第十六讲Couldyoutellmesomethingaboutrobots?[词汇联想][短文助记]In1921,scientistsinventedthefirstman-maderobot.Butbeforethat,somethinglikerobotsappeared.Withthedevelopmentofscience,robotscantaketheplaceofhumanstodohardandboringworkinsomeworksituations.Theycanalsodolotsofdangerousworkinsteadofhumans.Forexample,theycansavepeopleindanger,repairmachines,mendroads,lifttrucks,catchfishandsoon.Ineverydaylife,robotsarebeingusedmoreandmorewidely.Wecancallthemforhelpthroughdownloadingalistofordersorpressingsomebuttonsonthem.AndI’msurerobotscandosomeworkfasterandbetterthanhumans.ButI’mnotsurewhetherrobotswillmakehumanslosetheirjobs.[单词释义]1.scientistn.2.robotn.3.appearv.4.developmentn.5.taketheplaceof6.humanadj.1.科学家2.机器人3.出现4.发达，发展；发育；进化5.取代，代替6.人的，人类的19.whetherconj.20.losev.21.jobn.22.man-madeadj.23.callfor24.downloadv.&19.是否20.遗失；迷失；丢掉；失去；失败21.职业；工作，份内事22.人造的，人工的23.寻求，需要，号robotsciencescientistdevelopmenttaketheplaceofhumaninsteadofdangerousindangersaverepairmachineslifttrucksmendman-madecallfordownloadorderlistpressbutton7.situationn.8.dangerousadj.9.insteadof10.savev.11.indanger12.repairv.&n.13.machinen.14.mendv.15.liftv.&n.16.truckn.17.catchv.18.betteradj.&adv.7.情况，形势8.危险的9.代替，而不是10.救，挽救；节省11.处在危险状态12.修理，修补13.机器14.修补，修理15.举起，抬起；(云、烟等)消散；＆(英)电梯16.卡车，载货汽车；手推车17.捕捉；及时赶上；发觉；着火18.较好的；较优的；较佳的；＆更好地；更佳地n.25.listv.&n.26.ordern.&v.27.pressv.&n.28.buttonn.&v.29.usev.&n.30.widelyadv.31.throughconj.32.insteadadv.召，提倡24.下载(计算机用语)25.(按某次序)把……列表；列举；＆名单，清单26.顺序；＆命令27.按，压；＆新闻界，出版社28.(电铃等的)按钮；纽扣；＆扣(纽扣)29.使用；动用；消费；＆使用；用途；效用30.广大地，广泛地；非常地31.通过，穿过；遍及；经由32.代替，顶替
