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Covid has reset relations between people and robots
新冠疫情重塑了人与机器人之间的关系
Robots have been around for six decades or so. Originally, they were simple devices which did as they were told, working on assembly lines in, well, a robotic manner. Now the pace of automation is likely to accelerate.
机器人已经存在了六十年左右。最初，它们是非常简单的设备，听从人类的指令，机械地在流水线上工作。现在，自动的步伐可能要加快了。
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Covid-19 has created social changes which look likely to endure. Millions around the world have quit their jobs. These so-called lifestyle choices about which jobs to do, together with creaking supply chains and a boom in e-commerce, have left warehouses and many other businesses struggling to recruit workers.
新冠病毒引发的社会变革，看起来可能会持续下去。世界各地数以百万计的人辞去了工作。人们这种和择业有关的所谓对“生活方式的选择”，再加上处在风雨飘摇中的供应链和蓬勃发展的电子商务，使得仓库和许多其他企业都很难招到工人。
And the bots are getting better. In factories, they are going to work alongside people, equipped with advanced sensors and machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence.
而机器人正变得更好。在工厂里，它们将装配先进的传感器和机器学习能力（人工智能的一种形式），与人一起工作。
Such robots will increasingly help out in other places too, including hospitals, and in roles, such as caring for an ageing society — which, post-covid, has got used to a more techno future for health care, with "telemedicine" via remote doctors and health-monitoring mobile-phone apps.***
这类机器人将会发挥越来越大的作用，它们可以在像是医院这样的场所提供支持，它们也可以承担起新的角色，比如照顾老龄化社会，毕竟，现在人们已经习惯于认为，医疗保健会在疫情结束之后迎来一个科技含量更高的未来，到时候，各地的医生以及监测健康状况的手机 app 会实现“远程医疗”。
The rise of robots makes some people fear for their jobs and ask how they will earn a living. In many industries it is less a desire to reduce labour costs that is driving automation than the sheer difficulty of recruiting flesh-and-blood workers.*** Indeed, instead of destroying jobs, robots can create them by making businesses more efficient, allowing firms to expand.
机器人的兴起让一些人担心自己的饭碗，想知道他们将如何谋生。而在很多行业中，与其说是降低劳动力成本的愿望推动了自动化发展，不如说是因为有血有肉的工人招聘起来十分费力（从而推动了自动化发展）。事实上，机器人非但不会减少人类的工作机会，反而可以通过提高企业效率来创造工作机会，使企业得以扩张。
Although experts believe robots will enhance human capability, one problem is that regulation lags behind technology. It seems an awful lot of meetings lie ahead for roboticists and regulators to determine how machines and people will work together.
尽管专家们认为机器人会增强人类的能力，但有一个问题是，监管（的完善）滞后于技术（的发展）。对于机器人专家和监管机构来说，似乎还有非常多的会议要开，以确定机器和人该如何一起工作。
主编：Amber、啾笛、菜菜
品控：木子、啾笛
审核：Jack
重点词汇
reset
/ˌriːˈset/
v.（电脑等工作不正常时）重新启动；重置，复原，使复位
搭配短语：to reset the router
assembly
/əˈsem.bli/
n. 组装；装配
搭配短语：assembly instructions
automation
/ˌɑː.t̬əˈmeɪ.ʃən/
n. 自动化
accelerate
/əkˈsel.ɚ.eɪt/
v. (使）加快，（使）增速；促进；提前，（促使）早日发生
词根词缀：celer (相当于 swift，rapid，表示“快速的”)
例句：Exposure to the sun can accelerate the ageing process.
endure
/ɪnˈdʊr/
v. 持续；持久
相关词汇：during（prep. 在……期间）
英文释义：to last
搭配短语：a happy marriage that endured 50 years
同义短语：an enduring marriage
creak
/kriːk/
v. （门、地板等）嘎吱作响
例句：The door creaked open.
sensor
/ˈsen.sɚ/
n. 传感器
相关词汇：sense（v. 感觉到，觉察出）
词根词缀：-or（……的人（或物））
help out
帮忙，帮助摆脱困境
词义辨析：help, help out
和 help 相比，help out 更多用在不那么正式的情况下，表示帮忙，尤其是指在某人有困境的时候提供帮助，比如：“My friends helped me out when I needed the money.（我的朋友们在我需要用钱的时候帮了我。）”
telemedicine
/ˈtel.əˌmed.ɪ.sən/
n. 远程医疗
词根词缀：tele-（远距离的）
近义词：telehealth
earn a living
谋生
近义词：make a living
例句：My father makes a living as a photographer.
