LEAP CH.

2 READING 2
Sahel Orouji
YUB112
WATCH THIS SHORT VIDEO ABOUT A NEW
KIND OF ROBOT, ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9L8hcphdzA

1) What is a computer generated Avatar?

2) What kind of job does this new robot do?
3) Did everyone like this new robot? How did people respond to the new
change?
4) What do you think ? Is it strange that the robots are taking over our
jobs? Think about the pros and cons of creating robots that might
easily take over our jobs.
VOCABULARY
1) Sit in groups of three
2) Match the words with their definitions
3) Use your dictionary to help you with the
definitions.
Eliminate to completely get rid of something that is
unnecessary or unwanted

Envision to imagine something that you think might

happen in the future, especially something
Monitor that you think will be good

to carefully watch and check a situation in

order to see how it changes over a period of
Reconsider time

to think again about something in order to

decide if you should change your opinion or do
something different
 Consultant someone whose job is to give advice on a
particular subject

Consumer
someone who buys and uses
products and services

Corporation a big company, or a group of

companies acting together as a single
organization
Respondent
someone who answers questions,
especially in a survey
 Alternative an idea, or plan is different from the one
you have and can be used instead

correct or suitable for a particular

Appropriate time, situation, or purpose

made, done, or seen on the Internet or

on a computer, rather than in the real
Virtual world
VOCABULARY CHALLENGE
• Go to our google classroom

• https://quizlet.com/_3ssgjw

• Review 11 flashcards

• Game ! Do the matching and report the time frame you finish the
exercise in!
He was a British
economist
British economist Keynes ( 1883-1946) Predicted technology
would likely cause widespread unemployment because the labour
savings from technology were happening faster than we could find
new jobs for workers. His focus wasn`t computers, but rather steam
and electric engines taking over work that previously required
human involvement.

 Were his predictions

realistic?
 Why do you think so?
 In your groups discuss:
Has the prediction come Prediction 2 engineer in 1900
of a railroad
true? Cars will be
To what extent? operated by half-
kilo motor that will
Prediction 1 be cheaper than a
Cars will disappear from horse and twice as Prediction 3
large cities with all traffic powerful. Photographs will
be telegraphed
either below or high from any distance
above the ground, and published in
eliminating noise newspapers an
pollution. hour later.
THINK!
Read the reading on page 35 in less than 3 minute ( don`t look any
words up in your dictionaries) and answer these two questions.

True or false?!

a) This passage is based on the point of view of: a futurist, career expert,
and technologist. (T/F)
b) There are some jobs that are not likely to be taken over by robots.
 GROUP WORK!
• Groups of 4 and a group of 3.

• Read number 1/number 2/ number 3.

• Look up any words you don’t know in Longman dictionary.

• Tell your friend the summary of the part you read.

GLOSSARY