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UNIT 4 HUMOUR(二)
1．Taking a brief moment to seek help is often the best first response(n.回应；v.respond 对……
作出回应，与to连用)．
2．But before an ambulance can get to the scene，the immediate first aid attendance to anyone
who(who引导的定语从句修饰anyone) is injured seriously makes a difference(有影响，起作
用) between life and death.
3．This is a course designed to provide(过去分词短语作后置定语) a wide variety of(多种多
样的) healthcare professionals with the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies...
4．When I first signed them up for forest school program，I loved the idea，but as a mum，I
was concerned about(担忧) a few things...
5．Then I asked them if(引导宾语从句) time ever seemed to move slowly，they stared at(盯着
看) me in confusion.
6．They are learning to sit silently and observe nature up close—a skill that’s virtually(几乎)
impossible to develop in a noisy and overcrowded classroom setting.
7．I appreciate it that(非常感激) forest school is shaping my boys’ relationship with the
outdoors.
8．But the restaurants often find special ways to respond in times of(在……的时候) crisis，too.
9．And the Wilmington，North Carolina Chick-fil-A，owned by Donovan and Nikki Carless，
was quick to serve locals on Sunday after Hurricane Florence left(熟词生义：vt.让某人或某物处
于某种状态) thousands of people homeless.
10．With this in mind，the restaurant owners asked their employees who would be willing to(乐
意做……) serve food on Sunday.
11．In times like these，it’s always inspiring to see businesses put their bottom dollar
aside(把……放在一边) and instead look to see how they can give back.
12．Researchers are using AI to train robots about appropriate laughter，and to distinguish
between chuckles and screams(区分/辨别……和……)．
distinguish...from...使……有别于……；把……与……区分开
distinguished adj.著名的；卓越的；高贵的
13．“We think that one of the most important functions(“one of the＋形容词最高级＋名词
复数”表示“最……之一”) of conversational AI is sympathy，” said Dr Koji Inoue，a
professor.
14．So we decided that one way a robot can empathize(共情) with users is to share their
laughter(动词不定式作表语)，which you cannot do with a text-based chatbot.15．It may well take more than 10 to 20 years before we can finally have a casual chat with a
robot like we would with a friend(it＋takes＋时间段＋before...需要多长时间才会……)．
