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But we ship thousands of lover models every month.
可是，我们每月都卖出几千个机器情人了
Of course.You're your own best customer, Syatyoo-Sama.
当然了 你是你自己产品最好的消费者
Quality control is very important.
控制质量是非常重要的
Tell me. What is love?
告诉我.爱是什么？
Love is first widening my eyes a little bit and quickening my breathing a little and warming my skin and touching my
爱是先微张我的双眼.呼吸急促、体温开始上升并且触摸我的...
And so on. Exactly so. Thank you, Sheila
诸如此类，没错.谢谢你，席拉
But I wasn't referring to sensuality simulators.The word that I used was “love.”
但我指的不单是性爱机器人.刚才我说的是 --爱
Love like the love of a child for its parents.
就像是小孩对父母的这种爱.
I propose that we build a robot child who can love
我提议研发能够爱的机器小孩
A robot child who will genuinely love the parent or parents it imprints on with a love that will never end
一个能从心里爱父母的孩子机器人 他能对父母付出真挚的爱.永无止尽的爱
A child-substitute Mecha?
取代小孩的机器人？
But a Mecha with a mind, with neuronal feedback
有神经反馈的机器人
You see, what I'm suggesting is that love will be the key
所以现在我建议，以这种爱为基本原素
by which they acquire a kind of subconscious never before achieved
也获得某种以前没有得到过的潜意识
An inner world of metaphor, of intuition of self-motivated reasoning
有自己的内心世界，直觉，并且有逻辑推理能力
of dreams. - A robot that dreams?
还可以做梦 - 会作梦的机器人？
Yes. How exactly do we pull this off?
是的 - 究竟怎样才能把他变出来呢？
You know, it occurs to me with all this animus existing against Mechas today
我突然想到.社会现在弥漫着仇视机器人的气氛
it isn't simply a question of creating a robot who can love
问题不是制造会爱的机器人
But isn't the real conundrum, can you get a human to love them back?
真正的问题是人类能不能爱他们？
Ours will be a perfect child caught in a freeze-frame always loving, never ill, never changing With all the childless couples yearning in vain for a license our little Mecha will not only open up a completely new market
这机器小孩会完美不变的.他的爱永无止境，永不会生病.而且对于那么多没有准生证的夫妻来说.这机器小孩不但能开发新市场
but it will fill a great human need
也能满足人类的需求
But you haven't answered my question .If a robot could genuinely love a person
可你还没回答我的问题.如果这机器人真的能爱一个人
what responsibility does that person hold toward that Mecha in return?
这个人对机器人 又该有什么责任？
It's a moral question, isn't it?
这是道德问题，对吧？
The oldest one of all
人类最古老的一个
But in the beginning, didn't God create Adam to love Him?
但是在创世纪.上帝不也是创造亚当爱他吗？

妙语佳句

Dimension

n.尺寸；[复]面积，范围；[物]量纲；[数]次元，度，维
adj.（石料，木材）切成特定尺寸的
vt.把…刨成（或削成）所需尺寸；标出尺寸

There is a political dimension to the accusations...
这些指控含有政治方面的因素MUl0+UBQ9VB。
He considers the dimensions of the problem...
他考虑了问题的严重程度qu0G|@e&vH64sthw。
I don't think it would spoil the dimensions of the room.
我不认为它会破坏房间的大小@j_(%6~rbe5]a50P^hdp。

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Preliminary
adj.初步的，初级的；预备的；开端的；序言的
n.准备工作；预赛；初步措施；（对学生等的）预考

Preliminary results show the Republican party with 11 percent of the vote...
初步结果显示共和党获得了11%的选票LNN-%~6Cxj4。
It had taken about ten minutes to cover the preliminaries...
准备工作大概花了10分钟_[8]kxf#JHkNs7i%。

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Bequeathed to
遗赠给
Her collection of paintings was bequeathed to the national gallery when she died.
她去世时，她的全部藏画都遗赠给了国家美术馆Gu+fJ_khfIRt_t#u。

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Appeal to
诉诸武力；向…投诉；向…呼吁；对…有吸引力

The doves appeal to softer emotions.
鸽派则求助于柔情策略s8N.;Fu7vW(9vXj。

剧情百科

在机器人的发展过程中，赋予机器人以情感是最富有争议的，也是最后未能做到的事^qIoSR5nc4[kKO。通常机器人被视作为一个极其复杂的装置，人们认为他们不会具备感情9+Yz&+ZuP#dS。但是，现在有很多父母失去了自己的孩子，时代的需要就使这种可能性大大增加了eLBUOZX)1;9_。终于，Cybertronics Manufacturing制作公司着手解决了这个问题，制造出了第一个具有感情的机器人|nI0[n)xmJV8Uu,。

考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.

1.Somebody had to _____ it.
必须有人送进去.
2.I have to tell him _____.
我得事先告诉他*r3D7v=;~qY[R。

A:本期答案见下期
上期答案：

1.Check the clearance dimension of excavation face.
检开挖断面净空尺寸(N)Bzka0=Vtt。
2.The only amendment is to appeal to lawing.
你的唯一补救办法就是诉诸法律n9j)|%2l_Ik!x4EW,。