Cover of the textbook On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6a - Reading for the textbook On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

Listen and read the text. In your own words and based on ideas from the text, answer the questions.

What is the author's intention?

Answer

  1. Scientists believe that by understanding how human babies learn about the world they will be able to develop robots that can learn and think.
  2. They could be useful in some workplaces in the future as they will be able to assist in jobs without being told what to do.

The author's intention is to share and explain technical information about the iCub robot.