EBC227

Unit 2 Inventions
Getting Ready
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Question
Paragraph 1
- What is the name of the quiz show?
- How much did Ken and Brad win on the quiz show?
Paragraph 2
- Is Watson a human?
- How did Watson decide on an answer?
Paragraph 3
- How do people often make decisions?
- Can Watson listen to anything?
Paragraph 4
- Why did Watson get confused, so that he answered incorrectly?
Paragraph 5
- Why were the players happy at the end of the game?
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C
C

C
A

2
4
1
5
3
Question
Paragraph 1
- What is the name of the quiz show?
- How much did Ken and Brad win on the quiz show?
- Who is the new opponent?
Paragraph 2
- Is Watson a human?
- How did Watson decide on an answer?
Paragraph 3
- How do people often make decisions?
- Can Watson listen to anything?
Paragraph 4
- Why did Watson get confused, so that he answered incorrectly?
Paragraph 5
- Why were the players happy at the end of the game?
Computer Beats Champs  Title
Paragraph 1 – Give introduction about Jeopardy and the opponents  Introduction

Paragraph 2 – Give information about how Watson decided on an answer

Paragraph 3 – Compare the ways people and Watson make decisions
Paragraph 4 – Tell why Watson answered incorrectly
Body = Supporting ideas
Paragraph 5 – Tell where the money the opponents won in this game went to  Conclusion
Main idea
A computer named Watson played a special quiz game
Jeopardy, and won human competitors.
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g
c
a
f
d
h
b
e

confuses
beat
competitiors
confident
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wonder

machines
opponent
champion

connect
compare contain
comfort
common
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connect
common
contain
communicate
compare
comfort
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comfort
contains
common
compare

communicate

connected
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B
C
A

B
A
C
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Unit 2: Page 27
Question
Paragraph 1
- What does Cindy think is the most useful invention of all time? Why?
Paragraph 2
- What does Jorge think is the most useful invention of all time? Why?
Paragraph 3
- What does Kazuo think is the most useful invention of all time?
Why?
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B
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B
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temperature

useful
discussions
surely
Talk about It
Paragraph 1 – Give opinion why the air conditioning is the most
useful invention
Paragraph 2 – Give opinion why the Internet is the most useful
invention
Paragraph 3 – Give opinion why electricity is the most useful
invention
Body = Supporting ideas
Main idea
People have different opinions towards the
most useful inventions.
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useful, careful, thoughtful, helpful, restful

useless, careless, thoughtless, helpless, restless

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thoughtful
restless
careless
helpless

restful
useless
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careless
cafreful
helpless

useless
thoughtless

restless
 EBC227 Vocabulary Unit 2
No. Vocabulary Parts of Meaning in Thai Example of sentence
speech
1 opponent
2 compete
3 competitor
4 mistake
5 participate
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No. Vocabulary Parts of Meaning in Thai Example of sentence
speech
6 charity
7 immediately
8 option
9 discussion
10 invention
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No. Vocabulary Parts of Meaning in Thai Example of sentence
speech
11 appear
12 popular
13 analyze
14 decide
15 search
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No. Vocabulary Parts of Meaning in Thai Example of sentence
sp0eech
16 consider
17 defeat
18 emotion
19 surely
20 incorrectly