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2017考研英語(yǔ)時(shí)事新聞：機(jī)器人技術(shù)的發(fā)展
備考考研的同學(xué)們平時(shí)應(yīng)該多讀一些英文時(shí)事新聞，不僅能了解時(shí)事熱點(diǎn)，積累素材，同時(shí)也使自己寫(xiě)作中的英語(yǔ)表達(dá)更加豐富。本期，我們給大家整理的是2016年4月20日的一篇有關(guān)機(jī)器人科技的英語(yǔ)新聞，通過(guò)這篇新聞同學(xué)們除了可以學(xué)到一些考研英語(yǔ)高頻詞匯和短語(yǔ)，還可以通過(guò)閱讀了解機(jī)器人技術(shù)相關(guān)的知識(shí)，擴(kuò)充自己的知識(shí)面。
Inside advances in robot technology
機(jī)器人技術(shù)的發(fā)展
Last year, more than 200,000 robots were shipped around the world for industrial use. Nearly 60 percent of them were installed in plants, building automobiles. But it might not be long before we see them off the factory floor and participating in everyday life.
去年200多個(gè)機(jī)器人被運(yùn)到世界各地并運(yùn)用到工業(yè)當(dāng)中，接近60%的機(jī)器人被安裝在工廠里制造汽車(chē)。不過(guò)也許不久我們將看到機(jī)器人離開(kāi)工廠而參與到日常生活當(dāng)中。
There are cute robots, famous robots and robots that look like us. Robots have become more advanced and will likely become a bigger part of our daily lives in the years ahead.
有可愛(ài)的機(jī)器人，著名的機(jī)器人，還有長(zhǎng)得像我們的機(jī)器人。機(jī)器人變得更加先進(jìn)，而且很可能在未來(lái)的幾年，成為我們?nèi)粘Ｉ钪幸粋�(gè)更加重要的部分。
Some robots are just for fun like these soccer-bots or this ping pong playing robot. Other robots may one day become our rivals in the workplace as they become able to: pick strawberries, stack boxes, direct traffic, prepare food and make us a cocktail-- shaken not stirred.
一些機(jī)器人只是為了消遣，比如這些踢足球的機(jī)器人和打乒乓球的機(jī)器人，其他的機(jī)器人當(dāng)他們能夠完成摘草莓，堆箱子，指揮交通，準(zhǔn)備食物并做雞尾酒(搖勻,不要攪拌)等工作的時(shí)候，可能會(huì)成為我們工作中的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。
Robots have met heads of state including Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who met this somewhat confused looking robot. There have been robots on stage and robots in space.
機(jī)器人已經(jīng)和許多國(guó)家的首腦見(jiàn)過(guò)面，包括智利總統(tǒng)米歇爾·巴奇萊特，她見(jiàn)過(guò)這個(gè)看起來(lái)有些迷惑的機(jī)器人。還有一些機(jī)器人在舞臺(tái)上表演，或者在太空中。
Some robots are becoming more humanoid. This is Jia Jia - created at the University of Science and Technology of China.
一些機(jī)器人變得更像人類(lèi)。這是Jia Jia ，由中國(guó)科學(xué)技術(shù)大學(xué)創(chuàng)造。
A man in Hong Kong built this very human looking robot as a companion.
香港有一個(gè)人制造了這個(gè)長(zhǎng)得非常像人類(lèi)的機(jī)器人作為自己的同伴。
A robot so realistic looking that she- or rather it- can be a little unsettling.
機(jī)器人看起來(lái)太像真人的時(shí)候會(huì)讓人有些不安。
"The more androids look like humans, the more humans fear them. That's a natural reaction," Creator of Asuna Takeshi Mita said.
“機(jī)器人越像人類(lèi)，人類(lèi)就越害怕它們，這是一種自然的反應(yīng)�！� Asuna Takeshi Mita 的創(chuàng)造者說(shuō)。
Making a robot that is more like a human has several advantages if we want them to operate in a world built for humans.
制作更像人類(lèi)的機(jī)器人有幾個(gè)好處，如果你想要它們?cè)谌祟?lèi)的世界中起作用的話(huà)。
Humanoid robots have an easier time driving vehicles, operating machinery and walking on stairs- even if they sometimes fall.
仿人機(jī)器人更容易做一些事情，比如開(kāi)車(chē)，操作機(jī)器以及在樓梯上走路，盡管他們有時(shí)候會(huì)摔倒。
This is PETMAN- a robot created for the U.S. military. It's partially autonomous- which means it can make some decisions on its own. PETMAN was designed to test uniforms, but it's not hard to imagine a gun in its hand. A future with so-called "killer robots" is raising ethical concerns.
這是給美國(guó)軍隊(duì)制作的機(jī)器人---PETMAN。他是部分自動(dòng)的，也就是說(shuō)它能夠自己做一些決定。設(shè)計(jì)PETMAN是用來(lái)測(cè)試制服的，但是不難想象他手里拿一桿槍。所謂的“機(jī)器人殺手”的未來(lái)正引發(fā)倫理方面的擔(dān)憂(yōu)。
"Who will be responsible for one of these weapons systems killing an innocent person. It's very unclear, we don't have the framework in place to understand. Is it the person who built the autonomous robot. Is it the person who built the program. It is the person who turned it on Who is going to be responsible? We don't understand these questions," Toby Walsh with University of New South Wales said.
“誰(shuí)來(lái)為這些殺害無(wú)辜人的武器系統(tǒng)負(fù)責(zé)，這一點(diǎn)非常不清晰，我們沒(méi)有一個(gè)體系來(lái)理解這個(gè)問(wèn)題，誰(shuí)來(lái)負(fù)責(zé)?是制作自動(dòng)機(jī)器人的人，還是編寫(xiě)程序的人，還是打開(kāi)機(jī)器人的人，我們不明白這些問(wèn)題�！毙履贤柺看髮W(xué)的Toby Walsh表示。
And as robots become smarter and more resilient, some fear that one day these creations of man could turn against us.
隨著機(jī)器人變得更加聰明，更加有彈性，有些人害怕有一天這些人類(lèi)的創(chuàng)造物會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)而反對(duì)人類(lèi)。
"Could there be a robot rebellion one day? Who knows. Researchers in that field are trying to create feelings, to create emotions and to express them, but to create a machine that is able to think by itself is something complicated, and we won't see it in a near future," Santiago Martinez De La Casa Carlos III with University of Madrid said
“未來(lái)會(huì)發(fā)生機(jī)器人叛亂嗎?沒(méi)有人知道。這一領(lǐng)域的研究者正嘗試創(chuàng)造感覺(jué)，創(chuàng)造感情以及表達(dá)感情，但是創(chuàng)造一個(gè)能夠自己思考的機(jī)器是復(fù)雜的，而且在近期我們無(wú)法達(dá)到這一點(diǎn)�！瘪R德里大學(xué)的Santiago Martinez De La Casa Carlos III 說(shuō)。
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