✿ 今日主題：機器人會取代我們工作嗎？Will robots take our jobs?
✿ 雅思聽力最好的課外教材：BBC
康康精選雅思會考的主題，堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦！！
也非常適合托福、TOEFL、iBT同學加強聽力用哦！！
✿ 建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍，直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，單字沒背過，還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。
✿ MP3音檔：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
http://static.iyuba.com/sounds/minutes/1008.mp3
✿ 只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了：
✿ 中英文稿：
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Neil...
大家好，歡迎收聽六分鐘英語。我是尼爾。
… and I'm Finn. Hello.
大家好，我是芬恩。
Hello there, Finn. Now, what do you know about robots?
你好，芬恩。你對機器人瞭解多少？
Robots? Well, (Finn does an impression of a robot voice) they talk in a funny way… like that!
機器人？（芬恩模仿了機器人聲）他們說話很有意思，就像這樣！
Yes. You sound quite convincing there actually, Finn.
你學的很像，很有說服力。
Do you like it?
你喜歡嗎？
Yes, I do. Is there anything else you know about robots?
是的。關於機器人，你還知道什麼呢？
Well, there are… there are a couple of good ones in the Star Wars, aren't there?
《星球大戰》中有幾個很棒的機器人，不是嗎？
Oh, yes. R2-D2 and C-3PO.C-3PO talks in quite a human voice.
沒錯。R2-D2和C-3PO。C-3PO說話的聲音和人類很像。
He does. But of course that's science fiction not real life.
確實如此。但那是科幻小說，並不是真實的生活。
No. But things have moved on in real life. The use of machines to do work that people do or used to do is called automation and that's the subject of today's show.
是的。但有些事情也會在現實生活中發生。使用機器做人類平時或過去做的工作，這被稱為自動化，也是今天節目談論的主題。
But before we talk more about this, l'd like you, Neil, to answer today's quiz question.What makes a job more likely to be done by robots?Is it if a job involves…a) manipulating small objects?b) working in open spaces?Or c) social and emotional skills?
在談論這個話題前，我想邀請你回答今天的問題。什麼樣的工作更適合機器人做？是涉及什麼樣的工作呢？a) 操作小物件的工作？b)在露天場所工作?c) 涉及社交和情感技巧的工作?
Hmm… OK. Well, I'm going to guess. At manipulating small objects, I think.
我猜一下。我認為是a) 操作小物件的工作.
Interesting. OK, we'll find out if you're right or wrong later on.Now, two UK academics have calculated how susceptible to – that means likely to be affected by – how susceptible to automation each job is based on some key skills.And these include negotiation, persuasion, caring for others, originality, and manual dexterity – now that means being good with your hands.
有意思。節目的最後我們再看你回答得是否正確。如今，兩名英國學者估算根據每份工作需要的關鍵技能，最容易受自動化影響的工作是什麼。這些技能包括協商、說服、照顧他人、創意、動手能力（也可以說是心靈手巧）。
So do you think intelligent machines could replace us?
所以你認為智能機器可以取代我們？
Well, maybe you, Neil. Not me, no.I have all the key skills you know – I'm original… persuasive… of course very caring and very good with my hands as well, I think.
也許能取代你，但不能取代我。我掌握所有的關鍵技能，像我很有創意、很有說服力、很會照顧人、動手能力也強。
Well I'm very glad that you're safe, Finn!
我很欣慰，你很安全。
Thank you.
謝謝。
However, a study from Oxford University has suggested that 35% of existing UK jobs are being automated in the next 20 years.Let's listen to Michael Osborne from Oxford University talking about this.
言歸正傳，牛津大學的一項研究顯示英國現有工作中35%都將在20年內實現自動化。我們聽聽牛津大學Michael Osborne就此事的看法。
Computers are increasingly able to learn in a way that in short has been a reserve of human beings.So in their ability to learn, computers are able to perform a much wider range of tasks than they've been able to do in the past.So as a result it's not just manual labour that's coming under threat of automation. It's increasingly cognitive labour – the labour of the mind.
