Unit_3_Andy--The_Android

Unit 3 WHO AM I?Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearlytwo hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine”to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1940s I had grown as large asa room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, I was made smaller. First as a PC(personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.These changes only became possible as my memory improved. First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldn’t believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in the early 1960sthey gave me a family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me. I have become very importantin communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sentto explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. Iam now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!ANDY-THE ANDROIDI’m part of an android football team. About once a year we are allowed to get together to play a game of football. I’m as big as a human. In fact, I look like one too. On the football team I’m a striker so I have to be able to run very fast. My computer chips help me to move and think like a human. For example, I have learned to signal to my teammates in computer language to give methe ball when I am open and have a good shot for a goal.My first football competition was in Nagoya, Japan several years ago. Last year our team wentto Seattle, Washington in the USA. We won second place. Personally, I think the team that wonfirst place cheated. They had developed a new type of program just before the competition. So we need to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too. We are determined to create an even better system. In a way our programmer is like our coach. She programs us with all the possible moves she has seen while watching human games. Then she prepares reliable moves to use if a new situation arises. In this way I can make up new moves using my “artificial intelligence”. I would really like to play against a human team, for I have been programmed to act just like them. After all, with the help of my electronic brain which never forgets anything, usingmy intelligence is what I’m all about!。

Using LanguageⅠ．重点单词1．signal v i．& v t．发信号；n．信号2．type n．类型；v t．& v i．打字3．coach n．教练4．arise v i．出现；发生rise v i．上升；升起raise v t．升起；提高；种植；饲养5．electronic adj．电子的electricity n．电；电学；电流6．appearance n．外观；外貌；出现appear v i．出现7．character n．性格；特点8．mop n．拖把；v t．用拖把拖；擦9．niece n．侄女；甥女Ⅱ．核心短语1．signal to sb向某人发信号2．in a way在某种程度上3．make up编造；构成；化妆；弥补4．with the help of在……的帮助下5．deal with处理；安排；对付6．watch over看守；监视Ⅲ．经典句式1．She programs us with all the possible moves she has seen while watching human games．她把观看人类比赛时所看到的一切可能的动作编入我们的程序。

2．Whenever she comes，I have to look after her，and sometimes help her with her homework．无论她什么时候来我都不得不照顾她，有时候帮她做家庭作业。

阅读清障①android/'ændr I d/n．机器人②get together聚集，召集③striker n．前锋④signal/'s Iɡnəl/v i．& v t．发信号n．信号signal(to)sb to do sth示意某人做某事⑤teammate/'ti mme I t/n．同伴，伙伴⑥shot n．击球；射门※此处为when引导的时间状语从句。

Unit 3 ComputersPart ⅢLearning about Language & Using Language 文本感知阅读ANDY—THE ANDROID，完成下列小题1．Which statement is RIGHT according to the passage?A．Computer robots can't think like a human.B．Android football players can communicate with each other in a special language.C．Andy has ever played against a human team.D．In a way，the robot programmer is like a player.2．The most important reason why robot players were able to win is that ______.A．the striker would shout to teammates to give him the ballB．they not only looked like human, but were as tall as humanC．human provided them with advanced programs and chipsD．they were very strong3．What is the main difference between an android and a man?A．An android is not the same as a man in size and appearance.B．It can't talk like a man.C．It is cleverer than a man.D．It can't think for itself just as a man does.答案：1．B 2.C 3.D导学互动1．For example，I have learned to signal to my teammates in computer language to give me the ball when I am open and have a good shot for a goal.(Reading，speaking and writing，P23)例如，当我前面没有人防守有机会射一个好球的时候，我已经学会了用计算机语言向队友们示意把球传过来。

Teaching Plan for Andy — the Android教学内容：Reading, speaking and writing in Using Language, Unit 3 Computers, Book 2, New Senior English for China课型：Reading and writing设计思路和理论依据:写作是语言综合运用能力的体现。

写作能力与听、说、读的能力密切相关，相辅相成，写作能力的培养应结合听说和阅读活动进行。

本节课依据掌握学习理论、建构主义理论、认知学习理论、整体语言教学理论和《普通高中英语课程标准》所倡导的“语言教学要与学生的现实生活紧密联系”等，渗透多种教学方法，以学习任务为主线，把阅读教学和写作教学结合起来。

教学环节环环相扣，学习任务层层深入，既训练学生的阅读技巧，又培养学生的写作能力。

通过各个任务和不同的学习形式提高学生的阅读理解能力、英语思维能力、口语和书面语表达能力。

通过让学生参与与之生活相关的教学活动使其品味活动的乐趣、体验成功。

在教学过程中，运用独立学习与小组合作的组织形式，关注学生学习方法的培养。

现代化教学手段贯穿教学过程，为的是增加直观性和趣味性、加大课堂容量、提高教学效果。

教学目标：At the end of the class, we will be able to:1.get to know Andy and retell the reading passage “Andy—the android”;2. know how to write a short article;3. make a draft of an article.教学重难点：1.The students understand and retell the reading passage in their own words.2.How to make a draft of an article.教学方法：the task-based teaching approach; group work教具：blackboard; chalk; electronic whiteboard教学步骤：Step 1: Presenting Studying Goals教师用白板展示本节课学习目标，学生齐读目标内容。