I, robot!

Get ready

1

Read the question: "Will humans be replaced by robots?". Choose the correct answer about humans and robots.

a) Humans make robots. Right or wrong? 
b) Robots can create human beings. Right or wrong? 
c) Robots can repair other robots and themselves. Right or wrong? 
d) Humans and robots can never be friends. Right or wrong? 

2

Complete the sentences with these words.
Year after year,

become more

and efficient. They help humans in new

every day. In factories, robots even

robots. Can robots replace

?

3

Brainstorm from the title of the chapter. Propositions:Wash the floor / Hoover / Set the table / Cook / Do the laundry / Do the dishes / Teach / Do your homework / Make objects.

4

Check with this table what you already know.

Observe and listen

1

Look at the picture. Match the letters with the corresponding words.

Spray can

Brick wall

Robot

Waste

Pavement

Barcode

a

b

c

d

e

f

2

Select in the list the best words to describe the document.

×

street art

criminal

shopping

×

Banksy

London

New York

×

revolutionary

×

spraying

stupid

artist

×

graffiti

×

barcode

×

robot

×

wall

3

Listen to the audio guide and match the sentences.

4

Recap and fill in the blanks.

This document is a artwork by the artist in the city of . It shows a spraying a on the wall.

Let’s have fun

1

Listen to the recording. Pick out each word with the sound /i:/ in the lyrics.

“For Eve”

Eve, Eve, Eve,
I cannot believe
that you came to me
Me, the small Wall-E!
You are so pretty,
and also so funny,
an angel in the moon,
you just make me swoon!

signed Wall-E

2

In the lyrics, find one word with each sound below.

a) /ɪ/ ➝ 
b) /ʌ/ ➝
c) /eɪ/ ➝
d) /u:/ ➝