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第十九篇 Musical音乐的 Robot机器人 Companion伴侣 Enhances提升 Listener听众 Experience体验Shimi, a musical companion developed开发by Georgia Techs技术学院Center中心for Music Technology技术, recommends songs, dances to the beat and keeps the music pumping based on基于 listener feedback反馈. （第4题答案出处）The smartphone-enabled, one-foot-tall robot（第1题答案出处1） is billed as an interactive 互动的“musical friend”.（第3题答案出题1）“Shimi is designed to change the way that people enjoy and think about their music，” said Professor Gil Weinberg, the robots creator. He will unveil the robot at the June 27th Google I/O conference in San Francisco. A band of three Shimi robots will perform for guests, dancing in sync with music created in the lab and composed according to its movements.Shimi is essentially a docking station with a “brain” powered by an Android phone. Once docked, the robot gains the sensing and musical generation capabilities of the users mobile device. In other words, if theres an “app” for that, Shimi is ready. For instance, by using the phones camera and face-detecting software，Shimi can follow a listener around the room and position its “ears”，or speakers, for optimal sound. Another recognition feature is based on rhythm and tempo. If the user taps a beat, Shimi analyzes it, scans the phones musical library and immediately plays the song that best最好的matches（第2题答案出处） the suggestion. Once the music starts，Shimi dances to the rhythm.“Many people think that robots are limited by their programming instructions, said Music Technology Ph. D. candidate Mason Bretan. “Shimi shows us that robots can be creative and interactive. （第3题答案出题2） Future apps in the works will allow the user to shake their head in disagreement or wave a hand in the air to alert Shimi to skip to the next song or increase/decrease the volume. The robot will also have the capability to recommend new music based on the users song choices and provide feedback on the music play list.Weinberg hopes other developers will be inspired to create more apps to expand Shimis creative and interactive capabilities. “I believe that our center is ahead of a revolution that will see more robots in homes.” Weinberg said.Weinberg is in the process of commercializing Shimi through an exclusive licensing agreement with Georgia Tech. Weinberg hopes to make the robot available to consumers by the 2013 holiday season. “If robots are going to arrive in homes, we think that they will be this kind of machines- small, entertaining and fun，（第5题答案出处）Weinberg said. “They will enhance your life and pave the way for more intelligent service robots in our lives.”本文的标题信息量很大，完全可以猜到全文将以“音乐机器人的特点，以及它们如何服务人类”的主线进行论述。练习：1.Which of the following is NOT true according to the first three paragraphs? -对错类A Shimi is a one-foot-tall robot.B Shimi is the creator创造者of the musical companion.C Shimi is a docking station with a“ brain” powered by an Android phone.D Shimi can gain the sensing and musical generation capabilities of the users mobile device.由于此对错题没有关键词，且涉及到文章前三段，排除范围会比较大。但可通过选项中的醒目词反向定位关键词找到答案的位置，排除选项A、C。结合“有相对性词往往是对的概念”，排除选项D。2.What does Shimi do if the user taps a beat? -细节类A It stores the beat in the musical library.B It transmits the beat to the docking station.C It positions its speakers for optimal sound.D It selects a perfectly完美的-matched匹配的song and plays it in sync with that beat.选项D与答案出处的原文是同义替换，不确定的情况下可借助字典排查3.Which of the following about Shimi is true? -对错类A Robots are limited by their programming instructions, and Shimi is no exception.B Present apps allow the user to shake their head to alert Shimi to skip to the next song.C Existing apps allow the user to wave a hand to alert Shimi to turn up/down the volume.D Shimi can be creative创造性的 and interactive互动的.有相对性词的优先考虑，由于about后为Shimi（机器人名），出现频率过高，需仔细寻找。4.What does the author want to tell us? -主题类A The research研究center中心is developing开发a stronger更强大的and more versatile多才多艺的Shimi.B Weinberg only expects staffs from Georgia Tech. to develop more apps for Shimi.C Shimi is not yet technologically ready for commercialization.D Robots such as Shimi are created for large corporations rather than homes.出现“author”一般为主题类题型，选答案时应结合文章中心句5.Which of the following is Weinbergs assertion主张?-态度观点类A Shimi as a robotic musical companion can be applied to all types of smart phones.B human lives will be filled with more fun if Shimi is going to arrive in homes.C Shimis creative and interactive capabilities are appreciated by most of its users.D Weinberg has reached an agreement with Georgia Tech to commercialize Shimi.通过“assertion主张”将该题分类为态度观点类题，答案在全文倒数第二句话
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