Passage Forty-one (K9 level)
1. Imagine having a bedroom that can talk to you and react to your feelings. 2. If you're feeling sad, it might invite your friends over to cheer you up. 3. If you're feeling happy, it might play your favorite game with you. 4. Does that sound like something from a science-fiction movie? Actually, it's a real project from the Georgia Institute of Technology. 5. Irfan Essa works in the computer lab there. He has created a computer system that can understand your mood by looking at your face. 6. He named it the "Expression Recognition System" and says that they are working to make computers think like the human brain. 7. But Essa explains that the human brain is different from a computer; it works with many parts together. 8. In his system, many computers work together to understand your feelings. 9. First, a camera in the bedroom takes a photo of your face. 10. Then, the camera sends the picture to a computer. 11. The computer has pictures in its memory that show how your face changes when you're in different moods. 12. For example, your cheek muscles move one way when you're happy and smiling, and another way when you're nervous or tense. 13. The computer compares your face to the pictures in its memory to find the best match. 14. Once it finds the best match, it understands your mood. Then, it sends messages to other computers in the system. 15. If you're happy, one computer might play fun music; if you're tired or discouraged, another computer might turn on the TV for you. 16. Essa believes that this system can help us make better computers, especially ones that can be better teachers. 17. Essa explains that many people learn new things using computer programs. 18. He adds that when he teaches, he watches his students' faces. If they look confused, he knows they didn't understand. 19. With this technology, a computer can also know when a student is learning or struggling. 20. Right now, this technology is only available in labs, but Essa believes we’ll see it in our homes in the next few years. 21. So, get ready—one day, you might walk into a room that becomes your new best friend.
生词表(New Words) 1. Imagine 想象 bedroom 卧室 react 反应 feelings 情绪 2. sad 难过 arrange 安排 friends 朋友 cheer 安慰 3. happy 高兴 respond 回应 playing 玩 game 游戏 4. sound 听起来 something 某事 movie 电影 technology 技术 5. works 工作 computer 计算机 lab 实验室 created 开发 system 系统 mood 情绪 6. expression 表情 system 系统 trying 尝试 think 思考 brain 大脑 7. explains 解释 human 人类 different 不同 computer 计算机 works 工作 together 一起 8. system 系统 computers 计算机 together 一起 feelings 情绪 9. camera 摄像头 bedroom 卧室 photo 照片 face 面部 10. picture 图片 computer 计算机 11. memory 内存 pictures 图片 muscles 肌肉 moods 情绪 1. example 例如 cheek 脸颊 happy 高兴 smiling 微笑 nervous 紧张 2. compares 对比 face 面部 images 图像 memory 内存 match 匹配 14. understand 理解 messages 信息 15. happy 高兴 music 音乐 tired 疲倦 16. believes 相信 system 系统 help 帮助 create 创建 teachers 教师 14. explains 解释 people 人们 learn 学习 skills 技能 programs 程序 15. adds 补充 teaches 教学 confused 困惑 understand 理解 19. technology 技术 learning 学习 20. technology 技术 labs 实验室 believe 相信 years 年 21.ready 准备 room 房间 best 最佳 friend 朋友
1. 想象一下,拥有一个可以和你对话并根据你的情绪做出反应的卧室。 2. 如果你感到难过,它可能会邀请你的朋友过来安慰你。 3. 如果你感到高兴,它可能会和你一起玩你最喜欢的游戏。 4. 听起来像是科幻电影中的情节吗?实际上,这项技术来自乔治亚理工学院。 5. 伊尔凡·埃萨在那里的计算机实验室工作。他开发了一种可以通过观察你的面部来理解你情绪的计算机系统。 6. 他将其命名为“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思考。 7. 但埃萨解释说,人类大脑与计算机不同;它通过多个部分协同工作。 8. 在他的系统中,许多计算机共同工作来理解你的情绪。 9. 首先,卧室中的摄像头拍摄你的面部照片。 10. 然后,摄像头将图片传输到计算机。 11. 计算机的内存中存储着显示你在不同情绪下面部变化的图片。 12. 例如,当你高兴并微笑时,脸颊肌肉以一种方式运动,而当你紧张或焦虑时,它们则会以另一种方式运动。 13. 计算机会将你的面部与内存中的图片进行对比,以找到最佳匹配。 14. 一旦找到最佳匹配,计算机就能理解你的情绪。然后,它会向系统中的其他计算机发送信息。 15. 如果你看起来很高兴,一台计算机可能会播放轻松的音乐;如果你看起来很疲倦或气馁,另一台计算机可能会为你打开电视。 16. 埃萨认为,这个系统能够帮助我们开发出更好的计算机,尤其是能够成为更好的老师的计算机。 17. 埃萨解释说,许多人通过计算机程序学习新知识。 18. 他补充说,当他教课时,他会观察学生的面部表情。如果学生看起来困惑,他就知道他们没有理解。 19. 使用这项技术,计算机也能知道学生是否在学习或遇到困难。 20. 目前,这项技术仅在实验室中可用,但埃萨相信,我们将在未来几年看到它走出实验室,进入家庭。 21. 所以,做好准备吧——有一天,你可能会走进一个很快就会成为你新朋友的房间。
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