VOA慢速英语听力2013年02月（WORD文本）：IBM-SAYS-COMPUTERS-WILL-SEE-TASTE.doc

1、From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English.这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。Every year, IBM Corporation chooses five new technologies it believes will change the world within the next five years. The IBM list is called Five in Five. The company says it considers its own research and

2、the new directions of society and business when identifying the technologies.IBM公司每年都会选出五种它认为将在五年内改变世界的新技术，这个IBM名单被称作Five in Five（5 in 5），该公司称在确定这个技术名单时考虑的是本公司的研究和社会和商业的新趋势。This year, the list describes some future devices that will extend our five senses. Imagine looking for clothes online and touc

3、hing your computer or smartphone to feel the cloth. IBM Vice President Bernie Meyerson predicts that technology could be available in the next five years.今年，这份名单描述了一些将扩展我们五大感官的未来设备。想象一下，在网上买衣服时触碰电脑或智能手机来感觉衣服的布料。IBM副总裁伯尼迈耶森（Bernie Meyerson）预测，该技术在未来五年将得以实现。Youre talking about almost reinventing the w

4、ay computers operate and how you interact with them as humans.“我们谈论的相当于重新设计电脑的运作方式及人类与电脑的交互方式。”Touch is just one of the senses that computers will help to extend. IBM says smart machines will soon be able to listen to the environment and give us information about the sounds they hear. For example, B

5、ernie Meyerson says an advanced speech recognition system will tell new parents why their baby is crying.触觉只是电脑将来延伸的一个感觉之一，IBM称智能机器将很快能够听到周围的声音，并能根据所听的声音给人们提供信息。比如，伯尼梅尔森说，一种先进的语音系统将告诉新生儿父母婴儿哭啼的原因。From the sound the baby is creating, that particular frequency in the voice of the child, you know the d

6、ifference between a child for instance who is sick as opposed to a child who is just lonely. That kind of understanding would be great for parents. This kind of thing is not possible today, but with a sophisticated enough system, it actually is possible.他说，“从宝宝发出的声音的特定频率中，你能了解到生病的孩子相对于仅仅是感觉孤独的孩子之间的差

7、异。这种了解对父母来说意义重大。这类事情在今天来说尚未实现，但通过一个足够尖端的系统，它实际上是可以实现的。”Smart machines will also help identify medical conditions. If you sneeze on your computer or cell phone, the machine will study thousands of molecules in your breath. Then it can tell you whether you need to see a doctor.智能机还能帮助识别健康状况，如果在电脑或手机上打

8、喷嚏，机器就能研究气味中的数千个分子，然后告诉你是否需要看医生。It can give you an alarm and say; Hey, you may not feel sick yet, but you have an infection, which you must go see your doctor immediately.“它能给你报警，告诉你，嘿，你可能还没感到不舒服，但你感染了必须立即去看医生。”In the near future, built-in cameras in our personal computers will be able to examine an

9、d name colors and recognize images. Mr. Meyerson says IBM scientists are also developing a computer system that can examine and combine food molecules to create the most popular flavors and smells.在不久的将来，个人电脑的内置摄像头将能检查并识别颜色和图像，梅尔森说IBM的科学家在开发一种电脑系统，这种系统可以检查并合成食物分子，从而创造成最受欢迎的口味和气味。Itll start to be abl

10、e to recommend to you foods youll love the taste of, but it can also keep track of the caloric limits, whether you have limits on fat or cholesterol that you can eat. So it strikes this almost ideal balance between the best possible taste and the best possible nutritional outcome.“它将开始能够向你推荐味道你一定会喜欢

11、的食物，还能跟踪不管是脂肪还是胆固醇的热量限额。所以它在口味最佳和营养最佳之间取得了最理想的平衡。”Mark Maloof is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. He says he hopes the progress that IBM is predicting will lead more students to create future inventions.马克马鲁夫(Mark Maloof)是乔治城大学的电脑科学教授，他说希望IBM预测的发展能引导更多学生创造未来新发明。Its going to be

12、very exciting to see what young people do with the increased availability of mobile platforms and networking and computing power.“看到青年人能够利用日益普及的移动平台、网络和运算容量可用性上的成就将是非常令人振奋的。”Professor Maloof says advances in computer technology will make what now seems like science fiction a part of our everyday lives.马卢夫教授说，电脑科技的发展将使目前看来似乎是科幻小说的东西成为日常的一部分。