#5 Can you trust a smart speaker ?

Q : Do you have a smart speaker at home? 

A : Yes, I have. My smart speaker is Google Assistant. Although I didn't use it  very often, It can bring convenience to life when I used it.

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Q :  What is a smart speaker? 

A : A smart speaker is a device that can give the answers from the questions we ask, or it can  control some home appliance like playing music and switching the light.
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Q :  How does a smart speaker work? 

A : When a smart speaker listen to what we say and catch some key word, it works. Like the system setting instruction, it  search some data from Internet  or follow  the instructions we commend.

#4

#4 I think the Hyperloop can be realistic in the future. By putting it in a vacuum tube, it drastically reducing travel times, and these technologies are more efficient and they save energy. Although  the Hyperloop has not completed yet, and it has several unknown risks, but from small beginnings comes great things. I believe that it will have amazing results in the future.

#3 Transport of the future

1. prevalent：common at a particular time 流行的

    

  E.g. Flu is most prevalent during the winter months.

2. prototype ：the first form that a new design before it is produced 原型

  E.g. Pilots have begun testing a prototype of the new aircraft.

3. intervention：the act of becoming involved in situation in order to change what happens 干預.介入

  E.g. He opposed U.S. military intervention overseas.

4..far-fetched：extremely unlikely to be true or to happen 牽強

  E.g. The story seems to be far-fetched, yet it happened.

5. maglev：an advanced type of transport system in which a train travels on a magnetic track,

    often at very high speeds:  磁浮列車

  E.g. The prototype maglev has notched top speeds of 320 mph.

#2 Are the speaking and listening tasks difficult for you? What are the challenges you often face when you listen and speak in English?

It isn’t difficult for me to read aloud a short paragraph or a conversation, but It’s a little hard when I express my thought .

I was a little nervous when I was talking so that my mind's gone blank after I finished some simple sentence.

I feel that speaking is harder than listening when retell the story. I have taken note of the story when I was listening, but I couldn't description the story accurately. when I repeat the story with a simple vocabulary and omit some content, the details of the original story are omitted.

＃1 My new plan this year

This new semester is the beginning of my sophomore year. I want to prepare for the financial insurance related license. And I always stayed up late last semester, so I want to get into the habit of going to bed early. Hope I can improve myself whether in learning or in all aspects.