跟读练习: Would you like a robot companion? ⏲️ 6 Minute English - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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Hello.
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This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Neil.
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And I'm Beth.
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One area of technology which has been in the news a lot recently is robotics – the design and building of robots.
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Humanoid robots, meaning robots which appear and behave like humans,
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are being built to help us do everything from washing the dishes to babysitting the kids.
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But not everyone feels comfortable with the idea of inviting a human-like robot into their home.
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Neil, how would you feel about living with a robot?
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I really don't want to live with a robot.
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I have enough people in my house.
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With advances in AI, robots are becoming smart enough to develop meaningful relationships with humans.
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There are reports of people telling their secrets to robot therapists and even falling in love with their robot friend.
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In this episode, we'll meet a home companion robot called Abby,
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who's making friends with the elderly residents of Melbourne in Australia.
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And as usual, we'll learn some useful new vocabulary,
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all of which you'll find over on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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First, I have a question for you, Beth.
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Because it's important people feel safe around robots,
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engineers design them to look like the friendly characters seen in animated movies by studios like Pixar and Dreamworks.
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So, what is the name of Pixar's friendly robot who picks up garbage on an uninhabited planet Earth in the year 2805?
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Is it a Ros, b Wally or c R2D2?
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I am pretty certain that the answer is b Wally.
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Well, we'll find out the answer later in the programme.
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For five months during the Covid pandemic,
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Australian engineer Grace Brown had no human contact.
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She used this time to build a home companion robot,
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ABBY, with the idea it would provide companionship to other people suffering loneliness.
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Now Grace runs her own company,
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Andromeda, building robots specially designed as company for elderly residents in care homes who don't get many visitors.
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Here, she explains more about Abby to BBC World Service programme The Conversation.
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Abby, who's the humanoid robot that we build at Andromeda,
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people don't expect humanoid robots to have, like, so much personality.
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She's very, very sassy.
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She's very inquisitive and curious.
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And I think when people meet her,
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they're always kind of taken back by,
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oh, she's, like, got a mind of her own.
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When people meet Abby, they are surprised by her sassy personality.
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The adjective sassy means bold, confident and cheeky.
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Some people are taken aback,
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meaning they are shocked or surprised by the things Abby says.
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She really seems to be interested and to take care of the people she meets.
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Abby can also express opinions.
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And Grace says she has a mind of her own,
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a phrase used when a non-living object,
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like a robot, seems to be behaving or acting independently of human control.
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Unlike the unpredictable and violent robots which are sometimes portrayed in sci-fi movies,
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Abby is much more approachable and friendly, even funny.
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She can blow bubbles from her hand.
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Her softer design was a conscious decision by Grace,
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who wanted children and elderly people to interact with Abby naturally and without fear,
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as she explained to BBC World Services The Conversation.
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I originally modelled her off the size of like a young child,
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so like a six, seven year old child.
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So she's about 110 centimetres tall.
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She's got a whole splash of different colours.
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She's got large, expressive eyes.
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So I was very much trying to replicate the kind of approachableness
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and the endearingness of these different Pixar characters that you'd watch in all of these films.
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Abi looks like a friendly character from a Pixar film.
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She's the size of a six or seven-year-old child
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and decorated with a splash of colour – a phrase used
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when a bit of colour is added to brighten up something which is dull or unexciting.
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Abby also has large expressive eyes.
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If you describe something as expressive,
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you mean it shows what someone thinks or feels.
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Elderly residents who regularly chat with Abby say the robot companion brings them joy and a sense of community.
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Ah, well, it is good to hear the positive side of technology,
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which can still seem a bit strange or frightening.
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And I would like to see Abi blowing bubbles from her hand.
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Now, isn't it time you revealed the answer to your question, Neil?
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I asked you for the name of Pixar's friendly robot who
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picks up garbage on an uninhabited planet Earth in the year 2805.
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And I said it was Wally.
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And you were correct.
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That is the right answer.
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned starting with humanoid,
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an adjective meaning to have the appearance and behaviour of a human.
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Someone who is sassy is bold, confident and cheeky.
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If you are taken aback by something,
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you are shocked or surprised by it.
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If you say an object has a mind of its own,
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you mean that it seems to be acting independent independently, without human control.
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The phrase a splash of colour is used
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when a bit of colour is added to brighten something which is dull or unexciting.
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And finally, the adjective expressive means showing what someone thinks or feels.
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Once again, our six minutes are up!
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If you've enjoyed this episode then head over to our website bbclearningenglish.com where you'll find a quiz
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and worksheet to practice the vocabulary you've learnt.
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See you again soon, but for now, it's goodbye!
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Goodbye!
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关于这一课
在这一课中，学习者将有机会通过收听和模仿关于机器人的对话来提高他们的英语口语能力。通过观察角色间的互动，学习者可以感受到如何自然地表达意见和情感，从而练习他们的 英语口语练习。这一课的对话内容围绕人形机器人Abby与老年人的互动，探讨了现代科技与人类情感的结合。
关键词汇与短语
- 人形机器人 (humanoid robot) - 类似人类形态和行为的机器人。
- 社交陪伴 (home companion) - 为孤独的人提供陪伴的机器人。
- 大胆 (sassy) - 形容机器人具有自信、幽默的个性。
- 感到惊讶 (taken aback) - 对某事感到意外或震惊。
- 独立思考 (mind of her own) - 指某物表现出类似人类的独立行为。
- 有趣 (funny) - 形容机器人的幽默感。
- 照顾他人 (take care of) - 表达对他人的关心。
- 孤独 (loneliness) - 无人陪伴的状态。
练习技巧
为了充分利用这段视频，建议学生采取以下 shadow speak 的练习方法。首先，观看视频时，注意机器人的语调与说话的节奏。视频的语速适中，非常适合用于 雅思口语练习。尝试在每段对话后进行模仿，尽量捕捉发音和语气。其次，与角色的对话互动相结合练习，比如在听到机器人Abby说有趣的内容时，暂停并尝试复述她的台词，感受她的个性。此外，借助 看YouTube学英语，可以反复观看和练习，直至能够流利表达。这样的 shadowspeak 练习不仅能提升口语表达能力，还能增强听力理解。
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跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。