In the past years, it is always believed that robots cannot think like humans. In recent years, with the development of the technology, it seems not difficult for robots to think like us. Some people are worried that might happen in the future.
Where is the robot technology heading (朝向)? Can robots and humans work together?
| Yes—they’re here to help humans Robots were created by humans. Robots do jobs that are too dangerous for people to do by themselves. Although robots might take some people’s jobs, they will create new types of work, and they will probably create more jobs than those they take away. Besides, robots’ programme could actually make them more trustworthy (值得信任的) than humans, because they are not influenced by feelings. |
| No—humans should not trust robots Robots are nearly controlling the world. Jobs that used to be done by humans are now being taken by robots. Although robots are under our control now, that might not always keep the same. An experiment (实验) found that some robots had learned how to lie (说谎) to each other. With the development of AI (人工智能), robots could start to act in their own interests. |
1. Is it difficult for robots to think like humans recently?
2. Who created robots?
3. Why are robots actually more trustworthy than humans?
4. Can robots lie to each other according to the experiment?
5. What will happen with the development of AI?
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【推荐1】In space film we sometimes see robots. We can see two robots from the film Star Wars—R2D2 is the small robot and C3P0 is the tall one. Robots in stories and films usually walk and talk, but robots in the real world are very different.
Real robots do not have a body with arms, legs and a face. They usually move around on wheels. They don’t usually talk to people, but some of them can understand people’s words. Robots do not have a brain and they cannot think. A computer programme inside the robot’s head tells the robot, “Move forwards, move backwards. Stop now.”
Robots are very useful in factories. People do not want to do the dangerous and dirty jobs in the factory—robots can do these jobs for people. The robots work quickly, and they never get tired. There are many robots in car factories. Perhaps a robot made your family’s car.
Answer the following questions according to what you read.
1. What are the names of the robots in the film Star Wars?
2. Do real robots walk around on legs?
3. Have robots got a brain?
4. What jobs do robots do in factories?
5. Do robots get tired?
With the development of science, more and more robots come into our life. They can help us in different ways. ①But robot scientists say that one-year-old human babies can do better than robots in something. Let’s take a look.
Pick things up
If we drop our pencil on the floor, first, we must find the pencil and look at its distance（距离）. Then we move our hands to it. A robot cannot always move its “hand” to the right place. Then, when we touch the pencil, it might roll（滚动）a little bit. Robots cannot easily understand this either. So, if a robot wants to pick up a pencil on the floor, it will probably roll it around the room.
Understand the world made by people
“Common sense” is what we don’t need to think or talk about. Because of common sense, we pick up a coffee cup by its handle（把手）, we feel whether it has coffee inside, and whether it is hot.
A robot may turn the cup upside down. It may hold the hot part of the cup. Scientists have tried teaching robots common-sense rules. But it doesn’t help much. There are just too many rules and too many exceptions（例外）. ②或许他们需要更多的时间来学习这些规则.
Get around in our world
If someone drops you in a building you’ve never been to, you might feel a bit lost. But you can look around, find a door and get out quickly. But a robot will look everywhere for a door, even on ceilings（天花板）and floors. Because it’s difficult for them to understand spaces. Scientists need to train them a lot to learn this.
1. What will happen if a robot tries to pick up a pencil?2. What does “common sense” mean?
3. 请在文中找出与该句意思相近的句子 “Because understanding spaces is hard for them.”
4. 请将文中划线部分①译为中文。
5. 请将文中划线部分②译为英文。
Most drivers may be worried about that they will be fined or their cars may be moved away when they only leave for a few minutes. Now a kind of hightech sticker(贴纸) can help drivers avoid such problems, and also the sticker can make the traffic police get in touch with them easily.
This kind of sticker is called Tow Stop. It was made by Daniel Kalliontzis, who studies IT in Germany. It has lots of advantages. The sticker can be stuck to a car’s windscreen. Drivers can write some information on it, such as their names, phone numbers. It also has a sensor(传感器) inside. If traffic policemen touch the cars, the sticker will send a message to the drivers and tell them that they will be fined soon. So drivers will know that they should move their cars away as quickly as possible. Then the drivers can call the policeman with their phones. It will also appear on the sticker.
