Name: 你想要一個機器人朋友嗎？6 分鐘英語帶你聊未來科技！ (Would you like a robot companion? ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2025-09-18T21:01:20.000Z
Duration: 6 min 16 s

Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.

您好。這裡是 BBC Learning English 的 6 分鐘英語。我是尼爾

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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. Humanoid robots – meaning robots which appear and behave like humans are being built to help us do everything from washing the dishes to babysitting the kids.

最近新聞中經常出現的一個技術領域是機器人技術--機器人的設計和製造。仿人機器人--即外形和行為與人類相似的機器人，正在被製造出來幫助我們做從洗碗到照看孩子的所有事情。

But not everyone feels comfortable with the idea of inviting a human-like robot into their home. Neil, how would you feel about living with a robot?

但是，並不是每個人都願意把一個類似人類的機器人請到家裡來。尼爾，你覺得和機器人一起生活怎麼樣？

I really don't want to live with a robot. I have enough people in my house.

我真的不想和機器人住在一起。我家裡的人已經夠多了。

With advances in AI, robots are becoming smart enough to develop meaningful relationships with humans. There are reports of people telling their secrets to robot therapists and even falling in love with their robot friend.

隨著人工智能的進步，機器人變得越來越聰明，足以與人類建立有意義的關係。有報道稱，有人將自己的祕密告訴了機器人治療師，甚至愛上了自己的機器人朋友。

In this episode, we'll meet a home companion robot called Abby, who's making friends with the elderly residents of Melbourne in Australia.

在本集節目中，我們將認識一個名叫艾比的家庭伴侶機器人，它正在與澳洲墨爾本的老年居民交朋友。

And as usual, we'll learn some useful new vocabulary, all of which you'll find over on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

和往常一樣，我們將學習一些有用的新詞彙，所有這些都可以在我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到。

First, I have a question for you, Beth. Because it's important people feel safe around robots, engineers design them to look like the friendly characters seen in animated movies by studios like Pixar and DreamWorks. So, what is the name of Pixar's friendly robot who picks up garbage on an uninhabited planet Earth in the year 2805? Is it...

首先，我要問你一個問題，貝絲。因為人們在機器人身邊感到安全很重要，所以工程師們把它們設計成皮克斯和夢工廠等動畫電影中的友好角色的樣子。那麼，皮克斯的友好機器人叫什麼名字 它在2805年無人居住的地球上撿垃圾？是...

I am pretty certain that the answer is B, Wall-E.

Well, we'll find out the answer later in the programme.

我們稍後會在節目中找到答案。

For five months during the Covid pandemic, Australian engineer Grace Brown had no human contact. She used this time to build a home companion robot, Abby, with the idea it would provide companionship to other people suffering loneliness. Now Grace runs her own company,

在科威德病毒大流行的五個月裡，澳洲工程師格蕾絲-布朗與人類沒有任何接觸。她利用這段時間製造了一個家庭伴侶機器人艾比，希望它能為其他孤獨的人提供陪伴。現在，格蕾絲經營著自己的公司、

Andromeda, building robots specially designed as company for elderly residents in care homes who don't get many visitors. Here she explains more about Abby to BBC World Service programme,

安朵美達是一家專門為護理院的老人設計的機器人公司，這些老人很少有人來探望。在這裡，她向英國廣播公司世界服務節目詳細介紹了艾比、

Abby, who's the humanoid robot that we build at Andromeda, people don't expect humanoid robots to have like so much personality. She's very, very sassy. She's very inquisitive and curious. And I think when people meet her, they're always kind of taken back by, oh, she's like got a mind of her own.

艾比是我們在仙女座製造的人形機器人，人們不會想到人形機器人會有這麼多個性。她非常非常時髦她非常好奇，充滿求知慾。我覺得當人們見到她的時候 總會覺得她很有自己的想法

When people meet Abby, they are surprised by her sassy personality.

當人們見到艾比時，都會對她時髦的個性感到驚訝。

The adjective sassy means bold, confident and cheeky.

sassy 這個形容詞的意思是大膽、自信和厚臉皮。

Some people are taken aback, meaning they are shocked or surprised by the things Abby says.

有些人大吃一驚，意思是他們對艾比所說的話感到震驚或驚訝。

She really seems to be interested and to take care of the people she meets.

她似乎真的很關心和照顧她遇到的人。

Abby can also express opinions. And Grace says she has a mind of her own, a phrase used when a non-living object, like a robot, seems to be behaving or acting independently of human control.

