AM 130

PRE-LISTENING

Do some quick research online and find the following info:

1.  Who was Alan Turing and why is he considered important in the field of computer science?

2.  What is widely recognized as his most important contribution to computer science and technology?  How was this historically significant?

3.  What are the details of his controversial criminal conviction?

4.  How did he die?

5.  Has the British Government taken any steps to make up for their treatment of Turing?

130 HOMEWORK

In a composition of 100-200 words, summarize the article from class today on the robot industry in Japan and respond to it with your own feelings about living in a world where more and more tasks are done by robots/machines.

130

Find the following phrases from the text on the robot industry in Japan.  Working with a partner, decide if these expressions are literal or figurative, and then paraphrase them.

1. roll out a new robotic invention

2. from the dazzling to the horrifying

3. music to the ears of many government officials

4. cultural crushes

5. blur the lines between

6. whip up pancakes

7. gathering dust

130 FAIR TRADE

Answer the following questions in your own words

1) Why is free trade discouraged by some?

2) What are “ATOs”? What do they do?

3) What happened in 1988? Why is this significant?

4) What is FLO? What do they do?

5) What is a social premium? How do they help?

PM 1

Have you ever had a scary/difficult/unpleasant experience that taught you something? Have you ever made a potentially dangerous or serious mistake?

PM1 Writing

Develop each “story” by inserting three or four sentences describing the background action. Remember, the goal is to create atmosphere.

1.  It was an ordinary day at school.

(background action)

Suddenly, the fire alarm went off.

2.  We sat in the bay on the tiny boat and gazed at the beautiful view around us.

(background action)

Then, out of nowhere, black clouds rolled in and the sky grew dark.

3. Detective Robson and Officer Lutes arrived at the scene and were shocked by the chaos around them.

(background action)

Officer Lutes radioed for backup while Detective Robson ran into the crowd.

In a paragraph, respond to the following questions:

What determines the success or failure of a social movement?  At what point can you consider a movement successful or not?

How can we measure the success of a social movement?

Be specific and give examples.