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Do you think you will have your own robot? ;6. People will live to be 200 years old.;Do you think you will have your own robot? ;1b Read the title of the text. Then circle the words and phrases you think you will read in the passage. Compare your predictions with your partner.;1.What do the robots do to help with people？ 2.All the scientists believe that there wil be such robots in the future. 3.Which companies have already made robots walk and dance. 4.But who disagrees？Why？What does he think？ 5.Robot scientists are just trying to make robots look like people.;Section 2 While You Read;Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like people, and do the same things as us. Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance. This kind of robot will also be fun to watch.; But robot scientist James White disagrees.He thinks that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person. For example, it’s easy for a child to wake up and know where they are. Mr White thinks that robots won’t be able to do this. But other scientists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to people in 25 to 50 years.; Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. For example, there are already robots working in factories. These robots look more like huge arms. They do simple jobs over and over again. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored. But robots will never get bored. ;In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have less work to do. New robots will have many different shapes. Some will look like humans, and others might look like snakes. After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes seemed impossible a