計算機的學習能力不斷加強，成為人類力量的儲備。因為具備學習能力，相比之前，計算機可以完成更多的任務。因此，不但體力勞動會遭遇自動化的威脅。認知勞動，即腦力勞動也會遭遇威脅。
Michael Osborne. And cognitive labour means using your noggin – that's using or head!So computers and machines are using their noggins and getting smarter.And office workers who do repetitive jobs such as drawing up spreadsheets could be replaced with software.But surely jobs like being a doctor or a lawyer are safe, Neil?
這就是Michael Osborne的看法。腦力勞動，就是利用你的頭腦。計算機和機器也是使用它們的電子頭腦，變得越來越智能。一些上班族經常做重複的工作，例如起草電子表格，這些工作可以用軟件來替代。但是醫生或律師這樣的工作還是很安全的，不是嗎？
Well, some white-collar jobs may be less safe than you think.At one city law firm junior staff have to read through contracts, assessing them for risks.But now an artificial intelligence programme can do that faster and better.
白領的工作沒你想像的那麼保險。某城市的律所，初級員工需要瀏覽合同、評估風險。但是如今人工智能程序可以做的又快又好。
So white collar refers to a job that you do at an office rather than a factory.And artificial intelligence refers to a computer's ability to copy intelligent human behaviour.Now let's listen to Matthew Whalley from a city law firm to find out what he thinks.
白領是指在辦公室而非工廠工作的人。人工智能是指電腦複製人類智慧行為的能力。我們來聽聽律所Matthew Whalley的意見。
What you're seeing the robot do now, the robot can do in three seconds what would take a group of lawyers days to do.And the advantage is that it can do huge volumes, incredibly reliably in unbelievable times.There is a huge amount of this work to do and lawyers have far better higher-value legal analysis to worry about.
你所見的機器人現在能做的事，機器人花三秒時間就能完成一組律師要花費幾天才能完成的事。而且優點在於機器人能夠瀏覽大量案卷，次數之多簡直不可思議。律師這份職業有很多工作要做，律師們要擔心更有價值的法律分析問題。
Well he thinks that there is work for the lawyers and the computers.In fact it sounds like a good division of labour – the computers do the boring stuff and the lawyers do the more interesting work!
他談及律師和計算機各自需要處理的工作。事實上聽起來像勞動分工，電腦處理無聊的事情，律師做更有意思的工作。
Yes. Well, let's keep our fingers crossed that we've got good prospects.You know, I don't want our listeners to (robot voice) start listening to robot presenters any time soon!
讓我們雙手合十祈禱，我們都能有好的前景。我可不想我們的聽眾傾聽機器主持人主持節目。
Indeed, we need!We talk about keeping our fingers crossed when we hope that things are going to turn out in the way we want them to in the future.
確實，我們需要祈禱。我們剛剛提到雙手合十祈禱，這是指我們希望未來按照我們想要的方式發展。
That's right.So shall we hear the answer to today's quiz question?Neil, I asked you: What makes a job more likely to be done by robots?Is it if a job involves… a) manipulating small objects?b) working in open spaces?Or c) social and emotional skills?
沒錯。現在公佈今天問題的答案吧？問題是什麼樣的工作更適合機器人做？a) 操作小物件的工作？b)在露天場所工作?c) 涉及社交和情感技巧的工作?
Well, I said a) manipulating small objects... and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I've got the right answer.
我選的是a) 操作小物件的工作。讓我雙手合十，祈禱我答對了。
OK. You're keeping them crossed?
好的，你已經開始祈禱了嗎？
Yes, I am.
是的。
You've got the answer right! Well done!
你答對了！做的不錯！
Brilliant! I'm glad my cognitive skills are still functioning. Now, how about hearing those words again?
太棒了！很欣慰我的認知能力還在運作。現在再聽一遍單詞？
OK, the words we heard today were:
好的，今天聽到的單詞有：
automation
自動化
susceptible to
易受影響
manual dexterity
動手能力
cognitive labour
腦力勞動
noggin
頭腦
white collar
白領
artificial intelligence (AI)
人工智能
and … keeping your fingers crossed
雙手合十祈禱
Well, that brings us to the end of this 6 Minute English. We hope you enjoyed the programme. Please join us again soon.
今天的六分鐘英語就到這裡。希望你喜歡今天的節目。下次再會！
Bye.
再見。
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