The law says, “The hightech sticker system will depend on the good will of traffic police and a German law. An officer has to choose the most useful and cheapest way for the car owner to move the car.” It will be easier to let the drivers drive their cars away.
1. Who made this kind of sticker?2. Where can the sticker be stuck？
3. If traffic policemen touch the cars, what will the sticker do?
4. 请把划线句子翻译成汉语。
5. 请给短文拟一个恰当的标题。
Bitwalking (比特步行) is an invention by a small company in London. To make people walk more, this new app on the mobile phone is paying people, based on their daily walking steps.
With this app (应用程序), walkers can earn (赚得) one “Bitwalking dollar” for about 10,000 steps (about eight kilometres). Three Bitwalking dollars can be earned by one person per day at most. The money people earned can be spent on online shopping sites or exchanged for cash (现金) .
One idea behind the app is to make people healthier. But the designers also have another goal: to improve people’s lives. In poor countries, people have to walk far to work, or to school, or simply to collect water. Workers in the countryside earn less than one dollar a day. By walking around with the Bitwalking app, they could earn three times more.
The company has also set up Bitwalking centres in some poor areas. At the centres, local people will learn how to use the Bitwalking dollars or trade (交易) them for cash. Bitwalking is really helping to change lives.
1. Who invented Bitwalking?2. How can walkers earn one Bitwalking dollar with this app?
3. How many Bitwalking dollars can people get at most every day?
4. What is another goal of Bitwalking?
5. How much do workers in the countryside earn without the Bitwalking app every day?
【推荐2】THE GIRL WAS CHOKED WITH A PIECE OF COOKIE
First aid is the science of giving medical care to a person before a doctor can be found. Knowing how to treat someone in an emergency (紧急情况) can mean the difference between life and death.
Many emergency medical methods are simple and easy to carry out. For example, several years ago, a five-year-old boy in America was playing with a young friend. Suddenly the friend stopped breathing. A piece of candy was stuck in her throat. The boy remembered a television program where the same thing had happened. He also remembered what people on the television program did to help the person who had stopped breathing. The same method was quickly used on his friend. The cookie flew out of the girl’s throat. She was breathing again. The young boy had saved his friend’s life.
The simple method used by the five-year-old boy is called the Heimlich maneuver（操作法）. It was developed by an American doctor, Henry Heimlich.
The Heimlich maneuver can be done in several different ways. If a choking person is sitting or standing, you should stand directly behind him. Put your arms around his waist (腰).
Make one of your hands into the shape of a ball, and place it over the top part of the stomach, below the ribs (肋骨).
Next, put one hand over the other and push in and upward greatly. Repeat the method until the object is out.
1. 选择： ①him 此处指的是:_________| A．the boy | B．Heimlich | C．the doctor | D．the choking person |
3.
图中正在使用Heimlich maneuver 的是:
4. 用英语回答问题: What is first aid?
5. 翻译句子：②place it over the top part of the stomach
Volunteering means spending some of your free time helping others. You may volunteer to help other people, but you can also volunteer to do something good for animals, the environment, or any other thing that you care about. Volunteering helps others, but it can also help yourself. If you are worried about something that has happened, doing something can be a great way to deal with your feelings. Volunteering can let you see your own life in new ways. For example, if you don’t have the most expensive shoes or the newest computer game, you may find it difficult to stop yourself from worrying about things like grades or getting angry. Volunteering lets you spend some time on others.
Doing volunteer work is a great way to have fun with your family. Here are some ideas on how you can do the work together：
◆Clean up a park or a road along a river.
◆Do some housework for the old persons or the sick.
◆Serve food at a shelter for the homeless.
◆Plant trees or flowers in your community.
◆Clean up a school or other public buildings.
Now some schools ask kids to spend some time helping others because volunteering gives them a sense of duty（责任）. Why can we say that volunteering gives kids a sense of duty? The reason is that volunteering can make kids feel needed by some people. Volunteering can also help kids learn important things about themselves. A volunteer job can even help some kids understand what to do when they grow up. So what are you waiting for?
1. What does volunteering mean?2. Is volunteering only good for others?
3. Who can you do some housework for as a volunteer?
4. Why do some schools ask kids to spend some time helping others?
5. What’s the purpose（目的）of the writer in writing this article?
