Lesson 9
(Part 1 & 2)
Lesson 9
(Part 3 & 4)
Lesson 10
(Part 1 & 2)
Lesson 10
(Part 3 & 4)
Shimizu Sensei
Fun Facts
100

The name of the old woman in the nursing home.

Who is Mrs. Smith?

100

There is a dispute between these two individuals.

Who are the salesperson and the customer?

100

People based calendars on this celestial body.

What is the moon?

100

These planets have a gravitational influence on Earth.

What is Jupiter and Saturn?

100

Shimizu Sensei's favorite food are these pan-fried dumplings filled with meat and vegetables. 

What is gyoza?

200

They help Mrs. Smith take her blood pressure.

Who are a pair of robots? or Who are two robots?

200

These are a type of task, like paperwork and cleaning, that require precision and efficiency.

What are routine tasks?

200

This planet produces fast winds of up to 480 kilometers an hour.

What is Jupiter?

200

This is the degree of the Earth's axis that it rotates on now.

What is 23.4 degrees?

200

These cute marine mammals are Shimizu Sensei's favorite animal. (Picture)

What are seals?

300

It refers to simulating human intelligence using a computer.

What is artificial intelligence? or What is AI?

300

Robots are not suited for these emotional jobs.

What is a counselor or a teacher? or What are jobs that require empathy?

300

It made the first successful human-crewed lunar landing in 1969.

What is Apollo 11?

300

Getting warmer and colder, a shift on Earth's axis would impact this on the planet.

What is the Earth's climate?

300

"Bonjour" and "Merci" are common phrases said in this language that Shimizu Sensei can speak.

What is French?
400

Robots are able to make people cooperate with them by displaying this emotion. 

What is displaying empathy?

400

If we rely on robots too much, humans might be bad at this talking skill.

What is communicating?

400

The Earth has high and low tides because of this process.

What is a gravitational pull?

400

Earth would get struck by more of these, like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

What are meteors?

400

Located in Fuchu, Shimizu Sensei attended this university that focuses on courses in foreign languages, international studies, and cultural studies.


What is TUFS? or What is Tokyo University of Foreign Studies?

500

This is a new approach in which robots act like people. 

What is human-agent interaction? or What is HAI?

500

Robots can improve lives by playing this role between two people arguing.

What is resolving disputes? or What is mediating a dispute?

500

Without the Moon, this feature of the Earth would cause fierce winds and violent oceans.

What is the Earth's spin?

500

Each hemisphere would spend roughly half the year in sunlight and the other half in darkness in this condition.

What is an angle of 90 degrees? or What is the Earth is turned on its side?

500

Shimizu Sensei's favorite place she has travelled to are these islands known for its clean beaches and sparkling blue waters nearby the cities of Okayama, Takamatsu, Hiroshima, and Kobe.

Where are the Setouchu Islands?

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