💼 今日主題：無人機的興起 / The rise of drones
💼 字神老師共同推薦：聽力最好的課外教材：BBC
💼 康康精選會考的主題，堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦!!
👯 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 (按右鍵可下載聽)：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
https://bbc.in/2F5oErx
👯 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 I’m Rob and this is 6 Minute English– a programme that brings you an interesting topic, authentic listening practice and some vocabulary to help you improve your language skills. Joining me today is Neil.
大家好，我是羅伯。這裡是六分鐘英語，節目將為你帶來有趣的話題，地道的聽力練習以及一些詞彙來説明提高你的語言技能。今天和我一起的是尼爾。
Hello. And today we’re discussing those pilotless aircraft that we seem to be hearing and reading a lot about at the moment.
大家好。今天我們將要討論的是當下廣為傳播的無人駕駛飛機。
You mean drones. And yes, they are in the news quite often for good and bad reasons. They’ve been used for many things from smuggling drugs, detecting water leaks and surveillance.
你指的是無人機。是的，不管是出於好的原因還是壞的原因，它們經常出現在新聞裡。它們的用途有走私毒品，檢測水洩露及監控。
And surveillance, that means ‘the act of carefully watching someone or something’, perhaps a criminal. But also it means spying, maybe on me and you, Rob. So should we be welcoming the rise of the use of drones?
Surveillance指的是仔細監視某人或某事，或許是一個罪犯。但是它同樣也指暗中監視，或許是監視你我，羅伯。所以我們應該愉快地接受無人機的興起嗎？
Well, before our discussion about that ’takes off’, we need to set today’s question for you to answer, Neil.
好吧，在討論無人機的興起之前，我們要設置一下你今天需要回答的問題，尼爾。
What are you droning on about, Rob? And by that I don’t mean ‘flying a drone’, I mean ‘talking too much in a very boring way’!
你喋喋不休說些什麼呢，羅伯。我那麼說並不是指無人機飛行，而是指用很無聊的方式說太多的話。
Thanks Neil. Now just answer this, will you? Drones are sometimes also referred to as UAVs. So, what does UAV stand for? Is it… a) Unidentified aerial vehicle b) Unmanned aerial vehicle or c) Unaided aircraft vehicle
謝謝你，尼爾。現在只回答我的問題，好嗎？無人機有時也會被稱作UAVs。所以UAV代表什麼？是 a) Unidentified aerial vehicle b) Unmanned aerial vehicle 還是 c) Unaided aircraft vehicle
Well, I’m going to go for b) unmanned aerial vehicle.
好吧，我選b) unmanned aerial vehicle。
OK, well, we’ll see if you’re right later on. Now let’s talk more about drones, which apparently seem to be everywhere now.
好的，我們稍後來看你是否正確。現在讓我們多談些關於無人機的吧，顯然現在無人機似乎已經到處都是了。
But are they safe and are they necessary? I’ve heard about them being a hazard to aircraft, because they’ve been flown close to airports.
但是它們安全並且必需嗎？我聽說對飛機來說，它們是危險的,因為它們飛得離機場很近。
Well, figures in 2016 showed that in the UK there were 70 near misses involving drones. And that’s more than double the year before. So that is a little worrying.
好吧，2016年的數字顯示有70起未遂事故涉及無人機。那是2015年數量的兩倍多。所以那就有些讓人擔憂了。
Yes. And there’s the potential risk of people’s privacy being invaded when a drone is flown over their property with a camera attached to it.
是的，並且當連接有相機的無人機在住宅上空盤旋時，人們的隱私也會有被侵犯的潛在風險。
Ah, but those cameras are also good at capturing some great aerial footage. That’s the film recording of the view from above the ground. So they’re not all bad. And Dr Yoge Patel would agree. She is CEO of Bluebear, which supplies unmanned planes and drones. Here she is speaking about drones on the BBC’s Woman’s Hour programme.
啊，但是這些相機也可以很好地捕捉到一些不錯的航拍鏡頭。那是指空中視角下的影像記錄。所以它們並不都是不好的。並且雅格•派特爾博士表示認同。她是藍熊公司的首席執行官。藍熊公司供應無人駕駛飛機和無人機。這是她在BBC的“女性時間”節目中就無人機所談到的。
They have the potential to be dangerous, agreed. They also have though, on the flip side, the ability to be a game changer in both domestic use and in military use. So, some of our drones are being used for aircraft inspections. We’ve put our drones into Fukushima.
無人機有危險的可能性，我認同這個觀點。然而從另一方面來說，它們同樣有可能成為家用方面和軍用方面的變革力量。所以我們有一些無人機是用於飛機檢查。我們已經在福島投入了無人機。
So there you go, Neil. There are many useful things drones can do.And Dr Patel said they have the ability to be a game changer.
所以這下你懂了，尼爾。無人機能做許多有用的事情。並且派特爾博士稱無人機有可能成為變革力量。
And by that you mean ‘something that completely changes the way something is done or thought about’.
那是指可以徹底改變某些事物的完成方式或思考方式的東西。
Yes. Her company has used drones to inspect the inside of the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Power Station in Japan. And another example of drones being a game changer is UNICEF and the Malawian government testing drones for carrying medical supplies. This could help save lives in remote places.
