Tiny Robot Looks Like a Crab

What's that sound? Oh, it's my robot vacuum cleaner! It got stuck! Okay, that's better. Robots can do so many things! They can vacuum floors and help build cars! 機器人可以幫忙掃地，也可以製造汽車。 But, can you imagine a robot so small, that it can walk on the edge of a 10 NT coin? Well, scientists now have one! It's called a "micro-robot." 科學家做了一個迷你機器人，可以在十元硬幣的邊邊上走路！ "Micro" means super, super small. Scientists have made a micro robot that looks like a crab. And, it is so small, it can walk on the edge of a coin! 這個迷你機器人有一點像螃蟹。 This micro robot crab is the smallest walking robot ever made! It's almost too hard to see with your eyes. You have to look really closely! 它是史上最小的機器人，甚至很難用肉眼看見！ Why did they make this super, super mini robot? Tiny robots can do things people can't, like go into your body and help doctors fix something that's too small for the doctors to reach. 迷你機器人可以進入人的身體，幫醫生治療病人。 Micro-robots could soon be saving lives! Or, a micro robot could help astronauts. It could crawl inside a tiny part of a spaceship engine and help fix something. 它也可以幫太空人進引擎裡面修太空船。 The next time you have a coin in your hand, imagine a tiny crab robot crawling on the edge. Amazing, right? Scientists say one day, micro robots will be so small, you won't be able to see them without a microscope! 未來的機器人會小到要用顯微鏡才看得到！ Wow! That means one day we could have robots inside of almost anything! ________________________________ Vocabulary 機器人小到要用顯微鏡才能看見，很神奇吧? 1. vacuum cleaner 吸塵器 Your vacuum cleaner can run by itself! 你的吸塵器可以自己跑。 Of course. I don't need to do anything. 當然。我什麼都不用做。 I want to get one for my house! 我家也要買一台。 2. look like 看起來像 Does my hair look like a pineapple? 我的頭髮像不像鳳梨？ It looks more like a bird. 更像一隻鳥。 No wonder I feel like flying. 難怪我覺得想飛。 3. fix 修理 Can you fix this mini robot? 你會修這個迷你機器人嗎？ No, it's too small! 不會，它太小了。 4. coin 硬幣 I have too many coins in my pocket. 我口袋裡太多硬幣了。 Give them to me. 都給我吧。 I don't mind. 我不介意。 Let's read these words together. vacuum cleaner 吸塵器 look like 看起來像 fix 修理 coin 硬幣 ________________________________ Quiz 1.What do we call super small robots? A: Whale robots B: Master robots C: Micro robots 2. What does this robot look like? A: A giraffe B: A crab C: A fish 3. What could micro robots soon be saving? A: Lives B: Money C: Time Answers 1. C 2. B 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn