software      artificial intelligence       agent      chatbot

4. This new driverless car really demonstrates ______ technology.

edge-cutting      cutting-edges      cut-edges      cutting-edge             

5. The local ______ was very different from what I had learnt at school so I couldn't understand what people were saying. 

vernacular      chatbot      brusque      chit-chat

答案 

 1. 阅读课文并回答问题。

 1. How do you communicate with a virtual assistant?

You talk to it / you use your voice.

2. Give an example of something, mentioned in this article, that this new technology can do for you.

They can book train tickets, give you the latest weather news or even tell you a joke.

3. True or false: We can talk to virtual assistants the same way we talk to our friends. 

False. Tom Hewitson, conversation designer, was quoted as saying "We will develop our own kind of vernacular for speaking with machines that will be subtly different from how we speak to other people.

4. Why does the author fear that we may eventually stop using our brains?

Because the new virtual assistants are able to think for themselves and make decisions.

5. Which verb used in the text means 'make something completely free from faults'?

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