Xiaotu

Xiaotu, Tsinghua University library's smart robot

Hundreds of netizens have been sharing screenshots of their dialogues with the smart robot and many answers are full of humor and wit. It is hard to imagine that the one chatting with them is just a robot. See some of the amazing answers from Xiaotu

【知神曲】Me: Have you listened to Gong Linna‘s song Tante? 你听过《忐忑》吗？Xiaotu: Of course, it’s awesome! 当然听过，太给力了！

【识 Siri 】Me: Do you know Siri? 你知道 Siri 么？Xiaotu: She is my sister. 她是我妹纸。

【懂足球】Me: Do you know Juventus? 你知道尤文图斯么？Xiaotu: The Old Lady of Europe, a great team. 欧洲的贵妇，一支伟大的球队。

【会安慰】Me: I cried. 我哭了。Xiaotu: Why did you cry? 你怎么会哭了呢？Me: I broke up with my boyfriend. 失恋了。Xiaotu: A good cry can get your worries out of you. 哭出来就好了。Me: Xiaotu, I feel very sad. 小图我好难过。Xiaotu: Let me give you a big hug. 那我抱抱你吧。

Unit 2

robot pets

robot cleaner

Unit 2

robot worker

robot musician

robot explorer

robot football player

robot guide

robot waiter

What can a robot do?

Listen to the tape and answer the questions • 1.Who is the first person in Sunshine Town to

own a robot?

• 2.Where did he buy a robot?

• 3.Why did the robot cause a lot of problems?

• 4.How did he deal with the robot in the end?

Mr. Jiang is

He bought it from a robot shop

Because it caught a virus.

He returned the robot to the robot shop.

Robots at home

Skimming Read the passage quickly and catch the

main idea of each part

Para 7

Part1:

Part2:

Part3:

Part4 ：

IntroductionPara 1-2

Para 3-5 Good points/Advantages

Para 6 Bad points/Disadvantages

Ending/Result

Read Paragraphs 1&2 and answer the questions

• What does Mr.Jiang do?

• Why did he buy a robot?

He is a salesman.

In order to have more spare time.

Read Paragraphs 3& 5and fill in the form

What did the robot do? What did Mr Jiang do?

__________ breakfast

_________ his shirts

________ a lunch box

stayed _____ bed for _ __

hour every day

In the morning

madeironedmade

in an

extra

during the day

What did the robot do? What did

Mr Jiang do?

______ his flat

___ the laundry

______ the dishes

________ the floor, ______ the bed, ______ the rooms

______________ at the supermarket

worked

cleaneddid washed

swept madeaired

went shopping

In the evening

What did the robot do? What did Mr Jiang do?

A __________ dinner would _____________ him on the table

________ the dishes

_______ and _______

his favourite TV programmes

delicious be ready for

washed

relaxed watched

Read Paragraphs 6 & 7 and choose the wrong things that the robot did

1.He cooked breakfast at the right time.

2.He woke up Mr Jiang at the wrong time.

3.He threw Mr Jiang’s breakfast into the dustbin.

4.He threw Mr Jiang’s clean shirts into the dustbin.

5.He moved around the house and knocked things over.

6.He went out and often lost his way home. 7.He made a mess in Mr Jiang’s flat.

When Mr. Jiang got home, he would find his flat in a mess

food:

books:

mirrors:

coins:

was on the bed

were in the rice cooker

were broken

were spread all over the floor

An interview with Mr. Jiang

1.You are the first person to have a robot in your

town, aren’t you?

2.Why did you want to buy a robot?

3.Where did you buy the robot?

4.How can a robot help you in the morning?

5.What will the robot do while you are at work?

6.Do robots sometimes have problems?

7.What will the robot do if it has problems?

8.What did you do with it at last?

1. the first person to own the robot

2.make a great difference to---

3. in order (not) to do … 4. as a result5. be happy/satisfied with … 6. go wrong 7.knock sth over8. be spread spread -spread-spread9. find his flat in a mess10. return sth. to…

Language points

1. 第一个拥有机器人的人

2. 对 ------ 有很大的影响 3. 为了（不）做 --

4. 结果是…… , 因此5. 对……满意 6. 出现问题

8. 被撒落，使分布

7. 把 ---- 撞倒

9. 发现他的公寓乱七八糟 10. 把 --- 还回去

1.The robot made a great difference to Mr Jiang’s everyday life.

make a great difference to ------

对 ------ 有很大的影响

电脑已对人们的生活有了很大的影响。

Computers ____________________________ people’s life.

have made a great difference to

Language points

Language points

2. In order to have more spare time, I need to buy a robot.

为了有更多的空余时间，我需要买一个机器人。

为了赶早班车，我早上五点半就起床了。 ________________ the early bus, I got up at 5:30 in the mornin

g. In order to catch

in order to do … 为了……in order to: 引导目的状语，后接动词原形，可以放在句首，或句末She listens to English every day in order to get good marks

否定 : in order not to do sth

in order that + 从句 : She listens to English every day in order that she can get good marks.=so that: She listens to English every day so that she can get good marks.

3 . As a result, Mr Jiang no long

er needed to get up early to do

the housework. 结果是江先生不再需要起早做家务了。

My brother doesn’t work hard at school.

He often fails in his exams.

My brother doesn’t work hard at school. As a result, he often fails in his exams.

as a result 结果是…… , 因此

Language points

4. Mr Jiang was very happy with

his robot.

江先生对他的机器人很满意。

be satisfied with---

be pleased with---

be happy with … 对……满意

Language points

5. A few weeks later, however, thing

s started to go wrong. 然而几周后，情况开始有些不对了。

当他们搬到市中心去后，问题出现了。Things started to ____________ when they mo

ved to the city center.这只钟出毛病了。 Something has ______________ with the clock.

go wrong 出现问题

go wrong

gone wrong

Language points

6. coins were spread all over the floor.

硬币撒得一地都是。

种子通常是随风散播的。Seeds _____ often ________ by the wind. are spread

spread

be spread 被撒落，使分布

Language points

-spread-spread