DO YOU THINK YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OWN ROBOT? SECTION 1 BEFORE YOU READWhat does the robot look like?What can it do?It looks like really a man.It can do many hard work or dangerouswork. SECTION 1 BEFORE YOU READ Read the title of the text. Thencircle the words and phrases youthink you will read in the passages. 阅读的时候，先通过看标题和图片，阅读的时候，先通过看标题和图片，预计一下你要读到的内容这能帮助你预计一下你要读到的内容这能帮助你准备获得更多的信息准备获得更多的信息 SECTION 2 WHILE YOU READ In some science fiction movies, people in the future have their own robots. These robots are justlike humans. They help with the housework, anddo the most unpleasant jobs.科幻小科幻小说电影影 他他们能能够帮助人帮助人们做家做家务和那些最和那些最让人不人不愉快的工作。
愉快的工作 SECTION 2 WHILE YOU READ Some scientists believe that there will be suchrobots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying tomake robots look like people, and do the same thingsas us. Japanese companies have already made robotswalk and dance. This kind of robot will also be funto watch. 科学家科学家 日本的一些公司已日本的一些公司已经能能够让机器人行走和机器人行走和跳舞这种机器人看来会很有意思种机器人看来会很有意思未来；将来未来；将来然而然而好几百；好几百；许许多多多多 SECTION 2 WHILE YOU READ But robot scientist James White disagrees. He thinks that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person. For example, it’s easy for a child to wake up and know where they are. Mr White think that robots won’t be able to do this. Butother scientists disagree. They think that robots willbe able to talk to people in 25 to 50 years. 他他认为机器人做人做的事情机器人做人做的事情是困是困难的。
的 SECTION 2 WHILE YOU READ Robot scientists are not just trying to make robotslook like people. For example, there are already robots working in factories. These robots look morelike huge arms. They do simple jobs over and overagain. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored. But robots will never get bored.工厂工厂 他他们一次又一次地做一次又一次地做这些些简单的工作 人人们做做这样的工作就会感到枯燥但是机器的工作就会感到枯燥但是机器人永人永远也不会感到枯燥也不会感到枯燥 SECTION 2 WHILE YOU READ In the future, there will be more robots every-where, and humans will have less work to do. Newrobots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like snakes.After an earthquake, a snake robot could help lookfor people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and evenelectric toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago. We never know what will happen in thefuture!形状形状蛇蛇地震地震电动牙刷牙刷 SECTION 2 WHILE YOU READ In the future, there will be more robots every-where, and humans will have less work to do. Newrobots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like snakes.After an earthquake, a snake robot could help lookfor people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and evenelectric toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago. We never know what will happen in thefuture!未来，到未来，到处会有更多的机器人，人会有更多的机器人，人们的工作也会更少。
的工作也会更少地震后，蛇机器人就会帮助地震后，蛇机器人就会帮助寻找建筑物底下的人找建筑物底下的人我我们永永远也不知道未来会也不知道未来会发生什么 Section 3 After You Read… the same as…… make … do…… to take … (period of time)… to help do …… to help with … Section 3 After You ReadThey help with the housework.However, they agree it may take hundredsof years.Scientist are now trying to make robots look like people, and do the same things as us.Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance.After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under buildings. 。