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1 Listen
 to the song Drive by Incubus.
Song: Drive
Written by: Incubus

Sometimes, I feel the fear of uncertainty It's driven me before and it seems to be the
stinging clear way
And I can't help but ask myself how much I'll That everyone else gets around
let the fear But lately I'm beginning to find that when
Take the wheel and steer I drive myself my light is found
It's driven me before and it seems to have a vague Chorus
Haunting mass appeal
Whatever tomorrow brings
But lately I'm beginning to find that I
I'll be there with open arms and open eyes yea
Should be the one behind the wheel
Whatever tomorrow brings
Chorus I'll be there I'll be there
Whatever tomorrow brings Would you choose water over wine?
I'll be there with open arms and open eyes yea Hold the wheel and drive
Whatever tomorrow brings
Chorus
I'll be there I'll be there
Whatever tomorrow brings
So, if I decide to waiver my chance
I'll be there with open arms and open eyes yea
To be one of the hive
Whatever tomorrow brings
Will I choose water over wine
I'll be there I'll be there
And hold my own and drive?
Aah ah ooo

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1 Read the text about Manuela Veloso, a Portuguese Professor of computer science at Carnegie
Mellon University, in the USA. Find out how she is connected to the RoboCup competition.
“Manuela Veloso, 53, a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University and a member of its Robotics
Institute, is turning robots from joystick-operated poles on wheels into “CoBots” intelligent companions that can navigate
and move.”
By Rachel Z. Arndt, Magazine Fast Company

Manuela Veloso is an international expert in artificial intelligence and robotics. Apart from that she is also
the President of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, and Past President of the International

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robo-cup Federation. Manuela M. Veloso received her Ph.d. in computer Science from carnegie Mellon University.
She received a “licenciatura” (b Sc degree) in electrical engineering and a Masters degree in electrical and computer
engineering from the Instituto Superior técnico, in lisbon. Professor Veloso received the national Science Foundation

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career award and the allen newell Medal for excellence in research. She is a Fellow of Ieee, of aaaI, and of aaaS.
She is the author of the book Planning by analogical reasoning and has written over 200 technical journals and
conference papers.
Professor Veloso created and also heads the research laboratory coral for the study of autonomous agents
that cooperate, observe the world, reason, act and learn. With her students, Professor Veloso has created teams
of intelligent agents that operate in complex, dynamic and uncertain environments, particularly in adverse
environments, such as robot soccer. In fact, she was one of the pioneers in this field and is co-founder of the
robocup competitions and symposia. Veloso and her students’ robot soccer teams have won several robocup
competitions.
as well as her passion for robot soccer, since 2009 she and her research group have been investigating indoor
mobile, service, collaborative robots, known as cobots. the cobot robots successfully navigate and perform
service tasks for users in a multi-floor office building. they proactively interact with humans and can access the
web, when required, in a symbiotic autonomous way. currently, there are four robots cobot-1, cobot-2, cobot-3,
and cobot-4. Manuela Veloso and her students first demonstrated cobot-1 in 2009, at the opening of the Gates
hillman center for computer Science. at the end of 2012, the cobot robots had already autonomously navigated
more than 150kms in the Gates hillman center.
Manuela Veloso and her husband have two sons, one daughter, and four grandchildren.

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1  Asyouread,listentothetext"RobotMD:willmachinesreplacedoctors?"

robot Md: WIll MachIneS rePlace doctorS?

earlier this year a series of articles in Slate by Farhad Manjoo raised some eyebrows, it was entitled “Will robots
steal your job?” Frighteningly, for some medical professionals the answer was in the affirmative. We all know how
robots are increasingly prevalent in surgical suites, that machines can be better at noticing abnormalities on
radiology reports than the human eye and that humanoid robot nurses are already caring for the elderly in Japan
— even approximating something like a bedside manner. but the emergence of IbM's uncannily intelligent Wat-
son computer, and the news that his natural language processing capabilities and ability to process the equivalent
of a million books per second would be put to use in healthcare, seems to have speeded things up a bit.
how can mere mortals compete with such daunting artificial smarts? take a deep breath, homo sapiens.
“Watson isn't intended to replace anyone” Josko Silobrcic, Md, associate partner at IbM research, told me last year.
“but it is a tool”.
In his Slate series, Manjoo stated that the technology will always require flesh-and-blood “supervision”. Kent
bottles, Md, senior fellow at the thomas Jefferson University School of Population health, isn't worried.“ … I think
human beings enjoy and need face-to-face interaction with real people.” that said, he's convinced “robots and
artificial intelligence might play a major role in healthcare in the coming years. neuroscience teaches us that the
most brilliant human can only keep seven items straight in his/her head at one time. Watson can take a question
about a patient's symptoms, analyze it, generate a differential diagnosis, collect and evaluate the entire medical
literature on the subject and come up with a diagnosis with a measurable level of confidence”.
apart from these technical issues what will patients think of some beeping and whirring primary care
physician, perhaps not too far off in the future? “We have early evidence that patients accept [robot doctors] just
fine,” says bottles. “In a boston hospital study, patients actually preferred the sociable humanoid robot to the
human version. this surprising result is understandable when you hear the comments from research subjects,
who say that the robot had all the time in the world, did not judge them as stupid for asking too many questions
and never had to answer a beeper during a session with the patient.”

