人教版高中英语教案选修七Unit2RobotsPeriod6

1Period6ListeningandReadingTask设计者邵宁宁Teachingaims1．Learnaboutrobotsandrobotsinthefightagainstlandmines.2．Helpstudentstolearnhowrobotsarehelpinghumanbeingsinclearinglandmines.Teachingprocedures1Lead－inPresentthepicturesonPage54andaskstudentstotellwhateachrobotdoes.(Studentsareencouragedtospeakouttheiropinionsfreely.)2Listening1．Listentotheinterviewandnumberthepicturesintheorderthatyouhearaboutthem.Keys：4,2,1,3.2．Listentotheinterviewagainandfillinasmuchofthetableasyoucan.Shareyouranswerswithapartner.Listenonceortwicemoretocheckyouranswers.RobotWhatistherobot？Whatcantherobotdo？1234Suggestedanswers：RobotWhatistherobot？Whatcantherobotdo？1VacuumcleanerItcanmovefromroomtoroomcleaningyourhouse.Youcanprogramitsothatitcleanswhenyouareawayandyoucancontrolwhatit'sdoingfromyourcomputerattheoffice.2Personalrobotcalled“PaPeRo”Itunderstands650phrases，speaksmorethan3000words.Itcanrecognizedifferentpeople.Itcancheckyouremail.ItcanhelpchildrendoresearchontheInternetfortheirhomework，talktothemabouttheirdayatschoolandplaygames.3TinyhelicopterItwillbeusedtoflyintodangerousareas.Forexample，itcanflyintoahousethat'sbeendestroyedbyanearthquakeandcheckifanyone'sinside.4WalkingchairIthelpspeoplewhocan'twalktogoupanddownstairs.3Readingtask1．Asweknow，Robotsaredesignedandbuilttodoataskthatisdangerous，uncomfortable，orrepetitiveforhumans.Todaywearegoingtoreadamagazinearticleaboutlandmines.First，askstudentstoreadthispieceofnewsaboutlandmines.ThreedecadesofwarinCambodiahaveleftscarsinmanyformsthroughoutthe2country.Unfortunately，oneofthemostlastinglegaciesoftheconflictscontinuestoclaimnewvictimsdaily.Landmines，laidbytheKhmerRouge，theHengSamrinandHunSenregimes，theVietnamese，theKPNLF，andtheSihanoukistslitterthecountryside.Inmostcases，eventhesoldierswhoplantedtheminesdidnotrecordwheretheywereplaced.Now，Cambodiahastheoneofthehighestratesofphysicaldisabilityofanycountryintheworld.Atthecurrentrateofprogress，itmaytakeasmanyas100yearstoclearalltheminesinCambodia，andtheUNestimatesthatwithcurrenttechnology，itwilltakenearly1100yearstoclearalltheminesintheworld.2．Next，presentthestudentssomeminesignsandremindstudentsthatinspiteofsomanywarningsigns，therearestillmanyvictimsasthepicturesshow.(Inspiteofsomanywarningsigns，therearestillmanyvictims.Lookatthefollowingpictures.)3．AskstudentstoglancethroughthetextquicklyandanswerthefollowingquestionsinExercise1onPage58.(1)Whatisthemaintopicofthisarticle？Whichpartofthetexttellsyouthat?(2)Whowrotethearticle?(3)Whatdothethreepicturesshowyou?(4)Whereisresearchbeingdoneonrobotsthatcanfindlandmines?(5)Inwhichtwocountriesmighttherobotsbeused?Suggestedanswers：(1)Themaintopicistheroleofrobotsinthefightagainstlandmines.Thetitletellsusthat.(2)NatashaWesley.(3)Someoneusingametaldetectortofindlandmines；therobotthatcanfindlandmines；somepeoplewhohavelosttheirlegsbecauseoflandmines.(4)ChibaUniversity(Japan)．(5)AfghanistanandCambodia.4．WorkingroupstowritequestionsfortheseanswersinExercise2.Checkyourworkwithyourpartner.QuestionAnswer126000people.2Onepersonevery20minutes.3Fordecadesafterwarshaveended.4100million.560countries.6100000.72000000.384mlong,1.8mwide,1mhigh.9900kg.106.111997.12122countries.Suggestedanswers：QuestionAnswer1.Howmanypeoplearekilledorinjuredbylandmineseveryyear？26000people.2.Howoftenissomeonekilledorinjuredbyalandmine？Onepersonevery20minutes.3.Forhowlongdolandmineskeepcausingdamage？Fordecadesafterwarshaveended.4.Howmanylandminesareburiedjustbeneaththesurfaceoftheground？100million.5.Inhowmanycountriesarelandminesburied？60countries.6.Howmanylandminesareremovedeveryyear？100000.7.Howmanylandminesareburiedinthegroundeveryyear？2000000.8.Howbigistherobotthatcanfindlandmines？4mlong,1.8mwide,1mhigh.9.Howmuchdoesitweigh？900kg.10.Howmanylegshasitgot？6.11.Whenwasanarrangementtostopthemanufactureanduseoflandminessigned？1997.12.Howmanycountriessignedtheagreementtostopthemanufactureanduseoflandmines？122countries.5.Readthearticleagaincarefullyandlookateachparagraphinturn.Underlinethesentencewhichsetsoutthemainideaofthatparagraph.Thenfillinthetablebelow.ParagraphMainideaSupportingdetails1Introduction：thedamagelandminescause26000peoplekilledorbadlyinjuredeachyear；100millionburiedin60countries；Mostvictimsareinnocentpeople；2345Suggestedanswers：ParagraphMainideaSupportingdetails41Introduction：thedamagelandminescause·26000peoplekilledorbadlyinjuredeachyear·100millionburiedin60countries·Mostvictimsareinnocentpeople2Theproblemoflandmines·Eachyear100000removed·Eachyear2000000buried·Difficultanddangeroustoremove3Robotscanhelpfindtraditionalmines·Muchsaferinthehuntforlandmines·Fasteratfindinglandmines·ResearchatChibaUniversity4Robotscanfindplasticmines·Experimentalrobotsinproduction·Touseradartolocatemines·Toidentifytypesofmines5Worldopinionsturnedagainstlandminesinthe1990s·AgreementinOttawa，Canadatostopthemanufactureanduseoflandmines·Stillalotofworktobedone4Discussion1．First，askstudentstoreadthefollowingmaterials.Fromthetextwe'velearnedhowseriousthesituationis.Manylivesareputintodanger.Sowemustdosomethingtoimprovethesituation.Asweknow，the