Alex Vardakostas spent his childhood flipping (快速翻转) burgers at his parents’ restaurant in Southern California. It was, he recalls, a repetitive and uninteresting task.
Vardakostas said, “Making so many burgers every day, I realized that there must be a better product I can create to make food.” He helped develop the restaurant’s main attraction: a robot machine that makes “the world’s freshest cheeseburgers.”
The machine has already drawn big crowds. People want to see exactly how a robot makes a burger and whether it tastes good. The robot is 14-feet long and takes five minutes to make a burger from start to finish.
After seeing the robot in action, one customer, Evan, was almost speechless. “I knew that they could drive cars,” he said, “but I didn’t know that robots could make a complex delicious burger.”
The robot’s 350 sensors and 20 microcomputers help make sure that every burger is perfect. The materials are organic and locally sourced whenever possible, but the burgers are still affordable. Because a machine makes the burgers, the restaurant doesn’t have to pay kitchen staff. Employees focus on offering the customers good service.
Besides, the restaurant offers its employees higher pay than the ordinary standard in the food industry. Staff members are able to read books for five percent of their workday so that they can continue to learn. Money is allotted for books, and more educational opportunities are being planned.
For Evan, the most important thing is still the burger. “The restaurant’s is the perfect chef,” he said, “because a person can make mistakes but a robot can’t.”
4. More and more customers visit Alex’s restaurant to ________.
A.eat the cheapest cheeseburgers | B.experience food made by a robot |
C.watch how Alex flips burgers | D.learn from a robot to make food |
5. What did Alex think of his job of flipping burgers in the past?
A.Boring. | B.Interesting | C.Respectful | D.Surprising. |
6. What do we know about burgers made by the robot?
A.They aren’t sold at a high price. |
B.Each of them owns an ugly shape. |
C.They are equipped with sensors. |
D.They become popular with the people around the world. |
7. In Alex’s restaurant, employees ________.
A.can become rich in a short time | B.need to buy books for customers |
C.have to hand in their learning plans | D.can improve themselves by reading |