VOA常速英语2019--汽车业未来焦点：安全与舒适（在线收听）

Some of the highest tech at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show is all about keeping you safe in your car. The iris system, for instance, monitors everyone in your car. It can alert drivers if they seem drowsy, or can keep track of babies in the back seat, and warn drivers when things look dicey.

今年，消费类电子产品展览会上所展示的最尖端的技术都与确保车内安全有关。比如，虹膜系统可以监控车内人的状态；可以提醒司机状态困倦，不宜开车；可以追踪后座上的婴儿状态；也可以警示司机可能有危险状况出现。

Cameras are everywhere today, and their number increases regularly every single day. It is literally a public space, if, think about it, if you’re sharing a vehicle, it is more of a public space similar to when you walk into a bank or a movie theater or even this space in here. Other devices monitor drivers’ behavior behind the wheel. The Affectiva car camera algorithms work in a way that’s similar to online services like Amazon which recommend products based on browsing habits. Its cameras track drivers and passengers’ activity, recording things that catch their eye and places they stop. The system could offer coupons or discounts at restaurants and other businesses along the way. By the where a captive audience now in what is potentially an entertainment hub. Not always do we want to be entertained necessarily, right?

如今，摄像头无处不在，而且数量与日俱增。如今到处都是公共空间：细细想来，共享乘车的时候，更像是进入了银行或者电影院这样的公共区域。还有一些装置可以监控司机在驾驶过程中的行为。Affectiva汽车摄像头的算法工作方式与亚马逊等线上服务类似——可以根据浏览习惯来推荐产品。其摄像头可以追踪司机和乘客的活动，记录吸引司机和乘客眼球的事情以及他们停过的地方。该系统还可以提供沿途经过的饭店等场所的优惠券或者打折信息。乘客虽然处于密闭的空间，但却恍若置身于娱乐中心，但我们并非时时都需要娱乐，对吧？

So it’s really important to understand what the needs are of the people, of the vehicle, and how they’re reacting to the environment, so you can then adapt the experience to those needs. It’s all part of a shift to customize the driving experience, looking to a future where the drivers’ top priority isn’t driving. In a world where cars are truly self-driving, there is no steering wheel anymore. There is no human driver anymore. In that fully autonomous future, there is no backseat as such anymore, right? It’s basically passengers in a vehicle that sometimes even by industry refer to as an entertainment hub.

所以很重要的是要了解人和车的需求，以及他们对环境的反应。这样才能根据他们的需求来调整体验。这是转变中的一步，目标是按照客户的要求来定制驾驶体验，指向了一种未来，即司机的首要任务不再是驾驶。在当今世界，汽车可以无人驾驶，所以已经驾驶盘可以不再存在，也不再需要人来驾驶。在全自动的未来图景中，后座的设置跟现在也不再相同了，而是乘客坐在车里，而车有时候也可以称为娱乐中心。

Some other tech is going in the opposite direction, trying to protect drivers’ anonymity while helping to keep them safe. If you compare two cameras, it has lower resolution, but it’s enough resolution to understand what’s going on in the car while keeping your privacy. And that’s a very good balance which we believe in. But whether it’s on-board cameras or on-board radar, big changes are coming for cars as trips inevitably become less about driving and more about getting from place to place safely and comfortably.

还有一些技术反其道而行之——旨在保护司机隐私的同时确保司机的安全。对比两个摄像头会发现，这种技术的分辨率更低，但足以让人了解车内的情况，从而保障司机隐私。我们认为这是非常好的平衡。但无论是车载摄像头还是车载雷达，重大变化将在汽车业发生，因为人们对驾驶本身的关注会不可避免地减少，而对行驶安全和舒适度关注的更多。