Unit 12 grade 6: Robots – Getting Started
Robots and their work! (Robots and their work)
1. Task 1 Unit 12 Grade 6 Getting Started
Listen and read (Listen and read)
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Translated:
Nick: Hi Professor Alex, can you tell us something about robots?
Professor Alex: Of course it is.
Nick: What do you think about the role of robots in the past?
Professor Alex: Well, in the past robots played a minor role. Robots can only do simple things.
Phong: What can robots do now?
Professor Alex: Now robots can do many things. Home robots can do housework. Doctor robot can take care of the patient.
Phong: Can robots build houses?
Professor Alex: Okay. Working robots can build large buildings.
Nick: Can robots teach?
Professor Alex: Okay. Teaching robots can teach in class.
Nick: What do you think robots will be able to do in the future?
Professor Alex: Well, I think robots will play an important role in the future. Robots will be able to do many things like humans.
Phong: Will the robot be able to talk to us?
Professor Alex: Certainly. But robots won’t be able to do things like play soccer or drive a car.
a. Read the conversation again. Answer the following questions. (Read the conversation again and answer the following questions.)
1. What could robots do in the past? (What can robots do in the past?)
2. Can robots teach? (Can robots teach?)
3. What will robots be able to do in the future? (What will robots be able to do in the future?)
4. Will robots be able to play football or drive a car?
(Will the robot be able to play soccer or drive a car?)
Guide to answer
1. They could do very simple things. (The robot can only do simple things.)
2. Yes, they can. (Yes.)
3. They will be able to do many things like humans.
(The robot will be able to do many things like humans.)
4. No, they won’t. (Are not.)
b. Find the four types of robots in the conversation. Write them under the correct pictures below. (Find four types of robots in the conversation and write their names below the pictures.)
Guide to answer
1. teaching robots: teaching robots
2. worker robots: worker robots
3. doctor robot: doctor robot
4. home robots: home robots
2. Task 2 Unit 12 Grade 6 Getting Started
Match the activities with the pictures. Then listen, check and repeat the phrases. (Match the activities with the pictures and then listen, check the phrases again.)
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Guide to answer
1 – c 2 – d 3 – a 4 – b
Translated:
1. laundry
2. make the bed
3. hedge trimming
4. washing dishes
3. Task 3 Unit 12 Grade 6 Getting Started
Game: Miming (Game: Acting mime)
Work in groups. A student mimes one of the activities in 2 and the others try to guess. Then swap. (Work in groups. One student pantomimes an action featured in season 2 and the others try to guess. Then switch roles.)
Example:
A: What am I doing?
B: You’re doing the dishes.
A: Yes, that’s right./No, try again.
Translated:
A: What am I doing?
B: You are washing dishes.
A: Right./ Wrong, try again.
4. Task 4 Unit 12 Grade 6 Getting Started
Look at the pictures. Tell your partner whether you can or can’t do now. (Look at the pictures. Tell your classmates what they can and can’t do now.)
Guide to answer
I can/can’t play football. (I can/can’t play football)
I can/can’t climb a mountain. (I can/can’t climb a mountain.)
I can/can’t play the guitar. (I can/can’t play guitar.)
I can/can’t sing an English song. (I can/can’t sing an English song.)
5. Task 5 Unit 12 Grade 6 Getting Started
Class survey. (Survey the classroom.)
Go around the class asking these questions. Find out:
– The sports or games that all people can play
– The sports or games that some people cannot play
– The sports or games that no one can play
Survey questions
1. Can you play table tennis?
2. Can you do karate?
3. Can you play chess?
4. Can you do judo?
5. Can you play badminton?
6. Can you play computer games?
Translated:
Go around the class and ask the following questions. Find out:
– Sports or games that everyone can play.
– Sports or games that some people can’t play
– Sports or games that no one can play.
Survey question:
1. Can you play table tennis?
2. Do you practice karate?
3. Can you play chess?
4. Do you practice judo?
5. Can you play badminton?
6. Can you play computer games?
6. Practice
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences
Question 1: Will we be able __________ into space in the future?
A. fly B. to fly C. flying D. fly
Question 2: Robots will be able to do the __________ for us soon.
A. laundry B. habit C. town D. planet
Question 3: My grandmother enjoys __________. She waters the plants when she has free time.
A. garden B. to garden C. gardening D. gardens
Question 4: __________ robots can help children with difficult homework.
A. worker B. gardening C. doctor D. teaching
Question 5: Could robots __________ football with me in the future?
A. play B. do C. make D. give
Question 6: __________ you do the dishes when you were young?
A. Can B. Could C. Did D. Will
Question 7: We go to the __________ to see the new film.
A. movies B. robots C. hedges D. opinions
Question 8: He is so strong that he can __________ the heavy box by one hand.
A. cut B. lift C. water D. play
7. Conclusion
At the end of the lesson, students need to practice reading the dialogue between Professors Alex, Nick and Phong and do related exercises; At the same time, memorize the words in the lesson:
- role (n): role
- minor (adi): small
- home robot: robot that helps with housework
- housework: housework
- drive car: to drive a car
- do the laundry: laundry
- make the bed: make the bed
- cut the hedge
- do the dishes: wash dishes
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