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1  Listentothetext“Technologyandsocialchange”.

technoloGy and SocIal chanGe

technology is the application of scientific knowledge to make tools to solve specific problems. technological
advances such as automobiles, airplanes, radio, television, cellular phones, computers, modems, and fax machines
have brought major advances and changes to the world. Indeed, 20th century technology has completely—and
irreversibly—changed the way people meet, interact, learn, work, play, travel, worship, and do business.
technological information increases exponentially: the entire database of scientific knowledge doubles every
few years. this “technological explosion” is due in part to an “information explosion”, as well as to advances in
storage, retrieval, and communication of data. In other words, a cycle occurs: improvements in technology lead
to increases in knowledge and information and, thus, help to discover the means for creating better technology.
consequently, sociologists are concerned with how technological societies will be forced to adapt to the social
changes that improvements in technology will continue to bring.

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1  Asyouread,listentoabriefbiographyofMarkZuckerberg.
Mark Zuckerberg was born on May the 14th, 1984, in White Plains, new york. his father, edward Zuckerberg
is a dentist, and his mother, Karen Zuckerberg is a psychiatrist. Mark and his three sisters, randi, donna, and arielle,
were raised in dobbs Ferry, new york, a sleepy, well-to-do town on the banks of the hudson river.
Mark Zuckerberg attended ardsley high School, and then moved to the Phillips exeter academy. he excelled
in classical studies and science. by the time he graduated from high school, Zuckerberg could read and write:
French, hebrew, latin, and ancient Greek.
Mark Zuckerberg used computers and began writing software programmes before entering high school.
he was taught programming language in the 1990s by his father. edward Zuckerberg was dedicated to his son's
education and even hired software developer david newman to give his son private lessons.
While still in high school the young Zuckerberg created a music player called the Synapse Media Player that
used artificial intelligence to learn user's listening habits. both Microsoft and aol tried to purchase Synapse and
hire Mark Zuckerberg. however, he turned them both down and enrolled at harvard University in September
2002, where he studied psychology and computer science. While at harvard, Mark Zuckerberg co-founded
Facebook, an Internet based social network.
In his second year of college at harvard University, Zuckerberg met his girlfriend, medical student Priscilla
chan. In September 2010, Zuckerberg and chan began living together.
In 2011, Mark Zuckerberg's personal wealth was estimated to be $13.5 billion. on May the 19th, 2012, Mark and
Priscilla got married. the news was announced (where else?) on Facebook, just one day after the company went public.

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1  L istentothearticle"Theeaglehaslanded:Happyanniversary,Apolo11"byNateRawlings,
publishedinTimeMagazineinJuly2011.

"the eaGle haS landed": haPPy annIVerSary, aPollo 11

by nate Rawlings

Forty two years ago today, neil armstrong uttered those iconic words. While naSa controllers in houston,
and much of the planet, held its collective breath, armstrong and buzz aldrin set down the eagle lunar Module,
becoming the first men to land on the moon.

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apollo 11 blasted off from cape canaveral, Florida on July 16, 1969. Four days later, the eagle lunar Module
separated from the main spacecraft and armstrong and aldrin began their descent to the surface of the moon.
at 4:17 p.m. eastern time, the eagle touched down with only 25 seconds of fuel to spare. When armstrong

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announced the landing, charles duke, the capsule communicator in houston, spoke for millions across the world
when he said, “roger, tranquillity, we copy you on the ground. you got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're
breathing again. thanks a lot.” but the wait was only beginning.
the two astronauts were supposed to sleep for five hours, as they had been awake since the early morning.
but armstrong and aldrin figured they wouldn't be able to sleep anyway and began preparations for walking on
the moon's surface.
More than six hours later, just past 10:30 p.m. eastern time, neil armstrong opened the eagle's hatch, and
just before 11 p.m. he set his left foot on the surface of the moon. armstrong and aldrin spent only two and a
half hours exploring the surface, but they received a congratulatory phone call from President nixon from the
oval office, patched through the communications center in houston.
throughout the entire lengthy event, millions around the world were glued to their televisions watching
the landing live.
So thanks neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and of course Michael collins, who piloted the command module
while armstrong and aldrin landed, for your steely-eyed heroism 42 years ago.