相关短语：scrape / scratch a living（勉强维持生活）
sheer
/ʃɪr/
adj. 完全的，彻底的
词义辨析：sheer，complete
sheer 的英文释义是：complete and not mixed with anything else，所以这两个单词的意思有重叠，但是 sheer 更强调纯粹程度，而且通常用来起强调作用。
例句：The standup show was sheer laughter.
flesh-and-blood
/fleʃ ənd blʌd/
adj. 血肉之躯的，有血有肉的
相关词汇：flesh and blood
例句：It was more than flesh and blood can bear.
相关词汇：sb's own flesh and blood
例句：How can he treat his own flesh and blood that way?
efficient
/ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/
adj. 效率高的
词义辨析：efficient，effective
efficient 表示“效率高的”，effective 表示“有效的”；它们都来自名词 effect 效果；不过 efficient 更强调过程，过程中效率是高的；比如；My new computer is much faster and more efficient than the old one. 我的新电脑比旧的更快更有效率。而 effective 更强调结果，能达到预期理想的结果；比如：The drugs are effective against cancer. 这个药物治疗癌症是有效的。
regulation
/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
n. 监管，制度
搭配短语：comply with the regulations
搭配短语：under … regulations
lag
/læɡ/
v. 滞后；落后于
词性拓展：lag（n.（两件事之间的）间隔，延迟）
搭配短语：jet lag（时差反应）
相关词汇：time difference（时差）
搭配短语：lag behind
例句：The company has lagged behind its competitors in developing new products.
awful
/ˈɑː.fəl/
adj. 极大的；很多的；糟糕的，很坏的
lie ahead
将发生
roboticist
/ˈroʊ.bɑːtəsɪst/
n. 机器人专家
相关词汇：robotic（adj. 机器人的）
词根词缀：-ist（……人）
regulator
/ˈreɡ.jə.leɪ.t̬ɚ/
n. 管理者；监管者
相关词汇：regulate（v. 控制；监管）
词根词缀：-or（……人）
Covid has reset relations between people and robots
新冠疫情重塑了人与机器人之间的关系
Robots have been around for six decades or so. Originally, they were simple devices which did as they were told, working on assembly lines in, well, a robotic manner. Now the pace of automation is likely to accelerate.
机器人已经存在了六十年左右。最初，它们是非常简单的设备，听从人类的指令，机械地在流水线上工作。现在，自动的步伐可能要加快了。
加入会员可查看
Covid-19 has created social changes which look likely to endure. Millions around the world have quit their jobs. These so-called lifestyle choices about which jobs to do, together with creaking supply chains and a boom in e-commerce, have left warehouses and many other businesses struggling to recruit workers.
新冠病毒引发的社会变革，看起来可能会持续下去。世界各地数以百万计的人辞去了工作。人们这种和择业有关的所谓对“生活方式的选择”，再加上处在风雨飘摇中的供应链和蓬勃发展的电子商务，使得仓库和许多其他企业都很难招到工人。
And the bots are getting better. In factories, they are going to work alongside people, equipped with advanced sensors and machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence.
而机器人正变得更好。在工厂里，它们将装配先进的传感器和机器学习能力（人工智能的一种形式），与人一起工作。
Such robots will increasingly help out in other places too, including hospitals, and in roles, such as caring for an ageing society — which, post-covid, has got used to a more techno future for health care, with "telemedicine" via remote doctors and health-monitoring mobile-phone apps.***
这类机器人将会发挥越来越大的作用，它们可以在像是医院这样的场所提供支持，它们也可以承担起新的角色，比如照顾老龄化社会，毕竟，现在人们已经习惯于认为，医疗保健会在疫情结束之后迎来一个科技含量更高的未来，到时候，各地的医生以及监测健康状况的手机 app 会实现“远程医疗”。
The rise of robots makes some people fear for their jobs and ask how they will earn a living. In many industries it is less a desire to reduce labour costs that is driving automation than the sheer difficulty of recruiting flesh-and-blood workers.*** Indeed, instead of destroying jobs, robots can create them by making businesses more efficient, allowing firms to expand.
