现在世界经济陷入困境，我们当然需要一种新的产业。所以开发人性化的机器人是21世纪应当首先发展的行业之一。

注释：
1.impact  n. 冲击（力）影响力
2.leap n. 跳跃；飞跃
3.fairytale n. 童话
4.humanoid n. 类人动物；猿人（科学幻想小说中的）星球人 ，人形机
5.bankroll vt. 给…提供资金，资助人，企业，戏剧的演出，电影的拍摄等
6.upstart  n. 暴发户；新贵，一步登天的人
7.perk  n. [主英口] 额外津贴，赏钱，小账（perquisite 的缩略形式）
8.gizmo n. 发明
9.reboot vt. 重新启动
10.candidaten. 候选人；候缺者
11.bullish adj. 股票行情看涨的；[喻]乐观的
12.disabled adj. 残疾的，残废的

文本内容:

A Robot in Every Home

ANCHOR
He’s developed what he thinks can easily become man’s new best friend. And some businessmen think it could have an impact1 far beyond that. Once again, here’s Kristie Lu Stout.

KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN CORRESPONDENT
A few shaky steps ------ a giant leap2 for Pino, a robot made in the image of a classic fairytale3.

KATSUTAKA HIGA
Pino came from Pinocchio, who was born as a wooden doll, but became a human being. We’re hoping for Pino, who started as a robot, to enter the lives of human beings.

KRISTIE LU STOUT
Pino walks with difficulty and can’t talk, but it has big dreams. To break ground for future generations of humanoid4 robots. To bankroll5 it’s development, upstart6 ZNP licenses Pino to toy makers and book publishers. But while Pino gets pimped as a popstar, Asimo enjoys the perks7 of Honda’s deep pockets. Asimo can walk, climb stairs and recognize voices. The latest model can read gestures and movements, thanks to the camera in it’s bubble-shaped head. Honda is already leasing Asimo as a receptionist, but the company has much higher expectations.

YOSHIAKI SAKAGAMI, CHIEF ENGINEER, HONDA
The final purpose of the robot is to have one Asimo in every home, to live with human beings.

KRISTIE LU STOUT
A humanoid in every home, an objective shared with Sony and it’s latest gizmo8. The SDR-4X is less than half the size of the Asimo. It’s built not to work, but to sing, to dance and to cradle. Since once you pick it up, it literally melts in your arms. And when released, the robot stands to attention. Dr. Toshidoi likens his creation to a teddy bear that can talk, move, even reboot9 the economy.

DR. TOSHI DOI
The world economy is in the state of disaster, so we definitely need a new category of industry. And a personal robot is one of the great candidates10 as the first new industry to be developed in the 21st century.

KRISTIE LU STOUT
He says humanoids will surpass PCs in global product growth, a bullish11 forecast for what looks like a toy.

KATSUTAKA HIGA
Personally, I would like a very cute, friendly robot beside me. But in society, it’s probably a good idea to develop robots that can support the disabled12 or elderly.

KRISTIE LU STOUT
It’s hard to imagine Pino as a caretaker, at 28 inches it’s simply too tiny to push a wheelchair. Kristie, CNN, Tokyo.

机器人匹诺

主播
他发明了他所设想新的人类的好朋友。一些商界人士则认为这一发明的影响可能更为深远。我们再次请克里斯蒂为我们介绍。

克莉斯蒂•吕•斯托特
摇摇晃晃地走了几步，这对匹诺来说可是迈出了一大步。这个机器人是以一个经典童话故事的主人公的形象出现的。

KATSUTAKA HIGA
小匹诺的原型来自皮诺曹。一个小木偶，最后却变成了人。我们希望机器人小匹诺也能走进人类的生活。

克莉斯蒂•吕•斯托特
尽管小匹诺现在还行走不便而且不会说话，但它有着远大报负，那就是为未来的类人型机器人奠定基础。为支持匹诺的发展，业内新贵ZNP给玩具制造商和书商们发放了许可证。但是，小匹诺才刚刚崭露头角，本田公司却已经为阿西莫的发展投入了大笔资金。阿西莫不仅会走路，会上楼梯，还会辨认声音。最新型的阿西莫圆圆的头顶上还配备了摄像头，使他能识别手势和动作。本田现在已经开始让阿西莫担任接待员的工作，但他们对阿西莫的期望远高于此。

YOSHIAKI SAKAGAMI， 本田首席工程师
研发这种类人型机器人的最终目的是让它进入每个家庭并和人类朝夕相处。

克莉斯蒂•吕•斯托特
这也是索尼的目标。索尼最新研发的SDR-4X型机器人比阿西莫还小一半。这种机器人可不是用来干活的，它会唱歌、跳舞，你还可以像抱婴儿一样搂着它。把他拿起来，他会柔软得像熔化在你的怀里似的。把它放开，它就会站立一旁待命。托西多教授把他的发明比作的泰迪熊，会说话，会动，甚至还能刺激经济的发展。

TOSHI DOI博士
现在世界经济陷入困境，我们当然需要一种新的产业。所以开发人性化的机器人是21世纪应当首先发展的行业之一。

克莉斯蒂•吕•斯托特
他说类人型机器人在全球的增长速度。会超过个人电脑，这对这种看似个小玩具的物件来说可是一个大胆的预测。

KATSUTAKA HIGA
我自己倒是非常喜欢身边有一个可爱的、友善的机器人。但对整个社会来说，最好能研制出可以帮助残疾人和老年人的机器人。

克莉斯蒂•吕•斯托特
很难想象小匹诺能照顾别人，它才28英寸高，推轮椅它可不是个儿。克里斯蒂在东京报道。