Anglais exercice 2,3,4 et 5

Sujet du devoir

2. Read the following summary about the background of the robot, and, using the article, fill in the blanks with the following words. Remember to conjugate the verbs! Finally, translate the completed summary into French. adaptation; secondly; company employee; elderly; Wakamaru; success; ageing; nuclear; extended; nuclear power; Mitsubishi; produce; to visit; to replace; to mean; to patrol

...........is actually an.........of robots which are already........by.........to........... ............ facilities. A ............. suggested creating a similar.................. robot. The company.............  it will be a .................. for three main reasons. Firstly, the Japanese................. longer and loger, wich......... that there are more and more ............... people. ............, the ............ family ................ the ................ family. Thirdly , as many Japanese............. long hours, they do not always have time to........... their ................... parents.

3.Are the following statements about the robot's capacities true or false? Quote the article to justify the statements which are true.

The robot is capable of...

a) filming what it "sees"

c) singing opera to its owner

e) going upstairs

g) taking on a boy's or a girl's voice

b) speaking to its owner d) telling its owner to take his or her medicine

f) attacking an intruder

h) understanding and reacting to its owner's words

4. Make a detailed list of the functions the robot can carry out, classifying these functions under headings referring to the three different roles of the robot: nurse, companion, and security guard.

5. Using the list you have just compiled, explain for which role the robot seems to be

a) the most useful,

b) the least useful.