雅思口語：part1 Robots

雅思口語Part 1的答題思路完全沒有固定套路，你平時咋聊天，在考場上就怎麼跟考官調侃（當然除了不會說的情況，if that is the case，就一定要挑自己會說的說）。在考到Robots話題的時候，你可以是科技狂魔，也可以是無知小白，看自己的愛好和科技儲備就好了：

Are you interested in robots? Why? / Do you like robots to work at your home?

Yeah, 『cause I』m a lazy person, I always dream of having a robot who can help me do the household chores and be an assistant. That way, life would be much easier, I mean, I don』t have to do the boring and repetitive housework anymore. Plus, my robot can serve as a butler who can wake me up in the morning, take care of my schedule and remind me of important things.

Butler: the main male servant in a large house. 這個語境下可以理解為「私人管家」。

Do you want to take a car where robot is the driver?

Yeah, I believe in the technology, and I like this idea of hands-free vehicle. I』m confident with the safety. The best part is, I could do anything I want in the car, like studying or working, instead of focusing on driving, which is time saving.

Hands-free: (of a telephone, etc.) able to be used without needing to be held in the hand 例如：hands-free mobile phones

What sorts of things can robots do today? / What do you think robots might be able to do in people's homes in the future?

Well, for starters, like I said, they can help us clean the room, and they can also work as an assistant who can organize our daily schedule. And in the future, it』s highly possible that they could do more things for us, like being a babysitter or dog walker. And they may well keep lonely old people company when their kids are out working.

Will robots replace human being in the workplace completely?

Yes, with the development of artificial intelligence, it』s highly possible that robots would be capable of doing complex/complicated work. So people in the future should be concerned about that.

Do you think robots might be dangerous in the future?

Yeah, 『cause they don』t have any emotion, so if they were programed to do something harmful, they would definitely be a threat/they would definitely pose a threat to our society. For example, if there』s a bug in the program or it is tampered with, it』s very likely that they would even kill their owners.

Tamper with something = interfere with something: to make changes to something without permission, especially in order to damage it. 例如：

Someone had obviously tampered with the brakes of my car.

How do you think robots will influence society in the future?

Well, I guess there would be positive and negative effects. I mean, people could definitely benefit from having robots work for them. They could get things done much more efficiently. However, some people might lose their jobs if they don』t have specialist knowledge. (People who don』t have specialist knowledge might lose their jobs.) 『cause all those repetitive work has been taken over by robots.