8.9. Now renumber the robot types, 1–5 (1 = the most similar to humans; 5 = the simplest).
What type of work can each of the types be used for? Provide examples.
8.10. What can these robots do? Say what you think. What type of robot do they belong to?
8.11. Listen to different people talking about the robots to check your answers and number the photos in the order you hear about them.
8.12. Listen again and say which robot:
is fully automatic.
can reach 15 metres.
is an electronic pet.
has vacuum gripper feet.
is the solution for dirty windows.
is designed to save floor space.
The Complex Subject
Verbs and Word Groups
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The Complex Subject
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Translation
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Verb in the Passive:
to see, to hear,
to notice
to think, to consider,
to believe, to expect,
to suppose, to know
to order, to ask,
to offer, to tell,
to allow, to let,
to encourage, to make
to say, to report,
to announce
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An old man was seen to walk and play with AIBO like with a real dog.
Japanese engineers are believed to develop a new model of AIBO every year.
to be developing a new model of AIBO now.
to have developed AIBO as an electronic friend for old people.
A new model of AIBO is believed to be developed every year.
AIBO is believed to have been developed as an electronic friend for old people.
The designer was asked to demonstrate the capabilities of the new model of AIBO.
Japanese engineers are reported to develop a new model of AIBO every year.
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Видели, как пожилой человек гулял и играл …
Считается, что японские инженеры конструируют …
… сконструировали …
Считается, что новую модель конст-руируют …
… был сконструирован …
Разработчика попросили продемонстрировать …
Сообщают, что японские инженеры конструируют …
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Продолжение таблицы
Verbs and Word Groups
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The Complex Subject
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Translation
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Pairs of synonyms:
to seem/to appear,
to happen/to chance,
to prove/to turn out
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to be developing a new model of AIBO at the moment.
to have developed AIBO as an electronic friend for old people.
A new model of AIBO is reported to be developed every year.
AIBO is reported to have been developed as an electronic friend for old people.
The results of the work don’t seem to satisfy the researchers.
The researchers seemed to be satisfied with the results of their work.
The two scientists happen to be working on similar projects.
A group of first-year students turned out to have developed
the robot which won
the competition.
The robot which won the competition turned out to have been developed by a group of first-year students.
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… сконструировали …
Сообщают, что новую модель конструируют …
… был сконструирован …
Кажется, результаты работы не устраивают …
Казалось, исследователи были удовлетворены …
Эти двое ученых случайно работают …
Оказалось, что сту-денты первого кур-са сконструировали …
Оказалось, что робот был сконструирован …
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Окончание таблицы
Verbs and Word Groups
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The Complex Subject
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Translation
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Word groups:
to be likely,
to be unlikely,
to be sure/to be certain
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Electronic pets are not likely to replace real cats and dogs.
Real cats and dogs are unlikely to be replaced by electronic pets.
Engineers are likely to be developing robots for using in the home.
The designers are sure to have created the robot in order to test their theory.
The robot is certain to have been created in order to test some theory.
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Электронные домашние любимцы вряд ли заменят …
Живых кошек и со-бак вряд ли заменят ….
Инженеры, вероятно, конструируют …
Конструкторы наверняка создали …
Робот, несомненно, был создан …
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8.13. Which is right?
Robots are supposed to be used/to be using for doing boring or dangerous jobs.
Engineers seem to be working/to have worked on new types of robots that will help doctors perform surgical operations.
Robots are known to apply/to have been applied in industry for about 50 years.
Scientists are expected to develop/to be developed robotic parts of the body for disabled people.
The programmer proved to make/to have made a mistake, that is why the robot soldered the wires in the wrong way.
People are not likely to do/to have done any manual work at the highly automated factories of the future.
8.14. Replace the following complex sentences with simple sentences with the Complex Subject.
Model: The developers of the robot dog AIBO say that it understands the name you give it.
AIBO is said to understand the name you give it.
People consider that Japanese companies make the most advanced humanoid robots in the world.
Aerospace engineers expect that robots will successfully perform different tasks in space.
It is likely that the robot being developed by the researches of our laboratory will be used for eye surgery.
The journal reports that scientists imitated muscle structure and movement of an elephant's trunk in order to create a robotic arm capable of lifting heavy objects.
It appears that the scientists of this research institute are designing nanorobots for drug delivery.
It turned out that robots are extremely good at inserting integrated circuits onto printed circuit boards used in electronics.
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