Prime Time 4, Workbook

An interview with a robotics professor Focus on form: Reported speech Turn the following sentences from Ally’s blog post into direct speech. 1. I told her that I was writing a post for my blog. “I am writing a post for my blog.” 2. She explained that she didn’t design such robots herself but that she experimented with the technology behind them. 3. Professor Holmlund told me that even a robot could be intelligent in some way. 4. She pointed out that a robot could do things on its own only with the help of special software. 5. The robotics professor told me that it could even remember where it had been. 6. In the end, she told me that today artificial intelligence could even teach itself. Reading: Meet iVac, your new vacuum cleaning robot Study the advert and underline the information below. 2 3 colours available how it finds its way around why animal owners love it who empties it iVac, your new vacuum cleaning robot, now comes in a brand new design in either black or black and red. It cleans deep into corners with our newly designed corner brush and lifts away all your cats’ and dogs’ hair. The iVac robot vacuum uses an optical sensor to collect over 230,400 reference points 1 per second to map your home and find the best way to clean every room. Plus, it empties its own bin, so you don’t have to think about vacuuming for weeks. 1 reference points – hier: Punkte in der Wohnung, an denen sich der Roboter orientieren kann iVac 16 3 Unit Intelligent machines sixteen Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv