夏说英语新闻晨读(MP3+文本) 第765期:AI宇航员CIMON 2升空
日期:2019-12-16 16:09

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本期内容:

The astronaut assistant known as CIMON 2 just launched for the orbiting lab aboard SpaceX's robotic Dragon cargo capsule, which lifted off today (Dec. 5) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
CIMON 2 is following in the footsteps of the original CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion), which reached the ISS in the summer of 2018, also aboard a Dragon.
Both robots were developed by the European aerospace company Airbus on behalf of the German space agency, DLR, and employ IBM's Watson system as their AI.

astronaut assistant: 宇航员助理
the orbiting lab: 沿轨道运行的实验室,即国际空间站
• ISS: 全称为the international space station 国际空间站
aboard prep. 搭载;在船、飞机等交通工具上(等同于on/in)
cargo capsule: 货运太空舱
• manned capsule: 载人航空
capsule n. 胶囊
lift off: 发射
• lift-off n. 发射
follow in the footsteps of sb. 跟随着……的脚步;继承了……的衣钵
develop vt. 开发;发展
• develop our brains: 开发我们的大脑
• development bank: 开发银行
on behalf of: 代替……;代表……(on someone’s behalf)
• accept the prize on sb’s behalf: 替某人领奖
employ vt. 采用,应用;雇佣


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