Robots in class

    Over 600,000 children in the United States spend their long time in hospital each year．Many of them say that they have difficult in returning to school after hospital stays．Thanks to technology，kids who are sick in the hospital no longer have to miss time in the classroom．

    A program called PEBBLES makes it possible for kids in hospital to take part in classroom discussions by using robot．PEBBLES(Providing Education by Bringing Environments to Students)supplies robots to help kids who are staying in hospital keep up with their classmates．

    For Achim Nurse，a 13-yers-old patient at Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla，New York，PEBBLES helped him so much．When he first learned about the program，he wasn’t so sure it would work．    

   “When I first saw it，it looked difficult，”said Achim．

    However，after 30 minutes of working with the robot，Achim discovered that he had gotten good at operating it．

    The robots work in pairs—一one in the hospital with the student，the other in the classroom．

    The robot in the classroom gives the student in the hospital a feel of“tele-presence．”A live picture of the students is shown on a video screen in the classroom．Meanwhile，in the hospital room，the student knows clear about what is going on in the classroom．

    The robot at the school has four wheels．so it can move around from class to class．Its“face” is an auto-focus(可以自动调焦的)camera．By using a control box，the student call turn the robot’s head，raise its hand，and adjust the volume(音量)．It is even equipped with a scanner(扫描器)and printer，so if the teacher want to have an exercise or testing class，the student can participate from the hospital．

   “The robot is greeted by students in the classroom．It is also greeted by the sick student。”said Andrew Summa，national director of the robot project．

根据短文内容完成下面各题。

1．Try to use the phrase underlined in the first paragraph to make a sentence．

2．Guess the Chinese meaning of“keep up with”．

3．The robot is greeted by students in the classroom．It is also greeted by the student in the hospital．(改写为同义句)

4．According to the passage，we can know that____

  A．We can operate this kind of robot easily．   

  B．the student in hospital cannot adjust the volume by using control box．

  C．The teacher wants to have a test in the class now. Although the student in the hospital has this kind of robot，he also cannot participate it．

5．What do you think of the robot project in the United States? Do you think it can help sick students? What do you think are its limitations?

1 

Teachers Wanted

Do you like kids? We need a teacher for our son. He’s six years old. We want you to work from March to November, 3 pm. to 6 pm., but you don’t need to work in July and August. You can get ￥ 30 an hour (小时). Sometimes we want you to work on weekends, and you can get ￥45 an hour.

You need to:

·Help our son with Chinese.

·Read to him.

·Play with him.

·Go to movies with him.

You need to work at my home. We live in (居住在) Taipei Road, next to the Zhongshan Bus Station(公汽站).

Please call (02)2956-4938. Ask Miss Liu.

1.The teacher can work for __________ months at this family.

A. six                  B. seven                C. eight            D. nine

2.The teacher must (必须) __________.

A. work every weekend

B. work at the kid’s home

C. help the kid learn English

D. work eight months a year

3.On Monday the teacher __________.

A. can’t work

B. works three hours

C. can have ￥ 135

D. comes in the morning

4.Which is Not True(不对)?

A. The teacher can get ￥30 an hour on weekends.

B. The student is a boy of six.

C. The teacher can call Miss. Liu.

D. The teacher can take a bus to work

 

 

Secretary needed Shenzhen Computer Sales Company is looking for a full-time secretary(a lady aged 22-30). Must have excellent typing, telephone, and computer skills. 60,000yuan a year. Send your resume(简历) to: Shenzhen Computer Corner, 518000 Or email us: Shenzhenppp@163.com

Delivery Person Wanted (A man aged 18 to 40) Part-time. Driver’s license required. Must be able to work in evenings and on weekends. 10.00yuan per hour. Call 5780505 to tell your information to Miss Zhang , or come to visit us(No.2906, LP Road, KFC, Shenzhen) at business hour(518112).

