A. PHONETICS
/ϽI/ |
/aʊ/ |
toy; noise; boy; soil; voice; boil; coin |
cow; flower; our; south; pound; how; town; shout; now; house; out; round; sound |
B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
I.
1. recognize: faces; voices; the place
2. do: homework; laundry; hair; housework; something; this
3. make: bed; breakfast; furniture; coffee; own clothes; cakes; mistakes; a phone call; suggestions; a desk
4. understand: the idea; the lecture; this song
5. lift: heavy boxes; the baby; cartons; suitcases
6. guard: the factory; the palace; our house
II.
Types of robots |
What they can do |
Home robots |
cook our meals, feed babies, guard our house all day, control home appliances, take care of the garden |
Teaching robots |
give lessons, correct homework, help students with their homework, write poems, explain the lessons again |
Worker robots |
make cars, find new materials, make new medicines, design new machines, work in the mines |
Doctor robots |
look after the patients, take care of the garden, give us medicines when we are sick, take our temperatures |
Space robots |
build new space stations, build cities on Mars, build houses on the moon |
Home robots will be able to cook our meals, feed babies, guard our house all day, control home appliances, and take care of the garden.
Teaching robots will be able to give lessons, correct homework, help students with their homework, write poems, and explain the lessons again.
Worker robots will be able to make cars, find new materials, make new medicines, design new machines, and work in the mines.
Doctor robots will be able to look after the patients, give us medicines when we are sick, and take our temperatures.
Space robots will be able to build new space stations, build cities on Mars, and build houses on the moon.
III.
1. Could you write your name when you were two?
2. Could you walk when you were one?
3. Could you count to ten when you were three?
4. Could you speak English when you were twelve?
5. Could you ride a bike when you were ten?
IV. 1. couldn't go 2. couldn't find 3. couldn't finish 4. couldn't understand
5. couldn't hear 6. couldn't listen 7. couldn't sleep 8. couldn't play
C. SPEAKING
A: My robot could clean the floors and guard the house when I bought it. Now, it can recognize the voice, and greet people in Vietnamese and English. In the future, I think my robot will be able to understand people, and play football.
B: Great! My robot could lift heavy boxes, and take care of the garden when I bought it.
Now it can control the temperatures of the house, and wash vegetables. In the future, I think my robot will be able to play the piano, and cook meals.
D. READING
I. 1. True 2. True 3. True 4. False 5. False
II. 1. Now we are on the fifth generation of robots.
2. They can work in situations that are dangerous or harmful for human workers.
3. A computer makes a robot brain.
4. Because there will be fewer people looking for jobs.
5. These changes are good: robots must improve, not harm, the quality of human life.
III. 1. They can put the parts of the cars together.
2. Because it is ‘dull, dirty and dangerous’ – DDD.
3. Because these places are very dangerous for people, or impossible for people to go to.
4. People can programme them and then they wash clothes automatically.
5. Yes, they can. For example, the dogs are made as toys for small children.
E. WRITING
Your own answers.
TEST (UNIT 12)
1. D 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. D 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. D
11. B 12. C 13. D 14. C 15. C 16. C 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. B
21. C 22. B 23. D 24. B 25. B 26. A 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. D
31. In the past, robots could lift heavy things.
32. They could make and serve coffee.
33. They could answer the door.
34. Now they can guard the house.
35. They can understand what we say.
36. They can do the gardening.
37. They can also greet people in English.
38. In the future, they will be able to take care of the house.
39. They will be able to play football.
40. They will be able to design even other robots.
41. I agree with you. 42. I agree with you. 43. I agree with you.
44. I’m sorry, I don’t agree. 45. I don’t think so. 46. but 47. Make
48. stations 49. do 50. Home 51. use 52. recognise 53. nothing
54. for 55. guard 56. Is that right 57. I certainly agree with you
58. What about 59. I don’t think so 60. That’s right, Tom
61. B 62. A 63. D 64. A 65. D
66. False 67. False 68. True 69. True 70. True
71. True 72. True 73. False 74. True 75. True
76. Robots will be able to not only talk with/ to people but also understand what they think.
77. Robots will be able to recognise our voices and faces, but they won’t be able to think like humans.
78. Do you think robots will be able to build houses on the sea for us?
79. I agree with you that life will be more comfortable in the future.
80. More people might lose jobs because robots will be able to do many kinds of jobs.