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coMPUterS PredIcted to be aS IntellIGent aS hUManS by 2030

Futurologist dr ray Kurzweil told the american association for the advancement of Science that in the near
future, machine intelligence will overtake the power of the human brain. he said that within two decades computers
will be able to think more quickly than humans and solve some of the most difficult problems of the 21st century.
dr Kurzweil painted a picture of people having tiny robots called nanobots implanted inside our brains to increase
both our intelligence and health. he told reporters that these microscopic nanobots would work together with
our brains to make us think faster and give us more powerful memories. Kurzweil explained that we are already
“a human machine civilization” and that the upcoming technology “will be a further extension of that.”
dr Kurzweil was one of 18 top intellectuals asked by the US national academy of engineering to identify our
greatest technological challenges. other experts included Google founder Larry Page and the human genome
pioneer dr craig Venter. Kurzweil has a very impressive background in science and innovation. He has been
innovative in various fields of computing, including the technology behind cds. He also pioneered automatic
speech recognition by machines. this computer guru believes that there could be 32 times more technological
progress during the next half of the century than there was in the 20th century. this means scenes from science
fiction movies, like Blade Runner, The Terminator and I Robot, will become more and more a part of our everyday
lives.

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“a human machine civilization” and that the upcoming technology “will be a further extension of that.”
Dr Kurzweil was one of 18 top intellectuals asked by the US National Academy of Engineering to identify our
greatest technological challenges. Other experts included Google founder Larry Page and the human genome

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pioneer Dr Craig Venter. Kurzweil has a very impressive background in science and innovation. He has been
innovative in various fields of computing, including the technology behind CDs. He also pioneered automatic
speech recognition by machines. This computer guru believes that there could be 32 times more technological
progress during the next half of the century than there was in the 20th century. This means scenes from science
fiction movies, like Blade Runner, The Terminator and I Robot, will become more and more a part of our everyday
lives.

The Impact of Television & Video Entertainment on Student

Achievement in Reading and Writing
By Ron K aufman

The term “cyberspace” was coined by writer William Gibson in his book Neuromancer. Published in 1984,
Neuromancer was one of the first “cyberpunk” novels that involved a virtual world alongside reality. The novels of
Gibson, Neal Stephenson and other “cyberpunk” authors tell stories of a not-so-distant future where video screens,
computers and other media channels are ever present throughout society. These fictional works describe powerful
computers the size of small books and which are sometimes attached to a person's head in the form of an earpiece
or eyeglasses. Though science fiction often makes grand exaggerations, the “real” world is becoming increasingly
virtual. Television, video games, and computers dominate the marketplace.
“Over the next 18 to 24 months, consumers will be barraged with a host of gadgets from media outlets
attempting to redefine radio, television, the Web, and leisure time,” says Internet World magazine. “Serious
entertainment is coming online, and developers, investors, and pundits are scrambling to make both dollars and
sense of the emerging 24 hour-a-day party.” And caught in the middle of the media maelstrom are the children.
The children of this new millennium will be bombarded with more forms of electronic media than ever in
history. The nature of a child's curiosity will naturally draw him or her to a video game or interactive television.
The other influence is that cable operators, television networks and video game publishers target children (and
their parents) as part of the consumer base. Children will not be able to escape electronic media and in the future
may be drawn more and more towards it.
If children spend their time watching TV and playing video games, they are not spending a great deal of
time reading and writing. Statistics collected by the US Department of Education's National Centre for Educational
Statistics (NCES) show that student achievement in both reading and writing has been declining in recent years.

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How to Find a Part-Time Job

Tips and Advice for Finding a Part-Time Job
By Alison Doyle

Part-time jobs are available for teens, college students, moms, retirees, and anyone seeking to earn extra
money. Employers often prefer to hire part-time workers since they typically don't have to provide benefits. Many
leading employers of part-time workers accept online applications. In other cases, it's better to apply in person.
Here are some suggestions on how to get started on a part-time job search.

