Unit 2 Robots

1. 知识目标 掌握特殊疑问词引导的宾语从句。

学习目标

2. 能力目标 能够运用特殊疑问词引导的宾语从句转述信息。

Robot

I think /believe that robots can cook for us.

sweep the floor, wash the dishes, do homework for us, play games with us, chat with us, make friends with us…

What things can robots do for us?

I want to buy a robot but I have a lot of questions:• Can robots look after children?

• Do robots sometimes go wrong?

• Have robots ever done something bad on human?

• Are robots cleverer than human?

• Will robots bring any bad changes to my life?

• Can robots look after children?

You want to know if

• Do robots sometimes go wrong?

You want to know if

• Have robots ever done something bad on human?

You want to know if

robots can lookafter children.

robots sometimesgo wrong .

robots have everdone something bad on human.

• Are robots cleverer than human?

You want to know if

• Will robots bring any bad changes to my life?

You want to know if

robots are clevererthan human .

robots will bring

any bad changes to my life.

Learning for use

1 The robot no longer knew …

When should it cook breakfast?

2 Mr Jiang did not know …

What should he do with the robot?

The robot no longer knew when it should cook breakfast.

Mr Jiang did not know what he should do with the robot.

注意：What…do with How…deal with 如何处理、对付

Rule outThe robot no longer knew when it should cook breakfast.

Mr Jiang did not know what he should do with the robot.

Rule out ：1 We can use a ‘wh-’ word to introduce an o

bject clause when it expresses a ‘wh-’ question.

2 The word order in the object clause should be the same as that in a statement.

Now I decide to buy a robot.Can you tell me ?Where can people buy a robot?How big should a robot be?When do people check their robot?Who will buy a robot?

Where can people buy a robot?Can you tell me How big should a robot be?Can you tell meWhen do people check their robot?Can you tell me

Who will buy a robot?Can you tell me

where people can buy arobot?

how big a robot should be?

when people checktheir robot?

who will buy a robot?

Practice

Where did Mr Jiang buy the robot? When does the robot cook breakfast?What did the robot buy at the supermarket?How does the robot wash up?Why did Mr Jiang return the robot?Who will repair the robot that went wrong?

1 Where did Mr Jiang buy the robot?

I’d like to know ______________________________.

2 When does the robot cook breakfast?

Can Mr Jiang tell me ___________________________?

3 What did the robot buy at the supermarket?

I can’t imagine ____________________________________.

where Mr Jiang bought the robot

when the robot cooks breakfast

what the robot bought at the supermarket

4 How does the robot wash up?

I want to know ______________________.

5 Why did Mr Jiang return the robot?

I wonder ___________________________?

6 Who will repair the robot that went wrong?

I want to ask Mr Jiang ____________________________________.

how the robot washes up

why Mr Jiang returned the robot

who will repair the robot that went wrong

Joining the following sentences with object c

lauses introduced by ‘wh-’ words

1 I’d like to know … Where is your school?

I’d like to know where your school is.

2 Can you tell me … How far is the park

from here?

Can you tell me how far the park is from

here?

3 I can’t imagine … How did they climb up the rocks?

I can’t imagine how they climbed up the rocks.

4 Can anyone explain … Why does the sun always rise in the east?

Can anyone explain why the sun always rises in the east?

5 I want to ask Jim … What will he do at the weekend?I want to ask Jim what he will do at the weekend.

Object clauses

• An object clause functions as the object in a sentence.

• 用作宾语的从句叫宾语从句。• 当陈述句作宾语时，以‘ that’ 来引导。• 当一般疑问句作宾语时，以‘ if’ 或

‘ whether’ 来引导。• 当特殊疑问句作宾语时，以‘ wh-’ wo

rds 来引导。

• Mr. Jiang is very busy. Last year he bought a robot. He thinks that robots can do a lot of things for him. And his robot did a lot of things for him. When he got up in the morning, breakfast was already made. It also made a lunch box for him every day. While Mr. Jiang was at work, the robot would wash the dishes, sweep the floor, make the bed and air the room. Mr. Jiang was very pleased with his robot. He thought that it was right to buy a robot.

划出文章中包含宾语从句的句子

• A few weeks later, The robot caught a virus (感染了病毒 ). It no longer knew when it should cook breakfast. It sometimes woke Mr. Jiang up at four in the morning. Sometimes, Mr. Jiang would find his breakfast in washing machine. After work, he found that his flat was in a mess. Mr. Jiang did not know what he should do with the robot. He wondered whether he was wrong to buy a robot.

