Learn English with a Sci-Fi Story: The Lonely Robot (Slow Listening)
A sci-fi story about a lonely robot to practice your English listening.
📝 Transcript
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Each day, he cleaned the same places again and again.
The people went away a long time ago.
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📖 Vocabulary
Key vocabulary from this episode with part of speech, meaning, and example sentences. Practice along with the video above.
a large structure in space where people can live and work
Astronauts live on the space station for months.
having nothing inside; also feeling like something is missing
The room was empty and quiet.
| Word | Type | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| robot | noun | a machine that can do tasks automatically | The robot cleaned the entire building. |
| space station | noun | a large structure in space where people can live and work | Astronauts live on the space station for months. |
| lonely | adjective | feeling sad because you are alone | She felt lonely in the new city. |
| photograph | noun | a picture taken with a camera | This is my favorite photograph of my family. |
| empty | adjective | having nothing inside; also feeling like something is missing | The room was empty and quiet. |
| landed | verb | arrived on the ground (past tense of land) | The airplane landed safely. |
| anymore | adverb | not now; no longer (or: from this point on) | I'm not alone anymore. |
| built | verb | made or constructed (past tense of build) | The house was built in 1990. |
✏️ Exercises
Test your understanding with fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice questions. Click "Check" to see the answer.
Unit-7 was ___ to clean a space station. (made/constructed)
Unit-7 felt ___. (like something was missing)
One morning, a small ship ___ on the station. (arrived)
The humans had left many years ___. (in the past)
Unit-7 picked up the ___ and kept it. (picture taken with a camera)
I'm not alone ___. (from this point on)
What did Unit-7 find on the floor?
What does 'lonely' mean?
What was Unit-7's job?
What does the photograph show?
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