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2016考研英语精品阅读：谷歌无人驾驶汽车 　MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google, a leader in effortsto create driverless cars, has run into an odd safety conundrum: humans. 　　加利福尼亚州山景城——作为无人驾驶汽车研发领域的领头羊，谷歌(Google)遇到了一个奇怪的安全难题：人类。 　　Last month, as one of Google’s self-driving cars approached a crosswalk, it did what it wassupposed to do when it slowed to allow a pedestrian to cross, prompting its “safety driver” toapply the brakes. The pedestrian was fine, but not so much Google’s car, which was hit frombehind by a human-driven sedan. 　　上月，当谷歌的一辆自动驾驶汽车来到人行横道前时，它像设想的那样放慢速度让一名行人先行，促使“安全驾驶员”启动刹车。那个行人没事，但谷歌那辆车却没那么幸运。它被后面的一辆由人驾驶的轿车追尾了。 　　Google’s fleet of autonomous test cars is programmed to follow the letter of the law. But it canbe tough to get around if you are a stickler for the rules. One Google car, in a test in 2009,couldn’t get through a four-way stop because its sensors kept waiting for other (human)drivers to stop completely and let it go. The human drivers kept inching forward, looking for theadvantage — paralyzing Google’s robot. 　　按照设计，谷歌的自动测试车会严格遵守法律条文。但如果拘泥于规则，上路可能都会变得困难。在2009年的一次测试中，谷歌的车没能通过一个十字路口，因为它的传感器一直在等着其他(人类)司机彻底停下来，让它过去。但其他司机一直在向前蹭，寻找有利时机。这种情况让谷歌的机器人陷入了瘫痪。 　　It is not just a Google issue. Researchers in the fledgling field of autonomous vehicles say thatone of the biggest challenges facing automated cars is blending them into a world in whichhumans don’t behave by the book. “The real problem is that the car is too safe,” said DonaldNorman, director of the Design Lab at the University of California, San Diego, who studiesautonomous vehicles. 　　这不仅仅是谷歌面临的问题。自动化车辆这一新兴领域的研究人员称，自动车面临的最大挑战之一是让它们融入一个人类不照章行事的世界。“真正的问题是，这些车太追求安全了，”研究自动车辆的加州大学圣迭戈分校设计实验室(Design Lab at the University of California, San Diego)主任唐纳德·诺曼(Donald Norman)说。 　　“They have to learn to be aggressive in the right amount, and the right amount depends onthe culture.” 　　“它们得学会适度强硬，而什么叫做适度则取决于不同的文化。” 　　Traffic wrecks and deaths could well plummet in a world without any drivers, as someresearchers predict. But wide