Passage Forty-one (K4 level)
1. Imagine having a bedroom that interacts with you. 2. If you’re sad, it will arrange for some of your friends to come over to cheer you up. 3. If you’re happy, it might respond by playing your favorite game with you. 4. Does it sound like something out of a science-fiction movie? Well, it’s really something out of the Georgia Institute of Technology. 5. Irfan Essa works at the computer lab there; he has developed a computer system that can look at you and recognize your mood. 6. He calls it the “Expression Recognition System” and says that they are trying to get computers to act like a human brain. 7. But Essa explains that the human brain is not like one computer; it is like many working together. 8. In Essa’s system, many computers work together. 9. First, a camera in the bedroom takes a picture of your face. 10. The camera feeds the image to a computer. 11. In the computer’s memory, there are pictures showing how the muscles of your face move when you are in different moods. 12. For example, cheek muscles move in one way when you are happy and smiling and in another way when you are nervous and tense. 13. The computer compares your picture to the face-muscle images stored in its memory. 14. It tries to find the best match; that’s how it figures out your mood. Then the computer sends messages to other computers in the system. 15. If you look happy, a computer may put on lively music; if you look tired and discouraged, a different computer may turn on the TV for you. 16. Essa thinks that the system could help us in important ways by helping create computers that are better teachers. 17. Essa explains that many people learn new skills through computer programs. 18. He further adds that when he teaches, he looks at people’s faces, and if his students look confused, he knows they didn’t understand. 19. He says that with this technology, a computer can also know if a student is learning. 20. Today, this new technology can be found only in labs, but Essa predicts we’ll see it out of the lab in a few years. 21. So get ready; one day, you might walk into a room that will soon become your best friend.
生词表(New Words) 1. Imagine 想象 bedroom 卧室 interacts 互动 2. sad 难过 arrange 安排 friends 朋友 cheer 安慰 3. happy 高兴 respond 回应 game 游戏 4. sound 听起来 movie 电影 5. computer 计算机 lab 实验室 system 系统 6. expression 表情 system 系统 brain 大脑 7. human 人类 computer 计算机 many 许多 8. system 系统 computers 计算机 together 一起 9. camera 摄像头 picture 照片 face 面部 10. feeds 传输 image 图像 memory 内存 11. muscles 肌肉 moods 情绪 12. example 例如 cheek 脸颊 tense 紧张 13. compares 对比 images 图像 memory 内存 14. tries 尝试 find 找到 match 匹配 15. happy 高兴 music 音乐 tired 疲倦 16. help 帮助 important 重要 teachers 教师 17. learn 学习 skills 技能 program 程序 18. face 面部 confused 困惑 understand 理解 19. technology 技术 learning 学习 20. technology 技术 lab 实验室 years 年 21. ready 准备 room 房间 best 最佳 friend 朋友
1. 想象一下,拥有一个与您互动的卧室。 2. 如果您感到难过,它会安排一些朋友过来安慰您。 3. 如果您感到高兴,它可能会通过和您玩您最喜欢的游戏来回应您。 4. 听起来像科幻电影中的情节吗?其实,这正是乔治亚理工学院的研究成果。 5. 伊尔凡·埃萨在那里的计算机实验室工作,他开发了一种能够看出你情绪的计算机系统。 6. 他称之为“表情识别系统”,并表示他们正在努力让计算机像人类大脑一样运作。 7. 但埃萨解释说,人类大脑不像一台计算机,它就像是许多计算机一起工作。 8. 在埃萨的系统中,许多计算机共同工作。 9. 首先,卧室中的摄像头会拍摄你面部的照片。 10. 摄像头将图像传输到计算机中。 11. 在计算机的内存中,存储着显示你在不同情绪下面部肌肉运动的图片。 12. 例如,当你高兴并微笑时,脸颊肌肉会以一种方式运动,而当你紧张时,它们则会以另一种方式运动。 13. 计算机会将你的照片与内存中存储的面部肌肉图像进行对比。 14. 它会尝试找到最佳匹配,这就是它识别你情绪的方式。然后,计算机会向系统中的其他计算机发送消息。 15. 如果你看起来很高兴,一台计算机可能会播放活泼的音乐;如果你看起来疲倦而气馁,另一台计算机可能会为你打开电视。 16. 埃萨认为,该系统可以帮助我们以重要的方式,帮助创造更好的教学计算机。 17. 埃萨解释说,许多人通过计算机程序学习新技能。 18. 他进一步补充说,当他授课时,他会观察学生们的面部表情,如果学生看起来困惑,他知道他们没有理解。 19. 他表示,利用这项技术,计算机也能知道学生是否在学习。 20. 今天,这项新技术只在实验室中可以找到,但埃萨预测,我们将在几年后看到它走出实验室。 21. 所以,做好准备吧,有一天,你可能会走进一个很快会成为你最好的朋友的房间。 |
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