考研四六级英语核心词汇(8.11):仿真机器人故事由来已久

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摘要:They usually belong to three categories, she says. Many are manual workers or weapons, but female creations tend to fall into the

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Artificial people are both ancient and ubiquitous. "Basically every culture around the world since recorded history has told stories about automatons," says Lisa Yaszek at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

人造人的概念既古老又无处不在。“自人类有文字记载以来,基本上所有文化都流传着关于自动机械装置的故事,”佐治亚理工学院的丽莎·亚泽克指出。

They usually belong to three categories, she says. Many are manual workers or weapons, but female creations tend to fall into the categories of domestic and sexual companions. In Greek myth, Galatea is the statue of a perfect woman who comes to life after her creator Pygmalion falls in love with her.

她认为这类创造物通常分为三类:多数是体力劳动者或武器,但女性创造物往往被归为家务与性伴侣。希腊神话中,完美女性雕像伽拉忒亚在创造者皮格马利翁爱上她后获得了生命。

Throughout history, these fictional automata have had real counterparts: novelty machines that mimicked living creatures. By the 18th century, technological advancements made some of these devices beautifully realistic, so it is no wonder people began to imagine fictional automata that could be mistaken for the real thing.

纵观历史,这些虚构的自动装置总能找到现实对应——那些模仿生物的奇巧机械。到18世纪,技术进步使部分装置逼真得令人惊叹,难怪人们开始幻想虚构的自动装置能以假乱真。

One of the eeriest such visions was E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1817 short story The Sandman. The lovely Olympia captivates Nathaniel, despite her uncanny stiffness and passivity. Olympia is eventually revealed to be a moving doll, a discovery that drives Nathaniel to madness and death.

其中最令人毛骨悚然的想象s E·T·A·霍夫曼1817年的短篇小说《沙人》:美丽的奥林匹娅迷住了纳撒尼尔,尽管她姿态怪异僵硬且反应迟钝。当奥林匹娅最终被揭露是活动人偶时,这个发现将纳撒尼尔逼至疯狂并最终导致其死亡。

来源:博文教育

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