Module 2 Unit 3 Robots 课时 1 Comic strip & Welcome to the unit & Reading 一、Comic strip & Welcome to the unit 1. I’m complaining about you to the robot shop. 我在向机器人商店投诉你。 complain v.动词“抱怨；投诉” ①complain about/of sth. 抱怨某事 eg: I've really got nothing to complain of. 我确实没有什么可抱怨的。 ②complain to sb. 向某人抱怨 ③complain about sb/sth to… 向……抱怨某人/某事 eg: He complained about the food to me.他向我抱怨伙食不佳。 ④complain that+从句 抱怨…… eg: He complained that the exam was too hard.他抱怨考试太难了。 2.I can explain. explain v.动词“解释,说明” explain sth to sb = explain to sb sth 向某人解释某事 eg: Can you explain the situation to me ?=Can you explain to me the situation? 3. post this for me 帮我邮寄这个 post a letter for him. 为他寄封信 post sth for sb. 替某人邮寄某物 4. help with homework/housework 帮助辅导家庭作业/帮助干家务活 ①help sb with sth 在某事上帮助某人 ②help sb do sth / help sb to do sth ③help do sth /help to do sth 帮助某人做某事 帮助做某事 eg: He will help us clean the classroom.= He will help us to clean the classroom. ④with one’s help 在某人的帮助下 eg: With your help, we’ll finish it on time. 5. explore outer space 探索太空 6.do dangerous jobs 做危险的工作 dangerous adj. 形容词“危险的” danger n. 名词“危险” in danger 处于危险中 7.put out fires 灭火 8.work on high buildings 在高楼上工作 9. have brains 有头脑 10.So they could do whatever they’re asked to. 所以他们能做被要求做的任何事。 语法讲解：whatever“无论什么”，在本句中引导宾语从句， whatever 也可以引导让步状语从句，相当于 no matter what eg: Whatever you say, I believe you. =No matter what you say, I believe you. 无论你说什么，我都相信你。 11. Could robots help you and me in any way? 机器人能在任何方面帮助你和我吗？ 12.That sounds useful. 那听上去很有用 useful adj. 形容词“有用的”→ useless adj. 形容词“无用的” ①be useful to sb 对某人有益 eg:This book is useful to you ②be useful for sth 对于某目的有益 eg: It is useful for the project. ③be useful at sth 在某事精通 eg: I was useful at maths. ④be useful in … 在……方面有益 eg: Hypnotherapy can be useful in helping you give up smoking.催眠疗法可能有助于你戒烟。 二、Reading 1.the home robot 家用机器人 2. a manager of a big company 一家大公司的经理 manage v.动词“管理; 完成” eg: James manages the local football team.詹姆斯管理着当地的足球队。 manage to do sth 成功完成某事 eg: We managed to make up for the lost time.我们设法把损失的时间弥补回来了。 他太忙而没有时间休息。 3. He is too busy to have any time to relax. ①Sb be too+ adj. + to do sth 某人太……而不能做某事 =sb be not+adj. + enough + to do sth eg: You are too young to go to school.= You are not old enough to go to school. ②have some/ lots of/ little…time to do sth 有一些/很多/没有……时间做某事 eg: I have little time to sleep because of the heavy work. 4. I have to buy a robot so that I can have more free time. 我必须买一个机器人，那样我能有更多的空余时间。 语法讲解：so that 引导目的状语从句，其从句中的谓语动词通常和 can, may, should 等情态动词连用，而 且主句和从句之间不使用逗号，意为“以便，为了，使能够”。 eg: They got up early so that they could catch the early bus. 为了能赶上早班车，他们早早就起床了。 拓展：so…that…引导结果状语从句，so 后面加形容词或副词，意为“如此……以至于……” eg: The workers did so well that he was pleased with them. 工人们干得很好，他对他们很满意。 5. So he ordered one from a robot shop. 所以他从机器人商店定购了一个。 order v.动词，“订购；命令:点(菜)” order sth sth.be ordered n.名词“顺序;命令,指挥,要求”keep in good order 保持好秩序 appear in a fixed order 按照固定顺序出现 put sth in order 把……放置地井然有序 6. make one’s life much easier 使某人的生活容易多了 ①make sth/ sb + adj. ②make sb do sth 使……怎么样 使某人做某事 eg: make me happy eg: The mews made me feel better ③sb be made to do sth（被动语态中要把 to 补充出来）eg: I was made to laugh by him. 我被他逗得哈哈大笑 7. His business suit was smoothly ironed. 他的工作服被光滑地熨烫过了。 ①iron v. 动词“熨烫” eg: iron the shirt 熨衬衫 ②smoothly adv.副词“平整地；光滑地；顺利地 ” eg:Everything goes smoothly. 一切进展顺利 ③smooth adj.形容词“顺利的；光滑的；平稳的”，比较级 smoother ，最高级 the smoothest eg: feel soft and smooth 感觉既柔软又顺滑 8. His lunch box was already prepared. 他的便当已经准备好了。 prepare v. 动词“准备” ①prepare sth. 准备...... ②prepare sb. sth. = prepare sth. for sb. 给......准备...... eg:She prepared us a nice breakfast.= She prepared a nice breakfast for us.她给我们准备了可口的早餐。 ③prepare sb. for sth.使某人对某事有所准备 eg: She said so because she wanted to prepare her father for the bad news. 她这样说是因为她想使爸爸对那个坏消息有所准备。 ④prepare to do sth.准备做...... eg: They were preparing to cross the river when it began to rain.他们正准备过河，突然下雨了。 ⑤prepare for sth.为......做准备 eg: The students are busy preparing for the final exam.学生们正在准备期末考试。 ⑥be prepared for sth.=get ready for sth. 为……做好了准备,强调状态。 eg:They were prepared for the worst. 他们已准备好了应付最坏的情况。 ⑦be (well) prepared to do sth. 准备、打算做某事 eg:We are prepared to supply the goods you asked for.我们准备好供应你要的货物。 preparation n.名词“准备” ①in preparation for… 为……做准备 eg:We're getting things together in preparation for the journey.我们正在收拾东西准备旅行。 ②make preparations for… 为......做准备 eg:She is making preparations for her