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1、高中英语选修七第二单元教参Section_ⅠWarmingUp&Reading—PrereadingWiththedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology,therearedifferentkindsofrobotsforchildrentoplaywith.Butdoyouknowwhoinventtherobotsandhowtheyinventthem?Pleasereadthefollowingpassagetogettheanswer.Dogs,cats,actionfigures,dinosaurs,anddolls!Thesearejustso
2、meofthenewwaveoftoysthatwalk,talk,dotricks,andrememberthings.Someevenknowyourvoice,learnnewwords,orremindyouit'syourfriend'sbirthday.Whatmakestheanimalwalk?Wherediditlearntorollover?Howdoesitknowenoughnottorunintothewallorwalkoffthetable?And,howcanitpossiblygofromasadmoodtoahappyone?Itallstarts
3、intheinventor'simagination.Thinkingofwhatwouldbefunandhowitwouldlookmeansthattheinventorhastobecreative—likeanartist.And,maybealittlelikeakid,too!Shedoessomedrawings,looksathowothertoyswork,anddecideswhatpartssheneeds.Then,shestartsbuildingamodelcalledaprototype(原型).Theprototypeisthestartingpoi
4、ntfortestingandimprovingthedesign.Robotictoysarecomplicated,though.Knowinghowthingswork,puttingitalltogether,andgettingthetoytoactliketherealthingmeanbeingabitofanengineer.Eventhebestinventorneedsalotofhelp.Herteamprobablyincludesadesignertoworkonhowthetoywilllook;someprogrammerstoputinmemory,m
5、oods,andpersonality;andsomebodyelsetofigureoutwhatitwillcost.Shemightevenneedtoworkwithapuppeteer(拉线木偶表演者)tomakethemovementslooknatural.Whatdoesittaketobearobotictoyinventor?There'snospecificrequirement,butyoushouldlikesolvingproblems.Youshouldbegoodatmathandcomfortablewithcomputer.Manytoyinven
6、torshavecollegedegreesinsometypeofengineering,suchasproductdesign,mechanicalengineering,orelectronics.Othershavestudiedfineartsorpsychology.Whatcanyoudonowtobearobotictoyinventor?Togetstartedandtoseeifyouwouldlikeinventing,letyourmindrunfree—dreamsomethingup,drawit,andthinkofhowitwouldwork.Insc
7、hool,courseslikebiology,physics,art,andmaths,canputyouontheroadtoinvention.Workonyourcomputerskills,especiallygraphics.Andrememberthatinventingtakesteamwork.So,getinvolvedinscienceprojectsorotheractivitiesinwhichyouworkwithothers.
