18学年高中英语Unit2RobotsSectionⅠWarmingUp

[读文清障] ⑤absent adj.不在的；缺席 的 ⑥as her husband would be absent ...是as引导的时间 状语从句。 ⑦bonus /'bəʊnəs/ n．额外津 贴；奖金；红利 ⑧alarmed /ə'lɑːmd/ adj.担心 的；害怕的 alarm /ə'lɑːm/ vt.使警觉； 使惊恐；惊动 n．警报； 惊恐 ⑨more ...than ...与其说…… 倒不如说……
A robot is a machine which is designed to do the work of a human being.It is usually controlled by a computer.Onceit has been given a set of things to do，it will do the job on its own. Robots can paint cars，salvage (抢救) nuclear fuel and even assist in brain surgery (外科手术), but they're still pretty dumb.
Section Ⅰ
Warming Up & Reading — Prereading
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GUARANTEED Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots②. Recently it had begunex
包君满意 [第1～2段译文] 拉里· 贝尔蒙特在一家生产机器人的公司里工作。最近，该 公司要对一个家用机器人进行试验。这项试验将由拉里的夫人 克莱尔来检验。 克莱尔并不想把机器人留在家里，特别是当她丈夫将要离 家三周的时候，但是拉里说服了她，他说，机器人不会伤害 她，也不会让别人来伤害她。这会是个意外的收获。然而，她 初次见到机器人的时候就感到有点儿担心。机器人名叫托尼， 看上去更像一个人，而不像台机器。他虽然面部表情毫无变 化，但是个子高大，相貌英俊，头发平整，声音低沉浑厚。
scan ○ . She looked at his
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makeup she wore. As he was not allowed to accompany
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32 accompany /ə'kʌmpənI/ vt.陪 her ○ to the shops, he wrote out a list 伴；伴奏 of items for her. Claire went into 33 cushion /'kʊʃn/ n．(坐、跪时用 ○ the city and bought curtains, 的)软垫；靠垫；垫子 cushions ○ ， a carpet and
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可笑的
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30 haircut /'heəkʌt/ n．发型；理发 ○ 31 makeup /'meIkʌp/ n．化妆品 ○
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Today robots can recognize forms and shapes and measure distance and so on.Many robots have one or two of these abilities to some degree, but creating a competent (有能力的) robot that combines most or all of them has been difficult.
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⑳favour /'feIvə/n.喜爱；恩惠 vt. 喜爱；偏袒 21 pile /paIl/ n．堆；摞；叠； vi. ○ 堆起；堆积 vt.把……堆起； 积聚 22 or rather更确切地说 ○ 23 scan /skæn/ vt.细看；仔细检 ○ 查；粗略地看；浏览；扫描 24 with wonder惊奇地 ○ 25 ○ as引导时间状语从句，表示 “当……时候”。
A robot can include any of the following parts： effectors — “arms” “legs” “hands” “feet” sensors — parts that act like senses and can detect (侦测) objects or things like heat and light and change the object information into symbols that computers understand computer — the brain that contains instructions called algorithms (规则系统) to control the robot equipment — this includes tools and mechanical fixtures (机械手臂)
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On the second morning ○ 10 apron /'eIprən/ n．围裙 Tony, wearing an apron ○ ， ⑪本句是主从复合句。whether 引导宾语从句。现在分词短语 brought her breakfast and wearing an apron作定语，修 then asked her whether she 饰Tony。 needed help dressing⑪. She ⑫embarrassed adj.难堪的；尴 尬的 ⑫ felt embarrassed and ⑬disturbing adj.引起烦恼的；令 人不安的 quickly told him to go. It was ⑭在句式It is＋ adj.＋that ... ⑬ disturbing and frightening 中，it是形式主语，that从句 that he looked so human⑭. 是真正的主语。
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①satisfaction /ˌsæ tIs'fæ kʃn/ n．满意；满足；令人满意 的事物 ②that引导的定语从句，修饰 先行词a company。 ③household /'haʊshəʊld/ adj. 家庭的；家用的 n．一家 人；家庭 ④test out考验出；检验完
perimenting with a household robot. It was going to be
[第3～4段译文] 第二天早晨，托尼戴着围裙，给她端来了早餐，然后问她 是否需要帮忙穿衣打扮。她感到有点儿尴尬，很快就打发他走 了。机器人如此通人性，这使她觉得心烦和害怕。 有一天，克莱尔说起，她觉得她自己不聪明。托尼则说， 她一定是很不高兴，才会说出这样的话来。克莱尔觉得，被一 个机器人同情有点荒唐。但是她开始信任托尼了。她告诉托尼 她是怎么变胖的，这让她很不高兴。还有对于像拉里这样很想 提高社会地位的人来说，她的家也不够高雅。她跟格拉迪丝· 克 拉芬不一样，格拉迪丝是远近闻名的最有钱有势的女人之一。
Current (流行的) robots have advanced sensory systems that process information and appear to function as if they had brains.Their “brain” is actually a form of computerized artificial intelligence (AI). AI allows a robot to perceive conditions and decide upon a course of action based on those conditions.
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[原文呈现] Claire didn't want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be absent⑤ forthree weeks⑥， but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn't harm her or allow her to beharmed. It would be a bonus⑦. However, when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed⑧. Hisname was Tony and he seemed more like a human than a machine⑨. He was tall and handsomewith smooth hair and a deep voice although his facial expression never changed.
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As a favour⑳ Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her home more elegant. So Claire borrowed a pile of books from the library for him to read, or rather ○ ，
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amazed fingernails
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softness and warmth of his skin. How absurd○， she thought. He was just a machine.
[原文呈现] [读文清障] One day, Claire mentioned that she ⑮ridiculous adj.可笑的； didn't think she was clever. Tony said 荒谬的 that she must feel very unhappy to say ⑯sympathy /'sImpəθI/ ⑮ that. Claire thought it was ridiculous n．同情(心) to be offered sympathy⑯ by a robot. But ⑰overweight /ˌəʊvə'weIt/ adj.超重的；体重超常 she began to trust him. She told him 的 how she was overweight⑰ and this made her feel unhappy. Also she felt her ⑱elegant /'elI ɡənt/ adj.优 雅的；高雅的；讲究的 home wasn't elegant⑱ enough for someone like Larry who wanted to ⑲who wanted to improve his social position是 improve his social position⑲. She wasn't who引导的定语从句， like Gladys Claffern, one of the richest 修饰Larry。 and most powerful women around.