Robot Educates Children on How to Properly Call 911

陳裕明

美國的火警電話是911，為了讓更多的孩子了解如何撥打911、什么時(shí)候撥打911，以及撥打911后該如何述說事情，機(jī)器人也加入了這個(gè)宣傳行列。

Justin and Michael remembered the big fox. It visited them at Park Primary School.

Members of the City 911 Office dress up （as， in）___① an orange fox costume1 to play Red E. Fox at local primary schools. Red teaches young children on how to properly2 call 911.

On Friday afternoon， however， eight-year-old Michael was so surprised to see Red riding around the City Government Center.

“I was really afraid，” Michael said.

Unlike the other Red E. Fox， there was no person in a costume. It was a talking robot.

This spring the 911 Office bought a 3-foot-tall robot called Red E. Fox from 9-1-1 for Kids. “The robot costs us about $6，000 each”， said an officer from 911 Office.

The robot has a five-hour battery3， a microphone4， and can speak in five different voices.

Elise Kim， a director of 9-1-1 for Kids， said the purpose of the robot is to draw childrens attention so they can learn the proper use of the 911 telephone number.

“Children like animal characters. They find （them， they） ② lovely，” Kim said. “They are the messengers to carry the useful message of when and when not to call 911， how to dial 911 and what to say.”

Notes： 1. costume n. 服裝 2. properly adv. 正確地 3. battery n. 電池 4. microphone n. 麥克風(fēng)

I. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選用括號(hào)內(nèi)的詞語補(bǔ)全文中①、②處。

1. ①

2. ②

II. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷句子正（T）、誤（F）。

3. This kind of robot can talk.

4. When you want to call 911， the 911 robot

can help you.

III. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問題。

5. When did Michael see the 911 robot for the first time？

6. How many different voices can the 911 robot speak？

7. What do you think of the 911 robot？

IV. 將文中劃線部分的句子進(jìn)行同義句轉(zhuǎn)換，每空一詞。

8. We ___ about $6，000 ___ the robot

each.

9. Children____ ____ ____

animal characters.

V. 閱讀短文，模仿短文中句子造句。

10. teach sb. + 疑問詞 + 動(dòng)詞不定式

11. 動(dòng)詞cost