广州市教育局教学研究室英语科 Module 7 Unit 2 Robots Speaking, Listening and reading task ( 广东广雅中学提供 )

Supposition and belief I think… I suppose… I don’t think… I guess… I wonder… Maybe… I doubt… I believe… I don’t believe…

Sample Robots can be found in the manufacturing industry, the military, space exploration, transportation, and medical applications. Well, for my conclusion I guess that robots are the way of the future and will be used on a daily use without

being controlled remotely or by a person. I think they'll be different robots for different uses, some will be used for law enforcement and others will be used for constructive uses only. Others will be building cars, and the rest will be building the new schools we learn in and the houses we live in.

Listening on Page 54 RobotWhat is the robot? What can the robot do? 1 Vacuum cleaner It can move from room to room cleaning your house. You can programme it so that it cleans when you're away and you can control what it's doing from your computer at the office.

RobotWhat is The robot? What can the robot do? 2 Personal robot called "PaPeRo " It understands 650 phrases, speaks more than 3,000. It can recognize different people. It can check your . It can help children do research on the Internet for their homework, talk to them about their day at school and play games.

RobotWhat is the robot? What can the robot do? 3 Tiny helicopter It will be used to fly into dangerous areas. For example, it can fly into a house that's been destroyed by an earthquake and check if anyone's inside.

RobotWhat is the robot? What can the robot do? 4 Walking chair It helps people who can't walk to go up and down stairs.

Reading task

Three decades of war in Cambodia have left scars in many forms throughout the country. Unfortunately, one of the most lasting legacies of the conflicts continues to claim new victims daily. Read this piece of news about landmines.

In most cases, even the soldiers who planted the mines did not record where they were placed. Now, Cambodia has one of the highest rates of physical disability of any countries in the world.

At the current rate of progress, it may take as many as 100 years to clear all the mines in Cambodia, and the UN estimates that with current technology, it will take nearly 1,100 years to clear all the mines in the world.

This is the situation in Cambodia.

Here and there are the mine signs.

In spite of so many warning signs, there are still many victims.

Robots in the fight against landmines.

Pre-reading 1. What is the main topic of the article? Which part of the text tells you that? 2. Who wrote the article? 3. What do the three pictures show you?

4. Where is research being done on robots that can find landmines? 5. In which two countries might the robots be used?

Careful reading 1. How many people are killed or injured by landmines every year? 2. How often is someone killed or injured by a landmine? 3. For how long do landmines keep causing damage? Key to Exercise 2:

4. How many landmines are buried just beneath the surface of the ground? 5. In how many countries are landmines buried? 6. How many landmines are removed every year? 7. How many landmines are buried in the ground every year? 8. How big is the robot that can find landmines?

9. How much does it weigh? 10. How many legs has it got? 11. When was an agreement to stop the manufacture and use of landmines signed? 12. How many countries signed the agreement?

Para graph Main ideaSupporting details 1 Introducti on: the damage landmines 26,000 people killed or badly injured each year 100 million buried in 60 countries Most victims are innocent people Suggested answers to Exercise 3:

2 3 The problem of landmines Robots can help find traditiona l mines Each year 100,00 removed Each year 2,000,000 buried Difficult and dangerous to remove Much safer in the hunt for landmines Faster at finding landmines Research at Chiba University

4 5 Robots can find plastic mines World opinion turned against landmines in the 19990s Experimental robots in production To use radar to locate mines To identify types of mines Agreement in Ottawa, Canada to stop the manufacture and use of landmines Still a lot of work to be done

Homework Assignment Finish off all the exx. in this Unit