What are robots?

Why are some robots called

robonauts?
 ROBONAUTS
Robots are machines. They can do some
things that people do. And they can do
some things that people cannot. Robots do
not have to eat. They do not have to eat.
They do not have to drink. And the y do not
get lonely.
Robots can do the same things over and
over exactly the same way. They do not
get bored. They do not get tired. And
best of all robots can do things that are
too dangerous for people to do.
That is why the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration or NASA uses
robots. It sends robots on long trips. It
sends them to places where there is no
air to breathe. It sends them where
people cannot, or cannot go yet.
NASA will use robots as robonauts to go on
spacewalks. A robonaut looks like a person.
It has head, arms, and upper body. A
robonaut may go go outside the
International Space Station. It may work
with astronauts on space walks. It may go
where it is not safe for humans.
Find out the different meanings of the
italicized word in the sentences.
1.A cavity causing one of my molars to
ache. I must see our dentist soon
2. The chest cavity holds the heart and
lungs.
3.My father left me a cavity that makes
me sometimes sad.
1.What does the word cavity in the first
sentence mean?
2.How did you know?
1.What does the cavity in the second
sentence mean?
2. How did you know?
3. What does the cavity in the third sentence
mean?
4.Can you find this meaning in the
dictionary?
Many English words have multiple
meanings. Their meanings are
denotative when you find them in the
dictionary. Sometimes their meanings
are suggested or implied depending in
some emotion or feeling attached to
them. This meaning is called
connotation.
Let’s Practice!
For each word related to dental health, find
atleast 2 meanings in the dictionary. Then add a
connotative meaning. Use the word in three
sentences with different meanings.
1. gum
2. gurgle
3. brush