Week 1 Friday

“Life is a journey; people get together because of destiny.”

人生就像一场戏，因为有缘才相聚。

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READ FOR YOU

科学的世界难以理解，但那对生活的思考与感慨，平实，朴素，我等凡人也感同身受。

霍金说：

“如果生活没有了乐趣，那将是一场悲剧。”

Life would be tragic if it weren't for funny.

“所谓智力就是适应变化的能力。”

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

"知识最大的敌人不是无知，而是（自以为掌握知识的）幻觉。"

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.

“我的目标很简单，就是把宇宙彻底搞清楚——它为何如此，又究竟为何存在。”

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.

“我注意到，即便那些宿命论者，在过马路之前也会左右查看。”

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

“我们不过是一个普通星系中一个小星球上的高等猿类。但我们能理解这个宇宙，这让我们与众不同”

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

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TRANSLATION

You've probably read something aboutautonomous vehiclesin the news, but what are they and how do they work? Well, they usesensors lasersand cameras tonavigate the roadsand there are actually five different levels of automation.

你可能在新闻中听过无人驾驶汽车，但它们究竟是什么，又是如何工作呢？其实，自动驾驶汽车运动激光传感器和摄像机导航，并根据其自动化程度分为五类级别。

Today your car is at level one with features likecruise control and parking sensors, but by level five the car can drive itself completely, all you do is tell it where to go, but what does that actually mean?

目前，无人驾驶汽车处于一级自动化程度，装有自动控速系统以及泊车传感器。而五级自动化的车能够实现全自动驾驶，人只要定位目的地即可。那将意味着什么呢？

Well, you'll get from A to B faster withless congestionand less pollution, once you arrive, your car will even park itself, but their biggestbenefitis safety.

那时候，人们往返两地将更快速、更顺畅、更环保。到达目的地后，汽车将自动泊位。其最大优势在于安全性极高。

Every year more than a million people are killed in car accidents worldwide, and 90% of them arecaused by human error, sometimes we get tired, welose concentrationand every now and then just get it wrong. Could driverless cars be safer? We'll have to be able to make quick decisions in all kinds ofsituationsand share the roads withconventional vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists, there's still a lot of work to be done, but driverless cars coulddramaticallycut the number of accidents on the roads and save millions of lives.

每年，世界范围内有一百多万人死于车祸，其中百分之九十皆人为造成，有人疲劳驾驶，有人开车分神。问题是，无人驾驶汽车能更安全吗？无人驾驶汽车要与传统非自动车辆、行人及骑自行车者共享道路，并能够在任何情况下迅速反应，我们还有许多工作要做。尽管如此，无人驾驶汽车可能很大程度上地减少道路交通事故，挽救千万生命。