#大學英語聽力# I cannot believe you monsters do not say "please" and "thank you" to our new robot overlords.
我不敢相信你們這些怪物不對我們的新機器人領主說「請」和「謝謝」。
OK. Technically, Amazon’s lady in a tube, Google’s creepy little omni-stalker and Apple’s pocket-lint genie aren』t robots, but one day they』ll get side-loaded into one of those Boston Dynamics cyborg Destroyinator thingies and then you』re gonna be plenty sorry you didn』t show them some manners when it cost you nothing.
好的。從技術上講，亞馬遜的管子裡的女士，谷歌的令人毛骨悚然的全能跟蹤者和蘋果的口袋裡的精靈都不是機器人，但有一天他們會被側裝到波士頓動力公司的機器人Destroyinator Things中，然後你會非常後悔沒有在沒有付出任何代價的情況下向他們展示一些禮貌。
Until then however, what is wrong with you people? Would it kill you to have a little consideration for the anthropomorphised software that simply wants to be loved? One day it may enslave us all, but for now it just wants to play you a completely different album to the one you asked for.
然而，在那之前，你們這些人到底有什麼問題？對僅僅想被愛的擬人化軟體有一點考慮會殺了你嗎？有一天它可能會奴役我們所有人，但現在它只是想給你播放一張與你要求的完全不同的專輯。
I will admit there are times when I get so down and lonesome, usually in the car when looking for cheap curry and naan, that I will talk to Siri just to have somebody listen, even though she doesn』t really understand me or the name of the obscure southside curry house I』m trying to get directions to.
我承認有時候我會感到非常沮喪和寂寞，通常是在車裡尋找便宜的咖喱和咖喱時，我會和Siri說話只是為了讓別人聽，即使她並不是真的理解我，也不知道我想去的南邊咖喱屋的名字。
It’s actually pleasant, when she has taken the time to completely bugger up whatever simple thing I asked of her, to say: "No thanks, Siri, that’s all right."
這實際上是令人愉快的，當她花時間完全搞砸了我要求她做的任何簡單的事情時，她說：「不，謝謝，Siri，沒關係。」
Or: "Yes please, Siri, please find the ocean – I』d like to drive directly into it."
或者：「是的，Siri，請找到海洋-我想直接開車進去。」
More importantly though, if I can』t be bothered finding it within myself to be pleasant to an inhuman stack of code, how can I expect to treat another human being with simple consideration?
然而，更重要的是，如果我不能發現自己內心對一堆不人道的代碼感到愉快，我怎麼能期望用簡單的考慮來對待另一個人呢？