hard boring job.

difficult specialised work.

easy pleasant task.

interesting dynamic activity.

"robots" (l.15).

"as much as" (l.16-17).

"humans" (l.16).

"resemble" (l.16).

waiting.

watching.

waving.

hoping.

it is not believed that robots might be used as servants.

there is a restaurant in London where robots can utter a sentence.

robots won't ever replace human beings.

robots will be up to any kind of job.

Pepe stands for mobile personal pet.

in due course of time, Pepe will replace peoples parents.

robotic pets can do some of the things you want them to do.

robotic pets need the same kind of care as ordinary dogs.

robots will substitute for men as companions.

a robotic dog can do the same actions as an ordinary dog.

a robotic dog is an example of how future pets can be.

robotic dogs can answer back to human talking.

in years to come, robots are thought to do some of the domestic tasks.

researchers are sure that robots will do all the domestic chores.

robots will solely perform house cleaning.

robots will be fed by dirty insects.

future robots will no longer remind us of humans at all.

present robots look entirely like human beings.

in the future, robots won't be so much alike humans as they look today.

today, robots resemble the humans as they will in the future.

it is easy to foresee precisely the year when robots will become smaller.

as computers are getting smaller, so are robots.

only in recent years has industry started using robots.

changes in computers will take place this evening.

What we dreamt about computers in the past will be a reality in the future.

Gregory Dudek teaches computer science at the high school level.

The first computers were rather convenient.

Nowadays, computers are not as small as they used to be in the past.

is yet to be seen.

haven't seen yet.

have already seen.

have seen a moment ago.

As to gift giving, practices in Japan and China are entirely similar.

In China and in Japan, to give presents is something rather important.

If you are invited to a Japanese home, you'd better take a gift sometimes.

In China and in Japan, to give gifts used to be a way to provide a convenient excuse.

to be afraid.

to be conscious.

to be worried.

to be used to.

an interrogative-negative form.

a negative form.

an interrogative form.

an inversion after a negative adverb.

The scene takes place in a western country.

The clock was given by a Chinese.

Six dark-haired people can be seen in the picture.

People are standing up.

gift giving is one of the key items to be taught only in China.

the nature of the gift is the most crucial concern one ought to consider while choosing a present to be given to someone.

at first, the Chinese woman did not recognize she was making a mistake.

it is important to avoid giving umbrellas in Australia.

teaching-learning a foreign language should come together with becoming acquainted with its culture.

culture should be a universal dogma so as to avoid misunderstandings among people.

peoples from Asia and from the New Continent share the same cultural background.

Chinese and Australian people may make similar mistakes concerning gift giving.

the Chinese woman put the gift aside because she was not particularly fond of it.

birthday gifts must always be opened in the privacy of one's own home.

in China, people are not supposed to open up gifts.

the Chinese woman was expected to unwrap the present in front of her Australian friend.

an Australian friend had invited her.

an Australian friend invited her.

an Australian friend has invited her.

an Australian friend was going to invite her.