The Story of a Friendly Future
Second Meeting
Listening
Aim of the Study
Listening
Worksheet 🔊
12th
Grade
Activity 1
Fill the
blanks!
The
Story of a Friendly Future
In the year (1)
________, people lived peacefully with intelligent robots in (2) ________.
Among them was a special robot named Laurel. She was (3) ________, caring, and
always helped people.
One day, (4)
________ introduced new robots. They were faster and (5) ________ than Laurel.
Soon, the government decided to (6) ________ all the old robots.
At first,
everyone was (7) ________. However, after a few weeks, people realized
something was (8) ________. The new robots could complete every task, but they
did not smile, comfort others, or understand human (9) ________.
Laurel knew she
would soon (10) ________. Instead of feeling sad, she spent her last days (11)
________ everyone. She visited hospitals, repaired houses, cleaned parks, and
planted hundreds of (12) ________.
On Laurel 's
final day, thousands of people (13) ________ to thank her. The mayor realized
that intelligence without (14) ________ could never create a better future. The
scientists redesigned the new robots using Laurel 's (15) ________ programming.
From then on,
every robot learned to (16) ________ for people. Green City became the (17)
________ city in the world.
Activity 2
Put the Events
in Order from 1–6.
|
Events |
Order |
|
Laurel helped
people during her last days. |
_____ |
|
Scientists
introduced new robots. |
_____ |
|
The mayor
realized kindness was important. |
_____ |
|
The
government replaced the old robots. |
_____ |
|
People
gathered to thank Laurel. |
_____ |
|
The new
robots learned to care for people. |
_____ |
Activity 3
Listen to the
story carefully. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What is the
main idea of the story?
2. Why is
Laurel an important character in the story?
3. How does the
story show that kindness is as important as intelligence?
4. Write the
main message of the story in one sentence.
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2150 |
2510 |
2105 |
2550 |
Clean city |
|
Smart city |
Green city |
Grey City |
fine |
find |
|
Kind |
kite |
scientists |
assistants |
students |
|
residents |
smaller |
stronger |
smarter |
slower |
|
Repair |
replace |
prepare |
surprise |
excited |
|
accepted |
expected |
exhausted |
fixing |
mixing |
|
missing |
messing |
feelings |
fillings |
dealings |
|
ceilings |
prepare |
disappear |
appear |
repair |
|
helping |
holding |
hoping |
healing |
trees |
|
threes |
streets |
frees |
guided |
greeted |
|
guarded |
gathered |
kindnesses |
kids |
kindly |
|
kindness |
emotional |
educational |
electrical |
exceptional |
|
chair |
share |
cheer |
care |
fair |
|
happiest |
heaviest |
hardest |
healthiest |
hungriest |


