【正文】 on the user’s song choices and provide feedback on the music play 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 is in the process of mercializing Shimi through an exclusive licensing agreement with Georgia hopes to make the robot available to consumers by the 2013 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）scan 。瀏覽 skip ，跳躍sync ，同時。 tempo 。節(jié)奏 注釋： Tech:全稱是Georgia Institute of Technology,佐治亞理工學院，建于1885 年，位于亞特蘭大市中心。佐治亞理工學齒是美國南部最大的公立理工學院,也是全美最頂尖的理工學院之一，排名僅次于麻省理工學院(MIT)和加州理工學院(CalTech)。:不斷播放(音樂）。例如:This radio station recently pumps out pop music.(這家廣播電臺近來連續(xù)播放流行音樂。):由智能手機系統(tǒng)支持的 billed as:相當于is advertised as，意為“被標榜為”。 station: 插接站,擴充基座，擴展插口:(科幻小說里的)機器人。本文指用于智能手機和便攜式計算機移動設備的一種以Linus為基礎的開放源代碼操作系統(tǒng)，通過接口和插槽連接多種外部設備。目前Android 尚未有統(tǒng)一中文譯名，國內較多人翻譯成“安卓”或“安致”。據2012年2月數據, Android %的份額,%。：對接 sensing and musical generation capabilities:傳感和音樂生成能力 :應用程序（=application) the user taps a beat:如果用戶打出某個(音樂）拍子 the works:正在準備階段。在進行中或準備中 service robots:智能服務型機器人 練習： of the following is NOT true according to the first three paragraphs? A Shimi is a onefoot tall Shimi is the creator of the musical Shimi is a docking station with a“ brain” powered by an Android Shimi can gain the sensing and musical generation capabilities of the user’s mobile does Shimi do if the user taps a beat? A It stores the beat in the musical It transmits the beat to the docking It positions its speakers for optimal It selects a perfectlymatched song and plays it in sync with that of the following about Shimi is true? A Robots are limited by their programming instructions, and Shimi is no Present apps allow the user to shake their head to alert Shimi to skip to the next Existing apps allow the user to wave a hand to alert Shimi to turn up/down the Shimi can be creative and does the author want to tell us? A The research center is developing a stronger and more versatile Weinberg only expects staffs from Georgia develop more apps for Shimi is not yet technologically ready for Robots such as Shimi are created for large corporations rather than of the following is Weinberg’s assertion?A Shimi as a robotic musical panion can be applied to all types of smart human lives will be filled with more fun if Shimi is going to arrive in Shimi39。s creative and interactive capabilities are appreciated by most of its Weinberg has reached an agreement with Georgia Tech to mercialize ：、C、D相應的句子，強調Shimi是一種電子設備。B與原文不符, Shimi不是該機器人的發(fā)明者,Gil Weinberg教授才是the robot’s creator。“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A、B、C都不符合上述句子的含義。雖然人們認為機器人受到程序指令的限制，但Shimi卻表現出具有創(chuàng)造能力和互動能力，所以A不是答案。選項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的應用程序: future apps in the works,而選項B,C是指目前的應用程序，兩者的表述均與原文有出入。，第四段和第五段說Weinberg還在開發(fā)更多的應用程序來豐富Shimi的功能，還希望其他研發(fā)者也參與開發(fā)，因此，A是答案。