評論
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Passage One
短文一
Would you trust a robot to park your car?
由一個機器人為你停車，你敢嗎？
The question will confront New Yorkers in February as the city's first robotic parking opens in Chinatown.
今年二月，當紐約的第一家機器人停車場在唐人街正式開放以后，紐約人便將切實面對這一問題。
The technology has been successfully applied overseas, but the only other public robotic garage in the United States has been troublesome,
該技術已在海外得到成功應用，但由于技術問題，美國的另一家機器人公共車庫卻遭遇重重問題，
dropping vehicles and trapping cars because of technical problems.
經常出現汽車掉落或汽車被困的情況。
Nonetheless, the developers of the Chinatown garage are confident with the technology and are counting on it to squeeze 67 cars in an apartment building basement that would otherwise fit only 24,
盡管如此，唐人街的機器人車庫開發商卻對這項技術自信滿滿，他們還指望著這項技術能通過取消一般停車場所需的移動空間，
accomplished by removing a maneuver space normally required.
將67輛汽車塞進一個原本只能停放24輛車的公寓樓地下車庫。
A human shaped robot will not be stepping into your car to drive it.
不會有任何人形機器人駕駛你的愛車。
Rather, the garage itself does the parking.
整個停車過程由車庫本身完成。
The driver stops the car on a flat platform and gets out.
司機將車停在一個平坦的平臺上，然后下車。
The platform is lowered into the garage, and it is then transported to a vacant parking space by a computer controlled device similar to an elevator that also runs sideways.
這個平臺會沉降至車庫內，然后通過一個由電腦控制的、類似于電梯的設備運送到一個空閑的停車位。
There is no human supervision, but an attendant will be on hand to accept cash and explain the system to new users.
整個過程沒有人工監督，但現場會有一名服務員收取現金，并向新用戶作系統方面的說明。
Parking rates will be attracted about $400 monthly or $25 per day, according to Ari Milstein,
根據阿里·米爾斯頓，停車費將約為每月400美金或每日25美金。
the director of planning for Automation Parking Systems, which is the U.S. subsidiary of a German company.
阿里·米爾斯頓是“自動停車系統開發有限公司”的策劃總監，該公司位于美國是一家德國公司的分公司。
This company has built automated garages in several countries overseas and in the United States for residents of a Washington, D.C. apartment building.
該公司已在海外多個國家以及美國華盛頓某幢居民樓建造了自動化車庫。
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題9-12是基于剛剛你所聽到的那篇短文。
Question9 What do we learn about robotic parking in the U.S. so far?
問題9：我們了解到了前美國機器人停車場的什么？
Question10 What advantage does robotic parking have according to its developers?
問題10：根據開發商的描述，機器人停車場的優勢是什么？
Question11 What does the attendant do in the automated garage?
問題11：服務員在自動化車庫做什么？
Question12 What does the company say about the parking rates?
問題12：公司說停車場的收費標準是什么？
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