【正文】 hances Listener Experience Shimi, a musical panion developed by Geia Tech?s Center for Music Technology, remends songs, dances to the beat and keeps the music pumping based on listener feedback. The smartphoneenabled, onefoottall robot is billed as an interactive “musical friend”. “Shimi is designed to change the way that people enjoy and think about their music， ” said Professor Gil Weinberg, the robot?s creator. He will unveil the robot at the June 27th Google I/O conference in San Francisco. A band of three Shimi robots will perform for guests, dancing in sync with music created in the lab and posed according to its movements. Shimi is essentially a docking station with a “brain” powered by an Android phone. Once docked, the robot gains the sensing and musical generation capabilities of the user?s mobile device. In other words, if there?s an “app” for that, Shimi is ready. For instance, by using the phone?s camera and facedetecting software， Shimi can follow a listener around the room and position its “ears”， or speakers, for optimal sound. Another recognition feature is based on rhythm and tempo. If the user taps a beat, Shimi analyzes it, scans the phone?s musical library and immediately plays the song that best matches the suggestion. Once the music starts， Shimi dances to the rhythm. “Many people think that robots are limited by their programming instructions, said Music Technology Ph. D. candidate Mason Bretan. “Shimi shows us that robots can be creative and interactive. ??Future apps in the works will allow the user to shake their head in disagreement or wave a hand in the air to alert Shimi to skip to the next song or increase/decrease the volume. The robot will also have the capability to remend new music based on the user?s song choices and provide feedback on the music play list. Weinberg hopes other developers will be inspired to create more apps to expand Shimi?s creative and interactive capabilities. “I believe that our center is ahead of a revolution that will see more robots in homes.” Weinberg said. Weinberg is in the process of mercializing Shimi through an exclusive licensing agreement with Geia Tech. Weinberg hopes to make the robot available to consumers by the 2020 holiday season. “If robots are going to arrive in homes, we think that they will be this kind of machines一 small, entertaining and fun，， Weinberg said. “They will enhance your life and pave the way for more intelligent service robots in our lives.” 詞匯： pump 。不斷播放（音樂(lè)） scan 。瀏覽 skip ， 跳躍 sync ， 同時(shí) 。 tempo 。節(jié)奏 注釋 ： 1. Geia Tech:全稱是 Geia Institute of Technology,佐治亞理工學(xué)院 ， 建于 1885 年 ， 位于亞特蘭大市中心。佐治亞理工學(xué)齒是美國(guó)南部最大的公立理工學(xué)院 ,也是全美最頂尖的理 工學(xué)院之一，排名僅次于麻省理工學(xué)院 (MIT)和加州理工學(xué)院(CalTech)。 2. pump:不斷播放 (音樂(lè)）。例如 :This radio station recently pumps out pop music. (這家廣播電臺(tái)近來(lái)連續(xù)播放流行音樂(lè)。 ) 3. smartphoneenabled:由智能手機(jī)系統(tǒng)支持的 4. is billed as:相當(dāng)于 is advertised as， 意為 “被標(biāo)榜為 ”。 5. docking station: 插接站 ,擴(kuò)充基座 ， 擴(kuò)展插口 6. Android:(科幻小說(shuō)里的 )機(jī)器人。本文指用于智能手機(jī)和便攜式計(jì)算機(jī)移動(dòng)設(shè)備的一種以 Linus為基礎(chǔ)的開(kāi)放源代碼操作系統(tǒng) ， 通過(guò)接口和插槽連接多種外部設(shè)備。