Topic 2 Neologism-高中英语读本选择性必修第一册

46 functioning in addition to tracking crew member􀆳s behaviours. Right now in the lab, an AI-equipped robot caled Henry the Helper can be found meandering around the grounds assisting visitors who appear confused or lost based on their facial expression. Two more emotionaly inteligent prototype bots are expected to be introduced later this year, one of which is said to be able to participate in conversations more complex than giving navigation assistance. The team􀆳s final goal is to make a companion named Fiona the Future a reality, an emotionaly inteligent cross-platform system. Rather than being confined to a physical robotic device, it could be digitaly integrated into space stations and habitats on Mars and beyond. Fiona, if al goes according to the JPL􀆳s plans, wil help keep astronauts of the future stay mentaly fit as they embark on their journeys to deep-space. awesomesauce 赞酱 英语中可以形容事物 “好,不错” 的说法有很多,比如great、wonderful 等,不过表达 “awesomesauce” 击败了以往的说法,成为用来称赞人或事物的 流行语。 Awesomesauce is an informal term describing someone or something as extremely good or excelent.(Awesomesauce是种非正式用语,用于形容某人 或某事物特别棒或极好的。) If you want to describe something as excelent, you can use awesomesauce; on the other side of the coin, anything of a poor or disappointing standard is weak sauce. Weak sauce came first, and has a comprehensible origin as a metaphor; an inadequate sauce would certainly let 47 down an otherwise decent meal. Though awesomesauce clearly comes from the words awesome and sauce, the former is currently beating the latter in