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Personality
By learning a new language, you gain new horizons, but at the same time you reinforce your own identity,
and also, as a result, your self-confidence. a foreign language can contribute to a stronger personality.
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Economic reasons
The typical profile expected from future business leaders fully reflects the demands of the globalised world.
British language graduates find good jobs more easily than others. Knowledge of German, in particular, improves
one’s chances in the job market. Many German companies abroad, and many foreign companies in Germany, as
well as companies with close links to German-speaking countries, look for employees with language skills. In spite
of all the current economic difficulties in Germany, we are now, thanks to the Government’s reform policies, well on
the way to overcoming our economic problems. Germany is still the most important trading partner for almost all
the European countries and many countries outside Europe. a person who speaks German will be able to communicate
better with business partners in the world’s third-biggest economy and one of the foremost exporting countries.
Political reasons
Politically, a positive approach in Britain to language learning would have benefits on two different levels. Firstly,
it would help to enable Germany to be seen more as a whole rather than just in isolation, and also to break down the
residual antipathy or at least ignorance and indifference towards it. and secondly, it would help to ensure that Britain
does not remain detached from Europe. In my view, it is not in Britain’s interests to isolate itself politically or culturally.

http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/cultural-services/articles/learn-language.html (shortened, October 2012)

UNIT 2
Listening 1
1 Listen to the song Robot by the Futureheads.
I am a robot, living like a robot, talk like a robot, in the habituating way
look up to the sky (robot), you can trample over me (robot)
Do anything you do, now the ground has gone
I am a robot, living like a robot, talk like a robot, in the habituating way
In the future we all die (robot), machines will last forever (robot)
Metal things just turn to rust, when you’re a robot
I am a robot, living like a robot, talk like a robot, in the habituating way
The best thing is our life span (I don’t mind)
We last night on hundred years (I don’t mind)
If that means we’ll be together I don’t mind
I have no mind, I have no mind
I’m programmed to follow you (robot), do exactly as you do (robot)
Now my nervous system’s blue, I feel fine
I am a robot, living like a robot, talk like a robot, in the habituating way
The best thing is our life span (I don’t mind)
We last night on hundred years (I don’t mind)
If that means we’ll be together I don’t mind (I have no mind)
The best things last a life time (I have no mind)
When you age I will not change (I have no mind)
I think I’ll be around forever if you don’t mind
I have no mind, why don’t (I have no mind) (robot)
I have no mind, why don’t (I have no mind) (robot)
I have no mind, why don’t (I have no mind) (robot)
I have no mind, why don’t (I have no mind) (robot)
I have no mind, why don’t (I have no mind) (robot)
I have no mind, why don’t (I have no mind) (robot)
I have no mind, why don’t (I have no mind)

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Listening 2
2 Listen to the article “Jeans that clear the air”.

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JEaNS THaT ClEaN THE aIr
an innovative blend of fashion and science has resulted in the design of new technology in jeans that clean
the air. Helen Storey, professor of fashion and science at The london College of Fashion, teamed up with Dr Tony
ryan, pro-vice-chancellor for the Faculty of Science at the University of Sheffield, to create what could be a ground-
breaking solution to our environmental problems. They discovered that when denim is coated with tiny particles of
the chemical titanium dioxide, it reacts with air and light to absorb and break down harmful emissions into the
environment. The emissions become harmless and are washed away when the jeans are cleaned. This means we
can help clean the air simply by going for a walk. Ms Storey and Dr ryan have created a company to showcase their
invention, called Catalytic Clothing. Their website says: “Catalytic Clothing seeks to explore how clothing and textiles
can be used as a catalytic surface to purify air, employing existing technology in a new way.” The technology is
similar to how a catalytic converter in a car helps clean the fuel mix. ryan makes bold claims about how effective
the innovation could be. He maintains that if all of Sheffield’s half a million residents wore the jeans and became
walking air filters, the dangerous chemical nitrogen oxide that exists in the city would disappear. The improvement
in air quality could significantly reduce deaths and respiratory illnesses such as asthma.

UNIT 3
Listening 1
1 Listen to the song The News by Jack Johnson.
a billion people died on the news tonight
But not so many cried at the terrible sight
Well mama said
It’s just make believe
you can’t believe everything you see
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
On the news tonight
Who’s the one to decide that it would be alright
To put the music behind the news tonight
Well mama said
you can’t believe everything you hear
The diagetic world is so unclear
So baby close your ears
On the news tonight
On the news tonight
The unobtrusive tones on the news tonight
and mama said
Why don’t the newscasters cry when they read about people who die?
at least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes
Mama said
It’s just make believe
you can’t believe everything you see
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
On the news tonight

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