Not long ago， the only time youd see a robot was when you were reading a story or watching a movie， such as Star Wars. Today， however， science stories are becoming true. More and more robots are starting to be used in our everyday life.

These robots are different in size， shape and color， but all of them have the same type of man-made “brain”. The robots that work in factories are called industrial robots. These kinds of robots are clever and fast.

Industrial robots can do different kinds of jobs that are often boring and sometimes dangerous. Robots are also coming into our homes， though not as quickly as they are into factories.

不久前，你唯一能夠看到機(jī)器人的時候就是你在讀小說或是在看《星球大戰(zhàn)》這類電影的時候。可如今科幻小說中的情形正在成為現(xiàn)實(shí)。在我們的日常生活中，越來越多的機(jī)器人正在得到使用。

這些機(jī)器人大小不一，形狀各異，色彩不同，但它們都具有相同類型的人造“大腦”。工廠里的機(jī)器人被稱為工業(yè)機(jī)器人。這類機(jī)器人聰明，工作速度快。

工業(yè)機(jī)器人能夠做不同種類的工作，這些工作時常是乏味或是危險(xiǎn)的。機(jī)器人也正在進(jìn)入家庭，雖然不像進(jìn)入工廠那么快。

We have made robots work in the home. They can do some housework like cooking， cleaning the house， or playing with people just for fun.

These robots arent as friendly or clever as those you saw in Star Wars. But their makers say， todays home robots can “walk” and find objects in their way. But sometimes they may knock into them. They can carry objects， but sometimes they may drop them. Well， nobody is perfect.

We may laugh at home robots today， but some day they may see and hear better than man does. We humans can only see certain length of light， and hear certain sounds. Thats because our eyes and ears are not as good as those of robots.

Robots， however， can do much better than we do. Robots can also pick up information faster and better than man， and when they have learned to do something， theyll never forget it.

我們已經(jīng)制造出了家用機(jī)器人。它們能做一些家務(wù)，如烹飪、打掃屋子或是與人玩樂。

這些機(jī)器人沒有你在《星球大戰(zhàn)》中見到的機(jī)器人那么友好和聰明。但是，這些機(jī)器人的制造者說，如今的家用機(jī)器人能夠“行走”，并發(fā)現(xiàn)它們前方的東西。但有時它們還是會撞到這些東西。它們能夠攜帶物品，但有時物品也會掉落。好吧，沒有人是完美的。

現(xiàn)在我們可能會嘲笑家用機(jī)器人，但有朝一日它們會比人類看得清，聽得明。我們?nèi)祟愔荒芸匆娨欢úㄩL的光，聽到部分聲波。那是因?yàn)槲覀兊难劬投錄]有機(jī)器人的那么好。

然而，機(jī)器人能夠做得比我們好得多。機(jī)器人接受信息也比人類快得多，好得多。而且當(dāng)它們學(xué)會了做某件事情之后，它們永遠(yuǎn)都不會忘記。

Word Bank

dangerous adj. 危險(xiǎn)的

object n. （復(fù)數(shù)形式objects）物品；東西

knock into 撞到……上

laugh at 嘲笑