自考英语二课文译文习题 Unit 6.docVIP

Unit?6 Text?A??Improving?Industrial?efficiency?through?Robotics????利用机器人技术提高工业效率?????Robots,?becoming?increasingly?prevalent?in?factories?and?industrial?plants?throughout?the?developed?world,?are?programmed?and?engineered?to?perform?industrial?tasks?without?human?intervention.Most?of?todays?robots?are?employed?in?the?automotive?industry,?where?they?are?programmed?to?take?over?such?jobs?as?welding?and?spray?painting?automobile?and?truck?bodies.?They?also?load?and?unload?hot,?heavy?metal?forms?used?in?machines?casting?automobile?and?truck?frames. 机器人在所有发达国家的工厂日益普及，它们被编程、设计，在无人情况下执行工业任务。现今大多数机器人用于汽车工业，人们对其编程，从事如汽车卡车车身焊接、喷漆之类的工作。它们也装卸汽车和卡车框架的机器中所有的炽热、笨重的金属铸模。???Robots,?already?taking?over?human?tasks?in?the?automotive?field,?are?beginning?to?be?seen,?although?to?a?lesser?degree,?in?other?industries?as?well.?There?they?build?electric?motors,?small?appliances,?pocket?calculators,?and?even?watches.?The?robots?used?in?nuclear?power?plants?handle?the?radioactive?materials,?preventing?human?personnel?from?being?exposed?to?radiation.?These?are?the?robots?responsible?for?the?reduction?in?job-related?injuries?in?this?new?industry. 机器人已经在汽车行业接任了人类工作，在其行业也开始看到它们的身影，虽然使用程度低一些。在那里它们制造电动马达、小型设备、袖珍计算器，甚至手表。用于核电站的机器人处理辐射材料，使职员不暴露于辐射。这些机器人可以减少这一新型工业中与工作有关的伤害。?????What?makes?a?robot?a?robot?and?not?just?another?kind?of?automatic?machine??Robots?differ?from?automatic?machines?in?that?after?completion?of?one?specific?task,?they?can?be?reprogrammed?by?a?computer?to?do?another?one.?As?an?example,?a?robot?doing?spot?welding?one?month?can?be?reprogrammed?and?switched?to?spray?painting?the?next.?Automatic?machine,?on?the?other?hand,?are?not?capable?of?many?different?uses;?they?are?built?to?perform?only?one?task. ?什么使机器变成机器人，而不是其他的自动化机器呢？机器人与自动化机器的区别在于完成一项特定工作后，它们可以被电脑重新编程去执行一项任务。比如说，一个机器人做了一个月的点焊，可以重新编程，下个月转向喷漆。相反，自动化机器却没有许多不同用途，它们只是为了招待一项任务而被建造。?????The?next?generation?of?robots?will?be?able?to?see?objects,?will?have?a?sense?of?touch,?and?will?make?critical?decisions.?Engineers?skilled?in