文本解读和教学设计
一、文本解读
人教版教材选修7 Unit2的阅读材料是一篇科幻小说。故事借助丰富的描述心理状态的形容词，细致入微地描述了女主人公矛盾、恍惚的内心世界，栩栩如生地刻画了机器人富于人性化的细节，这种亦幻亦真的故事情节充分反映出科幻作品的魅力，值得欣赏和学习。但文章篇幅长，词汇量大，对多数学生而言相当有难度。本文的重点落在理解女主人公变化微妙的内心世界及文中出现的一系列描述心理感受的词汇，在文本结构上，本文借主人公的内心情感变化，将情节一步步推向高潮，即沿着情感线（para2-11），有beginning, development, climax 和ending。以这条主线梳理下来，重点又落在 development 和climax 上，此处是女主人公情感发生转折并和一开始形成鲜明的对比，培养学生对细节推断和理解能力。另外，本单元的话题是机器人，本篇文章作为主阅读课，它在一定程度上承载着用事说理的目的，即科技与人的关系，所以通过对机器人法则的探讨和标题的解读，引导学生进行批判性阅读。同时本文一些地道的表达可能会对学生的阅读造成障碍，如“It would be a bonus.”和“As a favor”,所以在阅读过程中应给予适当地处理。
二、教学设计
教学课型：阅读课
教学目标：
①语言知识
通过本节学习，学生能理解故事内容和了解女主人公感情和心理的变化，理解文中出现的一系列描述心理感受的词汇并简单运用部分，如：
alarmed/alarming, absurd, awful, satisfied/satisfying/satisfaction, embarrassed/embarrassing, disturbed/disturbing, ridiculous, amazed, household,accompany(sb),(offer) sympathy, test(out), envy(sb)…
②语言技能
通过本节的学习，学生能用部分目标词汇描述他人以及自己在特定情境下的心理感受；学生能使用恰当的阅读方法与技能，如快速搜索信息，猜词义，信息分析和推断能力；更好地掌握小说的写作框架，即“开始-发展-高潮-结局”。
③学习策略
独立思考与合作学习相结合。
④情感态度
深入理解女主人公感情和心理的变化，学会欣赏小说并从中获得学习英语的乐趣；在学习过程中，培养批判性阅读思维，思考人和科技的关系。
⑤文化意识
通过对该文学作品的学习，了解英美国家的一些文化，达到跨文化交际的目的。
教学重难点：
本文的重难点在于理解女主人公变化微妙的内心世界及文中出现的一系列描述心理感受的词汇。
本文的难点在于如何理性和批判地看待人和科技的关系，
教学方法：任务型、交际型
教学辅助：PowerPoint，黑板
教学设计
Step I: Lead-in
After greetings, ask several students to introduce themselves, including English names, characters and so on. Then the teacher introduces herself by using a form:
English name sandy
Identity An English teacher
Appearance ?
新词汇导入：desire accompany sympathy embarrassed
Sandy is going to give you an English class.
After that, a bus will take me away.
Step II: Reading
1. Reading for information
(1) Some information about Tony
Tony
Identity A household robot
Appearance tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice;
his facial expression
He seemed ______ like a human ______
a machine.(more…than)
What would happen to him (it)? It was going to be tested out by Claire. (Larry Tony Claire)
?
At last, a car drove up and took it away.
(2)The process of experimenting (Claire &Tony)
Decide the following sentences true or false (para2-11)
( ) a. Claire began to trust Tony when he offered sympathy.
( ) b. Claire felt honored when Tony offered to dress her.
( ) c. Claire agreed to have Tony accompany her at the very beginning.
( ) d. Claire called Tony dear after Tony helped her out in a jewllery shop.
( ) e. Claire was frightened by the softness and warmth of Tony’s skin.
( ) f. Claire cried sadly the night before Tony was to leave.
( ) g. Claire thought it a sweet victory to be envied by those women.
Put them in order according to the passage: _____________________________________
2. Reading for structure (para2-11)
Beginning para2-3
Development para4-8
Climax para9-10
Ending para11
3. Reading for information
1) At the very beginning
Claire’s feeling Tony
alarm embarrass disturb frighten
Eg: Claire felt embarrassed when Tony offered to help dressing.
It is embarrassing to be offered to help dressing.
Claire’s attitude: dislike, dissatisfied
2) Development
What upset Claire --- A turning point
She wasn’t clever
She was overweight
Her home wasn’t elegant
She wasn’t like Gladys
All in all, she had a sense of ________. (failure)
Situations Tony’s performance Claire’s feeling (reaction)
1.When Claire complained Offer sympathy ridiculous—begin to trust
2. In Claire’s house Do dome research amazed, absurd
3. In a jewellery shop Speak to the clerk call him “dear”, awful
4. Make preparations manage to catch her scream, push…away, run ..
for the party and hold her firmly
3) Climax
Situations Tony’s performance Claire’s feeling (reaction)


5.On the night of fold bend declare What a sweet victory to be
the party free disappear envied by those women!

4) Ending leave Claire’s house shout ”leave me alone” and cried all night
(after the party)
4. Reading for comprehension
① Why did Claire’s attitude towards Tony change so frequently?
② Was Tony asked to do all these things?
As a favor
The first law for a robot:
“A robot must harm human beings or allow them to be harmed."
5. Reading for critical thinking
① T: The company was pleased with Tony’s report. Because the first law states that a robot must harm human beings or allow them to be harmed., they believed Tony had made it. So how do you think so?
② Title “satisfaction Guaranteed”
T: Let’s take a look at the title. Was Tony a satisfaction –guaranteed or dissatisfaction –Guaranteed robot? Did Tony satisfy Claire?
If not, could you give another title to the passage?
Step III: Discussion & Homework
1. If you were Larry, how would you like to rebuild Tony?
Finish the following with some key words learnt today.

2. Suppose you were Tony, write a letter to Claire after leaving her house according to the following:
1) develop in three stages:
At the very beginning
Development
Climax
Ending
2) refer to the blackboard design
附 （板书设计）
M7U2 Reading
--- Satisfaction Guaranteed

【设计说明】旨在锻炼学生从上下文猜词的重要猜词技能和理解地道的