Robots in the Home

1.      Critical Cartoons

A.  Warm up

      Work with a partner or in small groups. Discuss the questions below.

1.      How many electronic devices have you used in the past 24 hours ? List them.

Answer :

I used at least 11 electronic devices, that are :

a.       Handphone

b.      Earphone

c.       Charger

d.      Loudspeaker

e.       Radio

f.       Television

g.      Laptop

h.      Rice Cooker

i.        Air Conditioning

j.        Fan

k.      Washing machine

2.      What activities do robots do today ? What other things would you like them to do ?

Answer :

a.       Now, robots can help in cleaning the floor of the house. Its shape is circle. It can detect dust and vacuuming to clean.

b.      It would be great if robots could act like humans, so it can help me in my activities like driving me to everywhere, chatting with me, etc.

3.      Are there certain things we should always do for ourselves ? What ? Why ?

Answer :

I think we should do our  daily activities for ourselves like take a bath, eating, exercise, etc because the one who feel the impact are ourselves.

After that, we should discuss about a meaning of a word. Besides, we should find that words in paragraphs. The result are :

2.      Core Vocabulary

A.   Scanning and Skimming

1.     Find and underline the keyword in the text. The first one is done for you. Try to guess their meanings.

Keywords :

a.       Adopt (Line : 4)

Translate : mengadopsi, mengangkat (anak)

Meaning : take in, bring it up. Legally take another’s child.

b.      Aid (Line : 3)

Translate : bantuan

Meaning : to help someone

c.       Career (Line : 11)

Translate : Karir, pekerjaan

Meaning : profession, job, something to do to earn money

d.      Code (Line : 16)

Translate : kode, bahasa

Meaning : a set of instruction for computer

e.       Doubt (Line : 15)

Translate : keraguan

Meaning : uncartain, questioning about something

f.       Efforst (Line : 7)

Translate : usaha, upaya

Meaning : attempt, result

g.      Force (Line : 6)

Translate : memaksa

Meaning : push an idea for someone

h.      Oppose (Line : 5)

Translate : menentang

Meaning : be against, disagree with

i.        Potenstial (Line : 14)

Translate : kesanggupan, kemungkinan

Meaning : prospect, the ability to do something

j.        Serve (Line : 2)

Translate : melayani

Meaning : to do somone’s work

2.      Read the statements below. Which best summarizes the text ?

A.    In the future, there will be at least one robot in every home

B.     In the future, robots will helps us in the home and might also be considered family members.

C.     In the future, we will be forces to buy robots for aour homes.

The answer is B.