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Mosaic 1 Writing, 4/e
Laurie Blass
Meredith Pike-Baky

High Tech, Low Tech

Paraphrasing Quotations

The following quotations are from an article about software-based robotic trading agents that buy and sell commodities like human traders. Write paraphrases of the quotations. Do not forget to cite the sources. Many different paraphrases are possible.



1

"Robots can make more cash than people when they trade. The difference might be millions of dollars a year," explained a software engineer.
2

"I never thought the robots would perform so well. I plan to use one to help me evaluate my stock portfolio," says a well-known researcher.
3

"A robot couldn't compete against a very experienced trader," the newspaper columnist says.
4

"We don't think that robots will replace humans in commodities trading, but perhaps they will assume some of the repetitive, technical work," says the head of product development.