(B1 Simon has found a report on the annual meeting of robots in another magazine. Read the report with him.
Annual meeting of robots is a great success!
This year's annual meeting of robots was held last month in Paris,France. The French hosts were very friendly,and all the robots enjoyed their time in this beautiful city.
A very special event was the robot cookery class. Robots learnt how to cook different dishes from around the world. I think all the robots especially enjoyed the Italian cookery class一robots from Italy taught everyone how to make delicious pizzas and spaghetti. It was great fun!
The title of "Most Beautiful Robot” went to Electrica Robottie from India. She needed to travel a long way to get to Europe,but she was pleased to be at the meeting in Paris. After dancing,beauty and intelligence tests,the judges agreed that Electrica Robottie was the winner of this year's competition. Electrica Robottie was very happy with the result and said it was a big honour for her and her country.
The competition for the strongest robot was next. Robots from around the world carried cars and ran long distances to show us their strength. All the robots did very well. This year,the strongest robot was Techo Tim from Germany. He is 190 cm tall.
In order for us all to see the new types of robots this year,there was a new robot show on the final day of the meeting. This is what we had all been waiting for. We saw robots from China with digital cameras inside them.
We also saw a new type of robot from Switzerland—it is powered by solar batteries. It was very interesting for all the robots.
The president of the International Robot Society,Kim Pyoota from South Korea,closed the meeting by thanking all the robots for coming to Paris.
He said the meeting was a great success. Next year,the meeting will be held in Sydney,Australia.
(B2,Simon is taking notes about the report. Help him complete the table below.
Annual meeting of robots in Paris
Name | Details | |
Special event | ⑴ | Robots learnt (2) |
Robots especially enjoyed ⑶ | ||
Competition 1 | (4) | Winner:(5) Activities: dancing,beauty and intelligence teete |
Competition 2 | strongest robot | Winner: (6) Activities: (7) |
5how | (8) | Robots from China with digital (9) inside them. A new robot from (10) powered by solar (11) . |
(B3 Annie wants to know something about the meeting. Help Simon answer her questions.
1 What did robots from Italy teach everyone to cook?
2 Which country is the winner of "Most Beautiful Robot" from?
3 How tall is Techo Tim?
4 When was the new robot show?
5 How did the meeting go?
6 Where will the meeting be held next year?
(A It is Famous People Week now at Sunshine Middle School. The school has posted some articles about famous people around the world on the noticeboard. Read the articles below about Michelle Kwan and Nelson Mandela.
Mlclielle Kwan—the queen on Ice
Michelle Kwan was born on 7 July 1980 in California.
Her parents moved to the USA from Hong Kong in the early 1970s.
Michelle started skating at the age of five. She took part in many competitions and won many awards. A few months before the 1998 Winter Olympics,things got out of control—Michelle fell on the ice after doing a very simple jump and broke her toe. It was a sad accident,but she did not give up. She soon went back to training. At the 1998 Winter Olympics,she skated wonderfully. Her toe was broken,but she was still able to leap and spin beautifully,and she won the silver medal.
Although Michelle enjoys skating a lot,she says that winning is not everything. She believes happiness comes from enjoying what you are doing.
Neison Mandela-a fignter for trie rights of black Africans
Nelson Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in Umtata,South Africa. He was sent to a school at seven. Later,he went to another school and studied English and History. In 1937,Mandela attended college. He became interested in African culture. He found that black Africans were treated badly, and he wanted to fight for their rights.
In 1962,Mandela was sent to prison. However,people did not forget the efforts he had made for black Africans. Mandela came out of prison in 1990. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1993 for his contribution to the equality of black Africans. In 1994,he became the first black African tc be elected president in the country. After that,he worked even harder for the riahts of the Deoole in South Africa.
Mandela passed away on 5 December 2013. He once said that in an ideal society all persons can live together with equal opportunities.
(A2 Simon has read the articles on the noticeboard. He is telling his mother about Michelle Kwan. Help him answer his mother's questions.
Simon: Mum; Tve read about the famous ice skater Michelle Kwan at school.
Mrs Luo: Really? Was Michelle Kwan born in Hong Kong?
Simon: No. She ⑴ .
Mrs Luo: How old was she when she started skating?
Simon: She (2) when she started skating.
Mrs Luo: Did she win any awards?
Simon: Yes. She won many awards. She won the (3)
at the (4) ; although she broke her toe a few months before the competition.
(A3 Simon is making notes about Nelson Mandela. Help him complete the table below.
Nelson Mandela
Year | Events |
(1) | He wae born in Umtata,South Africa. |
1925 | He wae eent to a (2) . Later, he went to another school and etudled English and (3) . |
1937 | He attended (4) . He became interested in (5) . He found black Africans were badly,and he wanted to (6)their rlahte. |
(7) | He wae eent to prieon. |
1990 | Ha came out of prieon. |
1993 | He wae awarded the Nobel Prize for (8) to the equality of bl^ck Africans. |
1994 | Ha became the firet black African to ba e\ected (9) in South Africa. |
(10) | He paeeed away. |
