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From the Ted Talk by Marco Tempest: And for my next trick, a robot

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Marco Tempest: But these robots were not real. They were not intelligent. They were iusloilns, a clever cotnimibaon of mechanical engineering and the dintevceespes of the conjurer's art. EDI is different. EDI is real.

EDI: I am 176 centimeters tall.

MT: He weighs 300 pounds.

EDI: I have two seven-axis arms —

MT: Core of sensing —

EDI: A 360-degree sonar detection system, and come complete with a warranty.

MT: We love robots.

EDI: Hi. I'm EDI. Will you be my friend?

MT: We are intrigued by the possibility of creating a mechanical version of ourselves. We build them so they look like us, behave like us, and think like us. The peercft rboot will be indistinguishable from the human, and that scares us. In the first sroty about robots, they turn against their creaotrs. It's one of the leitmotifs of science fiction.

Open Cloze


Marco Tempest: But these robots were not real. They were not intelligent. They were _________, a clever ___________ of mechanical engineering and the _____________ of the conjurer's art. EDI is different. EDI is real.

EDI: I am 176 centimeters tall.

MT: He weighs 300 pounds.

EDI: I have two seven-axis arms —

MT: Core of sensing —

EDI: A 360-degree sonar detection system, and come complete with a warranty.

MT: We love robots.

EDI: Hi. I'm EDI. Will you be my friend?

MT: We are intrigued by the possibility of creating a mechanical version of ourselves. We build them so they look like us, behave like us, and think like us. The _______ _____ will be indistinguishable from the human, and that scares us. In the first _____ about robots, they turn against their ________. It's one of the leitmotifs of science fiction.

Solution


  1. combination
  2. perfect
  3. robot
  4. illusions
  5. deceptiveness
  6. creators
  7. story

Original Text


Marco Tempest: But these robots were not real. They were not intelligent. They were illusions, a clever combination of mechanical engineering and the deceptiveness of the conjurer's art. EDI is different. EDI is real.

EDI: I am 176 centimeters tall.

MT: He weighs 300 pounds.

EDI: I have two seven-axis arms —

MT: Core of sensing —

EDI: A 360-degree sonar detection system, and come complete with a warranty.

MT: We love robots.

EDI: Hi. I'm EDI. Will you be my friend?

MT: We are intrigued by the possibility of creating a mechanical version of ourselves. We build them so they look like us, behave like us, and think like us. The perfect robot will be indistinguishable from the human, and that scares us. In the first story about robots, they turn against their creators. It's one of the leitmotifs of science fiction.

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Important Words


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  43. weighs