Level 1 · Reading series
Lesson 41 · A Robot Brings Dinner
Audio track 41
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At a restaurant, a small robot leaves the kitchen with a tray. It follows a saved path and avoids an obstacle. When it arrives at table six, it plays a sound.
A customer takes the food. Then the robot returns. The staff still greet customers, check each order, and solve problems. The machine can work beside people and carry many plates. It does not understand every new situation, so people remain an important part of the service.
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At a restaurant, a small robot leaves the kitchen with a tray.
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It follows a saved path and avoids an obstacle.
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When it arrives at table six, it plays a sound.
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A customer takes the food.
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Then the robot returns.
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The staff still greet customers, check each order, and solve problems.
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The machine can work beside people and carry many plates.
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It does not understand every new situation, so people remain an important part of the service.
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Chinese translation
在一家餐馆，小机器人端着托盘从厨房出来。它沿着设定好的路线行驶，避开障碍物。到达六号桌时，它会发出提示音。
顾客取走食物，机器人便返回。工作人员仍要迎接顾客、核对订单并解决问题。机器可以与人一起工作，一次运送许多盘餐，但它无法理解每一种新情况，所以服务仍离不开人。
Key words and expressions
Key terms have Chinese explanations. Hover over dotted words in the English passage for word help and pronunciation when available.
- restaurant
- 餐馆；饭店。
- robot
- 机器人。
- kitchen
- 厨房。
- tray
- 托盘。
- avoid
- 避开；避免。
- obstacle
- 障碍物。
- arrive
- 到达。arrive at ... 指‘到达某地’。
- staff
- 工作人员；员工整体。
- order
- 订单；顺序；命令。本文指点餐订单。
- work beside
- 在……旁边一同工作。
Background notes (Chinese)
送餐机器人利用传感器和地图信息在店内移动，帮忙运送餐食。不过，订单更改、食物洒落或顾客遇到困难时，仍需要人的判断。技术常接手的是部分任务，而不是整份工作。