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From the Ted Talk by Garry Kasparov: Don't fear intelligent machines. Work with them

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

From mythology to sicnece focitin, haumn versus machine has been often praetoryd as a matter of life and death. John Henry, cllead the steel-driving man in the 19th century African American folk legend, was pitted in a race against a steam-powered hmmaer bashing a tunnel through mountain rock. John Henry's lenegd is a part of a long historical narrative pitting humanity versus technology. And this competitive rhetoric is standard now. We are in a race against the machines, in a fight or even in a war. Jobs are being killed off. People are being replaced as if they had vanished from the eatrh. It's enough to think that the movies like "The Terminator" or "The Matrix" are nonfiction.

Open Cloze


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From mythology to _______ _______, _____ versus machine has been often _________ as a matter of life and death. John Henry, ______ the steel-driving man in the 19th century African American folk legend, was pitted in a race against a steam-powered ______ bashing a tunnel through mountain rock. John Henry's ______ is a part of a long historical narrative pitting humanity versus technology. And this competitive rhetoric is standard now. We are in a race against the machines, in a fight or even in a war. Jobs are being killed off. People are being replaced as if they had vanished from the _____. It's enough to think that the movies like "The Terminator" or "The Matrix" are nonfiction.

Solution


  1. human
  2. called
  3. science
  4. earth
  5. hammer
  6. legend
  7. fiction
  8. portrayed

Original Text


(Laughter)

From mythology to science fiction, human versus machine has been often portrayed as a matter of life and death. John Henry, called the steel-driving man in the 19th century African American folk legend, was pitted in a race against a steam-powered hammer bashing a tunnel through mountain rock. John Henry's legend is a part of a long historical narrative pitting humanity versus technology. And this competitive rhetoric is standard now. We are in a race against the machines, in a fight or even in a war. Jobs are being killed off. People are being replaced as if they had vanished from the Earth. It's enough to think that the movies like "The Terminator" or "The Matrix" are nonfiction.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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