初中英语牛津译林版九年级下册Unit 3 Robot教学设计

Reading II

Teaching aims:

Know and understand the terms associated with robot coexistence.

Step 1 Revision

Retelling the text

Give Ss the key words:

Mr. Jiang   busy   buy a robot     easy life        breakfast    was made business suit   were ironed lunch box   was prepared   

while he is at work   robot      do all the housework

                              go shopping

When he returned home         flat, as good as new

                              dinner   be ready for

After dinner: Mr. Jiang        do what ever he liked

                             watch TV

                             do something reading

             robot           tidy up

A few weeks later

  robot      catch a virus

             wake Mr. Jiang up at four o’clock

             flat     in a complete mess

             food    lay on the bed

             milk    store in the rubbish bin

private papers   spread all over the floor

move too fast    knock things over

Mr. Jiang    decided to return the robot

Step 2 Language points

1. It seemed that in general the robot satisfied Mr Jiang’s needs.

看来这个机器人大体上满足了江先生的需求。

句中的satisfy是动词，意思是“满足（需要，需求）”。短语be satisfy satisfied with 意思是“对……感到满意（满足）

e.g. The big cake was not enough to his hunger.

这只大蛋糕不足以让他解馋。

Daniel is not satisfied with his robot at all.

丹尼尔对他的机器人一点也不满意。

 2. …his flat would look as good as new, and a delicious dinner would be ready for him.

   as...as意为“同……一样”, 中间部分可为形容词或副词原形。

e.g. This book is as interesting as that one. 这本书与那本书一样有趣。

 I believe you can run as fast as Jim.  我相信你能跑得和吉姆一样快。

be ready for = be ready to do …

e.g. He is ready for the English exam.

    He is ready to have the English exam.

    他已经准备好英语考试了。

    They get ready for trip.

    They get ready to go on a trip.

    他们准备去旅行。

3. After a few comfortable weeks, however, things started to go wrong.

然而，几周的舒适生活之后，情况开始不对了。

after a few weeks = a few weeks later

短语go wrong的意思是“出现问题”如：

e.g. Things started to go wrong when they moved to the city centre.

当他们搬到市中心后，出现问题了。

短语go wrong用于描述机器时，可表示机器“发生故障，出毛病”。如：这块表出毛病了。

e.g. Something has gone wrong with the watch.

4. The robot caught a virus and no longer worked properly.

  no longer=not any longer多指时间, 用来修饰具体状态。

e.g. He is no longer a student.

  =He is not a student any longer.

   他不再是一个学生了。

no more = not any more

指数量和程度, 用来修饰动作。

e.g. She no more cried. 她不再哭了。

5. When Mr Jiang got home, he would find his flat in a complete mess: food was laid on the bed; milk was stored in the rubbish bin; coins, bills, and his private papers were spread all over the floor.

   当江先生回到家，他会发现家里乱作一团：食物放在床上，牛奶储存在垃圾桶里，硬币，账单和他的私人文件撒得满地都是。

   句中的mess是可数名词，常用单数形式，意思是“杂乱，不整齐”。常见的搭配有be in a mess (杂乱不堪)，make a mess (搞得一塌糊涂)。

e.g. The children made a mess in the room.

    孩子们把房间高的一塌糊涂。

句中的spread意思是“使分散，使分布”。

e.g. Seeds are often spread by the wind.

   种子通常随风传播。

Step 3 Useful phrases

1. 有时间去放松 have time to relax

2. 拥有更多的业余时间 have more free time

3. 从…订购…order sth. from…

4. 在超市里购物 go shopping at the supermarket

5. 看起来像新的一样好 look as good as new

6. 为…做准备 be ready for sth /to do dth.

7. 大体上 in general

8. 开始出错 start to go wrong

9. 感染病毒 catch a virus

10. 犯愚蠢的错误 make stupid mistakes

11. 把某人叫醒 wake sb. up

12. 在洗衣机里/垃圾箱里 in the washing machine/ rubbish bin

13. 把东西打翻 knock things over

Step 4 Do exercise.

1.Your room must be _______ (扫) well. It’s too dirty.

2.A robot can ____ (烫) clothes like a man.

3. The _________ (售货员) with glasses are at the doorway of the shop.

4. Edison’s inventions made a great difference to our e________ life.

5. The robot threw the clothes into the _____ (垃圾箱) along with the ________ (垃圾).

6. There is some water in the rice c_____.

7. The ______ (硬币) in the purse are all here.

8. The books were s_____ all over the floor by the child.

9. When the teacher came into the classroom, he found the classroom in a m_____: the floor was very dirty and the students’ books were on the floor.

10. The road to our villages is ___________ (平坦的).

Step 5 Homework.

Remember the words and expression in the lesson.