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Activity 2b Read the article and match each paragraph with the question it discusses.
活动2b 阅读文章，将下列各段相互匹配
Do You Think You Will Have Your Own Robot?
你会拥有自己的机器人吗？
When we watch movies about the future, we sometimes see robots.
当我们观看科幻电影时，我们时常会看到机器人的身影。
They are usually like human servants.
他们就像是人类的仆人。
They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places.
他们帮我们做家务，还能奋斗在最肮脏最危险的一线。
Today there are already robots working in factories.
如今，许多工厂已开始使用机器人。
Some can help to build cars, and they do simple jobs over and over again.
许多用来生产汽车，他们重复着简单的工作。
Fewer people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get bored.
在未来，这类无聊的工作会很少有人问津，但机器人不会感到无聊。
Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do.
科学家正努力让机器人像人类靠近，让他们做人类做的事情。
Some robots in Japan can walk and dance.
在日本，许多机器人能走路跳舞。
They are fun to watch.
他们看上去很有趣。
However, some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a human.
但许多科学家认为，尽管人们可以让机器人像人类一样运动，但人们很难接受它就是人类。
For example, scientist James White thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are.
科学家詹姆斯·怀特认为，机器人无法自己醒来，更不知道自己身在何处。
But many scientists disagree with Mr. White.
但许多科学家不同意他的观点。
They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years.
他们称在未来25-50年之间，机器人将能够与人正常对话。
Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future.
许多科学家相信，未来将诞生更多机器人。
However, they agree it may take hundreds of years.
但称这将花费数百年时间。
These new robots will have many different shapes.
新机器人的形状各异。
Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals.
一些形似人类，一些形似动物。
In India, for example, scientists made robots that look like snakes.
比如印度，科学家制作了蛇形机器人。
If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings.
如果房屋倒塌，蛇形机器人可进入房屋寻找人类。
This was not possible 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed impossible 100 years ago.
这在20年前还是天方夜谭，但在一百年前，计算机和火箭似乎也是无法想象。
We never know what will happen in the future!
我们永远不知道未来会发生什么！
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