英语演讲比赛预赛朗读文章之一

2016 全新精品资料 全新公文范文 全程指导写作 独家原创 1 6 英语演讲比赛预赛朗读文章之一 1 Fast running robots PEOPLE aren t the only ones that can run on two legs robots can too Mabel the robot runs just like a human only much faster Scientists in the US built Mabel she can run at a speed of 10 9 kilometers per hour She even set a Guinness 吉尼斯 world record for the fastest robot running on two legs Mabel was born in 2009 It took scientists three years to get her up and running Her legs are light and springy 有弹力的 When she is running Mabel is much like a human Robots like Mabel will soon be able to do dangerous work like looking for people inside a burning 着火的 house According to one of the scientists who worked on Mabel Jonathan Hurst the research they did to make a running robot may help people in other ways too People in wheelchairs 轮椅 2016 全新精品资料 全新公文范文 全程指导写作 独家原创 2 6 may be able to walk again said Hurst 2 The nose knows cancer DOGS don t just find drugs 毒品 with their noses but lung cancer 肺癌 too The American magazine Popular Science reported that a dog could tell if a patient has lung cancer by smelling his or her breath 呼吸 Researchers in Germany trained dogs and asked them to smell 220 people The group had healthy people lung cancer patients and people who have another lung disease 疾病 The dogs picked out patients with lung cancer However scientists do not know what exactly the dogs are smelling They are working hard to explain it Scientists hope to use this information to make electronic 电子的 noses to use in 2016 全新精品资料 全新公文范文 全程指导写作 独家原创 3 6 hospitals 3 Look into the news MIRROR 镜子 mirror on the wall what s happening in Libya right now Now with this new mirror from the New York Times you can brush your teeth while reading the latest news and watching videos in your bathroom The mirror works with some very new software 软件 You can use it to get the news schedule events on your personal calendar 日程表 and leave messages for family members There s another kind of new mirror too It can read the signals 信号 of the person standing in front of it According to what the user is wearing it gives fashion tips and suggestions on his or her clothes 2016 全新精品资料 全新公文范文 全程指导写作 独家原创 4 6 Going shopping or eating out Don t go in a hurry The magic mirror offers 提供 you coupons 优惠券 too 4 Clever robot chats it up WHO are you talking to on the Internet It may not be a human A British software developer 软件开发者 Rollo Carpenter made a piece of software called Cleverbot It can fool people into thinking that they are talking to a human being not a machine At a computer festival in India 30 people talked with an online chatter 聊天者 for four minutes The chatter could either be a Cleverbot or a real person behind a screen People watched what the chatters wrote on a big screen and voted 投票 Cleverbot succeed in fooling more than half of the 30 people into thinking that it was human 2016 全新精品资料 全新公文范文 全程指导写作 独家原创 5 6 Let s see some questions that Cleverbot answered Will you be fooled 5 World s tiniest camera A CAMERA helps record beautiful places while traveling It also makes luggage 行李 heavier Now the world s smallest camera will save you from this worry American company Hammacher Schlemmer made this camera It s no larger than a fingertip 指尖 and it s only 28g But it takes pictures and videos just like normal cameras There is a very small SD card inside the camera for saving pictures and videos You can connect 连接 your camera to a computer for show