艾比還能發表意見。格蕾絲說她有自己的思想。"有自己的思想 "指的是機器人等非生命體似乎不受人類控制而獨立行為或行動。

Unlike the unpredictable and violent robots, which are sometimes portrayed in sci-fi movies,

與科幻電影中時常出現的不可預知的暴力機器人不同、

Abby is much more approachable and friendly, even funny. She can blow bubbles from her hand.

艾比更加平易近人、友好，甚至還很有趣。她能用手吹泡泡。

Her softer design was a conscious decision by Grace, who wanted children and elderly people to interact with Abby naturally and without fear, as she explained to BBC World Services,

正如格蕾絲向 BBC 世界服務公司解釋的那樣，她希望兒童和老人能夠自然地、毫無顧忌地與艾比互動，而柔和的設計正是格蕾絲有意為之的、

I originally modelled her off the size of like a young child, so like a six, seven-year-old child. So she's about 110 centimetres tall. She's got a whole splash of different colours. She's got, you know, large expressive eyes. So that was, I was very much trying to replicate the kind of approachableness and the endearingness of like these different, like Pixar characters that you'd watch in all of these films.

我最初是按照幼兒的體型來塑造她的，就像一個六七歲的孩子。所以她大約有 110 釐米高。她有各種不同的顏色。她有一雙富有表現力的大眼睛。所以，我一直在努力複製皮克斯電影中的那些角色的親和力和可愛度。

Abby looks like a friendly character from a Pixar film. She's the size of a six or seven-year-old child and decorated with a splash of colour – a phrase used when a bit of colour is added to brighten up something which is dull or unexciting.

艾比看起來就像皮克斯電影中的一個友好角色。她只有六七歲孩子那麼大，身上的裝飾色彩斑斕--"色彩斑斕 "指的是用一點色彩來點亮沉悶或平淡無奇的事物。

Abby also has large expressive eyes. If you describe something as expressive, you mean it shows what someone thinks or feels.

艾比還有一雙富有表現力的大眼睛。如果用 "富有表現力 "來形容某樣東西，那就意味著它能表現出一個人的想法或感受。

Elderly residents who regularly chat with Abby say the robot companion brings them joy and a sense of community.

經常與艾比哈拉的老年居民說，機器人伴侶給他們帶來了快樂和社區感。

Well, it is good to hear the positive side of technology, which can still seem a bit strange or frightening. And I would like to see Abby blowing bubbles from her hand. Now, isn't it time you revealed the answer to your question, Neil?

很高興能聽到科技的積極一面，它看起來還是有點奇怪或可怕。我還想看看艾比用手吹泡泡的樣子。現在，你是不是該揭曉問題的答案了，尼爾？

I asked you for the name of Pixar's friendly robot who picks up garbage on an uninhabited planet Earth in the year 2805.

我問你，在 2805 年無人居住的地球上撿垃圾的皮克斯友好機器人叫什麼名字？

That is the right answer. OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned, starting with humanoid – an adjective meaning to have the appearance and behaviour of a human.

這就是正確答案。好了，讓我們來回顧一下我們學過的詞彙，首先是類人猿--一個形容詞，意思是具有人類的外表和行為。

Someone who is sassy, is bold, confident and cheeky.

一個時髦、大膽、自信、厚臉皮的人。

If you are taken aback by something, you are shocked or surprised by it.

如果你對某件事大吃一驚，你就會感到震驚或驚訝。

If you say an object has a mind of its own, you mean that it seems to be acting independently, without human control.

如果你說一個物體有自己的思想，你的意思是它似乎在不受人類控制的情況下獨立行動。

The phrase a splash of colour is used when a bit of colour is added to brighten something which is dull or unexciting.

一抹亮色 "用於為沉悶或平淡無奇的事物增添一點色彩。

And finally, the adjective expressive means showing what someone thinks or feels.

最後，形容詞 "expressive "表示表達某人的想法或感受。

Once again, our six minutes are up. If you've enjoyed this episode, then head over to our website bbclearningenglish.com, where you'll find a quiz and worksheet to practice the vocabulary you've learnt.

我們的六分鐘時間又到了。如果您喜歡本期節目，請訪問我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com，在那裡您可以找到測驗和工作表來練習所學詞彙。

See you again soon, but for now, it's goodbye!

我們很快會再見面的，但現在，我們要道別了！