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Unit 5 First Aid
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．In conversations with strangers，people commonly tend to(倾向于) think they should speak
less than half the conversation time to be likable.
5．For example，a previous study randomly assigned one in a pair to take on(担任) the role of
“speaker” and the other to take on the role of “listener”．
6．Further，we assigned people to speak for up to 70% and even 90% of the time.The result
shows it is not an ideal strategy(理想的策略)．
7．Future research should figure out(弄清楚，弄明白)whether our findings generalize to more
natural interactions.
8．To communicate better and enrich his later life(丰富他以后的生活)，I bought him an
iPhone，but my father strongly resisted using(resist doing sth 抵制做某事) it.
9．For a long time，I could still picture(picture此处为熟词生义，意为“想象”)Dad’s ear
emerging on the screen，which(引导非限制性定语从句) made me laugh.
10．He caught on(学会) fast and became crazy about(对……痴迷) it.
11．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
12．“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.
13．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.
14．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……)
