（带文稿）0102 十年不到，美机器人数量翻一倍。颤抖吧，不好好学习的你们！

张老邪叨哔叨:

没错！今天也是张老邪日常恐吓学渣们的一天！

You ! 赶紧收收心，趁别人还在浪，咱暗度陈仓搞下学习~ 让机器人先把别人淘汰！啊， 顺带推荐下英剧《黑镜》（第4季第5集出现的杀人机器狗很像波士顿动力的机器狗，细思恐极的那种）还有美剧《机器之心》拯救剧荒 er（刷剧用的app人人视频）

言归正传，看看文中堪称“公立常春藤”的罗格斯大学的教授对机器人越来越多持什么观点，哪些人首当其冲，我们又该做好哪些准备呢？以及词汇表出现了表示“功成名就”的单词，赶紧看看吧~

Kuka robots work on Tesla Model S cars in the Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif., Thursday, May 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Transcript

        A report says the number of robots being used in workplaces across the United States doubled from 2009 to 2017.

     Most of the robots worked in manufacturing operations across America’s Midwest, the report said. It noted that the effect robots had on manufacturing job losses was lessened by economic growth that followed the last major U.S. recession.

        The report comes from the Century Foundation research group, which is based in New York City.

     William M. Rodgers III is a professor of public policy and chief economist at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He co-wrote the report. It examines how workplace robots are affecting U.S. workers and their pay.

In this Dec. 5, 2018, photo, pods full of merchandise are moved around the floor by robotic drives, named Amazon robots, at the Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

        “A growing economy independent of technology, independent of robotics, has been able to absorb, at least at the national level ... people who may have gotten displaced,” Rodgers told VOA.

        Some Midwest states have twice as many robots as all other U.S. areas and have suffered from the rise in robot workers, the report found. Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin have the highest levels of working robots, mostly in manufacturing businesses.

        Industrial robots generally perform jobs that do not change much from day to day. These include putting things together, loading products, welding or painting.

    The report found that the workers most affected by the machine takeover are young people. They also had less education than other workers. Black men and women experienced the greatest job losses.

Arms from a robotic welder simulate welds on a piece of metal in Euclid, Ohio. Today's welding technicians operate robots that can do welds quicker than humans and with more precision.

        Rodgers noted that U.S. workers who change jobs and find themselves employed in different industries often have to settle for lower pay. This can also be a problem when large job displacements lead to an oversupply of workers in some industries.

        “If demand for workers is not growing fast enough, you begin to see a decline in wages,” he added.

        Rodgers called on employers to develop better ways to help the displaced workers. If the right solutions are found, he said, some workers pushed out by robots can actually end up getting higher-paid positions. Assistance programs should include education and training programs to help prepare people for new career paths.

        Rodgers added that now is the best time to prepare for the rise of the robots.

        “What better time to be able to help people who are getting bullied, so to speak, by technology. Or getting bullied, so to speak, by globalization,” he said. “Times of prosperity is the best time... to invest in all Americans.”

        I’m Bryan Lynn.

Words in This Story

absorb – v. take something in

weld – v. join pieces of metal together by heating them and pressing them together

decline – v. refuse something

bully – v. purposely frighten someone who is smaller or weaker than you

prosperity – n. situation in which someone is successful and earns a lot of money