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                                                     Several Jobs That Will Be Automated By Artificial Intelligence(AI) And Robots

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Image recognition software and voice recognition software are bringing some major advances to language translation. Applications like Google’s Word Lens can translate words from signs and documents in real time and there are a lot of translation apps that allow you to type in a word or phrase and will translate it for you.

Some will even speak the phrase for you and raw word-to-word translation will be fully automated soon.

Fast food workers

Automated ordering booths have already made their way into a few McDonald’s restaurants around the world, and cooking positions could be removed next. The booths probably can’t handle customer service problems well, so televideo systems could bring in an office employee to deal with complaints.

Field technician

New advances in the Internet of Things could make this work abandoned.

Low-cost sensors combined with high availability cellular/satellite communications and cloud technology are being started to automate and alarm these sites, and can be checked and maintained from a desktop or mobile device.

Sales representative

But, e-commerce is changing how we make purchasing decisions, especially those where there isn’t much differentiation (区分度) among the major competitors.

If you’re selling a high-differentiation product or a high-price, low-volume(体积) product, you have some job security, but if you’re selling a high-volume, low-differentiation product, you better start polishing your resume, said Doug Camplejohn, CEO of Fliptop. “These kind of product sales are all moving online. ”

1. Google’s Word Lens can_______.
A.Make real-time translation.
B.Speak the phrase or word for you.
C.Translate by image and voice recognition software.
D.Allow you to type in a word or phrase.
2. What can we infer from the second part?
A.All the restaurants own automated ordering booths.
B.Service problems can’t be handled automatically.
C.Cooks will not be automated by AI and robots.
D.Customers will have no complaints because of AI.
3. What does the author mean by “you better start polishing your resume” in the last paragraph?
A.You must value your present work.
B.You have some job security.
C.You should consider changing the job.
D.Your resume needs correcting further.

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【推荐1】Technology has changed almost every way of our life and now it seems to be the time to update education systems around the world. Children and young adults make up one-third of the Internet users, so it’s no surprise that they are more hyper-connected (超连接的) than their parents.

In a survey of 1,400 educators, most of them believe that classrooms of the future will be centered on personalized learning. This student-centered way will allow children to choose their own pace (节奏) and learning goals based on personal interests, all of which can be guided by artificial intelligence (AI), chatting robots (chatbots) and video-based learning.

AI in education specially focuses on telling what a student does or doesn’t know, and then develops personalized courses for each student. Chatbots are also quickly becoming a key tool in the next generation education. Designed to simplify the exchange of ideas and information between students and computers, chatbots provide a lot of benefits. Although video-based learning may not necessarily be considered as creative as AI or chatbots, 98% of the educators view it as an important part of personalized learning experiences. Some schools report bringing video teaching into their courses in some way, but even higher demand for video-based learning may come from students in the near future.

The new classroom learning style is completely different from the traditional learning style and is considered to be a great change in how students get information. However, research has shown that children will keep getting information from books besides screens. Obviously, low-tech schools are more likely to believe that human interaction is important when it comes to keeping children interested and excited to learn.

Although we may not be in the age of online teachers, the benefits of technology as a teaching aid are true. However, what’s more important is that these aids are helping keep students rather than technology at the heart of education.

1. What will future classrooms focus on according to the survey?
A.Self-paced learning.B.Learning without goals.
C.The teacher-centered way.D.The traditional learning way.
2. What are chatbots used to do?
A.Create wealth.B.Train educators.
C.Improve communication.D.Develop courses.
3. What can we learn from paragraph 4?
A.Low-tech schools are on the rise.
B.Children will completely depend on screens.
C.The way to get information should be changed.
D.Students will still get information from books.
4. What is the text mainly about?
A.Why education is s important.
B.How robots will replace teachers.
C.How technology shapes the future education.
D.Why computers will play a role in the future education.
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【推荐2】“There are more people actively learning a language through DuoLingo than in the entire US public school system.” says Luis von Ahn, founder of the free language learning app. Since its launch (投放市场) in 2012, more than 30 million people have downloaded (下载) the app, which gamified education and attracted many language learners.

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