period6listeningandreadingtaskteachingaims1learnaboutrobotsandrobotsinthefightagainstlandmines。2helpstudentstolearnhowrobotsarehelpinghumanbeingsinclearinglandmines。teachingproceduresstep1leadinpresentthepicturesonpage54andaskstudentstotellwhateachrobotdoes。(studentsareencouragedtospeakouttheiropinionsfreely。)step2listening1listentotheinterviewandnumberthepicturesintheorderthatyouhearaboutthem。keys:4,2,1,3。2listentotheinterviewagainandfillinasmuchofthetableasyoucan。shareyouranswerswithapartner。listenonceortwicemoretocheckyouranswers。 robot whatistherobot? whatcantherobotdo? 1hr2hr3hr4hrsuggestedanswers: robot whatistherobot? whatcantherobotdo? 1hrvacuumcleaner itcanmovefromroomtoroomcleaningyourhouse。youcanprogramitsothatitcleanswhenyouareawayandyoucancontrolwhatitsdoingfromyourcomputerattheoffice。 2hrpersonalrobotcalledpapero itunderstands650phrases,speaksmorethan3000words。itcanrecognizedifferentpeople。itcancheckyouremail。itcanhelpchildrendoresearchontheinternetfortheirhomework,talktothemabouttheirdayatschoolandplaygames。 3hrtinyhelicopter itwillbeusedtoflyintodangerousareas。forexample,itcanflyintoahousethatsbeendestroyedbyanearthquakeandcheckifanyonesinside。 4hrwalkingchair ithelpspeoplewhocantwalktogoupanddownstairs。step3readingtask1asweknow,robotsaredesignedandbuilttodoataskthatisdangerous,uncomfortable,orrepetitiveforhumans。todaywearegoingtoreadamagazinearticleaboutlandmines。first,askstudentstoreadthispieceofnewsaboutlandmines。threedecadesofwarincambodiahaveleftscarsinmanyformsthroughoutthecountry。unfortunately,oneofthemostlastinglegaciesoftheconflictscontinuestoclaimnewvictimsdaily。landmines,laidbythekhmerrouge,thehengsamrinandhunsenregimes,thevietnamese,thekpnlf,andthesihanoukistslitterthecountryside。inmostcases,eventhesoldierswhoplantedtheminesdidnotrecordwheretheywereplaced。now,cambodiahastheoneofthehighestratesofphysicaldisabilityofanycountryintheworld。atthecurrentrateofprogress,itmaytakeasmanyas100yearstoclearalltheminesincambodia,andtheunestimatesthatwithcurrenttechnology,itwilltakenearly1100yearstoclearalltheminesintheworld。2next,presentthestudentssomeminesignsandremindstudentsthatinspiteofsomanywarningsigns,therearestillmanyvictimsasthepicturesshow。 教学资源,完全免费,无须注册,天天更新!(inspiteofsomanywarningsigns,therearestillmanyvictims。lookatthefollowingpictures。) 教学资源,完全免费,无须注册,天天更新!3askstudentstoglancethroughthetextquicklyandanswerthefollowingquestionsinexercise1onpage58。(1)whatisthemaintopicofthisarticle?whichpartofthetexttellsyouthat?(2)whowrotethearticle?(3)whatdothethreepicturesshowyou?(4)whereisresearchbeingdoneonrobotsthatcanfindlandmines?(5)inwhichtwocountriesmighttherobotsbeused?suggestedanswers:(1)themaintopicistheroleofrobotsinthefightagainstlandmines。thetitletellsusthat。(2)natashawesley。(3)somepeoplewhohavelosttheirlegsbecauseoflandmines。(4)chibauniversity(japan)(5)afghanistanandcambodia。4workingroupstowritequestionsfortheseanswersinexercise2。checkyourworkwithyourpartner。 question answer 1hr26000people。 2hronepersonevery20minutes。 3hrfordecadesafterwarshaveended。 4hr100million。 5hr60countries。 6hr100000。 7hr2000000。 8hr4mlong,1。8mwide,1mhigh。 9hr900kg。 10hr6。hr11hr1997。hr12hr122countries。suggestedanswers: question answer 1。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。hr11。whenwasanarrangementtostopthemanufactureanduseoflandminessigned? 1997。hr12。howmanycountriessignedtheagreementtostopthemanufactureanduseoflandmines? 122countries。5。readthearticleagaincarefullyandlookateachparagraphinturn。underlinethesentencewhichsetsoutthemainideaofthatparagraph。thenfillinthetablebelow。 paragraph mainidea supportingdetails 1hrintroduction:thedamagelandminescause 26000 100millionburiedin60 2hr3hr4hr5hrsuggestedanswers: paragraph mainidea supportingdetails 1introduction:thedamagelandminescause26000peoplekilledorbadlyinjuredeachyear100millionburiedin60countriesmostvictimsareinnocentpeople 2theproblemoflandmineseachyear100000removedeachyear2000000burieddifficultanddangeroustoremove 3robotscanhelpfindtraditionalminesmuchsaferinthehuntforlandminesfasteratfindinglandminesresearchatchibauniversity 4robotscanfindplasticminesexperimentalrobotsinproductiontouseradartolocateminestoidentifytypesofmines 5worldopinionsturnedagainstlandminesinthe1990sagreementinottawa,canadatostopthemanufactureanduseoflandminesstillalotofworktobedonestep4discussion1first,askstudentstoreadthefollowingmaterials。fromthetextwevelearnedhowseriousthesituationis。manylivesareputintodanger。sowemustdosomethingtoimprovethesituation。asweknow,theushasntyetcommittedtotheminebantreaty。ihopeyouwillwritealetterofsuggestiontothepresidentoftheus。youmayrefertothetext2encouragestudentstowritealetterofsuggestiontothepresidentoftheus,fortheushasntyetcommittedtotheminebantreaty。intheletteryouwillsuggesttheusshouldstopmanufacturinglandminesandspendmoremoneyonsolutionstoclearinglandmines,forexampledevelopingnewrobotstoremovethelandmines。youcanrefertothefollowingmaterial:producingonelandminecosts3,yetonceinthegrounditcancostmorethan1000tofindanddestroy,accordingtotheicbl。over80percentofthe15000to20000landminevictimseachyeararecivilians,andatleastoneinfivearechildren,accordingtotheinternationalcampaigntobanlandmines(icbl)thedeadlylegacyoflandminesfaroutlaststheconflictsthatgaverisetothem。amongthemostcontaminatedcountriesareiraq,cambodia,afghanistan,colombia,andangola。iftimeislimited,askstudentstofinishitafterclass。step5homeworkfinishwritingthelettertothepresidentoftheus。asample:dearmr。president,ireadinthenewspaperthattheushasntyetcommittedtotheminebantreaty。imwritingtosuggestyourcountrysignontheagreement。1landmineskillorbadlyinjurearound26000peopleeveryyear。thereareabout100millionlandminesburiedjustbeneaththesurfaceofthegroundin60countries。amongthemostcontaminatedcountriesareiraq,cambodia,afghanistan,colombia,andangola。ithinkthisisonereasonwhypeopleinthesecountrieshatetheussomuch。2producingonelandminecosts3,yetonceinthegrounditcancostmorethan1000tofindanddestroy,accordingtotheicbl。sostopmanufacturinglandminesandspendmoremoneyonfindingsolutionstoclearingthelandmines。asyouknow,yourcountryhasdesignedthemostadvancedrobots。whynotuseyouradvancedtechnologyandspendmoremoneyondesigningsomerobotstoclearthelandmines。ifso,itwillbenefitthewholeworld。peopleallovertheworldwillthinkhighlyofyouandyourcountry。youandyourcountrywillbecomemoreinfluential。japanhassetagoodexample。theyhavedevelopedrobotsthatcanbeusedtoclearlandmines。ihopeyourgovernmentwillfollowjapansexample。thankyouforreadingtheletter。ihopeyouwillconsidermysuggestions。ibelieveyoualsohopethewholeworldwillenjoypeace。letsworktogetherandmakeapeacefulworld。yourssincerely,suncheng