•-> What is
it?
•-> What
does it do
for us?

Period 97

Everyday English
Expressing agreement
and disagreement

My robot's abilities

I. Everyday English
Expressing agreement and disagreement

Listen and read the dialogues.
Pay attention to the highlighted sentences.

A: I think robots can help us a lot in our daily life.
B: I agree with you.

A: Peter says robots can do everything like humans.
B: I don't agree with him.

Work in pairs. Express your opinions about the
following statements. Use the highlighted
phrases in the dialogues above.

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Home robots are the most useful of all types of robots.

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Some people can use robots to do bad things.

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Robots will use too much electricity in the future.

Work in pairs. Express your opinions about the
following statements. Use the highlighted
phrases in the dialogues above.

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Home robots are the most useful of all types of robots.

A: I think home robots are the most useful of all types of
robots.
B. I agree with you.

Work in pairs. Express your opinions about the
following statements. Use the highlighted
phrases in the dialogues above.

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Robots will use too much electricity in the future.

A: Gia Huy says Robots will use too much electricity in the
future. Do you agree or disagree with him?
B. I don't agree with him/ I disagree with him.

Work in pairs. Express your opinions about the
following statements. Use the highlighted
phrases in the dialogues above.
Robot can help us to water flower
Some people can use robot to clean the floor

II. My robot's abilities

Listen to the radio programme from 4Teen News.
Then fill the blanks with the words you hear.
Speaker: Today we ask our friends: Tom from Australia, Linh from Viet
Nam and Nobita from Japan to tell us about their robots. Tom, would
you like to start?
_______ what
I say.
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I say.ItItcan
canalso
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understand
Tom: Well, my robot can (1) understand
my feelings. It's the (2) smartest
_______ robot.
Speaker: Linh?
Linh: My robot is my best friend. It does a lot for me: clean the floor,
(3)_______
my away,
toys away,
and ...
put my toys
and ...
Speaker: And Nobita?
water
Nobita: My robot is very useful. It helps me a lot. It can (4) _______
guard.
my plants and even work as a (5) _______.

Interview three friends about what abilities they
want their robots to have. Note their answers in
the table below.

Friends
1.
2.
3.

Abilities he / she wants
his / her robot to have

Interview three friends about what abilities they
want their robots to have. Note their answers in
the table below.

Friends
1.
2.
3.

Abilities he / she wants
his / her robot to have
Understand what he/she says
Cook meal, wash the dishes
Clean the floor, do her/his homework

Report your results to the class.

Report your results to the class.
I interviewed 3 of my friends
about the abilities they want
their robot to have:
Dung says that his robot can
understand what he says. It can
also understand his feelings. It's
the smartest robot.
Linh says that her robot is her best friend. It does a lot
for her: clean the floor, put my toys away, and ...
Ly wants her robot can help her to wash
the dishes, cook meal