When we watch movies about the future, we sometimes see robots.
当我们看描绘未来的电影时，有时我们会看到机器人。
They are usually like human servants.
他们通常像人类的仆人。
They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places.
他们帮忙做家务，并在肮脏危险的环境中工作。
Today there are already robots working in factories.
今天，机器人已经出现在了工厂里。
Some can help to build cars, and they do simple jobs over and over again.
有些机器人可以帮助我们造汽车，他们不断重复着简单的工作。
Fewer people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get bored.
未来将很少有人会做这样的工作，因为这样的工作很无聊，但机器人永远不会感到无聊。
Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do.
现在科学家们正努力制造类人机器人，使他们像我们一样做事。
Some robots in Japan can walk and dance.
在日本，有些机器人会走路、跳舞。
They are fun to watch.
它们看起来很有趣。
However, some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people,
然而，一些科学家认为，虽然我们可以使机器人像人一样移动，
it will be difficult to make them really think like a human.
但要让他们真正像人一样思考是很困难的。
For example, scientist James White thinks that robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are.
例如，科学家詹姆斯·怀特认为机器人将永远无法醒来，并知道他们身处何地。
But many scientists disagree with Mr. White.
但很多科学家不同意怀特的观点。
They think that robots will even be able lo talk like humans in 25 to 50 years.
他们认为在25到50年内，机器人甚至能像人类一样说话。
Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future.
一些科学家相信将来会有更多的机器人。
However, they agree it may take hundreds of years.
然而，他们也认同，这可能需要几百年的时间。
These new robots will have many different shapes.
这些新机器人形状各异。
Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals.
有些看起来像人类，其他的可能看起来像动物。
In India, for example, scientists made robots that look like snakes.
例如，在印度，科学家制造了看起来像蛇的机器人。
If buildings fall down with people inside, these robots can help look for people under the buildings.
如果建筑物倒塌，里面有人，这些机器人可以帮助寻找建筑物下面的人。
This was not 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed impossible 100 years ago.
这不是20年前，但计算机和火箭似乎在100年前也是天方夜谭。
We never know what will happen in the future!
我们永远不知道将来会发生什么事！
