Robots everywhere

1. Where do robots help humans?

In medicine,

in education or

in houses.
2. Who created the humanoid Robonaut? Wallace, NASA or Thomas Ford.
3. What is a humanoid robot? A robot made of metal, a robot in human form or a robot with Artificial Intelligence.

From fiction...

1

Choose the correct words to describe the two robots.


a) R2D2 (on the left) has a (round / square) body and (two / three) hydraulic legs.
b) C3PO (on the right) is a (human / humanoid), with a (gold-plated / silver-plated) body.

2

Match the robot to its abilities.
💡 Tip: Look at the speech bubbles.

3

You have a mission to space. You can only choose one of the robots. Which one? Debate.

4

You’re writing the next episode of the Star Wars movie franchise. Choose a new robot: what will it look like? How will it help?
💡 Tip: Fill in one category; your partner will do the other one.

… and dreams…

1

Look at the picture. Click on the words you will probably hear.

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humanoid

dust

fly

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will

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chores

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hoover

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technologies

screen

computer

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robot

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homework

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dog

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ideal

cat

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clean

2

Note down your hypotheses about the picture. Then, listen to the recording and pick the right ones.

3

Listen again and fill in the table with It will...

… to reality!

1

Look at the photo. Do you think it is a real animal? Why?


I think  because .

2

Read the text and fill in the ID card. What is Paro? What does it do?

3

Do you think this robot is a good idea? Write down your opinion and share it with your classmates.

My opinion

I think .
I believe .

My classmates’ opinions

I agree with because .
I don’t agree with because .

4

Watch the video. Which robot is your favourite? Why.


a) My favourite robot is (Tapia / Chip / Ninebot Segway / Aibo / Zenbo).
b) It’s my favourite robot because .

/i:/ long ou /ɪ/ court

Listen: I will build a big screen!

Réfléchis : Écoute et choisis la bonne prononciation.
a) Will: /i:/ or /ɪ/. b) Build: /i:/ or /ɪ/. c) Big: /i:/ or /ɪ/. d) Screen: /i:/ or /ɪ/.


Répète : Geeks will not need sleep!

Prédire l’avenir

Observe : My robot will walk the dog, it will not wake me up and it won’t give me orders!

Réfléchis : Trouve les auxiliaires dans la phrase ci-dessus.


L’auxiliaire indique le futur ou signale une probabilité.

Conclus : Pour exprimer le futur, j’utilise + BV. À la forme négative, je peux contracter will not en .

Mission 2

1

Your mission is to...

record a report.

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write an ad.

do an interview.

2

In your ad, you must...

be enthusiastic.

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write about your robot’s abilities.

be convincing.

3

Choose your level:

A1

A1+

A2