakes.