Period6 ListeningandReadingTaskTeachingaims 1．Learnaboutrobotsandrobotsinthefightagainstlandmines.2．Helpstudentstolearnhowrobotsarehelpinghumanbeingsinclearinglandmines.Teachingprocedures Step1 Lead－inPresentthepicturesonPage54andaskstudentstotellwhateachrobotdoes.(Studentsareencouragedtospeakouttheiropinionsfreely.)Step2 Listening1．Listentotheinterviewandnumberthepicturesintheorderthatyouhearaboutthem.Keys：4,2,1,3.2．Listentotheinterviewagainandfillinasmuchofthetableasyoucan.Shareyouranswerswithapartner.Listenonceortwicemoretocheckyouranswers.RobotWhatistherobot？Whatcantherobotdo？1234 Suggestedanswers：RobotWhatistherobot？Whatcantherobotdo？1VacuumcleanerItcanmovefromroomtoroomcleaningyourhouse.Youcanprogramitsothatitcleanswhenyouareawayandyoucancontrolwhatit'sdoingfromyourcomputerattheoffice.2Personalrobotcalled“PaPeRo”Itunderstands650phrases，speaksmorethan3000words.Itcanrecognizedifferentpeople.Itcancheckyouremail.ItcanhelpchildrendoresearchontheInternetfortheirhomework，talktothemabouttheirdayatschoolandplaygames.3TinyhelicopterItwillbeusedtoflyintodangerousareas.Forexample，itcanflyintoahousethat'sbeendestroyedbyanearthquakeandcheckifanyone'sinside.4WalkingchairIthelpspeoplewhocan'twalktogoupanddownstairs.Step3 Readingtask1．Asweknow，Robotsaredesignedandbuilttodoataskthatisdangerous，uncomfortable，orrepetitiveforhumans.Todaywearegoingtoreadamagazinearticleaboutlandmines.First，askstudentstoreadthispieceofnewsaboutlandmines.ThreedecadesofwarinCambodiahaveleftscarsinmanyformsthroughoutthe,country.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.,84mlong,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；2345 Suggestedanswers：ParagraphMainideaSupportingdetails,1Introduction：thedamagelandminescause·26000peoplekilledorbadlyinjuredeachyear·100millionburiedin60countries·Mostvictimsareinnocentpeople2Theproblemoflandmines·Eachyear100000removed·Eachyear2000000buried·Difficultanddangeroustoremove3Robotscanhelpfindtraditionalmines·Muchsaferinthehuntforlandmines·Fasteratfindinglandmines·ResearchatChibaUniversity4Robotscanfindplasticmines·Experimentalrobotsinproduction·Touseradartolocatemines·Toidentifytypesofmines5Worldopinionsturnedagainstlandminesinthe1990s·AgreementinOttawa，Canadatostopthemanufactureanduseoflandmines·StillalotofworktobedoneStep4 Discussion1．First，askstudentstoreadthefollowingmaterials.Fromthetextwe'velearnedhowseriousthesituationis.Manylivesareputintodanger.Sowemustdosomethingtoimprovethesituation.Asweknow，theUShasn'tyetcommittedtotheMineBanTreaty.IhopeyouwillwritealetterofsuggestiontothepresidentoftheUS.Youmayrefertothetext2．EncouragestudentstowritealetterofsuggestiontothepresidentoftheUS，fortheUShasn'tyetcommittedtotheMineBanTreaty.IntheletteryouwillsuggesttheUSshouldstopmanufacturinglandminesandspendmoremoneyonsolutionstoclearinglandmines，forexampledevelopingnewrobotstoremovethelandmines.Youcanrefertothefollowingmaterial：Producingonelandminecosts$3，yetonceinthegrounditcancostmorethan$1000tofindanddestroy，accordingtotheICBL.Over80percentofthe15000to20000landminevictimseachyeararecivilians，andatleastoneinfivearechildren，accordingtotheInternationalCampaigntoBanLandmines(ICBL)．Thedeadlylegacyoflandminesfaroutlaststheconflictsthatgaverisetothem.AmongthemostcontaminatedcountriesareIraq，Cambodia，Afghanistan，Colombia，andAngola. Iftimeislimited，askstudentstofinishitafterclass.Step5 HomeworkFinishwritingthelettertothepresidentoftheUS.Asample：,DearMr.President，IreadinthenewspaperthattheUShasn'tyetcommittedtotheMineBanTreaty.I'mwritingtosuggestyourcountrysignontheagreement.1．Landmineskillorbadlyinjurearound26000peopleeveryyear.Thereareabout100millionlandminesburiedjustbeneaththesurfaceofthegroundin60countries.AmongthemostcontaminatedcountriesareIraq，Cambodia，Afghanistan，Colombia，andAngola.IthinkthisisonereasonwhypeopleinthesecountrieshatetheUSsomuch.2．Producingonelandminecosts$3，yetonceinthegrounditcancostmorethan$1000tofindanddestroy，accordingtotheICBL.Sostopmanufacturinglandminesandspendmoremoneyonfindingsolutionstoclearingthelandmines.Asyouknow，yourcountryhasdesignedthemostadvancedrobots.Whynotuseyouradvancedtechnologyandspendmoremoneyondesigningsomerobotstoclearthelandmines.Ifso，itwillbenefitthewholeworld.Peopleallovertheworldwillthinkhighlyofyouandyourcountry.Youandyourcountrywillbecomemoreinfluential.Japanhassetagoodexample.Theyhavedevelopedrobotsthatcanbeusedtoclearlandmines.IhopeyourgovernmentwillfollowJapan'sexample.Thankyouforreadingtheletter.Ihopeyouwillconsidermysuggestions.Ibelieveyoualsohopethewholeworldwillenjoypeace.Let'sworktogetherandmakeapeacefulworld.Yourssincerely，SunCheng
