1、2014-2015 学 年高中英语楚雄市同步教案：Unit 3 Computer 第 3 课时（人教新课标必修 2）Period 3: Using Language Teaching Aims:To discuss about ITTo write a report about ITTo read about androids or robots ProceduresI. Warming up by talking about ITWhat is Information technology?Information technology (IT) or information and comm
2、unication technology (ICT) is the technology required for information processing. In particular the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and retrieve information from anywhere, anytime.II. Listening and writingTurn to page 22. Discuss in pa
3、irs what IT consists of and then make a list. Listen to the text about different kinds of information technology or IT, discuss and write down in groups the advantages and disadvantages of each kind. III. Reading, speaking and writingIt is said that computers could be put into androids or robots. Re
4、ad the text AndyThe Android, underlining all the expressions and think of the fun you could have! Expressions from AndyThe Androidpart of a football team, once a year, get together, play a football game, be asas, in fat, look like, on the football team, run fast, think like a human, shout to, in com
5、puter language, have a good shot for a goal, get second place, win the first place, have a new kind of program, improve ones intelligence, create a better system, play against a human team, in a way, programwith, make up, after all, with the help ofSpeaking and writingSuppose you and your partner ar
6、e going to help choose computers for your school. Now talk about the special things each of the computer can do and write a report to your headmaster.IV. Writing a letterSuppose you are an android. What would say to a spoiled child who would not do his homework? Write a letter to the boy.Android An
7、android is an artificially created being that resembles a human being. The word derives from Greek Andr- man, human and the suffix -eides used to mean of the species, kind, alike (from eidos species).The word droid, a robot in the Star Wars universe, is derived from this meaning. Some people maintai
8、n that, etymologically, the word android means resembling a male human and that a robot resembling a woman should logically be called a gynoid for sexist language to be avoided; however, this word is not commonly used.Unlike the terms robot (a mechanical being) and cyborg (a being that is partly org
9、anic and partly mechanical), the word android has been used in literature and other media to denote several different kinds of man-made, autonomous creations:a robot that closely resembles a human a cyborg that closely resembles a human an artificially created, yet primarily organic, being that clos
10、ely resembles a human Although essentially human morphology is not the ideal form for working robots, the fascination in developing robots that can mimic it can be found historically in the assimilation of two concepts: simulacra (devices that exhibit likeness) and automata (devices that have indepe
11、ndence).The term android was first used by the French author Mathias Villiers de lIsle-Adam (1838-1889) in his work Tomorrows Eve, featuring a man-made human-like robot named Hadaly. As said by the officer in the story, “In this age of Realien advancement, who knows what goes on in the mind of those responsible for these mechanical dolls.”
