Name: Learn to talk about new uses for drones in 6 minutes!
Uploaded: 2018-02-27T02:00:46.000Z
Duration: 6 min 37 s
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Rob: Hello I'm Rob and this is 6 Minute English -

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a programme that brings you an interesting topic,

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to help you improve your language skills.

Neil: Hello. And today we're discussing those pilotless

Rob: You mean drones. And yes, they are in the news

They've been used for many things from smuggling

drugs, detecting water leaks and surveillance.

Neil: And surveillance - that means 'the act

of carefully watching someone or something' -

perhaps a criminal - but also it means spying,

Rob: Well, before our discussion about that 'takes off',

we need to set today's question for you to answer, Neil.

And by that I don't mean 'flying a drone' -

I mean 'talking too much in a very boring way'!

Rob: Thanks Neil. Now just answer this, will you?

as UAVs. So, what does UAV stand for? Is it...

Rob: Ok well, we'll see if you're right later on.

which, apparently, seem to be everywhere now.

Neil: But are they safe and are they necessary?

I've heard about them being a hazard to aircraft

because they've been flown close to airports.

Rob: Well, figures in 2016 showed that in the UK

there were 70 near misses involving drones.

And that's more than double the year before.

Neil: Yes. And there's the potential risk

of people's privacy being invaded when a drone

is flown over their property with a camera attached to it.

Rob: Ah, but those cameras are also good at capturing

some great aerial footage - that's the film

recording of the view from the above the ground.

So they're not all bad. And Dr Yoge Patel would agree.

which supplies unmanned planes and drones.

Here she is speaking about drones on the BBC's

to be dangerous, agreed. They also have though,

on the flip side, the ability to be a game changer

in both domestic use and in military use.

for aircraft inspections. We've put our drones

Rob: So there you go Neil. There are many useful things

they have the ability to be a game changer.

Neil: And by that you mean 'something that

completely changes the way something is done

Rob: Yes. Her company has used drones to inspect

the inside of the damaged Fukishima nuclear

And another example of drones being a game changer

is UNICEF and the Malawian government testing drones

This could help save lives in remote places.

lifeguards are using drones to help rescue

Rob: And have you heard about a Japanese firm

that's planning to use a drone to force employees

out of their offices by playing music at them

Neil: I haven't, but you've convinced me -

I mean there's no limit to what they can do.

about how they are regulated or controlled.

Rob: Well Dr Yoge Patel says because the technology

is new, regulations - or legal controls -

Dr Yoge Patel: As technology progresses, regulation

and operational use needs to then be harmonised

with it. And we are, as a community, going through

Neil: So she talked about regulations being

Rob: So I think she means 'making regulations suitable

are being used for'. So they need some control,

but not so they can't be useful and effective.

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