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Match the first part of the sentence (1-7) with the second one (A-G).

D 1. Some spider-like robots are designed to explore areas with extreme radiation that would kill a human.

G 2. One of the most important uses of smelling robots is in airports, detecting fumes from explosives hidden in luggage and shoes.

A 3. Robots can also go into dangerously polluted environments like chemical spills or radioactive "hot zones" in nuclear power plants.

E 4. Feelers, contact switches and bump sensors let a robot know when it has made contact with walls or objects.

B 5. Car factories are so highly automated that most of the human workers supervise or maintain the robots and other machines.

C 6. A robot is described as a machine designed to execute one or more tasks repeatedly, with speed and precision (Webster's dictionary).

F 7. Robots assemble car body panels and weld them together , finish and paint the car bodies, and stack and move partially completed cars.

a) .…. like chemical spills or radioactive "hot zones" in nuclear power plants.

b) .…. human workers supervise or maintain the robots and other machines.

c) .…. one or more tasks repeatedly, with speed and precision.

d) .…. with extreme radiation that would kill a human.

e) .…. know when it has made contact with walls or objects.

f) .…. finish and paint the car bodies, and stack and move partially completed cars.

g) .…. airports, detecting fumes from explosives hidden in luggage and shoes.

 

6. Match each word from the text with its synonym:

1. motion a) accuracy

2. task b) energy

3. precision c) men

4. automobile d) mechanism

5. power e) movement

6. people f) car

7. device g) work

 

7. Read the textand fill in the gaps with the words from the list below. Use each word only once:

day, location, factory, fatigue, belt, robots, environment, movements, bored, system, task

Robots are ideal for jobs that require repetitive, precise 1) _______. Human workers need a safe working 2) _______, salaries, breaks, food and sleep. 3) _______ don't. Human workers get bored doing the same thing over and over, which can lead to 4) _______ and costly mistakes. Robots don't get 5) _______.

Another 6) _______ job done by robots is arranging chocolates in boxes. Guided by a computer vision 7) _______, a robotic arm can locate a piece of chocolate on a moving conveyer 8) _______, gently pick it up and turn it to the proper orientation, and place it in a specific 9) _______ within a box on another moving conveyer belt. Sure, it's a 10) _______ that almost anyone could do … but could you do it 20,000 times a 11) _______, every day?

8. Read the clues and complete the crossword:

1 2                         3    
                          4      
            5         6          
7                   8            
                  9              
                10                
                                 
          11                      
                                 

 
Across:
A list of planned activities; a plan for future action.
Something hard to do; a piece of work.
An electronic machine that can store and recall information, and perform various processes on it.
An instrument or apparatus which uses power, such as electricity, to perform work.
Activity in which effort is used to produce something or gain a result.
An apparatus used for discovering the presence of a particular quality or effect, such as light, heat, sound etc., especially in small quantities.

 
Down:
The study of the making and use of robots.
The act, way, or process of moving.
A piece of equipment intended for a particular purpose.
A piece of work that must be done.
A machine that can move and do some of the work of a human being and is usually controlled by a computer.

 

 

LISTENING

9. Listen to the text and decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F):

1. You can now buy a robot in convenience stores in Japan.

2. Housework has become a thing of the past in Japan.

3. A new robot is on sale in Japan for $150,000.

4. The robot has an independent personality.

5. The robot has a vocabulary of 10,000 words.

6. The robot can help its owners become rich and live longer lives.

7. The robot will give you your daily schedule.

8. The robot will relax and watch television when no one is at home.

 

Date: 2015-12-11; view: 1066

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