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UNIT 1 SCIENCE FICTION
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. Recently it had begun experimenting with a household robot. It was going to be tested1______ by Larry's wife. Claire.
Claire didn't want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be away on a business trip2.翻译___________ for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn't harm her or allow her to be harmed. It would be a bonus. However when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed. His name was Tony. He seemed more like a human 3______ a machine. He was tall and handsome with 4smooth 翻译_________hair and a deep voice, although his 5_______(face) expression never changed.
On the second morning. Tony brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing. She felt 6____________(embarrass) and quickly told him to go. Now she was being looked after by a robot that looked so human, and it was 7________(disturb).
One day, Claire mentioned that she didn’t think she was clever. Tony said that she must feel very unhappy to say that. Claire thought it was 8荒唐的__________ that she was being offered sympathy by a robot, but she gradually admired his 9______(wise) and integrity and began to trust him. He always treated her with dignity. She told him how she was unhappy that her home wasn't 10足够雅致____________ for Larry, who wanted to improve his social position with a bigger salary. She 11不像_________ Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful women around.
As a favour, Tony promised 12_________( help) Claire make herself more beautiful and her home 13______________( elegant). So Claire borrowed some library books for him to read, 14更确切地说________________, scan. She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page. How absurd. she thought. He was just a machine.
Tony gave Claire a new hairstyle and improved her makeup. As he was not allowed to 15陪同__________ her to the shops, he wrote out a list of things that he wo