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s stories? 5. What are her plans for the future? Ananova is a virtual newsreader providing a personalized and uptodate news service on the inter () Read the following passage and guess the meaning of the underlined words Ananova falls into the category of being a virtual character. She can do nothing autonomous, so when we interview her, we should send the questions to her programmer in advance, and her programmer will send the answers to her. 。. Not controlled by others One who writes puter programs Ahead of time。 beforehand Listen to the interview with Ananova and answer the following questions. 1. Where can you see and hear her? What does she do? On the inter: she presents the news 24 hours a day. 2. Does Ananova really exist? Can she really talk? No. no. 3. Why are there no photos of her as a child? Because she isn’t human and was created in 1999. she’s never been a child. 4. How does she find news stories? She has her own search engine. 5. What are her plans for the future? She’ll be sending news directly to mobile phones. Clarifying and asking questions 1. What I mean is, 2. What that means 3. I mean 4. What I39。m trying to say, 5. What I’m getting at 6. In other words 7. To put it another way, 8. That’s a programme which 9. Is that clear? 1. So does that mean, 2. Could you explain how 3. What I don’t quite understand, what kind of function expressions should be filled in the blanks? ? And tonight she’s in the studio for an interview with us, well, (1)____________she