Robots Are Now Teaching English!

    Get ready． Robots are about to invade our classroom． From Korea to Japan to the United States， schools are putting English﹣speaking robots in front of their students． In Korea， robots are the new teaching assistants in a number of preschools and kindergartens． The young students say that the robots are fun， but are these children really learning anything？

    I don't think a computer will ever be able to do what a teacher does． A teacher has to be able to respond to students as individuals （个体）．__▲__and a teacher has to change his or her teaching style to fit the needs of the student． I seriously doubt that a computer will ever be able to do this even though the big data （数据）is widely used in the world．

4 Comments on "Robots Are Now Teaching English!"

Sara says：

    In my opinion， schools should spend money training human teachers rather than buying robots． Research shows that children learn more from real speakers than from recorded conversations．

Keiko says：

    I don't think you can learn a language without real human interaction．After all， robots cannot think as humans do．

Hassan says：

    Robots might be able to help people lean a language， but I don't think they should replace teachers because robots are just machines without human feelings．

Nancy says：

    I think robots might be very helpful in the classroom． A child might be less afraid to make a mistake in front of a robot than in front of a real person．

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（1）The underlined word "invade" in Para.1 probably means 　　．

A． enter

B． leave

C． accept

D． fight

（2）Which of the following can be best put in___▲___in Para． 2？　　．

A． Each teacher is different

B． Each student is different

C． AIl teachers are helpful

D． All students are fun

（3）Of the 4 comments，　　thinks that robots could give lots of help to learners in class．

A． Sara

B． Keiko

C． Hassan

D． Nancy

（4）What's the writer's attitude （态度）towards robots' teaching English？　　

A． Uncaring．

B． Supportive．

C． Doubtful．

D． Agreeable．