選項B說Weinberg 僅僅希望Georgia Tech員工參與開發(fā)更多的應用軟件，這與原文不符。文章最后一段告訴我們,Weinberg正在與Georgia Tech進行有關Shimi商業(yè)化的談判,選項C的意思與此相反，不會是答案。選項D也與原文不符。、C和D的內容Weinberg都沒有說過。第三段告訴我們，Shimi是Android smart phone的擴充基座，并不適用于所有智能手機，所以A選項不正確；Shimi尚未進入市場，還談不上公眾對Shimi欣賞與否的問題，因此選項C不符合原意；Shimi正在進行商業(yè)化運作，但絕非已經完成，所以D也不是正確選項。本題的答案是B,依據是最后一段倒數第二句。譯文：Shimi是由佐治亞理工大學音樂技術中心研發(fā)的一款音樂伴侶。它可以根據聽者的反饋推薦合乎節(jié)拍的歌曲、舞蹈；并且不斷播放音樂。這款髙1英尺的機器人是由智能手機系統(tǒng)支持的，因此被標榜為“一個可以互動的音樂朋友”。Gil Weinberg教授是該機器人的發(fā)明者，他解釋說：“Shimi設計的宗旨是改變人們欣賞音樂、認識音樂的方式。”他將在今年6月27日在舊金山的谷歌I/O大會上展示這款機器人。一個由三個機器人組成的樂隊將為來賓演奏，并伴隨音樂起舞。而音樂是根據不同的運動形式編制的。Shimi實際上是一個擴充基座，它的“大腦”由安卓手機控制。一旦連接上，機器人便從用戶的移動裝置獲得傳感和音樂生成能力。換言之，只要有應用程序，機器人便能使用。例如，通過手機的照相機和辨認臉型的軟件，Shimi就能在房間周圍跟蹤到聽眾，然后安置好它的“耳朵”或揚聲器，以確保輸送最佳聲音。另外一種識別特征是基于節(jié)奏和速度。如果用戶打出某個（音樂）拍子，Shimi會對此進行分析，然后瀏覽手機的音樂庫，并立即演奏最符合要求的音樂。一旦音樂響起來，Shimi就隨韻律起舞?！霸S多人認為機器人受到程序指令的限制，而Shiini給我們展示了機器人可以具有創(chuàng)造力和與人交互的能力?！币魳芳夹g博士研究生Mason Bretan如是說。正在研發(fā)中的程序將使用戶能溝通過搖頭或擺手表示不同意，來提醒Shimi跳到下一首歌或增減音量。機器人還可根據用戶對歌曲的選擇推薦新音樂，并對音樂播放列表提供反饋。Weinberg希望其他研發(fā)者會因此獲得靈感，開發(fā)更多的應用程序，來擴展Shimi的創(chuàng)新和交互功能。他說：“我認為我們中心正在引領這場將更多機器人應用到家庭中去的變革?！?Weinberg正在通過獲得佐治亞理工學院的獨家授權來對Shimi進行商業(yè)推廣。Weinberg希望到2013年的節(jié)日季消費者可購買到Shimi。Weinberg說：“如果機器人進入家庭，我們認為就應該是這種類型的機器人：小巧、令人愉快和有趣，它們能提高我們的生活質量，為更多智能服務型機器人進人我們的生活做好準備。第二十篇Explorer of the Extreme DeepOceans cover more than twothirds of our planet． Yet，just a small fraction of the undcrwaler world has been uxplored． Now，Scientists at the Woods Hole1 Oceanographic Institution(WHOI)in Massachusetts are building an underwater vehicle hat will carry explorers as deep as 6,500 meters(21,320 feet)．The new machine，known as a manned submersible or humanoperated vehicle(HOV)，will replace another one named Alvin2 which bas an amazingrecord of discovery，playing a key role in various important and famous undersea expeditions．Alvin has been operating for 40 years but can go down only 4,500 meters(14,784 feet)．It’s about time for an upgrade，WHOI researchers say．Alvin was launched in 1964．Since then，Alvin has worked between 200 and 250 days a year，says Daniel Fornari，a marine geologist and director of the Deep Ocean Exploration Institute at WHOI．During its lifetime，Alvin has carried some 12,000 people on a total of more than 3,000 dives． A newer，better versions of Alvin is bound to reveal even more surprises ahout a world that is still full of mysteries，Fornari says．It might also make the job of exploration a little easier．“We take so much for granted on land,” Fornari says．“We can walk around and see with our eyes how big things are． We can see colors，special arrangements．”Sizewise，the new HOV will be similar to Alvin．It’ll be about 37 feet long．The setting area inside will be a small sphere，about 8 feet wide，like Alvin，it’ll carry a pilot and two passengers．It will be just as maneuverable．In most other ways，it