What is a Robot?

When you think of a robot, what do you see? A machine that looks a bit like you and me?

The reality is that robots can come in many different shapes and sizes. What a robot looks like depends on (28) _______ purpose. Flying robots (29) _______ look like helicopters, or have wings like insects or birds. Cleaning robots often look like little vacuums. Robots that (30) _______ to interact with people often have a face, eyes, or a mouth – just like we do!

(31) _______ they look like us or not, most robots have three essential ingredients that (32) _______ them a robot: sensors, actuators, and programs.

What is a Robot?

When you think of a robot, what do you see? A machine that looks a bit like you and me?

The reality is that robots can come in many different shapes and sizes. What a robot looks like depends on (28) _______ purpose. Flying robots (29) _______ look like helicopters, or have wings like insects or birds. Cleaning robots often look like little vacuums. Robots that (30) _______ to interact with people often have a face, eyes, or a mouth – just like we do!

(31) _______ they look like us or not, most robots have three essential ingredients that (32) _______ them a robot: sensors, actuators, and programs.

What is a Robot?

When you think of a robot, what do you see? A machine that looks a bit like you and me?

The reality is that robots can come in many different shapes and sizes. What a robot looks like depends on (28) _______ purpose. Flying robots (29) _______ look like helicopters, or have wings like insects or birds. Cleaning robots often look like little vacuums. Robots that (30) _______ to interact with people often have a face, eyes, or a mouth – just like we do!

(31) _______ they look like us or not, most robots have three essential ingredients that (32) _______ them a robot: sensors, actuators, and programs.

Task 6

What is a Robot?

When you think of a robot, what do you see? A machine that looks a bit like you and me?

The reality is that robots can come in many different shapes and sizes. What a robot looks like depends on (28) _______ purpose. Flying robots (29) _______ look like helicopters, or have wings like insects or birds. Cleaning robots often look like little vacuums. Robots that (30) _______ to interact with people often have a face, eyes, or a mouth – just like we do!

(31) _______ they look like us or not, most robots have three essential ingredients that (32) _______ them a robot: sensors, actuators, and programs.

Singing the Way Home

Pet owners usually have no (23) _______ but to implant their pets with microchips to help identify the animals if they get lost. However, one Siberian Husky did not need the modern technology – he could sing his way home!

The chain of events began when the police officers saw a lost dog. After giving some first aid, they (24) _______ their records to see if anybody had reported a missing husky. They found one that matched the dog they had found. However, (25) _______ rushing over to the station, the owner asked the officers to help him identify the dog by playing him the soundtracks to two popular children’s TV programmes.

To the astonishment of the police, upon (26) _______ the tune, the husky began “singing”. The owner, who was listening on the phone, (27) _______ the dog’s voice and rushed over. “I cried the whole way here,” the man said while embracing his pet.

Singing the Way Home

Pet owners usually have no (23) _______ but to implant their pets with microchips to help identify the animals if they get lost. However, one Siberian Husky did not need the modern technology – he could sing his way home!

The chain of events began when the police officers saw a lost dog. After giving some first aid, they (24) _______ their records to see if anybody had reported a missing husky. They found one that matched the dog they had found. However, (25) _______ rushing over to the station, the owner asked the officers to help him identify the dog by playing him the soundtracks to two popular children’s TV programmes.

To the astonishment of the police, upon (26) _______ the tune, the husky began “singing”. The owner, who was listening on the phone, (27) _______ the dog’s voice and rushed over. “I cried the whole way here,” the man said while embracing his pet.

Singing the Way Home

Pet owners usually have no (23) _______ but to implant their pets with microchips to help identify the animals if they get lost. However, one Siberian Husky did not need the modern technology – he could sing his way home!

The chain of events began when the police officers saw a lost dog. After giving some first aid, they (24) _______ their records to see if anybody had reported a missing husky. They found one that matched the dog they had found. However, (25) _______ rushing over to the station, the owner asked the officers to help him identify the dog by playing him the soundtracks to two popular children’s TV programmes.

