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IT TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY

The art of cooking requires the use of garlic. Of course, the garlic eating is not generally approved of. Working beside someone who has eaten garlic is as bad as sitting beside someone who smokes. But while smoking is definitely bad for you, there is no doubt that eating garlic is good for the health. We are likely to see more «No smoking» signs, but we won't see any «No breath­ing» signs for garlic eaters! Cultivating and exporting garlic has become big business now that so many people use it for flavoring meat and adding to different dishes. People often buy it when they do the shopping. You don't have to deny using it or having eaten it. Being a garlic eater is something to be proud of and shows you enjoy good living. The story of garlic is a breathtaking success!

Robots in Perspective

The idea of creating an intelligent machine is very old. Homer described gold girls, mechanical helpers built by Hephaistos, the Greek god of smiths. In 1495, Leonardo da Vinci designed a mechanical man. But only the invention of transistors and integrated circuits in the 1950s and 1960s made real robots possible. Compact, reliable electronics and computers added brains to already existing machines. In 1959, researchers demonstrated the possibility of robotic, in manufacturing of ashtrays.

The Czech word 'robota', meaning hard work, was first used by the writer Karel Chapek in the story where robots are invented to help people by per­forming simple tasks, but being used to fight wars, they turn on their human masters and take over the world.

There's no precise definition of a robot. It is normally defined as a pro­grammable machine imitating an intelligent creature. Getting information from its surroundings and doing something physical (moving or manipulating objects) qualify a machine as a robot.

Name a boring or dangerous job. Somewhere, a robot is probably doing it. Robots are ideal for doing jobs that require repetitive, precise and fast move­ments. Robots are good at doing the same thing without asking for a safe working environment, salary, breaks, food and sleep, without getting bored or tired, without making mistakes. Factories are so highly automated that most human workers carry out only supervising and maintaining the robots.

1. What intelligent machines existed in the history of humanity?

2. How can you define the term "robot"?

3. What jobs are robots ideal for?

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