The conversation of the French salons and dinner tables became as stylised as a ballet.

法国沙龙交谈，餐桌面前的交谈，开始变得向芭蕾舞般风格化。

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Inside, a football match is showing on various screens, pints of ale and chilled lager are being pulled, and huddles of friends are bent over tables laughing and in conversation.

里面多个电视屏幕上都播着一场足球比赛，麦芽酒和冰镇啤酒陆续被拿上来，一大群朋友趴在桌子上大笑，聊着天。

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Festo isn't quite the household name that Boston Dynamics is. (And, really, we're not entirely sure Big Dog is a regular topic of conversation at dinner tables yet.) But, it certainly deserves just as much attention for the work they're doing with robotics.

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Throughout the house are antique wood tables, carvings and paintings that belonged to her late grandmother, who Ms. Prettyman brings up in conversation often.

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