美国有线新闻 CNN 2016-7-27

AZUZ: Up next, diving deep. From April 20th to July 10th, NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric¹ Administration, is on a mission to explore the Marianas Trench² in the western North Pacific Ocean.

阿祖兹：下面我们要潜入海底。4月20日至7月10日，美国国家海洋和大气管理局在西北太平洋的马里亚纳海沟进行探索任务。

Part of that is the Challenger Deep. At 36,000 feet under, it is the deepest known point in the sea. It's deeper than Mount Everest is tall.

其中一项任务是挑战深度。海底3.6万英尺是目前已知海洋的最深点。深于珠穆朗玛峰的高度。

No sunlight is visible. The water is frigid³, the press extreme.

那里看不到阳光。海水非常寒冷，压力极大。

NOAA is exploring the area because so little is known about it. What's the habitat like? How can it benefit scientific research? These are some of the answers they're seeking, along with some that relate to the life that's down there.

美国国家海洋和大气管理局探索该区域是因为那里不为人所知。那里的自然环境什么样？怎样有益于科学研究？这些都是要寻求的答案，还有一些与生活在海底生命有关的问题也需要得到解答。

AZUZ: Do you know who's better at playing foosball than college students? A computer. A team of engineering students at Brigham Young University built a machine that controls the blue players here. Whenever the ball gets near one of the players, the computer is programmed to kick it, and it reacts much faster than people do.

阿祖兹：你们知道谁比大学生更擅长玩桌上足球吗？答案是电脑。美国杨百翰大学的一组工科学生建造了一台可以控制这些蓝色球员的机器。当球靠近一名球员时，电脑就会按程序指示地那样去踢球，其反应时间比人类要快的多。

In this game, though not every game, the machine won 4-1. Overall, the professor says it's as good as a human.

在这场比赛中，这台机器以4比1的比分取得了胜利，不过它不是每场比赛都赢。教授表示，总的来说，这台机器和人类玩得一样好。

So, how could someone possibly refoos the challenge? You'd be foos-lish not to foos your skills with an arti-foos-cially intelligent machine and if you make a foos step and loss and feel foos-trated or in-foos-riated, there's no need for a foos fight. After all, it's just a game.

那人们要怎么应对这一挑战呢？如果不用人工智能机器提高能力，就会输掉比赛，如果输掉，你就会觉得被耍了，那就没有必要进行桌上足球比赛了。毕竟，这只是一场比赛。

I'm Carl Azuz and Fridays are awesome⁴! Have a foos-nomenal weekend.

我是卡尔·阿祖兹，周五简直太棒了！希望大家通过玩桌上足球度过快乐的周末。

1 atmospheric   

adj.大气的，空气的；大气层的；大气所引起的

参考例句：

• Sea surface temperatures and atmospheric circulation are strongly coupled.海洋表面温度与大气环流是密切相关的。
• Clouds return radiant energy to the surface primarily via the atmospheric window.云主要通过大气窗区向地表辐射能量。

2 trench   

n./v.(挖)沟，(挖)战壕

参考例句：

• The soldiers recaptured their trench.兵士夺回了战壕。
• The troops received orders to trench the outpost.部队接到命令在前哨周围筑壕加强防卫。

3 frigid   

adj.寒冷的，凛冽的；冷淡的；拘禁的

参考例句：

• The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long.水冰冷彻骨，他在下面呆不了太长时间。
• She returned his smile with a frigid glance.对他的微笑她报以冷冷的一瞥。

4 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.