Unit1Doyouthinkyouwillhaveyourownrobot?1bReadthetitleofthetext.Thencirclethewordsandphrasesyouthinkyouwillreadinthepassage.Compareyourpredictionswithyourpartner.Section2WhileYouReadSomescientistsbelievethattherewillbesuchrobotsinthefuture.However,theyagreeitmaytakehundredsofyears.Scientistsarenowtryingtomakerobotslooklikepeople,anddothesamethingsasus.Japanesecompanieshavealreadymaderobotswalkanddance.Thiskindofrobotwillalsobefuntowatch.trytodosth.尽力去做某事trydoingsth.尝试做某事ButrobotscientistJamesWhitedisagrees.Hethinksthatitwillbedifficultforarobottodothesamethingsasaperson.Forexample,it’seasyforachildtowakeupandknowwheretheyare.MrWhitethinksthatrobotswon’tbeabletodothis.Butotherscientistsdisagree.Theythinkthatrobotswillbeabletotalktopeoplein25to50years.it+be+形容词+(forsb.)+todosth.(某人)做某事怎么样ItisnoteasyformetogetupearlyonSundaymorning.Robotscientistsarenotjusttryingtomakerobotslooklikepeople.Forexample,therearealreadyrobotsworkinginfactories.Theserobotslookmorelikehugearms.Theydosimplejobsoverandoveragain.Peoplewouldnotliketodosuchjobsandwouldgetbored.Butrobotswillnevergetbored.factory----factories工厂Inthefuture,therewillbemorerobotseverywhere,andhumanswillhavelessworktodo.Newrobotswillhavemanydifferentshapes.Somewilllooklikehumans,andothersmightlooklikesnakes.Afteranearthquake,asnakerobotcouldhelplookforpeopleunderbuildings.Thatmaynotseempossiblenow,butcomputers,spacerocketsandevenelectrictoothbrushesseemedimpossibleahundredyearsago.Weneverknowwhatwillhappeninthefuture!1.seem是连系动词，意为“似乎；好像；看上去”，后面常接形容词作表语。如：Thesegirlsseemveryhappy.这些女孩子们似乎很高兴。2.seemlike表示“看上去好像”。如：Thoseboatsseemlikemanyducks.那些船看上去好像很多鸭子。3.seem还可构成“Itseems/seemedthat...”句式，相当于“从句的主语+seems/seemed+todosth.”。如：Itseemsthathefallsinlovewiththebeautifulgirl.=Heseemstofallinlovewiththebeautifulgirl.他好像爱上了这个美丽的女孩。[辨析]seem与look的区别：两者后面都可接形容词、名词或介词短语。但seem指说话人内心的主观判断，而look则强调从所述事物外表上看得出的视觉印象。在下面两种情况下只能用seem，而不能用look。1.seem后面接动词不定式时。如：Myfatherseemedtoknowthenews.我父亲好像知道这个消息。2.在“