研究生英语27.ppt

Translation When will robots become part of our day-to-day lives? About two million personal robots were in use around the world in 2004, and another seven million have been installed by 2008. we hope to put a robot in every home there by 2013. Scientist predict that by 2025, the personal robot industry will be worth more than $50 billion a year wordlwide, compared with about $5 billion today. As with the PC industry in the1970s, it is impossible to predict exactly what applications will be used to drive these robots. It seems quite likely, however, that robots will play an important role in providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly. Robotic devices will probably help people with disabilities get around and extend the strength and endurance of soldiers, construction workers and medical professionals. Robots will maintain dangerous industrial machines, handle hazardous materials and monitor remote oil pipelines. They will also enable doctors to diagnose and treat patients who may be housands of miles away. 青衣 Page ? * 青衣 Unit 7 ScienceText The Future of Robots II. Information related to the text 1. robot: A robot is a virtual or mechanical artificial agent. 2. European Renaissance: The Renaissance was cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Florence in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. III. Language Points 1. Human experience is marked by a refusal to obey our limitations.(Para.1): The evolution of human being can be indicated by the process of breaking through limitations of ourselves. 2. Such inventions led scientists and philosophers to speculate that the human brain itself was just an elaborate automation. (Para.3): Such inventions led scientists and philosophers to make guesses that human brain is like a complex machine which works by itself. 3. Leibniz was on to something. (Para.4): Leibniz’s idea about how human brains work is very great. 4. Cap