ListeningandreadingtaskListeningandreadingtaskListeningonPage54RobotWhatistherobot?Whatcantherobotdo?1VacuumcleanerItcanmovefromroomtoroomcleaningyourhouse.Youcanprogramitsothatitcleanswhenyou'reawayandyoucancontrolwhatit'sdoingfromyourcomputerattheoffice.RobotWhatisTherobot?Whatcantherobotdo?2Personalrobotcalled"PaPeRo"Itunderstands650phrases,speaksmorethan3,000.Itcanrecognizedifferentpeople.ItcancheckyouremailandchangetheTVchannel.ItcanhelpchildrendoresearchontheInternetfortheirhomework,talktothemabouttheirdayatschool,playgames,andevendancewiththem.RobotWhatistherobot?Whatcantherobotdo?3TinyhelicopterItwillbeusedtoflyintodangerousareas.Forexample,itcouldflyintoahousethat'sbeendestroyedbyanearthquakeandcheckifanyone'sinside.RobotWhatistherobot?Whatcantherobotdo?4WalkingchairIthelpspeoplewhocan'twalktogoupanddownstairs.LISTENINGTEXTTHEWORLDOFROBOTSListentoradiopresenter,AlanDobson(AD),talkingtosciencenewsreporter,EmmaWoods(EW),aboutrobotsintoday’sworld.AD:Nowit’stimeforourweeklychatwithsciencenewsreporter,EmmaWoods.HiEmma.EW:HiAlan.AD:So,whatdoyouhaveforustoday,Emma?EW:Well,Alan,Ithoughtwe’dhaveaquicklookattheworldofrobots.Oftenwhenyoutalkaboutrobots,peoplethinkofsciencefictionstories;theydon’t’thinkofrobotsaspartoftoday’sworld.AD:Yes,I’dagreewiththat.EW:Well,weactuallyalreadyuserobotsinmanyindustrialbutnowthey’realsobeingdevelopedforusearoundthehouse.Letmetellyouaboutacouple.There’snowaveryclevervacuumcleanerthatcanmovefromroomtoroomcleaningyourhousebyitself.Youcanprogramitsothatitcleanswhenyou’reawayandyoucancontrolwhatit’sdoingfromyourcomputerattheoffice.AD:Iwonderwhetheritdoesagoodjob,butIwantoneanyway!EW:Well,Alan,you’dprobablyalsowantaPaPeRo.AD:Awhat?EW:APaPeRo–it’sanegg-shapedpersonalrobotthatyoucantalkto…AD:You’rekidding.Youmanitcanunderstandyou?EW:That’sright.I’vereadthatitunderstands650phrasesandspeaksmorethan3,000.Anditcanrecognizedifferentpeople.AD:That’samazing!So,whatcanitdo?EW:Well,itcancheckyouremailandchangetheTVchannel.ItcanhelpchildrendoresearchontheInternetfortheirhomework,talktothemabouttheirdayatschool,playgames,andevendancewiththem.AD:Unbelievable!Now,let’smoveontoothertypesofrobots.Youalsofoundoutaboutatinyrobothelicopter,didn’tyou?EW:That’sright,Alan.Thiswonderfullittlerobotweighslessthan9gramsandhasacamerathatworksasaneye.Thecreatorsbelievethatinthenearfutureit’llbeusedtoflyintodangerousareas.Forexample,itcouldflyintoahousethat’sbeendestroyedbyanearthquakeandcheckifanyone’sinside.AD:Soitcouldsavealotofpeople’slives.EW:Yes,and,recently,awalkingchair’sbeendevelopedthatthemakersbelievewillhelppeoplewhocan’twalktogoupanddownstairs.AD:Well,Emma,thankssomuchfortellingusalittlebitabouttheexcitingworldofrobots.Nowwhat’reyougoingtotalkaboutnextweek?ReadingtaskThreedecadesofwarinCambodiahaveleftscarsinmanyformsthroughoutthecountry.Unfortunately,oneofthemostlastinglegaciesoftheconflictscontinuestoclaimnewvictimsdaily.Readthispieceofnewsaboutlandmines.Inmostcases,eventhesoldierswhoplantedtheminesdidnotrecordwheretheywereplaced.Now,Cambodiahasoneofthehighestratesofphysicaldisabilityofanycountriesintheworld.Atthecurrentrateofprogress,itmaytakeasmanyas100yearstoclearalltheminesinCambodia,andtheUNestimatesthatwithcurrenttechnology,itwilltakenearly1,100yearstoclearalltheminesintheworld.ThisisthesituationinCambodia.Thisisthesituation...
