🎧 Listen to today’s story
📚 Key Words
| Word | Meaning | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| robot | A machine that can do work or move by itself. | 机器人 |
| tiny | Very small in size. | 极小的 |
| shape | The form of something, like a circle or a square. | 形状 |
| expensive | Something that costs a lot of money. | 昂贵的 |
| explorer | Someone or something that travels to a place to learn about it. | 探测器/探险者 |
| ground | The solid surface of the earth or moon. | 地面 |
| cave | A large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground. | 洞穴 |
| machine | A piece of equipment with moving parts that does a job. | 机器 |
📖 Read the story
Scientists in Japan made a very small robot. Its name is SORA-Q. This robot is tiny. It is the same size as a baseball. It is very light and looks like a round toy. When it landed on the moon, it changed its shape. It opened up and used its sides like wheels. The little robot moved on the dusty ground for 90 minutes. SORA-Q has two cameras. It took many photos of the moon. Most space robots are very big and expensive. They are often the size of a car. But SORA-Q is cheap and easy to send to space. It can also go into small caves where big robots cannot fit. This tiny explorer helps us learn many new things about the moon. SORA-Q shows that small robots can do a great job. Would you like to build a moon robot?
✏️ Answer the questions
1. Where was the robot SORA-Q made?
- A.In China
- B.In Japan
- C.In America
- D.In England
2. SORA-Q is about the same size as a…
- A.car
- B.house
- C.baseball
- D.desk
3. What did the robot do when it landed on the moon?
- A.It went to sleep.
- B.It changed its shape.
- C.It flew back to Earth.
- D.It grew much bigger.
4. Why is SORA-Q better than some big robots?
- A.It is very heavy.
- B.It is more expensive.
- C.It is cheaper and easier to send.
- D.It has no cameras.
5. Where can SORA-Q go that big robots cannot?
- A.Into the ocean
- B.Into the sun
- C.Inside small caves
- D.To the stars