Read the following text quickly and choose the correct answers to the questions below. Don’t pay attention to the gaps

	Are the paragraphs about
	a	lots of topics?
	b	one topic?
	Which is the best title?
	a	Imaginary robots in film and fiction.
	b	Robots: the fantasy and the facts.

A We can thank the world of literature for the words robot and robotics. The word robot was first used by the Czech playwright Karel Capek in his 1921 play, RUR (Rossum’s Universal Robots). (1) _______________ . Asimov used it in a short story in 1941.   B Robots often star in films too, for example dangerous machines like Terminator or cute ones like R2D2 in Star Wars. (2) _______________ . Industrial robots don’t have personalities and they don’t think like people. Most real robots are designed to save people from dangerous jobs (3) _________________ or boring, routine work (4) _______________ .   C A simple robot is made of: - A mechanical device (5) _______________ that can react to its environment. - Sensors that (6) ________________ give information to the device. - Systems or computer programs that (7) ________________ give the device instructions.

* (the text is from: “Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 17, pg.19, ex.4)

Read the text again and put the sentences and phrases (a-g) below in the correct places (1-7).

a	in factories, laboratories, or warehouses
b	In this play machines behave like people
c	like an arm
d	can ‘see’ the environment and
e	like handling nuclear or radioactive materials
f	The reality is less exciting.
g	understand the messages from the sensors and

* (“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 17, pg.19, ex.5)

6. Find in the text the English equivalents to the following expressions (don’t forget about phrases from ex.5):

- …мы можем поблагодарить…

- …мир литературы …

- …ведут себя как люди …

- …принимают участие в фильмах…

- …опасные машины…

- …роботы, используемые на производстве …

- …разработаны с целью…

- …оградить от…

- …однообразная работа…

- …обычный робот…

- …сделан из…

- …механическое устройство…

- …реагировать на…

- …сообщать информацию…

- … давать инструкции…

7. Read the text again and find the words in the text that mean:

1.	always done in the same way
2.	respond to a change
3.	a piece of equipment designed to do a particular job
4.	part of a machine that can sense heat, light, etc.
5.	very-very small
6.	type of robots used in manufactures
7.	everything around us
8.	a command to do something or explanation of how to do something.

* (№ 1-4 are taken from “Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 17, pg.19, ex.7)

8. What is the connection between human senses (feelings, emotions) and robots? What can (or can’t) people and robots do? Use: see, hear, smell, taste, touch, think, feel, cry, smile, etc. and information from the text. Make up sentences. Use the example below:

Example: People can see. Robots can see.

People can ….

Robots can’t … .

9. Answer the following questions to the text:

1) What country was the first to introduce the word ‘robot’?

2) How old is this word?

3) What is the main difference between a robot and a person?

4) What is the main purpose of a robot?

5) What is a simple robot made of?

6) What is the aim of each element of a simple robot?

7) What helps a robot ‘feel’ the environment?

8) Who or what instructs the device?

For questions 9–11 you may use the expressions below or your own examples:

show emotions, see, help people work in dangerous situations, get information from the outside, save people’s lives, get instructions, react to the environment, hear, design computer systems to operate robots, smell, think like people, give instructions, understand the messages from the sensors, etc.

9) What can (can not) people and robots do?

10) What can (can not) robots do?

11) What can (can not) people do?

12)What are the advantages of a robot?

13)What are the disadvantages of a robot?

14)What can power a robot?

10. Match the following words:

information(x2) people robot (x2) work used jobs in films program the message material device machines like people sensors

	was				mechanical
	star				give
	dangerous				computer
	industrial				behave
	save				radioactive
	dangerous				get
	routine				understand
	simple				message from

11. Find the 5 senses in the box below. The words may be written horizontally, vertically, diagonally:

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j
	A	N	G	I	L	K	X	O	P	S
	S	S	M	E	L	L	M	A	F	M
	N	S	R	K	R	U	K	G	G	E
	P	O	D	Y	L	J	N	Z	X	L
	N	D	A	S	L	I	D	I	S	D
	C	S	M	T	R	F	J	K	T	O
	A	I	O	A	T	U	O	C	H	Z
	N	G	E	S	W	E	Q	F	J	E
	R	H	A	T	O	U	C	H	Q	H
	H	T	B	E	A	W	S	L	M	I

Do a crossword. What is hidden on the vertical highlighted line?

1.	To change after coming into contact with another substance.
2.	A device that can react to light, heat, pressure, etc.
3.	Not interesting at all, dull.
4.	The usual order of things; when you do something regularly.
5.	The ability to recognize the flavour of food or drink.
6.	A tool or piece of equipment.
7.	The ability to feel things by putting your hands or fingers on them.
8.	You leave it for a person if he is not at home and you have some information for him.

Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with one suitable word from the box below.

	instructions information react routine dangerous sensors save devices messages handle
1.	Terminator – is a kind of ………… machines.
2.	Different mechanical ……… are widely used in industry.
3.	Sensors usually give ……… to the computer.
4.	Computers understand information from ……… .
5.	Information is delivered to the computer with the help of coded ……… .
6.	Computer systems give ……… to robots.
7.	The aim of different devices is to ……… people.
8.	The process of doing one and the same thing is called ‘………’ .
9.	Robots ……… radioactive materials instead of people.
10.	Robots can ……… to the environment.