【轻松英文阅读】机器人与学校

 Chris Colaluca of Mohawk Junior High School in Pennsylvania is not your typical student. Chris suffers from spina bifida and is not able to attend class in person. But this does not stop him. He is able to take classes thanks to his robot. The robot is called Vgo. It is about four feet tall and quite agile¹. Chris operates Vgo from his home. Chris’s teachers and classmates are able to see Chris’s face on the screen of the robot. During the class his teacher can ask him questions and he can answer them like the other students . He can easily interact² with his classmates too. Chris has mastered the controls of the Vgo so well that he can change classes with his classmates at the end of the lesson. He can even go to lunch with them.

 

To implement³ the technology only cost the school 5,000 dollars. Of course at first teachers and staff were a little nervous, but now everyone is very comfortable with the system. No one is happier than Chris who says it is like a video game coming to life.

1 agile   

adj.敏捷的，灵活的

参考例句：

• She is such an agile dancer!她跳起舞来是那么灵巧！
• An acrobat has to be agile.杂技演员必须身手敏捷。

2 interact   

vi.相互作用，相互影响，互通信息

参考例句：

• All things are interrelated and interact on each other.一切事物互相联系并相互作用。
• The policeman advised the criminal to interact with the police.警察劝罪犯与警方合作。

3 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。