To the astonishment of the police, upon (26) _______ the tune, the husky began “singing”. The owner, who was listening on the phone, (27) _______ the dog’s voice and rushed over. “I cried the whole way here,” the man said while embracing his pet.

Singing the Way Home

Pet owners usually have no (23) _______ but to implant their pets with microchips to help identify the animals if they get lost. However, one Siberian Husky did not need the modern technology – he could sing his way home!

The chain of events began when the police officers saw a lost dog. After giving some first aid, they (24) _______ their records to see if anybody had reported a missing husky. They found one that matched the dog they had found. However, (25) _______ rushing over to the station, the owner asked the officers to help him identify the dog by playing him the soundtracks to two popular children’s TV programmes.

To the astonishment of the police, upon (26) _______ the tune, the husky began “singing”. The owner, who was listening on the phone, (27) _______ the dog’s voice and rushed over. “I cried the whole way here,” the man said while embracing his pet.

Task 5

Singing the Way Home

Pet owners usually have no (23) _______ but to implant their pets with microchips to help identify the animals if they get lost. However, one Siberian Husky did not need the modern technology – he could sing his way home!

The chain of events began when the police officers saw a lost dog. After giving some first aid, they (24) _______ their records to see if anybody had reported a missing husky. They found one that matched the dog they had found. However, (25) _______ rushing over to the station, the owner asked the officers to help him identify the dog by playing him the soundtracks to two popular children’s TV programmes.

To the astonishment of the police, upon (26) _______ the tune, the husky began “singing”. The owner, who was listening on the phone, (27) _______ the dog’s voice and rushed over. “I cried the whole way here,” the man said while embracing his pet.

New York Teen Learns 20 Foreign Languages in Just Four Years!

Doner is what is known as a polyglot – someone who speaks many different languages. While this is common in many parts of the world (17) __________ where most people speak one language, or two at most.

His ability with language led him to produce YouTube videos about his experiences and (18) __________ in the past year. One of his videos has already been viewed a million times. It shows Doner, a student at The Dalton School on the Upper East Side, speaking French, Hausa, Wolof, German, Yiddish, Hebrew, Arabic, Pashto, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Italian, Turkish, Indonesian, Dutch, Xhosa, Swahili, Hindi and Ojibwe – at varying levels of proficiency.

Most of the languages Doner speaks come from places that are not important in the American understanding, such as Pashto (19) __________. Many of his fans from other parts of the world are simply astonished and delighted to hear someone (20) __________ speak their languages at all.

“We don’t learn a lot about Arab or Islamic history in school,” Doner said. “And I think that by learning languages (21) __________. You are learning about the culture, everything from cooking to TV, to poetry, to politics, to whatever it may be. And I think that fosters a much better understanding.”

Doner just finished the SATs and does not know (22) __________. He is considering a career in translation or working abroad in general. But he can also imagine himself teaching languages in the U.S.

New York Teen Learns 20 Foreign Languages in Just Four Years!

Doner is what is known as a polyglot – someone who speaks many different languages. While this is common in many parts of the world (17) __________ where most people speak one language, or two at most.

His ability with language led him to produce YouTube videos about his experiences and (18) __________ in the past year. One of his videos has already been viewed a million times. It shows Doner, a student at The Dalton School on the Upper East Side, speaking French, Hausa, Wolof, German, Yiddish, Hebrew, Arabic, Pashto, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Italian, Turkish, Indonesian, Dutch, Xhosa, Swahili, Hindi and Ojibwe – at varying levels of proficiency.

Most of the languages Doner speaks come from places that are not important in the American understanding, such as Pashto (19) __________. Many of his fans from other parts of the world are simply astonished and delighted to hear someone (20) __________ speak their languages at all.

“We don’t learn a lot about Arab or Islamic history in school,” Doner said. “And I think that by learning languages (21) __________. You are learning about the culture, everything from cooking to TV, to poetry, to politics, to whatever it may be. And I think that fosters a much better understanding.”

