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1、考研英语:2001翻译真题精练精讲一、全真试题Tnlessthan30yearstimetheStarTrekholodeckwil1beareality・Directlinksbetweenthebrainsnervoussystemandacomputerwi11alsocreateful1sensoryvirtualenvironinents,allowingvirtualvacationslikethoseinthefilmTotalRecalL(71)Therewillbetelevisionchatshowshostedbyrobo
2、ts,andcarswithpollutionmonitorsthatwilldisablethemwhentheyoffend.(72)Childrenwillplaywithdollsequippedwithpersonalitychips,computerswithin-builtpersonalitieswillberegardedasworkmatesratherthantools,relaxationwillbeinfrontofsmell-television,anddigitalagewillhavearrived.Accord
3、ingtoBTsfuturologist,IanPearson,theseareamongthedevelopmentsscheduledforthefirstfewdecadesofthenewmillennium(aperiodoflOOOyears),whensupercomputerswi11dramaticallyaccelerateprogressinallareasoflife.(73)Pearsonhaspiecedtogethertheworkofhundredsofresearchersaroundtheworldtopro
4、duceauniquemillenniumtechnologycalendarthatgivesthelatestdateswhenwecanexpecthundredsorkeybreakthroughsanddiscoveriestotakeplace.Someofthebiggestdevelopmentswillbeinmcdicinc,includinganextendedlifeexpectancyanddozensofartificialorganscomingintousebetweennowand2040.Pearsonals
5、opredictsabreakthroughincomputer-humanlinks.“Bylinkingdirectlytoournervoussystem,computerscouldpickupwhatwefeeland,hopefully,simulatefeelingtoosothatwecanstarttodevelopfullsensoryenvironments,ratherliketheholidaysinTotalRecallortheStarTrekholodeck,”,hesays・(74)Butthat,Pearso
6、npointsout,isonlythestartofman-machineintegration:Itwillbethebeginningofthelongprocessofintegrationthatwillultimatelyleadtoafullyelectronichumanbeforetheendofthenextcentury.”Throughhisresearch,Pearsonisabletoputdatestomostofthebreakthroughsthatcanbepredicted.However,thereare
7、stillnoforecastsforwhenfaster-that-1ighttravelwi11beavailable,orwhenhumancloningwillbeperfected,orwhentimetravelwillbepossible.Buthedoesexpectsocialproblemsasaresultoftechnologicaladvances.Aboominneighborhoodsurveillancecameraswill,forexample,causeproblemsin2010,whilethearri
8、valofsynthetic1ifelikerobotswi11moanpeoplemaynotbeabletodistinguishbetweent