Lesson 34
Teaching Objective: Read a passage about the memory robot invent.
Properties: Tape recorder, pictures
Language Focus: bad memory all the time =always watch sb. do
Teaching Procedures：
I. Revision
Ask the students to recall Mr. Mott’s robot: its appearance, functions, etc.
II. Leading - in
1. In the last period, we learnt something about Mr. Mott’s robot, today we’ll know more about it.
2. Talk about students’ writings. In the last period, Ss were assigned a writing. After correcting, the teacher summarizes the Ss’ writings.
What can robots do and why are they useful?
III. Reading
1. Ask Ss to read the text by themselves and finish Ex. 2
2. Check the answers
3. Chain reading the text again
4. Language points
(1) invent v - invention n.
Light is invented by Edison. Light is Edison's invention.
(2) had memory/poor memory
eg. My brother has a poor/bad memory, but I have a very good memory.
(3) all the time =always
eg. It seems that she's studying all the time.
(4) watch sb. doing
eg. Every morning, I can hear my neighbour sing in the kitchen.
I saw him running on the playground when I came into the school.
All the students watched their chemistry teacher doing the experiment carefully in the lab when the bell rang.
5. Retell the lesson
IV. Exercise in class
The Memory Robot
Susan 1 the memory robot, because her husband, Mr. Mott 2 a very 3 memory. The memory robot followed Mr. Mott 4 . It listened to everything he 5 and saw everything he 6 It watched him 7 to his students, 8 his meals, and 9 at night. In a word, the memory robot know 10 about Mr. Mott, 80 did Mr. Mott’s wife.
1. A. invents B. invented c. inventing
2 .A. have B. had C .having
3. A. good B. bad C. well
4. A. all the time B. at times C. sometimes
5. A. says B. said C. saying
6. A.does B. did C. doing
7. A.talk B. talked C. talking
8. A. eat B. ate C. eating
9. A. sleep B. slept C. sleeping
10. A. nothing B. anything C. everything
Key: 1B 2B 3B 4A 5B 6B 7A 8A 9A 10C
V. Homework
1. Wb
2.Retell the lesson
VI. The design of the blackboard