目前 Android 尚未有統(tǒng)一中文譯名，國(guó)內(nèi)較多人翻譯成 “安卓 ”或 “安致 ”。據(jù) 2020年 2月數(shù)據(jù) , Android 占據(jù)全球智能手機(jī)操作系統(tǒng)市場(chǎng) %的份額 ,中國(guó)市場(chǎng)占有率為%。 7. dock： 對(duì)接 8. the sensing and musical generation capabilities:傳感和音樂(lè)生成能力 9. app:應(yīng)用程序 （ =application) 10. if the user taps a beat:如果用戶打出某個(gè) (音樂(lè) ） 拍子 11. in the works:正在準(zhǔn)備階段 。在進(jìn)行中或準(zhǔn)備中 12. intelligent service robots:智能服務(wù)型機(jī)器人 練習(xí) ： 1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the first three paragraphs? A Shimi is a onefoot tall robot. B Shimi is the creator of the musical panion. C Shimi is a docking station with a“ brain” powered by an Android phone. D Shimi can gain the sensing and musical generation capabilities of the user?s mobile device. 2. What does Shimi do if the user taps a beat? A It stores the beat in the musical library. B It transmits the beat to the docking station. C It positions its speakers for optimal sound. D It selects a perfectlymatched song and plays it in sync with that beat. 3. Which of the following about Shimi is true? A Robots are limited by their programming instructions, and Shimi is no exception. B Present apps allow the user to shake their head to alert Shimi to skip to the next song. C Existing apps allow the user to wave a hand to alert Shimi to turn up/down the volume. D Shimi can be creative and interactive. 4. What does the author want to tell us? A The research center is developing a stronger and more versatile Shimi. B Weinberg only expects staffs from Geia Tech. to develop more apps for Shimi. C Shimi is not yet technologically ready for mercialization. D Robots such as Shimi are created for large corporations rather than homes. 5. Which of the following is Weinberg?s assertion? A Shimi as a robotic musical panion can be applied to all types of smart phones. B human lives will be filled with more fun if Shimi is going to arrive in homes. C Shimi39。s creative and interactive capabilities are appreciated by most of its users. D Weinberg has reached an agreement with Geia Tech to mercialize Shimi. 答案與題解 ： 1. B在前三段中均可找到與選項(xiàng) A、 C、 D相應(yīng)的句子 ， 強(qiáng)調(diào) Shimi是一種電子設(shè)備 。B與原文不符 , Shimi不是該機(jī)器人的發(fā)明者 ,Gil Weinberg教授才是 the robot?s creator。 2. D選項(xiàng) D簡(jiǎn)要地表述了第三段的倒數(shù)第二句 “If the user taps a beat, Shimi analyzes it, scans the phone?s musical library and immediately plays the song that best matches the suggestion”的意思 ,所以是答案。選項(xiàng) A、 B、 C都不符合上述句子的含義。 3. D選項(xiàng) A的意思與原文相反。雖然人們認(rèn)為機(jī)器人受到程序指令的限制，但 Shimi卻表現(xiàn)出具有創(chuàng)造能力和互動(dòng)能力，所以 A不是答案。選項(xiàng) D的意思與原文相同，因而是答案。第四段第三句指的是未來(lái)的應(yīng)用程序 : future apps in the works,而選項(xiàng) B,C是指目前的應(yīng)用程序，兩者的表述均與原文有出入。 4. A第三段介紹 Shimi的多種功能，第四段和第五段說(shuō) Weinberg還在開(kāi)發(fā)更多的應(yīng)用程序來(lái)豐富 Shimi的功能，還希望其他研發(fā)者也參與開(kāi)發(fā)，因此， A是答案。選項(xiàng)B說(shuō) Weinberg 僅僅希望 Geia Tech員工參與開(kāi)發(fā)更多的應(yīng)用軟件，這與原文不符。文章最后一段告訴我們 ,Weinberg正在與 Geia Tech進(jìn)行有關(guān) Shimi商業(yè)化的談判 ,選項(xiàng) C的意思與此相反，不會(huì)是答案。選項(xiàng) D也與原文不符。 5. B選項(xiàng) A、 C和 D的內(nèi) 容 Weinberg都沒(méi)有說(shuō)過(guò)。第三段告訴我們， Shimi是 Android smart phone的擴(kuò)充基座，并不適用于所有智能手機(jī)，所以 A選項(xiàng)不正確； Shim