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.

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From fiction...

1
Choose the correct words to describe the two robots.

<stamp theme='esp-blue'>Doc. 5</stamp> C3PO and R2D2

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.

can speak many languages.
can operate space vehicles.
is very good at maths.
can repair computers and machines.

R2D2	C3PO

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.

Physical description	Abilities
e.g. It will be humanoid.	e.g. It will speak 60 languages.

<stamp theme='esp-blue'>Doc. 1</stamp> a

<stamp theme='esp-blue'>Doc. 2</stamp> b

<stamp theme='esp-blue'>Doc. 3</stamp> c

<stamp theme='esp-blue'>Doc. 4</stamp> d

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… and dreams…

1
Look at the picture. Click on the words you will probably hear.

humanoid

dust

fly

will

chores

hoover

technologies

screen

computer

robot

homework

dog

ideal

cat

clean

2
Note down your hypotheses about the picture. Then, listen to the recording and pick the right ones.

	Your hypotheses	Right?
The girl and the boy are dreaming of
Her robot will
His robot will

… and dreams…

3
Listen again and fill in the table with It will...

Ayanda’s robot	Josh’s robot
It won’t give me orders.	It will do my homework.

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… 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?

Paro is a baby seal robot. Its mission in life is to be very cute! Paro will calm down and also comfort patients in hospitals and nursing homes: it is therapeutic. Takanori Shibata, a Japanese engineer, invented Paro in 1993. It was first used to help people who are old and often have brain diseases like dementia. The robot will respond to petting and cuddling: it will move its tail and eyes. Paro will be able to mime emotions like surprise or happiness. Most people like Paro but some doctors say that it is maybe not humane to ask robots to care for sick and old people.

Adapted from Wikipedia.

Name:
Creator’s name:
Purpose:
Physical description:
Abilities:
Emotions:

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 .

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Phonology

/i:/ long ou /ɪ/ court

Listen

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/.

Repeat

Répète : Geeks will not need sleep!

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Grammar

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 .

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Mission 2

1
Your mission is to...

record a report.

write an ad.

do an interview.

2
In your ad, you must...

be enthusiastic.

write about your robot’s abilities.

be convincing.

3
Choose your level:

A1

A1+

A2

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