雙語閱讀：社交抱抱泰迪熊做你的好玩伴

摘要：這就是抱抱熊(Huggable)——新千年的泰迪熊華斯比。它是一個會說話的藍色機器人，爲了關心和安慰住院的孩子們而設計。

Here’s Huggable—Teddy Ruxpin for the new millennium. It’s a talking blue teddy bot designedto care for and comfort hospitalized children。

The New York Times reported today it’s currently being used in a study that gathers kids’physiological responses to various stress-alleviating stimuli to determine whether Huggableoffers ill children therapeutic benefits or not. Eventually, that data will be integrated in therobo-bear to make it automated and able to respond to kids’ various needs。

這就是抱抱熊(Huggable)——新千年的泰迪熊華斯比。它是一個會說話的藍色機器人，爲了關心和安慰住院的孩子們而設計。

社交抱抱泰迪熊 做你的好玩伴

據《紐約時報》報道，在某研究中該泰迪熊被用於收集孩子們應對各種壓力緩解刺激的生理反應，以此來決定抱抱熊是否對病中兒童的治療有好處。最終，這些數據將被整合到機器熊裏，使它能夠自動回覆孩子們的各種需求。

Right now, the bear is more of a “high-tech puppet,” the Times writes. An adult down the hallcontrols the bear, serving as its voice, shooting the breeze with the young patient. The robot’sa collaboration between MIT’s media Lab and Boston Children’s Hospital, which has investedhalf a million bucks to research social robots。

現在，這隻熊遠遠不止是一個“高科技玩偶”那麼簡單。一個成人可以在走廊操控這隻熊，通過它來發聲和小病人們閒聊。這個機器人是麻省理工大學媒體實驗室和波士頓兒童醫院合作研發，投資50萬美元的研究型社交機器人。

As with most robots, the ultimate goal is to get it to adapt to changing situations on its own,just as humans do. So maybe one day, if a child doesn’t respond to the bear’s jokes, it couldshift strategies automatically. Switching to a calmer activity might help that particular childrelax, for instance。

和絕大多數機器人一樣，抱抱熊的終極目標是讓他們能夠像人類一樣適應不斷變化的情況。如此一來，也許某天，如果一個孩子聽了熊的笑話沒有笑出來，它可以自動轉換策略。例如，切換成更爲平和的活動模式，也許能幫助這個小孩放鬆下來。

Will robots be caring for our future offspring? If the tech’s up to snuff, maybe. After playingwith Huggable, the young patient in the Times video says the bear suffered from laggedresponses and limited motion—a major problem when they tried to play peek-a-boo。

機器人會照顧我們的後代嗎?如果科技能達到一定水平的話，也許可以。在和抱抱熊玩耍過後，小病人們在《紐約時報》視頻裏說，這隻熊反應滯後而且動作幅度有限，若他們想要和抱抱熊玩捉迷藏，這就會成爲一個大問題。

　　泰迪熊的英文：

teddy bear

　　參考例句：

A teddy bear from Cumbria is launching into space to raise cash for charity.

來自英格蘭坎布里亞郡的一隻泰迪熊即將飛入太空，爲慈善事業籌集資金。

Polly was playing with her teddy bear.

波莉正在玩她的泰迪熊。

Teddy Bears Gather in Japan for anniversary (2002/10/11)

泰迪熊齊聚日本歡度百歲生日(2002/10/11)

The stuffing machine operator had managed to fill the teddy bear stuffing machine hopper with car wheels.

裝箱機的操作工把玩具車輪放入了泰迪熊裝箱機的送料斗。

teddy是什麼意思：

n. 連衫襯褲;泰迪玩具熊

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Say Good-night.

玩具熊，玩具熊，說晚安。

He just loves that teddy bear.

他就喜歡這個玩具熊。

Polly was playing with her teddy bear.

波莉正在玩她的泰迪熊。

Jo was chastising his teddy bear in the living room.

喬在起居室裏嚴厲地懲罰他的玩具小狗熊。

The orphan remembered with hatred the confiscation in his childhood institution of a teddy bear.

那孤兒對於兒時孤兒院沒收了一隻玩具熊的事始終耿耿於懷。

　　bear是什麼意思：

v. 承受;忍受;生小孩;容許

n. 熊

"Bearing up , bearing up . "

馬馬虎虎。

They censused the bear in the forest.

他們統計調查森林中熊的數量。

To bear hard upon;press.

使痛苦不堪對某人施加困難;逼迫

The evidence has no immediate bearing on the case.

該證據與本案無直接關係。

They bear you no ill will.

他們對你並無惡意。