Spanish Tutor Andrés
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Humans Recently my student Jan from England recommended me to see a new series called Humans. I’ve been hooked on it since then! At first I wasn’t that sure if it would be my cup of tea since I’ve never really been interested in robots, but I gave it a whirl and it was great! The story is set in London in a not-too-distant future where some families can afford to have highly-developed robots (called synths) that are virtually identical to humans. We’re presented with a family where the wife highly refuses to have one of these robots, not only because it costs an arm and a leg, but also because the children could be somewhat confused and it would create a negative parent-child relationship. The husband manages to get one, without consulting his wife though, and it turns out to be a synth that looks like a (very beautiful) young woman. When she gets home she’s thrown off balance by its presence and she quickly notices that there’s something wrong with Anita (that’s how the children named it). The synth seems to be on the blink although the wife is the only one who realises about it at first. The wife soon starts feeling displaced and cast off but the husband refuses to take it (Anita) back!
Jul 28, 2015 12:41 PM
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Humans

Recently my student Jan from England recommended me to see that I should watch a new series called Humans.

 

I’ve been hooked on it since then! - Perfect!  A really natural thing to say would be, "...on it ever since."

 

At first I wasn’t that sure if it would be my cup of tea since I’ve never really been interested in robots, but I gave it a whirl and it was great!

For me, the phrase 'give it a whirl' means to try something that you've never tried before which involves some sort of practice or skill.  For example, 'I'd never tried rollerblading before, but I decided to give it a whirl'.  With regard to a TV series I would say, 'I gave it a go/try'.  Of course, there could be other English speakers from other places who will have a different opinion, I'm not sure!


The story is set in London in a not-too-distant future where some families can afford to have highly-developed robots (called synths) that are virtually identical to humans. We’re presented with a family where the wife highly totally/completely refuses to have one of these robots, not only because it costs an arm and a leg, but also because the children could be somewhat confused and it would create a negative parent-child relationship. The husband manages to get one, without consulting his wife though, and it turns out to be a synth that looks like a (very beautiful) young woman. When she gets home she’s thrown off balance by its presence and she quickly notices that there’s something wrong with Anita (that’s how what the children named it). The synth seems to be on the blink although the wife is the only one who realises about it at first.

You could say, 'is the only one who realises it', or 'is the only one who realises at first'.

 

The wife soon starts feeling displaced (I think that you mean 'replaced' or 'out of place' here, 'displaced' suggests that she has been put out of her home) and cast off but the husband refuses to take it (Anita) back!

 

 

Excellent as always, Andrés.  I've seen the series advertised and I've heard several people ranting and raving about how good it is, but as of yet I haven't seen it!  Might be worth a go!


Leigh

July 28, 2015
I'll give that book a go to! Thank you Ruthi
July 28, 2015
* too :)
July 28, 2015
Wow that sounds really great. It reminds me of a book I read called "Do Androids dream of Electric sheep?" where they have very lifelike robots or androids that sometimes escape and have to be killed because otherwise people think they are humans. I will look for that series.
July 28, 2015
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