高中英语优质课公开课Unit 2Section AReading and Thinking58张.pdf

Unit2LOOKINGINTOTHEFUTURE

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【语篇解读】亚马逊正在华盛顿州斯诺霍米什县测试一款名为

Scout的送货机器人。Scout有六个轮子,由电池驱动,以步行的速度

前进。据亚马逊称,这些机器人将首先由人类监督员陪同巡逻。这

是为了确保该设备能够“安全、高效地在宠物、行人和路上的任

何东西周围导航”。

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AmazonRoboticDeliveriesarenotthefutureanymore!

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Amazonhasbeenexploringtheoptionsofgoingallrobotic

deliveriesfromquiteasometimenow.Earlierin2019,Amazon

introducedasidewalkrobot,Scout!Therobotstarteditsjobof

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deliveringaroundtheSnohomishCountyneighborhoodof

WashingtonState.

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Scoutisasix-wheeledrobot,madeanddevelopedin-houseby

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Amazon.Therobothasbeendesignedtosafelydeliverthepackage

tothecustomers.AmazonScoutissmallinsizeanddriveswiththe

paceofawalkingperson.Scoutusessensordataandacamerafor

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navigationandrouteplanning.AccordingtoAmazon,theAmazon

ScoutRobotsarefullyequippedtonavigatearoundpedestrians(行

人),children,petsoranythingelseintheirpath.

Intheearlyhalfof2019Amazonintroducedapilotprogramofsix

AmazonScoutrobotstodeliveracrossthequietneighborhoodof

WashingtonState,borderingSeattle’sKingCounty.Amazonpriorto

thereleaseoftheirScouts,gotthewordoutthattheywillbe

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introducingdeliveryrobotsinthearea,tostopanyconfusionor

terroramongtheresidentsoftheareaaboutalienrobotstraveling

throughthesidewalksoftheirratherquietneighborhood.

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TheearlymodelsofAmazonScoutswereaccompaniedby

companyemploye