• In the end, Mr. Jiang decided to return the robot to the robot shop. He thought that the robot was just too much trouble.

• He thinks that robots can do a lot of things for him.

• He thought that it was right to buy a robot.• It no longer knew when it should cook breakfas

t.• Mr. Jiang did not know what he should do with

the robot.• After work, he found that his flat was in a mess.• He wondered if/whether he was wrong to buy a

robot.• He thought that the robot was just too much tr

ouble.

中考链接

Multiple Choice

1. I don’t know _________ (07 中考 )

A.where does he come from B. what is his name

C. how old he is D. when will he leave

2. Could you tell me ________ it snows in winter in Australia?

A. that B. which C. whether D. what

C

C

3. ---Why did Miss Wang look so worried when we saw her?(08 中考 )

----Because she wondered _________

A.where did the other students go

B.when would the policeman come

C.what her students have done during the trip

D.if her students had survived the earthquake

4. Can you tell me___________?

A.where does he work B. where he works

C. where did he work D. where he work

D

B

Some exercises

请在下列句子中填上适当的特殊疑问词1. Do you know _______ his name is?2. I wonder _____ he will come back home.3. Would you please tell me ______ is the w

ay to the nearest station?4. We’re thinking about ______ we can trave

l for our summer holiday?5. I really don’t know _______ he is talking t

o under the tree?6. Can you tell me _____ you are late for sc

hool again?

what

whenwhich

where

who

why

Correct the mistakes

1. Do you know what is he doing?

2. She said her mother is very well.

3. Miss Li said there were seven days in

a week.

__ __ he is

___ was ____

are

4. He wants to know if they did have a good

time.

5. She asked me that when the train would

arrive.

6. Could you tell me if he has come or not.

________

had____

/

___

whether

Rewrite the sentences with object clauses introduced by ‘wh-’ words.

• 1. What did they worry about? Do you know?

• 2. Where are the exchange students from? I want to know.

• 3. What are we going to discuss at the meeting? Could

you tell me?

• 4. Why is the train late? Can you tell me?

• 5. Where is Tom? Does anybody know?

Do you know what they worried about?

I want to know where the exchange students are from.

Could you tell me what we are going to discuss at the meeting?

Can you tell me why the train is late?

Does anybody know where Tom is ?

• 6. Where does she live? Do you know?

• 7. When did the accident happen? Please go and find out.

• 8. Who will be the winner of the game? I’m not sure.

• 9. How can you get to the top of the mountain?

Could you tell me?

• 10. How many people went to the Great Wall last week? I want to know.

Do you know where she lives ?

Please go and find out when the accident happened.

I’m not sure who will be the winner of the game.

Could you tell me how you can get to the top of the mountain?

I want to know how many people went to the Great Wall last week.

Fill in the blanks1. The radio says it _________ cloudy

tomorrow. (be)

2. The headmaster hopes everything ______ well. (go)

3. Tom says that they ____________ (play). basketball at six o’clock yesterday evening.

4. I hear they _________ (return) it already.

5. He said that they _________ members of the Party since 1948. (be)

will be

goes

were playing

have returned

had been

6. I didn’t know whom the letters _________ from. (be)

7. The teacher told his class that light _______ faster than sound. (travel)

8. I think you __________ about the relay race now. (talk)

were

travels

are talking

• 当主句是一般现在时态时，从句根据需要可用各种时态。

• 当主句为一般过去时态时，从句要用相应的过去时。但当从句为客观真理时，从句为一般现在时态。

1. The teacher asked the students _____.

A. if they were interested in dinosaurs

B. when was Albert Einstein born

C. what they will do with the computers

D. how many trees they have planted

2. --Would you please tell us what ___ on this subject? -- Yes, I’d love like to.

A. you will say B. will you say

C. you will speak D. will you speak

A

A

3. -----Could you tell me ____________? -----About two hours . A. how long it takes to fly to Guilin B. how long it took to fly to Guilin C. how long does it take to fly to Guilin D. how long did it take to fly to Guilin 4. I’ll give a talk tomorrow. I’m thinking about ________. A. what to say B. how to say C. what can I say D. how can I say

A

A

5. Somebody rang my doorbell just now, but I didn’t know . A. who were they B. who they were C. who was it D. who it was 6. The shoes are neither cheap nor comfortable . I can’t understand_______women like buying them . A. why B. when C. whether D. how 7. -------I hear we’ll have a new physics teacher this term . -------Really ? Do you know ___________? A. where he comes from B. what subject he teaches C. if he is a chemistry teacher D. that he is a physics teacher

D

A

A

Homework

•Finish the exercises on the paper.