Reading skills

Hello everyone, at this amazing moment I will post my english assignment that has been given by my Lecture, Miss Dini in previous meeting.

Well, this assignment is done with my group members. My group members are Banu Prasetya, Supiatma, and Nico Gustian. We are all from Chemistry department of MIPA Faculty in Tanjungpura University.

Reading skills (page 28-29)

·         Pre-reading questions

1.     In what ways will robots make our lives better in the future? In what ways will they make our lives worse?

2.    What kinds of robots would you like to see?

Answer

1.     Robots will make our lives better if robots help us in technolgy and science. As an example in technolgy has an automatic harvest machine it makes better because it can make our time efficient. In science , the example is a Spectrofotometre UV-Vis that is used to measure the length of wave, that is very useful in research. Meanwhile, robots will make our lives worse if robots produce the emission of radiation like nuclear machine. Because it will make our health is bad.

2.    We’d like to see the robots that be able to clean up the pollution in the air, trashes in the river or on the ground so our earth that we live is very habitable.

·         Reading

Read the text. Highlight an interesting idea in each paragraph.

*        Paragraph  1:  Gates suggests thatv soon robots will be adopted in the home in the same way that personal computers have been.

*        Paragraph  2:  Computing power is now cheap and powerful enough to serve as this brain.

*        Paragraph  3:  but without doubt, they will free us from useless household duties and prevent us from being lonely.

·         Identifying topic and main idea

1.     C. Robots In the home

2.    A. Robots will improve our lives in many ways

·         Identifying opinions

A.  All technology has done to make our lives busier and more dependent on machines than ever.

·         Going beyond the text

*        Airline pilot
       We agree if a robot becomes an airline pilot because robot has an unlimited energy or never be tired of, meanwhile human have a limited energy especially in long time journey. So, it shall make human be able to rest.

*        Cook

We disagree if a robot becomes a cooker because robot sometimes cannot fulfill the diversity of human demand on food

*        Doctor

We do not agree if robot becomes a doctor because robot has no feeling or pity like a dotor that understands his patient.

*        Police officer

We do not agree if robot becomes a police officer because robot cannot be regulating human as well as possible. The human should be regulating robots.

*        Singer

We do not agree because a singer has a unique voice that cannot be imitated by robots

*        Store clerk

We agree, because robot can watch over the store maximally if as a store clerk

*        Taxi driver

We agree, because robot is programmed and can avoid from the danger in the road while driving.

*        Teacher

We disagree because teacher us not only teaching but also to educate and improve the personality of the student.

well, I think enough for this chance, thanks for the visitation of you and See you in my next posting......