Science fiction writers

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Where
are the
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Our objectives for today are:
- to learn new vocabulary and use it in our
speech
- to develop our reading skills
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Science fiction writers
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Isaac Asimov’s Laws of Robotics
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What can robots do?
Cook dinner
Do the ironing
Walk
the dog
Climb
stairs
Vacuum
the
carpets
run
Mow the
lawn
talk
think, make
decisions

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What do robots possess/ show?
consciousness
creativity
accuracy

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Listen to the text
SB p.58
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Route
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Reality
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Follow the news of the
robotics technology!
David Hanson’s invention
Professor Hiroshi
of a skin covering called
Honda’s
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stairs. The problem of
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scientists
David
Hanson

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Problems
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Mobility
Intelligence
Robots can perform
only one task
Robots need to have
a good artificial brain
Reasoning
Language
Robots must think
coherent and logical
Robots must understand
figurative speech

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Vocabulary: Technology

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Vocabulary: Technology
become
perform
overcome
divided
cater
built
exist

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Vocabulary
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Summarising

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Match the words to make phrases

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Answer the questions
1.
Name the writers who wrote about robots.
2. Have we got any robots nowadays? Give
examples.
3. Do scientists have knowledge to give
robots intelligence and the power of
reasoning?
4. What can Honda’s ASIMO robot do?
5. Do you believe that soon household
robots may be as common as home computers?

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Translate the following sentences
using Future Simple
1. Роботы будут нашими помощниками.
2. Он будет копировать жесты человека.
3. Умные роботы станут реальностью очень
скоро.
4. Машины будут просто подчиняться
нашим приказам.
5. Ученые решат проблему искусственного
интеллекта в ближайшем будущем.

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