32 A Robot Babysitter

In 2005 Japan made a new robot. It can take care of a child. The new robot is
called iPapero. It weighs 13.2 pounds, and has a body of 15.2 by 10.3 and by
9.8 inches.

iPapero is a small robot, but it has many special skills. It can recognize and
remember up to ten faces and use its eight separate electronic ears to
understand human voices even in noisy situations. It also plays games with
children when they are unhappy, or sing songs or ask quizzes to entertain the
child. If the child is bored, iPapero will change new songs and quizzes so
that it doesn't repeat itself. The robot babysitter even has a cell phone to
call a parent when the child asks for his mother.

babysitter 保姆
separate 分開的
electronic 電子的
situation 情形，境遇
entertain 使快樂
quizzes 猜謎，問答比賽（quiz的復數）

看小孩的機器人

2005年，日本制造了一個新的機器人。它會照看小孩。這個新機器人叫做iPapero。它13.2磅重，身體是15.2×10.3×9.8英寸。

iPapero是個小機器人，但它有很多特殊的技能。它能識別和記憶多達十張臉，即使是在吵鬧的情況下，它也能用它八只分開的電子耳朵聽懂人的聲音。當孩子們不高興時，它還和他們玩游戲、唱歌或猜謎語讓他們開心。如果孩子感到無聊了，他會換新的歌和謎語，這樣就不會重復。這個照看小孩的機器人甚至還裝有移動電話，當孩子找媽媽時，可以用它打電話給父母