Use the necessary words in the gaps

Vocabulary

Questions before watching the video

1. Do you know any films or TV-series about AI (artificial intelligence)?

2. Why art is an often topic in films and books about robots?

Topics to discuss after watching the video

1. How did Zima start his art career?

2. What odd thing appeared on one of his murals?

3. What act impressed even those who was not into arts?

4. What Zima’s action was taken as an extreme sacrifice for art?

5. What truth did Zima learn about cosmos?

6. Why was that swimming pool important?

7. Why did Zima decide to un-make himself?

What moment is the picture about?

Use the necessary words in the gaps

Each word should be used once

1. Some may suggest this poses a problem: the endless options are too ____________ (New York Times, August 1, 2019)

2. I felt so ____________ in it that I read it over a whole weekend (New Your Times, August 29, 2019)

3. Longlists for translations, poetry, nonfiction and fiction will be ____________ over the following four days (Seattle Times, September 16, 2019)

4. For now, I’ll swap tales with my exhausted friends who also present the face of loving ______________, even when they’re hanging on by a thread (Washington Post, August 22, 2019)

5. Kubrick and Clarke, convinced the moon was only the start, began to ____________ on a script together (Seattle Times, July 12, 2019)

6. The ceremonial bedding of newlyweds was a public ____________ for a royal court (Salon, September 16, 2019)

7. He and subsequent owners decorated the caves with ____________, including a tiger, a bear and a green hippopotamus (The Guardian, August 23, 2019)

8. If they decide to reboot Spider-Man again, it will be the fourth live-action ____________ of the character in roughly 20 years (Salon, August 21, 2019)

9. In “Ad Astra”, an adventure tale weighed down by the ____________ of masculinity, Brad Pitt plays an astronaut in flight (New York Times, September 19, 2019)

Use the necessary words in the gaps

Each word should be used once

1. Some may suggest this poses a problem: the endless options are too intimidating (New York Times, August 1, 2019)

2. I felt so immersed in it that I read it over a whole weekend (New Your Times, August 29, 2019)

3. Longlists for translations, poetry, nonfiction and fiction will be unveiled over the following four days (Seattle Times, September 16, 2019)

4. For now, I’ll swap tales with my exhausted friends who also present the face of loving sacrifice, even when they’re hanging on by a thread (Washington Post, August 22, 2019)

5. Kubrick and Clarke, convinced the moon was only the start, began to toil on a script together (Seattle Times, July 12, 2019)

6. The ceremonial bedding of newlyweds was a public spectacle for a royal court (Salon, September 16, 2019)

7. He and subsequent owners decorated the caves with murals, including a tiger, a bear and a green hippopotamus (The Guardian, August 23, 2019)

8. If they decide to reboot Spider-Man again, it will be the fourth live-action iteration of the character in roughly 20 years (Salon, August 21, 2019)

9. In “Ad Astra”, an adventure tale weighed down by the burdens of masculinity, Brad Pitt plays an astronaut in flight (New York Times, September 19, 2019)

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