地道美语听力播客829: 谈谈未来（双语）

Robert: These designs are really futuristic-looking.
罗伯特：这些设计看起来很具有前瞻性。
Mara: I’m trying to be forward-thinking and imagine what the world will be like in 50 to 100 years.
玛拉：我试着让思维前卫一些，想象50年甚至100年后世界会是什么样的。
Robert: You think that the world will be filled with space-age gadgets like these?
罗伯特：你觉得未来世界上会到处都是像这样的太空时代的产品吗？
Mara: That’s the natural evolution of technology for the next 100 years, I think. We will continue to develop labor-saving devices, simpler ways of doing everyday tasks, and to improve artificial intelligence.
玛拉：我认为这会是未来100年科技的自然进化。我们会继续开发节省劳动力的设备，寻找更简单的方法来完成日常工作，并进一步提高人工智能的水平。
Robert: I’m not sure I want to live in a world that looks like that. It seems so cold and impersonal.
罗伯特：我自己并不太希望生活在你所描述的那样的世界。听起来非常冷漠而且没有人情味。
Mara: That’s only because most of us have a fear of the unknown.
玛拉：那不过是因为大部分人都会对未知事物感到恐惧。
Robert: That’s me in a nutshell. I’d rather return to a simpler way of life with as little innovation and technology as possible.
罗伯特：总之我就是这样。我更希望回归更简单的生活方式，尽可能少地利用科技创新。
Mara: Like modern sanitation and transportation?
玛拉：比如现代卫生设备和交通工具？
Robert: Well, I want to go back in time with some things, but keep my conveniences.
罗伯特：好吧，我想我希望回到合适的时代，同时还要保证生活舒适。
Mara: So you want to pick and choose? That shouldn’t be a problem when we figure out time travel.
玛拉：所以你的意思是，希望完全由自己挑选？等我们研究出“时空穿越”，那应该就不是问题了。