LEVEL: 4 th form Unit 3: Science and Technology Lesson 1 Robots

(1) Cross out words related to inventions to find the secret word.
blessing – curse – create – dreams – mind
discover – find – think – use – test – inventor – Man – science – creative – technology – development
shuttle – computer – car – radio – mobile – devise

I N V E N T O R A D I O D C
D E V I S E M O B I L E R R
T E C H N L O G Y M A N E E
D E V E L O P M E N T ☺ A A
T H I N K T E S T U S E M T
R F I N D ☺ E C N E I C S I
O D I S C O V E R ☺ ☺ ☺ M V
B E C R E A T E O T ☺ E I E
O C O M P U T E R C A R N ☺
T B L E S S I N G ☺ ☺ ☺ D ☺
C U R S E ☺ S H U T T L E ☺
→ The secret word is ………………………………………………………
I. Reading:
Read the following extract and answer the questions below:
Imagine a morning, not many years from now, on which you awaken after a long and safe sleep.
The night before, you drifted to sleep with absolutely no fear that your house would be robbed or
that you would be in any danger. Your household computer informs you that your breakfast is
ready, so you proceed to the kitchen to enjoy the meal that your kitchen robot has prepared.

As you eat, you glance at the headlines of the morning news on the nearby video monitor, noting
that unemployment has been virtually eliminated, the gross national product has increased 15
percent over the past year, and your stocks are doing well. Before you leave, you remind the
household robot to test the children on their math lessons, review them on their other studies, and
finally, join them in a game of catch.
The Age of the Robot

1. What can a robot do according to the text?

…………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………

2. Match pictures with sentences from the text:

3. Choose 2 adjectives that best describe Man’s robot life? Justify your answer.
a. comfortable b. lazy c. fortunate d. unfortunate
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…

3. In pairs, say whether the following statements are for or against robots:
 It never sleeps or gets tired / it can work in any temperature any place and at any time /
it uses electrical power directly and it is therefore a waste of energy / it never complains about work
it’s made of strong metal and has no heart / It facilitates man’s life and makes it more comfortable/
it will dominate man’s life / it turns Man into a lazy and passive creature/
it will be at the origin of many social problems since it will increase unemployment and poverty rates

FOR AGAINST

II. Speaking:

In pairs, enact a conversation between two people about the importance of robots in Man’s life.
Speaker 1 is totally for robots + arguments.
Speaker 2 is totally against robots + arguments.

Use the following structures:

I think that / I’m afraid I don’t agree/ I see what you mean but …/ you’re right but …./ what you say is
right but I still believe that …/ that’s true but don’t you think that / yes, but in my opinion….
Speaker 1: “I think a robot is very useful in man’s life because ………………………………………………
Speaker 2: “I’m afraid I don’t agree because …………………………………………………………….