人类与虚拟助手的交谈

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[00:11.12]Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Rob.	大家好，欢迎来到六分钟英语。我是罗伯。
[00:17.20]And I'm Dan.	我是丹。
[00:18.50]Hey, Dan. What's the time?	嘿，丹，什么时间了？
[00:20.17]Time you got a new watch?	你该买块新表的时候？
[00:22.71]No, I didn't ask you that, just for a joke or a sarcastic comment now, did I?	不，我没有问你那个，现在只是开个玩笑或者嘲讽一下，不是吗？
[00:27.36]Well, no, but look, there's a clock over there, and you are wearing a watch, you have a smartphone and a computer, all of which show the time. 好吧，但是你看那有一块表，你也戴着一块手表，你有智能机和电脑，所有这一切都可以显示时间。
[00:35.11]So why are you asking me?	所以你为什么要问我呢？
[00:37.26]Dan! I was trying to introduce today's topic, which is all about virtual assistants or bots. 丹！我刚正在努力介绍今天的主题，全是关于虚拟助手或者虚拟程序。
[00:44.10]You seemed to have forgotten the script.	你似乎忘记台本了。
[00:46.23]Oh, yes, sorry. We're talking about software that you talk to and that can talk back to you. 噢，是的，抱歉。我们现在讨论是你与之交谈并反过来与你交谈的软件。
[00:52.56]Like Apple's Siri, Google's Assistant, Amazon's Alexa and Microsoft's Cortana. 就像苹果的Siri，谷歌的Assistant，亚马逊的Alexa还有微软的Cortana。
[00:58.99]It might be on your phone or computer or even a speaker in your house.	它可能在你的手机或电脑里，或者甚至是在你你家里的扬声器中。
[01:04.70]Now before we hear more about this topic, here is today's quiz question.现在在我们听到更多关于今天主题的内容之前，是今天的测试问题。
[01:08.78]Do you know when was the first computer, which could recognise speech, launched? Was it in a) 1951 b) 1961 or c) 1971 ?	你知道第一台能识别语音的电脑什么时候开始上市的？是在a) 1951年 b) 1961年 还是 c) 1971年 ？
[01:20.37]Oh, I have found my script, so I've seen the answer.But I have to say I was surprised.	噢，我找到我的台本了，所以我已经看过答案了。但是我不得不说我很吃惊。
[01:27.26]OK. Don't tell anybody, Dan, OK?好的，不要告诉任何人，丹，好吗？
[01:29.10]We'll give the answer for the listeners at the end of the programme. 我们将会在节目最后给观众答案。
[01:32.26]We're going to hear now from Tom Hewitson, who is a conversation designer, working in the field of virtual assistants, talking on BBC Radio 4's Word of Mouth programme. 我们现在要听一下汤姆?休伊森做客BBC4频道的Word of Mouth节目是怎么说的，他是从事虚拟助手领域工作的对话设计师。
[01:44.70]He talks about the whole idea of virtual assistants and how they are changing the way we interact with technology. 他谈到了虚拟助手的整体观点，以及它们如何改变我们和科技的互动。
[01:51.25]How does he describe our existing relationship with computers?	他是如何描述我们和计算机的现存联系的？
[01:56.21]It changes the way that we think about computers. 它改变了我们对电脑的看法。
[01:59.95]To date we've thought of them largely as tools. 迄今为止，我们大多把它们当做工具。
[02:03.34]They're just an advanced version of a calculator. 它们只是高级版本的计算器。
[02:05.56]They're something you kind of use to get a specific thing done, whereas this is kind of changing them more into like an agent. 它们是你完成特定事情所使用的某种事物，而这在一定程度上正将它们变为发展的动因。
[02:12.91]They're an active participant in the interaction and in guiding you to make the right decision.	它们积极参与我们之间的互动以及指导你做出正确决定。
[02:19.57]How did he describe our existing relationship with computers then?	然后他是怎么形容我们和计算机现存联系的？
[02:23.21]He said that to date, which is an expression, 他说迄今为止我们认为它们是高级计算器。
[02:26.00]which means 'up until this point in time', we have thought of them as advanced calculators.	“迄今为止”指的是“到目前为止的时间”的一种表达。
[02:30.43]Yes, that's right, we use them as a tool to get things done. 是的，那是对的，我们把它们当做做事的工具。
[02:34.13]But he says that modern technology is turning them into an agent. 但是他说现代科技正在将它们变为一种动因。
[02:38.42]This doesn't mean a secret agent, like James Bond! 这并不是指像詹姆斯?邦德那样的秘密组织。
[02:41.58]In this sense an agent is something that has agency and that means it has the ability to act individually and make its own decisions.	在这里"agent"指的是某物有一定能力，而且那指的是它有单独行动并做出自己决定的能力。
[02:50.37]I'm not sure I'd like my phone to have agency. 我不确定我希望我的手机有这个能力。
[02:53.17]It probably wouldn't like being in my pocket all day.	它或许不会整天待在我兜里。
[02:56.24]Who would, Dan.哪有谁会愿意呢，丹。
[02:57.30]But I'm not sure Hewitson is suggesting our devices would become that clever.但是我不确定休伊森有在暗示我们的设备会变得那么成熟。
[03:01.93]But he did say they could become more active in our lives.	但是他说它们会在我们的生活中变得更加活跃。
[03:05.60]Maybe. Oh, I imagine, for example, telling us if we are spending too much time in fast food restaurants.	或许吧。我想例如它们会告诉我们，我们是否花费了太多时间在快餐店里。
[03:12.93]Maybe in your case, Dan. 或许那是你的情况。