Looking for a Japanese Teacher Shenzhen Foreign language School is looking for a full-time female Japanese teacher. Must have at least two years’ experience (under 35 years old). Call Mr. Smith for an appointment. Tel:6790393 E-mail: MKSD@126.com Web: http://SZFS.com.cn[来源:Zxxk.Com]

 

1.How much can a secretary make one month?

a.      60,000yuan.   b. 6,000yuan  c. 50,000yuan  d. 5,000yuan

2.Who can apply(申请) for the job as a secretary?[来源:学|科|网Z|X|X|K]

a. Miss Li, 25 years old, having a driver’s license

b. Mr. Wang, 24 years old, having typing, telephone and computer skills

c. Miss Zhang, 20 years old, having typing, telephone, and computer skills

d. Mrs. Lin, 29 years old, having typing, telephone, and computer skills.

3. What number should you call to be a delivery person for KFC?

a. 5780505  b. 518000  c. 6790393  d. 518112

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

a. As a delivery man in KFC, you can get 10.00yuan per hour.

b. Mrs Zhao can work in evenings and on weekends, so she can work as a delivery person.

c. Shenzhen Foreign Language School is looking for a Japanese teacher.

d. You can’t apply for the teaching job if you have just graduated this year.

5.Where can we find these advertisements?

a. In a book on traveling.

b. In a newspaper in Shenzhen.

c. In Mrs Smith’s QQ zone(空间)

d. On Shenzhen Computer Sales Company’s website.

 

Scientist Without Laboratories

When you hear the word “scitentist”, what do you think of? Many people think scientist are people in clean white coats who work in labs. And some scientists do work in labs. But there are   26   scientist who work in woods and jungles. These scientists are called “animal behavior (行为) scientists”, and they study animals as they live in nature.

Why don’t these scientists catch animals and study them in zoos? The   27   is in the word “behavior”. Animals behavior scientists want to learn   28   animal behave in their wild homes. When animals live in cages (笼子) or in zoos, they do not act the same as they do when they are   29  . They may fight   30   each other, or they may not eat, or they may not raise (抚养) their babies as they usually would. To see real animal behavior, scitentists must go where the animals   31  .

So animal behavior scientists go into the jungles, the woods or the desert. There , their most important   32   are their eyes and ears. They watch and listen to the animals very   33  . They write down everything that happened in notebook.   34 

they live near the animals, the scientists are careful not to frighten them. If the scientists are luncky, the animals will   35   no attention to them. Then the scientists can see how the animals really live.

The behavior scientists hope what they’ve learned about animal behavoir can provide clues (提供线索) to help people learn to live together more happily.

1.A. another     B. other     C. others      D. the other

2.A. answer     B. question   C. problem    D. text

3.A. when       B. where     C. how       D. why

4. A. happy      B. free       C. sad        D. angry

5. A. of         B.among     C. for         D. with

6.A. live        B. run        C. play       D. eat

7. A. machines    B. tools       C. thoughts   D. ways

8.A. truly        B. carefully    C. woderfully D. nicely

9.A. But         B. Unless      C. Though   D. As if

10.A. pay         B. spend       C. take      D. cost

 

Teachers Wanted
Do you like kids? We need a teacher for our son. He’s six years old. We want you to work from March to November, 3 pm. to 6 pm., but you don’t need to work in July and August. You can get ￥ 30 an hour (小时). Sometimes we want you to work on weekends, and you can get ￥45 an hour.
You need to:
·Help our son with Chinese.
·Read to him.
·Play with him.
·Go to movies with him.
You need to work at my home. We live in (居住在) Taipei Road, next to the Zhongshan Bus Station(公汽站).
Please call (02)2956-4938. Ask Miss Liu.
【小题1】The teacher can work for __________ months at this family.

A．six

B．seven

C．eight

D．nine

【小题2】The teacher must (必须) __________.

A．work every weekend

B．work at the kid’s home

C．help the kid learn English

D．work eight months a year

【小题3】On Monday the teacher __________.

A．can’t work

B．works three hours

C．can have ￥ 135

D．comes in the morning

【小题4】Which is Not True(不对)?

A．The teacher can get ￥30 an hour on weekends.

B．The student is a boy of six.

C．The teacher can call Miss. Liu.

D．The teacher can take a bus to work