Goodies News
• Photos: Internet, Sing Tao Daily
G06-07
Wednesday 13 November 2013
Andrew
Japan builds a robot that always wins against humans
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New turf for Hong Kong Stadium
Special team created to oversee pitch maintenance
The robot wins the game not by prediction but by high-speed
recognition and reaction. It takes the robot just one millisecond to
recognise the shape of a human hand and choose a winning move.
“E
XTREMELY poor” were the words
used to describe the turf at
Hong Kong Stadium. Tottenham
Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas was in the city
four months ago for the Premier League Asia Trophy
competition when he said this. Ever since, Hong Kong
Stadium has become a synonym for a bad football
stadium.
(From left) Dora Fu Ha-man, Raymond Young Lap-moon, Betty Fung Ching
Suk-yee give their findings on improving HK Stadium.
(Sing Tao Daily)
Knowledge
Premier League Asia Trophy
This football competition is held in Asia every two years as a
pre-season tournament. It began in 2003 and has been held in
Malaysia, mainland China and Hong Kong twice.
Vocabulary
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department will
also form a team to give advice on the maintenance
of all the natural turf pitches the department manages
in the city.
Hong Kong Stadium is the only sport venue for
major sports events. The top priority will be to
maintain the pitch quality by avoiding hiring out the
stadium for events during the rainy season.
entire (adj) 整個的
drainage (n) 排水系統
turf (n) 草皮
synonym (n) 同義字
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a synonym for …
The government took the issue seriously and
an expert group was formed in August. Working
together with the government, the expert group has
suggested replacing the entire soil structure, the turf
and the drainage system. It also recommended the
installation of growth lights and advanced ventilation
systems to promote healthy turf development.
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a word with nearly the same meaning as
another word in the same language…
• Money is a synonym for power.
• Tommy is a naughty boy. He has become a
synonym for a brat.
It can see the shape and respond with a winning move so quickly
that the human eyes can never detect it.
Janken recognises the hand shapes for the rock-paperscissors game.
(Internet)
Exercise
Multiple Choice
Circle the correct answer.
1. Which Hong Kong landmark is
being renovated?
A. Hong Kong Stadium
B. Museum of History
C. Hong Kong Airport
2. Who is Andre Villas-Boas?
A. the manager of Manchester
United
B. the manager of Manchester City
C. the manager of Tottenham
Hotspur
ventilation (n) 通風
priority (n) 優先
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Did You Know?
How much is needed to
renovate the Hong Kong
Stadium?
O one can beat the Janken robot in the rock-paper-scissors
game. The robot was developed by Japanese scientists and
is programmed to win against a human every time.
The government
estimates that the
work will take about
nine months and will
cost no more than
HK$100 million.
The system of recognition and reaction is the basis of artificial
intelligence, the computer system used to make intelligent robots.
Scientists have been refining the technology and Japan is a pioneer
in robot technology.
3. Which department is in charge of the
renovation?
A. The Leisure and Cultural Services
Department
B. Independent Commission of Anti
Corruption
C. The University of Tokyo
4. What can the Janken robot do?
A. predicts human actions
B. recognise and respond to human actions
C. remember human actions
Crossword
Write the answers in the crossword.
1. The government has set up an
_____ panel to observe Hong Kong
Stadium’s renovation.
2. The ____ robot can recognise and
respond to human actions.
3. Japan is a ____ in robot research.
4. The ____ of the stadium has to be
replaced.
Answers on G12
Go to http://stedu.stheadline.com/eng-p
to listen to the news story and download the worksheet
(Click 'Teacher's Corner' for the worksheet)
5. Who created the Janken robot?
A. Chinese scientists
B. American scientists
C. Japanese scientists
Challenge
prediction (n) 預言
pioneer (n) 先驅
Learning Card
Did You Know?
What is a rock-paperscissors game?
Players simultaneously
form one of three
shapes with hands.
Scissors beats paper,
paper beats rock and
rock beats scissors.