2.20 早读 | TED: 人工智能将会如何改变世界

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 移交业务

2. 文明的管理权

3. 时间管理

4. 缺乏做XX的动力

2.20 早读原文

If you hand over the management of your civilization to machines, you then lose the incentive to understand it yourself or to teach the next generation how to understand it.

英音讲解01:20，美音讲解5:25，词汇讲解07:00

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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary

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1. civ‧i‧li‧za‧tion /ˌsɪvəl-aɪˈzeɪʃən $ -vələ-/ 包含五个音节，以-tion结尾的多音节单词重音多在倒数第二音节；

2. machine 包含紧元音/i:/，发音时注意口型的紧张感；

3. lose the(j) incentive、to(w) understand 词间元元连读。

言之有物

1. 词链儿：hand over XX to ...

hand XX over to ...

把XX送交给... ；移交〔权力、责任〕XX给...

He handed the phone over to me.

他把电话交给我。

On his retirement, he handed the business over to his son.

他退休时把生意移交给了他儿子。

拓展词汇：handover n. 〔控制权的、东西的〕移交、交出

the handover of the business

移交业务

a smooth handover of power

权力的顺利移交

2. 词链儿：management of XX

XX的管理/安排/驾驭

the management of your civilization

文明的管理权

3. 词汇：civilization n.

civic adj. 城镇的；公民的

civil adj. 国民的；平民的

civilize v. 使文明；使有教养

civilization n. 文明； 人类文明的生活

4. 词链儿：incentive to do XX

做XX的动力

incentive n. 刺激；动力；鼓励

近义词：motivation

lose the incentive to do XX 失去做XX的动力

lack the incentive to do XX 缺乏做XX的动力

have little/no incentive to do XX 没有动力做XX

have every incentive to do XX 有足够的动力做XX

Farmers lack any incentive to manage their land organically.

农场主对有机耕作土地毫不积极。

There is no incentive for people to save fuel.

没有鼓励人们节约燃料的措施。

Bonus payments provide an incentive to work harder.

支付奖金能鼓励人们更努力工作。

原声例句：So, driven by the need for fun, we always have a powerful genetic incentive to keep trying to learn as much as we can.

因此，在对快乐的需要的驱使下，我们总是有着强有力的内在动机，促使我们尽可能多地学习。

原声例句：But income is a major incentive to pursuing employment.

但收入是追求就业的主要动机。

Quite the incentive to do whatever it takes to "Almost always" win.

确实能激励你为达“几乎”全胜不择手段。

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What's my incentive to behave morally if the rules of society aren't being enforced?

如果社会规则不被强制执行，那我还有什么动机端正自己的品行呢？

图片源自《小谢尔顿》

There is no incentive to improve the quality of your product.

从而也就不会有诱因鼓励大家提高产品质量。

图片源自《TED》

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