Reconstruct the text “Turing’s test” into a dialogue.
The main rules governing a conversation in English:
The person who asks questions in a conversation usually controls it. Personal questions should be expressed tactfully.
Excuse me for asking.
I hope you don’t mind asking, but I’d like to know more about …
Could you tell me a bit more about …
Sorry, I don’t quite understand.
What (exactly) do you mean?
Can you explain it in more detail, please?
Excuse me, can I interrupt you for a moment?
Hold on, please.
Just a moment, please.
Don’t you agree that …
Sorry, could you say that again (please)?
Sorry, could you repeat that?
Oh, you know what I mean.
Can you guess what I said, etc.
Sure. I know. I see. Really. Right.
Fine. OK. Well. Exactly so. Quite.
That’s a very interesting question.
Well, let me see …
Excuse me, I’m afraid I have to be going now. It was really a pleasure to talk to you.
That’s very interesting, but I don’t think it’s really to the point.
4. Annotate the text in English. Use the phrases:
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a) The title of the article is...
| It is written by prof... and published in London in the
| journal..., No.3, vol.4, 2011
| on pp.3-10
| magazine..., No.3, vol.4, 2011
| collection of articles ... by... editorial house in 2011
| book ... by... editorial house in 2011
| b) The article... by prof... is published in the journal..., in N.Y., pp.5-10.
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a) The article
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| the problem of ...
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| | b) Disclosing the problem the author dwells on (upon) such matters as...
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| stresses, underlines, emphasises
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III.
a) As far as I am an expert in ... I
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| the article to be of some (great) interest for …
| believe
| suppose
| think
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| In my opinion
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5. Discuss the problems. The following phrases may be helpful:
I am confirmed in my opinion that…
I will start by saying that …
My own viewpoint is that…
It can (not) be denied that…
I can’t give you a definite answer yet…
As far as I am concerned…
I have reason to believe that…
A. Turing’s question “Can the machine think?” should be paraphrased: “How can humans use the machines to help themselves think or learn?”
A. Turing’s test still changes the imaginative people, because it is practical. Any other reason?
“We may hope that machines will eventually compete with man in all purely intellectual fields” (A.Turing, 1950.) Was Turing right?
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