Watch the video below. I recommend you watch it full screen, carefully reading the pop out notes that appear during the film.
Sight from Robot Genius on Vimeo.
Before watching consider the following phrases:
- -Oh, gee?!= Как бы не так! Ты уверен? Ага, как же!
- -to go on a date=идти на свидание
- -It is bullshit=это все фигня
- - a patch=a small set of instructions to correct or improve a computer program
- - an app=an application =компьютерное приложение, программа --> a dating app =приложение, помогающее при свидании
- -to work up smth= разрабатывать, придавать законченный вид
- - a junkie=наркоман
- - a creep=несносный, отвратительный тип, подонок
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Watch it over again, prepare answers to the questions:
- What, do you think, the video is going to be about?
- How does Patrick start his morning?
- What makes his exercises exciting and saves him from routine work outs?
- How much does he score to achieve level 3?
- What information does the application provide on the contents of the fridge?
- How can we learn to cook with the help of the sight app? Explain on Patrick’s example. Use: to cut accurately-точно, along a dotted line –по пунктирной линии, to score… points in accuracy-набирать …баллов за точность, to miss the mark-промахиваться
- What kind of TV does he watch?
- What reminder does he get? Answer, using: to remind smb about a date =напомнить кому-то о свидании
- How does he choose his attire? What garments does he finally put on?
- How does he spend time waiting for his date? Answer, using: constellations=созвездия
- What does he explain about his sports jacket to the girl and why does he linger at the beginning of the explanation?
- How does the software assign the high level of difficulty to this dating? Answer, using: to measure smb’s heartbeat.
- What forecast does Daphne make about the outcome of the date?
- How is she going to save the date in his memory? Under what tag?
- What makes him even more pessimistic about the success of the meeting? Answer, using: vegetarian, anxiety,
- How does the app help him out?
- Does the girl manage to impress him with her marathon running achievements? Why? Answer, using: unlike her, he has hit level… in this marathon.
- What should a guy do to win a girl over, according to the software’s prompts to Patrick?
- What happened to Daphna when she was jogging? Answer, using: to crash
- Did he believe her? How did he check the veracity of her story? Answer, using: to run the app's patch
- How does he increase his credit? Answer, using: to work up the last patch
- What has she heard about his company in the news? Answer, using: to manipulate
- What does the application instruct him to do when the girl raised the issue of people’s sight manipulation? Answer, using: suggest him changing the subject of the conversation.
- What was the program’s final prompt when Daphna displayed sufficient drunkenness and fancy for him? Answer, using: going with the flow and wrap it up.
- What did he suggest her?
- When she comes to his place what does she make of it?
- Why does she become indignant? Answer, using: a dating app, that allows ..ing through the function of ..
- How does she call him?
- What does she hurry to go away? Answer, using: to realize, to manipulate, to win her heart over by…
- Does she manage to escape? Why? Answer, using: to access smb’s profile, to wipe smb's short-term memory.
- According to the video, who will rule the world in the future?
- How will people benefit from such a technology?
- What harm can such software do to humans?
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