1、Tasks for today,Revision : robots in the fight against landmines. 2. Homework for last weekend.,Reading,1. the role of robots in the fight against landmines. The title. 2. Natasha Wesley. 3. Someone using a metal detector to find landmines; the robot that can find landmines; some people who have los

2、t their legs because of landmines. 4. Chiba University 5. Afghanistan and Cambodia.,2.,1. How many people are killed or injured by landmines every year? 2. How often is someone killed or injured by a landmine? 3. For how long do landmines keep causing damage? 4. How many landmines are buried just be

3、neath the surface of the ground? 5. In how many countries are landmines buried?,6. How many landmines are removed every year? 7. How many landmines are buried in the ground every year? 8. How big is the robot that can find landmines? 9. How much does it weigh? 10. How many legs has it got? 11. When

4、was an agreement to stop the manufacture and use of landmines signed? 12. How many countries signed the agreement (to stop the manufacture and use of landmines),Language studies,1. fight against landmines 2.What is worse is that they keep causing damage for decades after wars have ended. 3.beneath t

5、he surface of the ground. 4. Most of the victims are innocent people. 5. We seem to be losing the fight against landmines. 6. While every year, about 100,000 landmines are removed, - 7. Using this method it could take centuries to rid the world of landmines. 8. The university is also experimenting w

6、ith the robot 9. In the 1990s world opinion built up against the use of - 10. sign an agreement,A.,1. shopping cart 2. sensor 3. item 4. accidentally 5. he said he sees no real world application for his robot other than entertainment.,B.,1. It is the first household robot able to hold simple conversations, based on a vocabulary of around 10, 000 words. 2. Mitsubishi adapted Wakamaru from robots it already makes to go around nuclear power facilities. 3. The technology has gained nation-wide p