书籍信息：程序员的英语
无人机和机器人相关
01
核心语法
- 长句阅读提示
While the military has been using drones in its various wars and conflicts aroud the world since 1970s, /drones were mostly unknown to the public /until Amazon CEO Jeff Bazos revealed a secret R&D project on a CBS TV newsmagzine program, 60 minutes, in December 2013.
句子变长的原因之一是连词。根据连词可以把上述句子拆分为3个短句，前置词+名词构成前置句比较容易混淆视听，建议先去掉，简化句子结构
单词&短语
- dominance 支配
- make great strides 有长足的进步
- the public 大众
- lit up with 点燃
- coverage gap 覆盖缺口
- ～ beaming ～轰炸
- speculation 推测
- concern 担心
- afloat 悬浮
- complement 补充
- kickstart 启动
- jump on the bandwagon 赶时髦
- look to 考虑
- with a aim to do 目的是
- altruistic 利他的
- translate to 意味着
翻译
Their motivations are not entirely intruistic
他们的动机并非没有私心
More than 60% of the world‘s population does not have Internet access, which translate to for bilion potential new users.
全球有百分之60以上人口无法上网，这意味着有40亿潜在新用户
02
核心语法
- 主语 + help + 宾语 + 宾补
help后接动词原形或不定式to作宾补
Drone with digital cameras help farmers [to] identity problem areas. 带数码相机的无人机可以帮助农民发现问题区域
单词&短语
- raven 乌鸦
- unmmaned 无人的
- wetland 湿地
- conservancy 管理
- vehicle 坐骑
- long before 早在～之前
- a swarme of 一群
- yield 产量
- close inspection 密切监测
- water current 水流
- infrared light 红外线
- massive 巨大的
- photosynthetic efficiency 光合效率
- first responder 急救人员
- lifeguard 救生员
- prototype 样机
- Dutch 荷兰的
- piece 连接
- be full of 充满
- in minutes 几分钟内
- render 制作
- UAV unmmaned aerial vehicles 无人航空器
03
核心语法
- 倍数表达，不能与of同时使用
Her salary is ten timesofmy salary. 她的工资是我的十倍
It is more than ten timesofthe number of human-written stories. 这是人类撰写报道数量的十倍以上
单词&短语
- tell 区分
- average estimate 平均估计
- analyst 分析人士
- see for yourself 亲自确认
- per share 每股
- revenue 收益
- magnitude 大小
- temblor 地震
- byline 署名(报纸杂志的)
- at a depth of 在深度～
- transform A into B 将A转换为B
- epicenter 震源
- insight 见解
- decreased profit 收益减少
- the first quarter earning 第一季度收益
- consensus 协商
- call for 邀请
- tell A from B 将A从B中区分
翻译
- but the consensus estimate calls for earnings per share of 40 cents this time.
但调查结果估计每股利润会降至40美分这次。
04
核心语法
主语 + 动词 + 宾语中，that引导的从句作宾语，that可以省略
52% claim [that] robots will create more jobs.
百分之52的人认为机器人将会创造更多工作机会比较句
The robot-equipped warehouses process three times more than the old system.
配置机器人的仓库处理速度比旧系统快3倍
单词&短语
- pharmacy 药店
- pharmacist 药剂师
- mass unemployment 大量失业
- nearly half of 近一半
- be at risk 濒临危险
- be concerned about 担心
- perfect for 非常适合
- fulfillment center 物流中心
- pull up weeds 除草
- prune vines 修建葡萄藤
- vineyards 葡萄园
- deliver 运送
- dairy farm 奶牛场
- scour 侦查
- dig up 挖掘
- routine task 日常工作
- medication dispensing error 配药出错
- vacuum 真空
- account for 说明
翻译
2000位专家的意见被划分
Opinions from 2000 experts are divided
近一半的美国职业濒临消失的危险在未来的20-30年内
nearly half of US jobs are at risk over the next couple of decades.
05
核心语法
- 情感类动词，容易将主体与动词混淆
Five brilliant minds are concerned about AI. 五大知名人士很担心AI
The idea fasnated mankind. 这个观点迷惑了人类
= Mankind was fasnated by the idea. 人类被这个观点迷惑了
Some scenarios are entertaining while other are freightening. 有些场景让人开心有些让人恐惧
单词&短语
- be famous for 因～出名
- cutting edge 尖嘴
- exsitential 存在主义的
- summon a demon 召唤恶魔
- scenerio 场景，剧本
- unfold 展开
- nuke 核武器
- in the camp 是一伙的
- scientific circles 科学界
- mathematician 数学家
- coin 创造(单词)
- inevitable 不可避免的
- competitive advantage 竞争优势
- compelling 引人入胜的
- what about ～怎么样
- pass a law 通过法律
- spell 意味着
- human race 人种
- physical extinction 物理灭绝
- at a ～ rate 以～速度
- biologocal evolution 生物学进化
- eradicate 摧毁
- supersede 取代
- world-renowned 世界知名的
- awesomeness 可怕的
- physicist 物理学家
- singularity 奇点(qi dian) 指因文明演变出现的未来遐想点
06
核心语法
- 关系副词连接两个句子，兼具连词和副词的作用
A robot must obey the orders, except the case. + Such orders would conflict with the First Law in the case.
机器人必须遵守命令，除了一种情况 + 这种命令会违背第一定律在这种情况下。
= A robot must obey the orders, except the case in which such orders would conflict with the First Law.
= A robot must obey the orders, except the case where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
= A robot must obey the orders, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
Anybody should have an inferiority complex every time. + He looks at a flower at the time.
每个人都会有自卑感每次 + 他看花的时候
= Anybody should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.
= Anybody should have an inferiority complex whenever he looks at a flower.
单词&短语
- notable 值得注意的
- at bottom 实际上的
- discipline 学问
- visiionary 远见者
- emulate 模仿
- survivial 幸存
- vehicle 手段
- inaction 无作为
- blindly 盲目的
- conflict with 冲突
- selfish 自私的
- molecule 分子
- visualize 可视化
- defect 缺点
- A is to B what C is to D A之于B相当于C之于D
- submarine 潜水艇
- general 一般的
- root for 支持
- alter 改变
- inferior 自卑的
- speak of 谈及
- inferiority conplex 自卑感
- contradict 反驳
- stupidity 愚蠢
- guesswork 猜测
- two-edge sword 双刃剑
- cognition 认知
- perception 直觉
- physical world 物质世界