21. It was raining．I went into a café and asked for a coffee． 21 I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed 22 ．I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls 23 their souls belonged to the 24 .
I stood up and walked between the tables．When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man 25 in front of it．“I’m Steve,” he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was．“I can’t talk with you．I’m 26 ,”he said．He was chatting online and, 27 , he was playing a computer game—a war game．I was 28 .
Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried 29 to speak to that computer geek(怪人), 30 not a word came out of his mouth．I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应)．I was 31 ．I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “ 32 !”
I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me．I 33 , and saw nobody showed any interest.
34 , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people．They were more 35 having a relationship with the 36 , particularly Steve．I wouldn’t want to 37 the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines 38 with people.
I was worried and sank in my thoughts．I didn’t even 39 that the coffee was bad, 40 Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.
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