机器人的兴起让一些人担心自己的饭碗，想知道他们将如何谋生。而在很多行业中，与其说是降低劳动力成本的愿望推动了自动化发展，不如说是因为有血有肉的工人招聘起来十分费力（从而推动了自动化发展）。事实上，机器人非但不会减少人类的工作机会，反而可以通过提高企业效率来创造工作机会，使企业得以扩张。
Although experts believe robots will enhance human capability, one problem is that regulation lags behind technology. It seems an awful lot of meetings lie ahead for roboticists and regulators to determine how machines and people will work together.
尽管专家们认为机器人会增强人类的能力，但有一个问题是，监管（的完善）滞后于技术（的发展）。对于机器人专家和监管机构来说，似乎还有非常多的会议要开，以确定机器和人该如何一起工作。
主编：Amber、啾笛、菜菜
品控：木子、啾笛
审核：Jack
重点词汇
reset
/ˌriːˈset/
v.（电脑等工作不正常时）重新启动；重置，复原，使复位
搭配短语：to reset the router
assembly
/əˈsem.bli/
n. 组装；装配
搭配短语：assembly instructions
automation
/ˌɑː.t̬əˈmeɪ.ʃən/
n. 自动化
accelerate
/əkˈsel.ɚ.eɪt/
v. (使）加快，（使）增速；促进；提前，（促使）早日发生
词根词缀：celer (相当于 swift，rapid，表示“快速的”)
例句：Exposure to the sun can accelerate the ageing process.
endure
/ɪnˈdʊr/
v. 持续；持久
相关词汇：during（prep. 在……期间）
英文释义：to last
搭配短语：a happy marriage that endured 50 years
同义短语：an enduring marriage
creak
/kriːk/
v. （门、地板等）嘎吱作响
例句：The door creaked open.
sensor
/ˈsen.sɚ/
n. 传感器
相关词汇：sense（v. 感觉到，觉察出）
词根词缀：-or（……的人（或物））
help out
帮忙，帮助摆脱困境
词义辨析：help, help out
和 help 相比，help out 更多用在不那么正式的情况下，表示帮忙，尤其是指在某人有困境的时候提供帮助，比如：“My friends helped me out when I needed the money.（我的朋友们在我需要用钱的时候帮了我。）”
telemedicine
/ˈtel.əˌmed.ɪ.sən/
n. 远程医疗
词根词缀：tele-（远距离的）
近义词：telehealth
earn a living
谋生
近义词：make a living
例句：My father makes a living as a photographer.
相关短语：scrape / scratch a living（勉强维持生活）
sheer
/ʃɪr/
adj. 完全的，彻底的
词义辨析：sheer，complete
sheer 的英文释义是：complete and not mixed with anything else，所以这两个单词的意思有重叠，但是 sheer 更强调纯粹程度，而且通常用来起强调作用。
例句：The standup show was sheer laughter.
flesh-and-blood
/fleʃ ənd blʌd/
adj. 血肉之躯的，有血有肉的
相关词汇：flesh and blood
例句：It was more than flesh and blood can bear.
相关词汇：sb's own flesh and blood
例句：How can he treat his own flesh and blood that way?
efficient
/ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/
adj. 效率高的
词义辨析：efficient，effective
efficient 表示“效率高的”，effective 表示“有效的”；它们都来自名词 effect 效果；不过 efficient 更强调过程，过程中效率是高的；比如；My new computer is much faster and more efficient than the old one. 我的新电脑比旧的更快更有效率。而 effective 更强调结果，能达到预期理想的结果；比如：The drugs are effective against cancer. 这个药物治疗癌症是有效的。
regulation
/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
n. 监管，制度
搭配短语：comply with the regulations
搭配短语：under … regulations
lag
/læɡ/
v. 滞后；落后于
词性拓展：lag（n.（两件事之间的）间隔，延迟）
搭配短语：jet lag（时差反应）
相关词汇：time difference（时差）
搭配短语：lag behind
例句：The company has lagged behind its competitors in developing new products.
awful
/ˈɑː.fəl/
adj. 极大的；很多的；糟糕的，很坏的
lie ahead
将发生
roboticist
/ˈroʊ.bɑːtəsɪst/
n. 机器人专家
相关词汇：robotic（adj. 机器人的）
词根词缀：-ist（……人）
regulator
/ˈreɡ.jə.leɪ.t̬ɚ/
n. 管理者；监管者
相关词汇：regulate（v. 控制；监管）
词根词缀：-or（……人）
