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Unit 3 計(jì)算機(jī)
Who Am I
我是誰(shuí)？
Over time I have been changed quite a lot.
經(jīng)過(guò)一段時(shí)間我已經(jīng)被改變了許多。
I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642.
1642年我在法國(guó)誕生時(shí)是一臺(tái)計(jì)算機(jī)器。
Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums.
盡管當(dāng)時(shí)我還年輕，但是我能簡(jiǎn)化一些復(fù)雜的數(shù)學(xué)題。
I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years
我發(fā)育緩慢，差不多到了200年之后，
before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage.
查爾斯·巴比奇才把我制成了一臺(tái)分析機(jī)。
After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes,
在操作員用穿卡孔為我設(shè)計(jì)程序后，
I could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than any person.
我能夠進(jìn)行邏輯“思考”，并且能夠比任何人更快地算出答案。
At that time it was considered a technological revolution
那時(shí)這被當(dāng)作是一次技術(shù)革命，
and the start of my “artificial intelligence”.
也是我“人工智能”的開(kāi)始。
In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book
在1936年，我真正的父親艾倫·圖靈寫(xiě)了一本書(shū)，
about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem.
講述了怎樣使我成為一臺(tái)“通用機(jī)器”來(lái)解決任何數(shù)學(xué)難題。
From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower.
從那時(shí)起，我在體積和腦容量方面迅速成長(zhǎng)。
By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room,
到20世紀(jì)40年代，我已經(jīng)長(zhǎng)得像一間屋子那么大。
and I wondered if I would grow any larger.
我不知道是否還會(huì)長(zhǎng)得更大。
However, this reality also worried my designers.
但是，這個(gè)現(xiàn)實(shí)也使得我的設(shè)計(jì)者很擔(dān)心。
As time went by, I was made smaller.
隨著時(shí)間的推移，我被弄得越來(lái)越小。
First as a PC (personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.
自20世紀(jì)70年代以來(lái)，我一直被用在辦公室和家庭里，先是用作個(gè)人電腦，后來(lái)又做成便攜式。
These changes only became possible as my memory improved.
這些變化只有隨著我的存儲(chǔ)能力的不斷提高才成為可能。
First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips.
最初是被存儲(chǔ)到電子管中，以后是晶體管上，后來(lái)是非常小的芯片上。
As a result I totally changed my shape.
因此，我已經(jīng)完全改變了我的形狀。
As I have grown older I have also grown smaller.
隨著我年齡越來(lái)越大，我也變得越來(lái)越小。
Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant,
隨著時(shí)間的推移，我的記憶能力發(fā)展得如此之快，就像一頭大象一樣。
I never forget anything I have been told!
我從來(lái)不會(huì)忘記告訴過(guò)我的任何事情。
And my memory became so large that even I couldn’t believe it!
我的存儲(chǔ)容量變得如此巨大，連我自己都不能相信。
But I was always so lonely standing there by myself,
但是我總是孤孤單單地站在那里。
until in the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network.
直到20世紀(jì)60年代初，人們才給了我一個(gè)用網(wǎng)絡(luò)聯(lián)成的家庭。
I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.
我能夠通過(guò)萬(wàn)維網(wǎng)和其他人分享我的知識(shí)。
Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me.
從20世紀(jì)70年代起，我又被開(kāi)發(fā)出了許多新的功能。
I have become very important in communication, finance and trade.
我在通訊、金融和商業(yè)領(lǐng)域變得非常重要。
I have also been put in robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations.
我還被放在機(jī)器人里面，被用來(lái)制作移動(dòng)手機(jī)，并且用來(lái)幫助作醫(yī)療手術(shù)。
I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars.
我還被放置在航空火箭里去探測(cè)月球和火星。
Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality.
不管怎樣，我的目標(biāo)是給人類提供高質(zhì)量的生活。
I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!
現(xiàn)在我充滿了幸福感，因?yàn)槲沂侨祟愔覍?shí)的朋友并時(shí)時(shí)給他們提供幫助。