是的，她的公司已經使用無人機來檢測日本受損的福島核電站的內部情況。無人機作為變革力量的另一個例子是聯合國兒童基金會和馬拉威政府試驗用無人機運送醫療用品。這可以説明救助偏遠地區的人們。
And I have read that in Australia, lifeguards are using drones to help rescue swimmers, who get in trouble in the sea.
而且我還看到新聞聲稱，在澳洲救生員使用無人機來幫助，救援那些在海裡遇到麻煩的游泳者。
And have you heard about a Japanese firm that’s planning to use a drone to force employees out of their offices by playing music at them if they stay to work evening overtime?
而且你聽說了嗎？日本一家公司計畫使用無人機來強迫員工離開辦公室。如果他們晚上加班工作的話，會朝他們放音樂。
I haven’t, but you’ve convinced me. It seems like the sky’s the limit for the uses of drones! I mean there’s no limit to what they can do. But I am a little concerned about how they are regulated or controlled.
我沒聽說過，但你確實讓我對此深信不疑。看起來無人機似乎無所不能，我是指它們能做的是無限的。但是我有一點擔憂如何管理或控制它們。
Well, Dr Yoge Patel says because the technology is new, regulations or legal controls are developing all the time.
好吧，雅格•帕塔爾博士稱因為這項技術是新出現的，管理或者是法規控制一直在變化。
As technology progresses, regulation and operational use needs to then be harmonised with it. And we are, as a community, going through that whole process of saying what is proportionate and appropriate regulation to go with different uses of drones.
隨著科技進步，無人機的管理與使用需要和科技相協調。並且作為一個群體，我們要經歷整個過程來確定什麼是和無人機用途相協調的管理辦法。
So she talked about regulations being harmonised as technology progresses.
所以她是說管理要和科技進步相協調。
So I think she means ‘making regulations suitable and appropriate for what the drones are being used for’. So they need some control, but not so they can’t be useful and effective.
所以我想她是指管理要和無人機用途相適應。所以無人機需要一定的管控，不那樣的話，無人機就沒辦法高效使用了。
Like flying drones to stop you working late! Now Rob, I’m dying to know what the other name for a drone is.
就像無人機阻止你工作到很晚！現在羅伯，我很想知道無人機的另一個名字。
OK, let me tell you. So earlier I asked what does UAV stand for? Was it… a) Unidentified aerial vehicle b) Unmanned aerial vehicle or c) Unaided aircraft vehicle
好的，讓我告訴你答案吧。之前我問你UAV代表什麼？是a) Unidentified aerial vehicle b) Unmanned aerial vehicle 還是c) Unaided aircraft vehicle
And I said b), was that correct?
我選的B，正確嗎？
Yes Neil, you know your drones. That’s correct. Well done. UAVs or drones have been around for quite a while in different forms. It’s thought they were first used for providing practice targets for training military personnel. OK Neil, let’s quickly go over some of the vocabulary we have mentioned today, starting with surveillance.
正確，尼爾，你很瞭解無人機啊。那是正確的。做得不錯。UAVs或者無人機以不同形式問世有一陣子了。人們認為無人機初次使用是給軍事人員訓練當練習靶。好的，尼爾，現在讓我們快速流覽一下今天提到的單詞，從surveillance開始。
"The police kept the jewellery shop under surveillance, because they had a tip-off about a robbery. "So that means ‘carefully watching someone or something, usually to try to stop something illegal’.
員警使珠寶店處於監控之中，因為他們得到消息會有人來搶劫。所以那指的是仔細監視某人或某事，通常是為了阻止某些非法事件。
Then we mentioned aerial footage – that’s film recording made from the sky. "The aerial footage on TV of the dolphin swimming was spectacular."
然後我們提到了aerial footage—那是在空中拍攝到的影像記錄。電視上海豚游泳的航拍畫面非常壯觀。
Yes, drones have been a game changer for wildlife programmes on TV. That means ‘something that completely changes the way something is done or thought about’.
是的，無人機已經成為野生動物電視節目的變革力量。那指的是可以徹底改變某些事物的完成方式或思考方式的東西。
We also mentioned the phrase ’the sky’s the limit’, meaning ‘there’s no limit to something’. "The sky is the limit to what professional footballers can earn these days."
我們同樣提到了'the sky's the limit'片語，指的是某事物沒有限制。職業足球運動員現在掙得沒數了。
Then we discussed harmonised – that describes two things being suitable for each other to allow them to work properly."The garden has been designed to harmonise with the natural landscape."
然後我們討論了harmonised，描述的是兩事物為了彼此正常工作相協調。這個公園的設計與自然景觀相協調。
Very useful vocabulary, Neil. But let’s stop droning on.And that means ‘talking too much in a boring way’. And remind everyone to check out our You Tube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages and of course, our website at bbclearningenglish.com. See you next time. Goodbye.
非常有用的詞彙，尼爾。但是我們停止喋喋不休吧。那是指用無聊的方式說太多的話。並且大家記得訪問我們的YouTube，Twitter和Instagram網頁，當然還有我們的網站bbclearningenglish.com。下次見。再見。
Goodbye.
再見。
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