【课堂新坐标，同步备课参考】2013-2014学年高中英语人教版必修五教师用书Unit3　Life+in+the+future.doc

Unit 3　Life in the future 【美文阅读】　 Robotic age draws closer 随着科技的发展，机器人时代的到来已经指日可待。 These days，robots are more common than you might think.Consider the Roomba，a robotic vacuum(吸尘器)which cleans floors on its own. “We wanted to make something simple that people could use every day，”says Greiner，co-founder of IRobot，the company that makes the smart vacuum.“And thats what inspired us to build the Roomba.” Some robots like the Roomba are already very common in many US households. IRobot makes everything from the Roomba to robots that someday might become a part of us. “You can have robotics equipped