In South Korea, many schools hire English teachers from abroad, but as you know, there are not so many English native teachers in South Korea. A team of engineers has created a robot that they hope will take the place of foreign teachers.

Robots will save money for schools. The cost to build a robot and hire a Filipino teacher to work with it is around＄20,000 a year. That is about half the cost of supporting a foreign teacher in South Korea.What's more,robot teachers can make students have more fun learning English.

The robot teacher is called Engkey. She is about one meter tall and is white, egg-shaped. She takes a screen as her face. She can move around her classroom while speaking to students, reading books to them and dancing to music by moving her head and arms.So this robot is more than a video screen on wheels. But Engkey’s voice is not her own. It is controlled by English teachers.With the help of the camera, English teachers in the Philippines can see and hear the students.

Engkey’s creators say that they don't know how successful the robot is as a teacher now. But they hope that someday all schools in South Korea will have a robot in the classroom.

1.According to Paragraph 1 there aren’t enough ________in South Korea.

A.great engineers B.foreign English teachers

C.English books D.smart robots

2.What are the advantages of robot teachers?

A.Save money for schools and make classes fun.

B.Save money for schools and hire a Filipino teacher.

C.Catch people's attention and make classes fun.

D.Catch people's attention and save money for schools.

3.What's the cost of hiring two English teachers from abroad in South Korea a year?

A.＄10,000. B.＄20,000. C.＄40,000. D.＄80,000.

4.Which one is NOT true about Engkey according to the passage?

A.She is white, egg-shaped and has a screen face.

B.She can speak and her voice is her own.

C.English teachers in the Philippines control her by using a camera.

D.She moves around the classroom on wheels.

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