Doner just finished the SATs and does not know (22) __________. He is considering a career in translation or working abroad in general. But he can also imagine himself teaching languages in the U.S.

New York Teen Learns 20 Foreign Languages in Just Four Years!

Doner is what is known as a polyglot – someone who speaks many different languages. While this is common in many parts of the world (17) __________ where most people speak one language, or two at most.

His ability with language led him to produce YouTube videos about his experiences and (18) __________ in the past year. One of his videos has already been viewed a million times. It shows Doner, a student at The Dalton School on the Upper East Side, speaking French, Hausa, Wolof, German, Yiddish, Hebrew, Arabic, Pashto, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Italian, Turkish, Indonesian, Dutch, Xhosa, Swahili, Hindi and Ojibwe – at varying levels of proficiency.

Most of the languages Doner speaks come from places that are not important in the American understanding, such as Pashto (19) __________. Many of his fans from other parts of the world are simply astonished and delighted to hear someone (20) __________ speak their languages at all.

“We don’t learn a lot about Arab or Islamic history in school,” Doner said. “And I think that by learning languages (21) __________. You are learning about the culture, everything from cooking to TV, to poetry, to politics, to whatever it may be. And I think that fosters a much better understanding.”

Doner just finished the SATs and does not know (22) __________. He is considering a career in translation or working abroad in general. But he can also imagine himself teaching languages in the U.S.

New York Teen Learns 20 Foreign Languages in Just Four Years!

Doner is what is known as a polyglot – someone who speaks many different languages. While this is common in many parts of the world (17) __________ where most people speak one language, or two at most.

His ability with language led him to produce YouTube videos about his experiences and (18) __________ in the past year. One of his videos has already been viewed a million times. It shows Doner, a student at The Dalton School on the Upper East Side, speaking French, Hausa, Wolof, German, Yiddish, Hebrew, Arabic, Pashto, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Italian, Turkish, Indonesian, Dutch, Xhosa, Swahili, Hindi and Ojibwe – at varying levels of proficiency.

Most of the languages Doner speaks come from places that are not important in the American understanding, such as Pashto (19) __________. Many of his fans from other parts of the world are simply astonished and delighted to hear someone (20) __________ speak their languages at all.

“We don’t learn a lot about Arab or Islamic history in school,” Doner said. “And I think that by learning languages (21) __________. You are learning about the culture, everything from cooking to TV, to poetry, to politics, to whatever it may be. And I think that fosters a much better understanding.”

Doner just finished the SATs and does not know (22) __________. He is considering a career in translation or working abroad in general. But he can also imagine himself teaching languages in the U.S.

New York Teen Learns 20 Foreign Languages in Just Four Years!

Doner is what is known as a polyglot – someone who speaks many different languages. While this is common in many parts of the world (17) __________ where most people speak one language, or two at most.

His ability with language led him to produce YouTube videos about his experiences and (18) __________ in the past year. One of his videos has already been viewed a million times. It shows Doner, a student at The Dalton School on the Upper East Side, speaking French, Hausa, Wolof, German, Yiddish, Hebrew, Arabic, Pashto, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Italian, Turkish, Indonesian, Dutch, Xhosa, Swahili, Hindi and Ojibwe – at varying levels of proficiency.

Most of the languages Doner speaks come from places that are not important in the American understanding, such as Pashto (19) __________. Many of his fans from other parts of the world are simply astonished and delighted to hear someone (20) __________ speak their languages at all.

“We don’t learn a lot about Arab or Islamic history in school,” Doner said. “And I think that by learning languages (21) __________. You are learning about the culture, everything from cooking to TV, to poetry, to politics, to whatever it may be. And I think that fosters a much better understanding.”

Doner just finished the SATs and does not know (22) __________. He is considering a career in translation or working abroad in general. But he can also imagine himself teaching languages in the U.S.