译林版牛津高中英语(必修4):Unit3 Tomorrow's world-Reading(3)

An argument has been put forward that some uers will be disappointed by RealCine because VR is not real.

有观点提出说有些用户会对RealCine感到失望，因为VR不是真的。

However, with VR we are able to do things that could never be achieved in real life.

然而，借助VR，我们能够做一些我们在现实生活中无法做到的事情。

For example, with the aid of RealCine, a seventy-year-old grandfather recently took a trip to Africa.

比如，借助RealCine, 一位70的爷爷最近去了一趟非洲。

In reality, he is disabled and can no longer walk, but he was able to see and touch a lion while still in the convenience of the VR studio.

在现实中，他因为残疾已经不能走路，但是借助VR工作室里设备的便利，他能看见并抚摸一头狮子。

Besides this, VR can be used to practise skills in a secure¹ environment that otherwise would be quite dangerous.

除了这样，VR还可以用来设置安全的环境，操练危险环境中所用到的技能。

For example, firefighters could use RealCine to train safely, without the risk of getting injured in a burning building.

比如，消防队员可以借助RealCine进行安全训练，不用冒着在燃烧的大楼里受伤的危险。

It could be used in class as well.

它还可以用于课堂。

Teachers could bring history alive by placing students in an ancient town, or they could teach biology by allowing students to experience the world as a whale or a squirrel².

老师可以把学生置于一个古城，或者他们可以在生物课上，让学生们以鲸鱼或松鼠的身份来体验世界。

Finally, RealCine provides fantastic technology for urban planning.

最后，RealCine可以为城市规划提供绝妙的技术。

Engineers can enter the design of a neighbourhood into a computer, and then use VR to 'walk' around the neighbourhood, see how it looks and make changes before construction is carried out.

工程师可以把社区规划图输入电脑中，然后借助VR在社区中“走走”，看看社区的面貌，在被建造出来之前做一些修改。

This kind of urban planning is in the long term cheaper and more practical, compared with the way most urban planning is done today.

长远来说，与现在大多数城市规划方式相比，这种城市规划方式更经济、更实用。

I recommend the government use this technology in the future planning of this city.

我建议政府在未来的城市规划中，应该采用这种技术。

1 secure   

adj.无虑的，安心的，安全的；adj.牢靠的，稳妥的；vt.固定，获得，使...安全；vi.(海上工作人员)停止工；vi.(船)抛锚，停泊

参考例句：

• He found a secure foothold and pulled himself up.他找到了一个稳固的踏脚处并爬了上去。
• Extra men are needed to secure the camp against attack.需要增加兵力以保护军营免受攻击。

2 squirrel   

n.松鼠，松鼠的毛皮；vt.贮藏以备用

参考例句：

• The squirrel makes a store of nuts for the winter.松鼠贮藏坚果以备过冬。
• A squirrel hoards nuts for the winter.松鼠为过冬贮藏坚果。