Robot Friends, Future Helpers 机器麻吉好帮手
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- 创建于 2013年1月11日
- 最后更新于 2023年12月18日
- 发布于 2013年1月11日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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Robots are invading our factories, hospitals, and homes. Calm down－they are here to help. Roomba, the rolling vacuum robot, is keeping living room floors clean. Chef Chui, a mechanical noodle chopper, is serving up delicious dishes. In Japan, a “nursebot” tends to the sick and the elderly.
机器人正逐步入侵工厂、医院以及家庭中。先别紧张，他们是来帮忙的。Roomba这个机械人吸尘器能使客厅地板保持干净，而刀削面机器人崔师傅正准备端上佳肴；在日本，「护士机器人」能照护病人及老年人。
Robots are taking on jobs that bring them closer to humans, but how should we react to this increasing intimacy? Some movies, such as /, Robot and The Matrix, show man’s natural discomfort with machines becoming too powerful. Nevertheless, robots perform heroic rescue missions, dangerous jobs, and difficult medical operations. The number of ways machines are helping people grows every day.
机器人正担任着能拉与人类距离的工作，但我们该如何应对这日渐增长的紧密关系？在《全民公敌》和《黑客任务》这类电影中，呈现的是人类对于机械能力变得强大而展现的不安感。然而，机器人执行着英勇的救灾任务、危险的工作、以及艰巨的医疗手术。这些机器可以帮助人类的方式每天都在增加中。
Even though robots cannot perfectly mimic the hearts and minds of humans, they can offer companionship. This theme is explored in Robot & Franks, a recent film about a retired man who develops a friendship with his robot helper. Machines like this might one day replace dogs as “man’s best friend.” Hopefully, we can all look forward to a future with robots that will do housework and make us laugh, but without making a mess.
虽然机器人不能完美地模仿人类的心灵与思想，它们却能提供陪伴。近期一部描述一位退休老人与他的机器人帮手之间发展出友谊的电影《机器人与法兰克》，也深入探讨此主题。这一些机器也许有朝一日会取代狗儿成为「人类的最忠实的伙伴」。但愿我们能期待拥有一个有机器人做家事、逗我们笑但却不把事情弄得一团糟的未来。
－by Geoffrey Trager
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invade [ɪnˋved] v. 侵入，侵略
(invade-invaded-invaded)
If you don't keep an eye on the picnic basket, ants might invade.
mechanical [məˋkænɪk!] adj. 机械的
machine n.
Mechanical pencils are made of plastic rather than wood.
heroic [hɪˋroɪk] adj. 英勇的
The heroic woman saved two small children from a burning building.
mission [ˋmɪʃən] n. 任务
The police are on a mission to catch the bank robber.
operation [͵ɑpəˋreʃən] n. 手术
Molly's uncle had a heart operation last week, so he has to stay in bed to rest.
theme [θim] n. 主题
The theme of falling in love is common in pop muisc.
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vacuum [ˋvækjʊəm] n. 真空吸尘器
chopper [ˋtʃɑpɚ] n. 用来砍劈之物
intimacy [ˋɪntəməsɪ] n.亲密
discomfort [dɪsˋkʌmfɚt] n. 不舒服，不适
mimic [ˋmɪmɪk] v. 模仿
companionship [kəmˋpænjən͵ʃɪp] n. 友谊；交往；伴侣关系
serve up 端上, 上菜; 提供, 提出
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