2015年职称英语教材新增文章(理工类A级补全短文)第十三篇

第十三篇AffectionateAndroidsComputersarenowpowerfulenoughtoallowtheageofhumanoidrobotstodawn1.Anditwon’tbelongbeforewewillseerealisticcybercompanions,completewithskin,dexterity,andintelligence.Theywillbeprogrammedtotendtoyoureveryneed.Willweeverwanttomarryrobots?ArtificialintelligenceresearcherDavidLevyhaspublishedabookclaiminghuman-robotrelationshipswillbecomepopularinthenextfewdecades.____1____Willhumansreallybeabletoformdeepemotionalattachmentstomachines?Itwill,infact,berelativelyeasytoformthesestrongattachmentsbecausethehumanmindlovestoanthropomorphize:togivehumanattributestoothercreatures—evenobjects.Forexample,researchersinSanDiegorecentlyputasmallhumanoidrobotinwithatoddlerplaygroupforseveralmonths.____2____Thechildrenendeduptreatingitasafellowtoddler.Whenitlaydownbecauseitsbatterieswereflat，thekidsevencovereditwithablanket.Inafewdecades,whenhumanoidrobotswithplasticskinlookandfeelveryreal,willpeoplewanttoformrelationships—soulmates,even?____3____Andlikethosetoddlersintheexperiment,theywillbeveryacceptingofthem.Thenextquestion,then,iswhetherthereisanythingwrongwithhavinganemotionalrelationshipwithamachine.Eventodaytherearepeoplewhoformdeepattachmentstotheirpetsandusethemassubstitutesforfriendsorevenchildren.Fewconsiderthatunethical.____4____Forthosewhoalwaysseemtoendupmarryingthewrongmanorwoman,aroboticMr.orMs.Rightcouldbemightytempting.Asthefatherofartificialintelligence,MarvinMinsky,putitwhenaskedabouttheethicsoflonelyolderpeopleformingcloserelationshipswithrobots:“Ifarobothadallthevirtuesofapersonandwassmarterandmoreunderstanding,whywouldtheelderlybothertalkingtoothergrumpyoldpeople?”Arobotcouldbeprogrammedtobeasdumborsmart,asindependentorsubservient,asanownerdesired.Andthat’sthebigdisadvantage.Havingtheperfectrobotpartnerwilldamagetheabilitytoformequallydeephuman-humanrelationships.Peoplewillalwaysseemimperfectincomparison.’rebehavingbadly,agoodfriendwilltellyou.____5____Peopleinrelationshipshavetolearntoadapttoeachother:toenjoytheircommoninterestsandtodealwiththeirdifferences.Itmakesusricher,stronger,andwiser.Arobotcompanionwillbeperfectatthestart.However,therewillbenothingtomovetherelationshiptogrowtogreaterheights.词汇：affectionateadj.深情的dexterityn.灵巧，敏捷anthropomorphizev.赋于人性，人格化grumpyadj.脾气暴躁的cyberadj.计算机的tendv.照料botn.机器人subservientadj.屈从的，奉承的注释：1．Computersarenowpowerfulenoughtoallowtheageofhumanoidrobotstodawn：计算机技术已经足够成熟，能够支持人形机器人的诞生和普及，进入人形机器人的时代。练习：AIt’seasiertohavearobotcompanioninsteadofahuman，Levysaidthatsuchmarriageswillbesociallyacceptablebyaround2050.DHowever,fewownerswillprogramtheirrobotstopointouttheirflaws.EMaybeyourgenerationcouldresist,buteventuallytherewillbeagenerationofpeoplewhogrowupwithhumanoidrobotsasanormalpartoflife.FThebotkneweachchildbecauseitwasprogrammedwithfaceandvoicerecognition，anditgiggledwhentickled.答案与题解：1．C前文讲到David在书中认为人与机器人的关系在几十年后将变得普遍，因此接下来应该继续讲这种普遍性是怎样的。2．F前文讲在圣地亚哥的一个实验，研究人员将机器人放在儿童游乐园里，要填的句子应该是介绍这个机器人。3．E前文提了几个问题，是关于我们对人与机器人关系的看法，而后文讲“他们”会乐于接受，因此要填的句子应该是两类人的对比。E项讲我们这一代人可能会反对，但下一代人就不一定了，符合意思。．B前文讲有人和宠物发展深厚关系，后面讲的是与机器人发展深厚关系的吸引人之处，因此这里应该讲机器人做伴侣的好处。5．D前文讲好朋友会在你犯错的时候指出来，这里应该是表示对比——机器人不会这么做。