Unit 9 Представьте, что вы разговариваете с компьютером
Кто знает, что будущее может принести нам!
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Fancy Speaking to a Computer
We are at the International Exhibition "Electronic Engineering and Control Equipment".
Russell Brundon
Computers, computers!
They're applied in weather forecasting, medicine, manufacturing and research.
Win Lynn
The production lines will soon hardly need people.
They'll become completely automatic.
Kate Pagan
Artificial intelligence!
An electronic brain!
Who could have believed it a century ago!
Steve McQueen
Nevertheless, the computer is a data storage system created by man.
Win Lynn
You're quite right.
A human tells the machine what to do, when to do it and how it should be done.
Steve McQueen
There's no magic involved.
The machine is programmed to process data fast and accurately.
I wish I had more of them in my lab.
Shirley Pearl
How could they help you?
Steve McQueen
They would do a lot of useful operations: they'd do calculations, they'd keep records of our financial affairs, they'd create diagrams and drawings, they'd process the results of our experiments.
Win Lynn
As a matter of fact computers do save a lot of energy and time.
Mona Doan
We'll soon have to change our ideas of the world.
Age of personal computers has come.
Kate Pagan
What would you like your personal computer to do?
Russell Brundon
If I could afford one I'd like it to help me with different kinds of writing chores.
Shirley Pearl
Fancy speaking to a computer!
Russell Brundon
Why not!
Let's have a look round.
(The group sees and hears a lot of ads. Every firm advertises its product.)
Russell Brundon
Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, set your imagination free!
Here's a creature... er... an object...
Voice (it's neither a man's nor a woman's)
Let's have a talk.
Mona Doan
I'm ready.
Voice
What university did you graduate from?
Mona Doan
I'm an Oxford graduate.
Voice
Do you earn a high salary?
Mona Doan
I'd rather not answer that question.
Voice
Would you like to find a better job?
Mona Doan
No, I wouldn't. I'm quite satisfied.
I enjoy the job I am doing.
Voice
Do you expect any promotion?
Mona Doan
No, not at present.
Voice
Do you think you can manage a factory or a farm?
Mona Doan
Oh, no, I'm not sure I could manage such a position.
Voice
Why not? Where there's a will there's a way.
Wesley West
Unbelievable!
I'd rather have a smoke if you don't mind.
Could you give me a light?
Kate Pagan
Well, we've just heard the voice of a robot designed and assembled by our friend, the engineer.
(Our engineer is surrounded by pressmen)
Pressmen
Can I have a word with you?
You don't mind if I take a photo of your machine, do you?
Steve McQueen
It's beyond me.
A speaking machine and our modest friend!
Kate Pagan
Nothing surprising about it really!
He's a Nobel prize winner!
Wesley West
And you kept it a secret?
Kate Pagan
Why, no!
This is something I've learnt just now.
Bernard Berg
That's news to everybody!
Mona Doan
I wish I had known it before.
Kate Pagan
Still waters run deep!
Russell Brundon
If I had known it before I'd have interviewed the Nobel prize winner.
I'd have taken a photo of him. I could have written an article about him.
Mona Doan
It's never too late.
Shirley Pearl
Most astonishing!
Anyway I have seen robots do housework.
Nora North
I have seen them cook.
Kate Pagan
I have watched them assemble devices at plants.
Bernard Berg
I've heard them compose music.
Maurice Morgan
I've watched them play chess.
Dulcie Dutchman
I have even seen robots explore the Moon.
But I've never heard a robot speak before!
Russell Brundon
Have you ever seen a robot look into your eyes?
Tony Dakota
Have you ever felt one touch your hand?
Shirley Pearl
I haven't experienced it so far. Have you?
Russell Brundon
Who knows what the future may bring us!
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Fancy Speaking to a Computer
We are at the International Exhibition "Electronic Engineering and Control Equipment".
Russell Brundon
Computers, computers!
They're applied in weather forecasting, medicine, manufacturing and research.
Win Lynn
The production lines will soon hardly need people.
They'll become completely automatic.
Kate Pagan
Artificial intelligence!
An electronic brain!
Who could have believed it a century ago!
Steve McQueen
Nevertheless, the computer is a data storage system created by man.
Win Lynn
You're quite right.
A human tells the machine what to do, when to do it and how it should be done.
Steve McQueen
There's no magic involved.
The machine is programmed to process data fast and accurately.
I wish I had more of them in my lab.
Shirley Pearl
How could they help you?
Steve McQueen
They would do a lot of useful operations: they'd do calculations, they'd keep records of our financial affairs, they'd create diagrams and drawings, they'd process the results of our experiments.
Win Lynn
As a matter of fact computers do save a lot of energy and time.
Mona Doan
We'll soon have to change our ideas of the world.
Age of personal computers has come.
Kate Pagan
What would you like your personal computer to do?
Russell Brundon
If I could afford one I'd like it to help me with different kinds of writing chores.
Shirley Pearl
Fancy speaking to a computer!
Russell Brundon
Why not!
Let's have a look round.
(The group sees and hears a lot of ads. Every firm advertises its product.)
Russell Brundon
Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, set your imagination free!
Here's a creature... er... an object...
Voice (it's neither a man's nor a woman's)
Let's have a talk.
Mona Doan
I'm ready.
Voice
What university did you graduate from?
Mona Doan
I'm an Oxford graduate.
Voice
Do you earn a high salary?
Mona Doan
I'd rather not answer that question.
Voice
Would you like to find a better job?
Mona Doan
No, I wouldn't. I'm quite satisfied.
I enjoy the job I am doing.
Voice
Do you expect any promotion?
Mona Doan
No, not at present.
Voice
Do you think you can manage a factory or a farm?
Mona Doan
Oh, no, I'm not sure I could manage such a position.
Voice
Why not? Where there's a will there's a way.
Wesley West
Unbelievable!
I'd rather have a smoke if you don't mind.
Could you give me a light?
Kate Pagan
Well, we've just heard the voice of a robot designed and assembled by our friend, the engineer.
(Our engineer is surrounded by pressmen)
Pressmen
Can I have a word with you?
You don't mind if I take a photo of your machine, do you?
Steve McQueen
It's beyond me.
A speaking machine and our modest friend!
Kate Pagan
Nothing surprising about it really!
He's a Nobel prize winner!
Wesley West
And you kept it a secret?
Kate Pagan
Why, no!
This is something I've learnt just now.
Bernard Berg
That's news to everybody!
Mona Doan
I wish I had known it before.
Kate Pagan
Still waters run deep!
Russell Brundon
If I had known it before I'd have interviewed the Nobel prize winner.
I'd have taken a photo of him. I could have written an article about him.
Mona Doan
It's never too late.
Shirley Pearl
Most astonishing!
Anyway I have seen robots do housework.
Nora North
I have seen them cook.
Kate Pagan
I have watched them assemble devices at plants.
Bernard Berg
I've heard them compose music.
Maurice Morgan
I've watched them play chess.
Dulcie Dutchman
I have even seen robots explore the Moon.
But I've never heard a robot speak before!
Russell Brundon
Have you ever seen a robot look into your eyes?
Tony Dakota
Have you ever felt one touch your hand?
Shirley Pearl
I haven't experienced it so far. Have you?
Russell Brundon
Who knows what the future may bring us!