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Dr.Know told me you'd be here.Is Blue Fiary here too?
万事通博士说你在这儿.兰仙女也在吗？
I first heard of your Blue Fairy from Monica.
梦妮卡跟我提到蓝仙女的事。
What did you believe the Blue Fairy could do for you?
你相信蓝仙女能为你做什么？
She would make me a real boy.- But you are a real boy
她会把我变成真人.- 你本来就是真的
At least as real as I've ever made one, which by all reasonable accounts would make me your Blue Fairy
你跟真人几乎一模一样.所以我就算是你的蓝仙女
You are not her.Dr.Know told me that she would be here at the lost city in the sea at the end of the world
你不是.万事通博士说她在世界尽头
That's what Dr.Know needed to know to get you to come home to us
他要让你知道 回家所需要知道的
And it's the only time we intervened the only help that we gave him.to give to you
我们只有介入那么一次..我们只是透过他...给你一些帮助
so you could find your way home to us.
好让你找到回家的路
Until you were born, robots didn't dream.robots didn't desire unless we told them what to want
在你之前机器人不会作梦. 他们也没有自主的欲望
David.do you have any idea what a success story you've become?
大卫. 你是一个成功的典范
You found a fairy tale...and inspired by love, fueled by desire
你找到一个童话故事.你受到爱的感召、欲望的驱使.
you set out on a journey to make her real
为了找到她踏上冒险之旅
And most remarkable of all, no one taught you how
最不可思议的是...以致失去你的踪影
We actually lost you for a while.But when you were found again
没人教你..我们为了考验你故意不出面
we didn't make our presence known because our test was a simple one
找到你以后
Where would your self-motivated reasoning take you? To the logical conclusion...
你的自我推理会有什么结论？
that Blue Fairy is part of the great human flaw to wish for things that don't exist
蓝仙女是否代表.人类追求不存在的东西的愿望
or to the greatest single human gift...
或是人类最伟大的情操
the ability to chase down our dreams
也就是追求梦想的勇气
And that is something no machine has ever done until you
在你之前机器人做不到这点
I thought I was one of a kind.
我以为我是独一无二的
My son was one of a kind.
我儿子才是独一无二的
You are the first of a kind.
你是第一个机器小孩.
David.
大卫
My brain is falling out.
我的脑子乱七八糟
Would you like to come meet your real mothers and fathers?
你想见见你真的父母吗？
The team is anxious to talk to you.I want you to wait here.I'll gather them up
研发小组很想跟你谈谈。你在这儿等，我去召集他们
We want to hear everything about your adventures.We want to thank you...
我们想听你所有的冒险。我们要感谢你。
and tell you what's in store for you next.
还要告诉你接下来的计划。
妙语佳句
Fence (pp. & pt. fenced)
n.栅栏，篱笆；围墙；防护物；剑术
vt.用篱笆围住；防护；练习剑术
vi.练习击剑；搪塞；围以栅栏；跳过栅栏
Villagers say the fence would restrict public access to the hills.
村民们说这个围栏将限制公众进入山区。
Thomas was playing in a little fenced area full of sand.
托马斯在一小块围起来的满是沙子的地上玩耍。
The two countries fought a border war a decade ago, but now they are mending fences.
10年前两国曾进行过边境战争，但现在正在重修旧好。
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Revolution
n.革命；彻底改变；旋转；运行，公转
The period since the revolution has been one of political turmoil.
革命爆发后就陷入了政治动乱期。
The nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in ship design and propulsion.
19世纪船舶设计和船舶动力领域发生了重大的变革。
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Solve (pp. & pt. solved)
vt.解决；解答；解释；清偿（债务）
Their domestic reforms did nothing to solve the problem of unemployment...
他们的国内改革未能解决失业问题。
We may now be able to get a much better idea of the true age of the universe, and solve one of the deepest questions of our origins.
现在，我们也许能够更加清楚地了解宇宙生成的年代，并且解答关于人类起源最为深奥的问题之一。
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Phrase (pp. & pt. phrased)
n.<语>短语；成语；说法；乐句
vt.叙述，措词
vt.& vi.划分乐句，分乐节（尤指为奏乐或歌唱）
He used a phrase I hate: 'You have to be cruel to be kind.'
他说了一句我讨厌的话：“要想善良，就得残忍。”
It is impossible to hypnotise someone simply by saying a particular word or phrase.
不可能仅通过说某个词或短语就能把人催眠。
Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.
罗斯的故事写得不错，她的语言表达形象生动。
剧情百科
意想不到的结果，到达了世界的尽头曼哈顿，见到的不是蓝仙女，却是与自己一样的机器人David II。已经经历许多的David慢慢地有了喜乐哀愁等各种人类情绪，不容许重复自己的机器人出现。但Hobby的话却让他不得不接受现实。
考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.
1.Or maybe it makes more sense to say that the path is the _____?
说这条路径就是目的地，或许更有道理吧？
2.On balance, I think I would rather not _____ _____ _____ going with you.
总的说来，我想我不愿答应跟你一起去。
A:本期答案见下期
上期答案：
1.I describe places where society has broken down or collapsed.
我描写的是社会已经崩溃瓦解的地方。
2.That earnings drop is largely due to intel's stranglehold on the pc market.
业绩下降很大程度上是因为英特尔对PC市场的绝对控制。
