VOA慢速英语(翻译+字幕+讲解):美国科技学生准备2014机器人世界杯
日期:2014-07-22 08:16

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.

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The end of the World Cup does not mean the end of international competition in Brazil this year. A major football event will happen in the South American country later this month, but with teams of robots playing the game, which is known as soccer in the United States. The robot teams are guided by teams of humans from around the world. The event is known as RoboCup.

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Technology students at the University of Pennsylvania are trying for their fourth victory at the competition, which is held this year in the coastal city Joao Pessoa. The students have won the last three RoboCup competitions.

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US students prepare for robotic football championship
Watching robots play football is similar to watching children play the game. The kicks are not good, there's a lot of falling down, and people are there to guide and support the team members. Jian Qiao Li is one of the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania team.

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He says one goal he has for the robot team is to make sure the machines can find the goal and the ball. He also wants the robots to be able to know where they are on the playing field. And he wants the team to be able to better control the walking and kicking abilities of the robots.

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Qin He is another leader of the robot team. She says the abilities of the robots increase every year. Ms. He says the US team is meeting its goals.

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The robots know the differences between the colors green and red, and they can decide where to go and where the ball is on the playing field. She says if there are three robot players on the field at the same time, they will communicate with each other to decide the different responsibilities for each robot.

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U.S. team member Christopher Akatsuka hopes for another victory in Brazil. The team has won the RoboCup the past three years in the Netherlands, Mexico and Turkey.

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"They have very good team player right now. As long as their detection is good, I think they'll be very competitive; we just hope to compete against the real good German teams, because the Germans always do very well," says Akatsuka.

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Mr Akatsuka says RoboCup is an exciting technology competition.

"Each team develops their own software; basically it's a competition of who has the best software, who has the best decision-making at a given point... it's really exciting," says Akatsuka.

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The event begins July 19th and ends July 25th. Some RoboCup participants hope to develop a team of robots that can play against humans by 2050.

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And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report. For more technology stories, go to our website learningenglish.voanews.com. You can email comments to us atlearningenglish@voanews.com. Give us a like on the VOA Learning English Facebook page. Follow us on Twitter at VOA Learning English. I'm Jonathan Evans.

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词汇解释

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1.robot n. 机器人;遥控设备,自动机械;机械般工作的人

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The robot can acquire the object.
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2.participant adj. 参与的;有关系的 n. 参与者;关系者

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40 of the course participants are offered employment with the company.
参加课程学习的人中有40名得到了在该公司工作的机会H|OQO&k+sGZ9S

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内容解析

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1.we just hope to compete against the real good German teams, because the Germans always do very well,

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compete against 与…竞争

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It made it almost impossible for the smaller retailer to compete against the multiples.
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The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool.
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参考译文

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这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道(cQ~eC#gwhgK

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世界杯的结束并不意味着今年巴西国际比赛的结束,本月晚些时候,一场重大的足球盛事将在这个南美国家举行,但参加者是机器人球员#sTeHWGe9#。足球在美国被称为soccer,这个机器人球队由世界各地的真人球队来引导,这个赛事叫做机器人世界杯z-[^(fEp0)X

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宾夕法尼亚的科技学生们努力获得这次比赛中的第四次胜利,今年的比赛在海滨城市若昂佩索阿市举行,学生们已赢得前面三届机器人世界杯比赛64rXGqYKR*&%L(#

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观看机器人踢足球类似于看孩子们玩游戏,踢得不好,还老摔跤,人们来这里指导并支持团队队员[4!%_%M&YOD+mM~AZB。李建桥是宾夕法尼亚大学球队的负责人O^9I-M@o1_lii7*avE

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他说他给机器人球队设定的一个目标是确保机器人能找到目标和球,还希望它们知道自己在球场上的位置,希望球队能控制行走和踢球能力245P7#mYY;SRt-p*;[

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何琴是这支机器人球队的另一位负责人,她说机器人的能力每年都在提升,她说美国球队正在实现其目标8N+xf-u@Zzt,K=

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这些机器人能分清绿色和红色,能决定去哪里以及球在球场上的位置Ey&GVZKLvb3LO。她说如果球场上同时有三名机器人球员,它们将相互沟通,然后决定每个机器人各自的职责l-)Z1;28!(cFV1(08~]

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美国队球员克里斯托弗·赤冢希望在巴西获得另一次胜利,这支球队过去三年在荷兰、墨西哥和土耳其都赢得机器人世界杯Zx^05aR_-e3MM*[ngx

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“他们现在的球员都很好,只要它们的侦察能力好,我想它们就很有竞争力DFTEuqtim4&i=。我希望能与真正的德国强队比赛,因为德国人总是表现很好LJr]WwGTeEt.。”

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赤冢说机器人世界杯是一场令人激动的科技比赛F~lhJ)%7qeaj]=riP

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“每个球队都开发了自己的软件,基本上来说这是一场最佳软件的角逐,看谁能在特定地点进行最佳决策,这实在令人激动-_B;XZQ4m!QOC%|~Ue。”

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这场比赛开始于7月19日,7月25日结束,有的机器人世界杯参与者希望开发能在2050年与人对决的机器人球队&iNjmplm7v+ySe8~

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重点单词
  • competevi. 竞争,对抗,比赛
  • acquirevt. 获得,取得,学到
  • turkeyn. 土耳其 turkey n. 火鸡,笨蛋,失败之作
  • impossibleadj. 不可能的,做不到的 adj. 无法忍受的
  • participantn. 参与者
  • communicatev. 交流,传达,沟通
  • competitiveadj. 竞争的,比赛的
  • controln. 克制,控制,管制,操作装置 vt. 控制,掌管,支
  • competitionn. 比赛,竞争,竞赛
  • detectionn. 察觉,发觉,侦查,探测