Exercise 1: a. You want to design a new robot. Write five things that your new robot can do and five things that it cannot do.

Example: My new robot can understand what I think. It cannot play football with me. 

Answer:

• Robots can live up to expectations, but it can't surpass expectations.

• Robots can personalize, but it can't make it personal

• Robots can predict, but it can't surprise

• Robots can cook the meals. Robots can’t eat smell or taste food.

• Robots can make music. Robots can't feel the melody.

b. Write a note about your new robot (about 40 words) using the cues below: 

- The name of your robot

- What it can do

- What it cannot do

- Where it can work 

Answer:

My robot's name will be Darrius. He can help me to do many things like cleaning my house, washing the dishes, ironing my clothes, and cooking meals for me when I'm busy. However, she also can not taste the food, play football with me or feel the melody and dance with me. It can work in my house.

Exercise 2: Do you agree or disagree with these statements? Tick (1) the box. 

1. Home robots will do all of our housework ❑

2. Teacher robots will teach children all the school subjects instead of human teachers. ❑

3. Worker robots will build our houses in the air or under the sea. ❑

4. Doctor robots will operate on us instead of human doctors. ❑

5. Space robots will build space stations on many other planets. ❑

6. Robots will do dangerous things instead of humans. ❑ 

Answer:

Exercise 3: Write a paragraph of 50 - 60 words to support the idea that robots will be very useful in the future. You can use some of the ideas in or your own.

You can begin and end as follow: I agree with the idea that in the future robots will be very useful to us. Firstly, .....................

For these reasons, I think that in the future robots will be useful in our future. 

Answer:

I agree with the idea that in the future robots will be very useful to us. Firstly, robots can help us do housework, which gives us more time to rest after working time. Secondly, robots can also help us do heavy or dangerous jobs instead of humans, helping us to save our lives. Sometimes when we feel lonely, the robot will be like a friend who listens to us, it can play music or tell jokes to help us forget our sadness and feel happier. For these reasons, I think that in the future robots will be useful in our future.