Solving the Servant Problem - 11

New vocabulary：Prognosticate, Matron and Automaton

Original paragraph：The worlds of science-fiction abound with wonders. Yet modern technology progresses so rapidly that what may be today’s wild dream may be next year’s kitchen appliance. A British scientist has prognosticate that within ten years every suburban matron will have her own robot servant. One task this domesticated automaton will not have to contend with will be scouring the oven because even today the newest range can be “programmed” to reduce their own baked-on regime to easily disposed of ashes.

Prognosticate v. Predict or foretell a future event

Matron n. An older married woman

Automaton n. A robot, a mechanical person

Paragraph Paraphrase: We may find wonders in science fictions. Due to today’s advance technology, something we imagine widely could easily be turned into tomorrow’s utensils that we use in the kitchen. According to a prediction by a British scientist, within 10 years every house wife in Britain will have her own robot. One of the jobs that the robot won’t need to do is to scouring the oven, due to most the ovens have already be programmed to reduce their own baked-on regime to easily disposed of ashes.