module 6 LISTENING COMMUNICATION AN INTERVIEW WITH CYB026M Cyb026M is a highly complex android robot and Thomas Anderson from Science and technology has interviewed him for us. Listen to the interview and fill in the blanks with the missing parts of the sentences, choosing them from the box below. Especially about politics and economics This means you ve got emotions for a working mother who has to stay out all day long I m connected to the Internet and I automatically search for exactly do you mean by male? some overheating problems he s a kind of a misogynist but he needs company I was ok in a couple of hours. by the way are you a Mr ? you know emotions, feelings, wishes, fears. Interviewer: Good afternoon Mr , oh sorry (1) ..................................................................... .. Cyb026M: Don t worry about it, a lot of you humans make mistakes. Yes, I m a male robot. I.: A male robot, I see... But what (2)..................................................................... .. Cyb026M: I mean we can be programmed to reflect the basic features of either a woman s or a man s personality, (3)........................................................................................... .. I.: I see. And according to what criteria do humans choose a he-robot rather than a she-robot? Cyb026M: They can need a replacement (4)........................................................................................... .. , someone to talk to because they feel alone, lots of old ladies choose a he-robot, isn t it odd? Some rather aged and unmarried men choose a she-robot in the place of the wife they do not have. I.: Is your human owner a man or a woman? Cyb026M: Oh Mr. Quirk is a real gentleman but he can t stand women, (5).................................. .............. ............................................. , like you humans do, so he bought me a couple of months ago. I.: How do you spend your time with him? Cyb026M: Oh, we talk a lot. (6)........................................................................................... .. because he is a real expert in those topics. He worked as a columnist for an important financial newspaper. I.: But, sorry, how can you know about these subjects? Cyb026M: That s because (7)......................................................................................... .. the stuff I need there. I.: That s fantastic! Have you ever had maintenance problems? Cyb026M: Once I had (8)........................................................................................... .. . It was that time when Mr. Quirk s sister came here with her new she-robot Cyb026F. But I feature an automatic self-recovery system and (9)........................................................................................... .. I.: You got overheated because of a she-robot Cyb026M: You should have seen her I.: (10) ........................................................................................... .. Cyb026M: Of course I have! Don t you? 250