GCT综合英语第8单元课文翻译.doc

仅做参考 好好学习，天天向上 Unit 8 Future World 未来的世界 Virtual reality technology is poised to transform science, education, and entertainment. 虚拟现实的技术随时准备着改变科学、教育以及娱乐。 1 “Virtual reality is created by using display and control technology to surround its users with an artificial environment that mimics real life,” explains Dr. Hasan Alkhatib, professor of computer engineering at Santa Clara University in California, U.S.A. “Through the use of visual and sound effects, things that don’t exist can be made to appear to exist. Virtual reality allows users to manipulate objects on the screen so they can become full participants in the three-dimensional setting that envelops them.” “虚拟现实是围绕它的用户通过显示、控制技术创建的模仿现实生活的人工环境”美国加州圣克拉罗大学计算机工程学教授哈桑·阿尔卡蒂比博士解释说。 “通过利用音频和视频效果，可以使不存在的东西可以被虚构存在。虚拟现实技术允许用户操纵屏幕上的对象，使他们能够成??为笼罩着它们的三维设置中的充分参与者。” 2 Dr. Mark Fishman, professor of computer science at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A. Mark Fishman博士是美国佛罗里达州圣彼德堡埃克德学院的计算机科学教授，也是人工智能和人造现实的一位主要权威。他说虚拟现实的效果很强大，“让人们置身于一个虚拟的房间里，叫他们踩踏车。虽然他们十分清楚地知道自己的身体是在真实的环境里，但是他们也不愿意走入他们面前所能看到的万丈深渊。他们沉浸在幻觉之中，而这种幻觉正变得越来越真实。” 3 While this technology’s most advanced applications at the moment are in entertainment such as virtual reality golf and the virtual reality arcade game rooms sprouting up all over the world, researchers say its potential is enormous. They see it impacting everything, from education to medicine and science to business and government. “The common perception of virtual reality is that it’s some kind of sophisticated computer game in an arcade”, explains Dr. Jack Goldfeather, professor of mathematics and computer science at Carleton College in Minnesota, U.S.A. and a designer of hardware and software for three dimensional computer. “I don’t really know if the public realizes how many uses it’s being applied to.” 尽管在目前这种技术最先进的应用是在娱乐方面，如虚拟现实的高尔夫球，和在世界各地正在迅速发展的带有拱顶的虚拟现实的游戏机房，但是研究人员们说该技术的潜力是十分巨大的。他们已看到了它对一切事物的强烈影响，无论是从教育到医药，还是从科学到商业和政府。Jack Goldfeather博士是美国明尼苏达州卡尔顿学院的数学和计算机科学的教授，也是一位三维计算机动画片硬件和