[03:14.68]Mine would be telling me I spend too much time in the gym! 我的话是会告诉我花费太多时间在健身房里。
[03:18.00]Hewitson goes on to explain how the way we will talk to our virtual assistants will develop. 休伊森继续解释我们同虚拟助手的交谈将如何发展。
[03:23.65]What does he say we don't need to do?	他说我们不必做什么？
[03:26.51]We will develop our own kind of vernacular for speaking with machines. 我们将会形成自己的本地话和机器交谈。
[03:31.47]That will be subtly different from how we speak to other people. 那和我们与他人说话时略有不同。
[03:34.24]Because as you rightly point out, you don't need to make the machine like you. 你所言极是，因为你不必让机器像你一样。
[03:38.30]You don't need to kind of make random chit-chat that's just filling the time. 你不需要那种只是打发时间的随意闲聊。
[03:42.82]It can be much more brusque and to the point.	它会更加直截了当，简明扼要。
[03:45.38]A lot of what we say in human communication is to do with our relationship with the person we're talking to.	我们在人类交流中所说的许多东西是和我们交流的对象产生联系。
[03:51.20]We say things and talk about things that are maybe not directly relevant to our point. 我们所说的事情和谈论的事情或许不是直接和我们的观点相关。
[03:56.55]With a digital virtual assistant, we don't need to do that, so we don't need to make the machine like us.	但是和数字虚拟助手，我们不必那样，所以我们不需要让机器像我们一样。
[04:02.94]Hewitson said that we will develop our own vernacular, this is a general word for a native language. 休伊森称我们将会形成自己的本地话，这是“本土语”的一般词汇。
[04:09.12]This vernacular will be a little bit different from our everyday vernacular.这种本地话和我们日常本地话略有不同。
[04:13.43]Because, as we said, we don't need to maintain a social relationship with the artificial assistant.	因为正如我们所说，我们不需要和人工助手维持社会关系。
[04:19.59]This means that we won't need chit-chat.Chit-chat is another expression for small talk.这意味着我们不需要闲聊。闲聊是简短交谈的另一种表达。
[04:24.64]Conversation topics, which aren't important but are part of everyday social communication, like talking about the weather.	对话的主题不重要，但却是日常社会交流的一部分，就像谈论天气。
[04:32.25]And because we don't need to be friends with our virtual assistants, we can be brusque and to the point. 而且因为我们不必和我们的虚拟助手做朋友，我们可以直截了当，简明扼要。
[04:37.67]Both of these mean being very direct and not very polite.	这两个都是指非常直接，不是很礼貌。
[04:41.87]Well, Dan, I don't mean to be brusque, but it is time for the answer to this week's quiz question.好的，丹，我无意这么粗鲁，但是到了揭晓本周测试问题答案的时间了。
[04:46.97]Earlier I asked when was the first computer which could recognise speech, launched. 早些时候我问，第一台可以识别语音的计算机什么时候发布的？
[04:51.74]The options were: a) 1951 b) 1961 and c) 1971.Well, actually the first computer which could recognise speech was launched in 1961.	选项是a) 1951年 b) 1961年 和 c) 1971年。好的，实际上第一台可以识别语音的计算机在1961年发布。
[05:03.60]Yep, it was called the IBM Shoebox and could recognise 16 words and the numbers zero to nine. 它被叫做IBM Shoebox，并且可以识别16个单词以及0到9的数字。
[05:11.70]That's nearly as many as you!	那几乎和你的能识别的数量一样多。
[05:13.57]Cheeky! Right, enough of this chat-chat. 你真无耻！好了，这次闲聊够了。
[05:16.60]Let's recap today's vocabulary.	让我们回顾一下今天的词汇。
[05:18.55]Well, chit-chat was one of today's expressions, meaning 'small talk'.好吧，闲聊是今天表达之一，指的是“简短交谈”。 
[05:22.70]But we also had the expression - to date. 但是我们我们同样学习了一种表达――迄今为止。
[05:25.16]That means 'up until this moment in time'.	那指的是“到此刻的时间为止”。
[05:28.41]Then we had the noun - agent. 然后我们学习了名词――动因。
[05:30.43]This refers to something that has agency. 这指代的是有一定能力的某事物。
[05:33.23]And that is the ability to think, make decisions and act independently.	并且那是能够思考，做出决定并独立行动的能力。
[05:37.80]The next word is vernacular, another word for language, particularly when talking about a native language.	下一个单词是本地话，语言的另一个单词，特别是当谈到本土语时。
[05:44.90]And finally there was brusque, meaning 'direct and not polite' and to the point, which also means 'direct and without unnecessary information'.	最后是直截了当，指的是“直接且不礼貌”，而且同样指的是“直接且不含不必要的信息”。
[05:53.60]Hey, Rob.	嘿，罗伯。
[05:54.24]Yes, what can I do for you, Dan?	在，我能为你做什么呢，丹？
[05:56.51]End the programme.	结束节目。
[05:57.79]Certainly, Dan. 
[05:58.98]Well, that's all from us today.Be sure to check us out on all the usual places: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.And of course please don't forget our website bbclearningenglish.com. 当然，丹。好的，以上就是我们今天所有的内容。一定要在所有常见的地方查询我们的内容：Facebook，twitterr，Instagram和YouTube。当然不要忘记我们的网址bbclearningenglish.com。
[06:10.44]Bye for now!	再见了！
[06:11.33]Byebye!	拜拜！

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