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Have you ever had the feeling that no one can understand you? Well, here comes “Pepper”. It could be about to change all that. Pepper is the first robot to read human feelings. Using its emotion recognition functions(情感识别功能), Pepper can make jokes, dance and even sing to people when they are around it.

The robot looks like a lovely girl. It is four feet tall with a tablet computer in its chest. It has humanlike hands, a girl?like body and baby?like voice. It was shown to attract people at stores on Friday.

Pepper can tell facial expressions, human voice and signs, then make an answer. Pepper is designed to be a family robot, but it isn't like the household robot on the cartoon. Pepper is used at the home or store, where we enjoy pleasure and entertainment.

At home, not only can it tell jokes, it also helps people in trouble. If a natural accident happens, it can encourage them, make them laugh and feel relaxed.

Pepper will be on sale at the price of $2,000 in August, 2015.At present, several Peppers are on show at stores for people to visit. Before selling Peppers, the creators want them to store more knowledge in order to get better along with human beings.

Pepper—A Robot Of Human Wisdom

Basic feature(特征)

◆The first robot to read human1.with its emotion recognition functions.

Description of

appearance

◆It's four feet tall with a 2. computer in its chest.

◆It has human?like hands, a girl?like body and baby?like voice.

Brief introduction

◆The creators designed it to be used at home or 3..

◆It can not only make an answer by telling facial expressions, human voice and signs, but also can help people who are in4..

Preparations for sale

◆Peppers are now still at stores for people to visit.

◆When more 5. is stored in Peppers, the more perfect robots will be on sale soon.

William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty seven plays in all his life. They are still popular today.

He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer's daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford upon Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.

At twenty eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.

At the age of forty nine,Shakespeare retired and went to live in Stratford upon Avon. He died at the age of fifty two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.

1.Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except ________.

A. Hamlet B. Macbeth

C. Romeo and Juliet D. Man and Superman

2.Shakespeare decided to be an actor in ________.

A. 1578 B. 1582 C. 1599 D. 1616

3.In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown StratforduponAvon ________.

A. with his wife B. with his daughter

C. with his wife and children D. alone

4.Shakespeare got much money from ________.

A. writing B. plays C. acting D. retirement

5.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Shakespeare had two children.

B. Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems.

C. Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.

D. Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.

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