ROBOTS AND MACHINES OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Pre Reading: What robot would you like to have?

AIMS

Robots and machines of the past, present and future

Passive Voice

My favorite robot

Short Circuit 1986 Review

Just: what would happen if a military robot was set loose in America before all its kinds could be worked out? This is the scenario that plays out in the film Robots there are wheeled machines and follow commands without question.

During the tests of these machines, one of them is struck by lightning and gets damaged. This machine is known as number 5.

After the accident Number 5 wants to travel the world. He meets a girl that sells ice cream a truck for a living.

Number 5 learns about the world as he reads all the books he finds.

Number 5 was a robot built for destruction, but becomes a loving and friendly to all people machine

1. Robot… 2004 Review

Will Smith is Spooner, a cop with an apparent attitude problem. Spooner investigates a puzzling case of suicide where he believed it was murder by a robot.

In this future society robots are used as slaves. Spooner in particular becomes suspicious of one robot. That robot happens to have dreams and feelings, and Spooner realizes that he was looking in the wrong place. Robots were manipulated by a central machine and Spooner solves the case.

The real stars of this movie are the special effects and visual trickery. Robots look truly alive and utterly believable.

LOOK AT THESE PICTURES AND MATCH THEM WITH THE SENTENCES.

This robot was designed        This robot was made           This robot was built              This robot was designed

For children´s games              to be a waiter in                   to clean and dust.                 To be a solar battery.

1: letter                                    restaurants.                           3: letter                               4: letter

                                                    2: letter

READ THESE ARTICLES AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES BELOW.

Pre reading: Read the title of this article and say what is going to be about

Robot in my kitchen!

It’s going to be about robots that helps people to cook.

What woman doesn’t dream of somebody who could make all house chores for her? Wouldn’t it be her? Kitchen nowadays is considered to be a working place for most of the people.

What if one day it is completely modified into something so easy and him to manage. Imagine a robot built to cook your favorite meals, clean, wash the dishes and all that with a smile on its “face”. Well, Matt Masson the director of Robots Institute in Pennsylvania is convinced is a matter of several years before it all comes true. Nowadays exist robots cleaners, robots waiters and office-helpers robots and they have been already built and launched into massive production.

There are refrigerators ordering food by internet. There are vacuum cleaners scanning dimensions of the houses and making perfect cleanings. Considering all that, we are 2 steps away from being surrounded by all kinds of robots in every day life.

It is our ultimate dream of techno world? Maybe we simply don’t have time to stop and think about the consequences of converting machines in our slaves, what ultimately can convert us in their slaves.

a) Kitchens nowadays are considered to be ____________________________________________

b) Matt Mason is convinced _________________________________________________________

c) There are vacuum cleaners ________________________________________________________

d) We simply don’t have time ________________________________________________________

SPEAKING ACTIVITY

Discuss with your classmates pros and cons of creating new more technologically advanced robots.

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CHANGE THESE SENTENCES FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE VOICE.

Mary helped her brother organize the party.

We bought a new car last month.

My friend installed new software in my laptop.

Students didn´t find this information in internet.

Carlos broke his MP3 player 2 days ago.