After text activity

I. Reading Exercises:

Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary:

homebrew robots, commercial robot kits, mail order components, competitive robots, souped-up remote control, standardized hardware, particular purposes, computer components, kitchen appliances, new applications, from a technology standpoint, a big step toward

Exercise 2. Answer the questions:

1) Where have hobbyists been creating robots?

2) What are the most familiar competitive robots?

3) How do the kits come?

Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right:

1. Homebrew robots are	a) at every second and decides how to direct its own team. .
2. The computer processes this information	b) by extraordinary adaptability.
3. The personal computer revolution has been marked	c) more like kitchen appliances.
4. Most robots to date have been	d) as varied as professional robots.

Exercise 4.Open brackets choosing the right words:

The personal computer revolution has been (marked/pointed) by extraordinary adaptability. (Standardized/Special) hardware and programming languages (let/make) computer engineers and amateur programmers mold computers to their own (particular/general) purposes.

The speaking module

II. Speaking Exercises:

Exercise 1. Describe: robot hardware, programming language, advanced, competitive robot, sturdy wheel using the suggested words and expressions as in example:

robot hardware mechanical, magnetic, electronic, electrical, components, making up, a computer system, a robot

programming language the language, used, programmer, to write, a program, a computer

advanced denoting, later, stage, a lineage, to demonstrate, evolutionary, progression

competitive robot showing, fighting, disposition, self-seeking

sturdy wheel a wheel, having, physical, rugged, strength, inured, fatigue, hardship

Exercise 2. Ask questions to the given answers:

1) Question: ___________________________________?

Answer: Homebrew robotics is a rapidly expanding subculture with a sizable Web presence.

2)Question:_____________________________?

Answer: More advanced competitive robots are controlled by computer.

3)Question:_____________________________?

Answer: . Roboticists build them from the ground up for a fairly specific purpose.

The writing module

III. Writing exercises:

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suggested words: by, for, with, at, out, on.

More advanced competitive robots are controlled __ computer. Soccer robots, ___ example, play miniaturized soccer ____ no human input __ all. A standard soccer bot team includes several individual robots that communicate ____ a central computer. The computer "sees" the entire soccer field ____ a video camera and picks ___ its own team members, the opponent's members, the ball and the goal based __ their color.

Exercise 2. Fill in the table with words and expressions from the text

	parts	process	place
band of hobbyists has been creating robots
A standard soccer bot team includes
Roboticists put all these pieces together
. The computer processes

Exercise 3. Compose a story on one of the topics (up to 100 words):

“Competitive robots”

“The personal computer revolution”

“The robot developer kits”