读者文摘:照料爸爸生活的电脑程序(3)

About 1,500 miles south of Lake Minnetonka, in Monter- rey, Mexico, Rodrigo Rochin opens his laptop and logs in to the Care.coach dashboard to make his rounds.

在墨西哥蒙特雷的明尼顿卡湖以南约1500英里处，罗德里戈·罗莎打开笔记本电脑，登录到这家护理中心查看父亲的行踪。

He talks baseball with a New Jersey¹ man and chats with a woman in North Carolina, who places a cookie in front of her tablet for him to "eat."

他和新泽西的一名男子谈论棒球，和北卡罗来纳州的一名女子聊天，这名女子把一块饼干放在平板电脑前，让他“吃”。

And he greets Jim, one of his regulars.

罗莎问候他的常客吉姆。

Rochin is 35 years old, a fan of the Spurs and the Cowboys, and a bit of an introvert², happy to retreat into his home office each morning.

罗莎今年35岁，是马刺队和牛仔队的球迷，有点内向，每天早上都开开心心地回到家里的办公室。

He grew up crossing the border to attend school in McAllen, Texas, honing the English that he now uses to chat with elderly people in the United States.

父亲一直越过边境去德克萨斯州的麦卡伦上学，所以现在能用英语和美国的老年人聊天。

Rochin was hired in December 2012 as one of Care.coach's earliest contractors³, role-playing 36 hours a week as one of the service's avatars.

2012年12月，罗莎被聘为Care.coach最早的合约商的一员,每周扮演36个小时的服务替身。

In person, Rochin is soft-spoken, with wire spectacles and a beard.

罗莎本人说话温和，戴着金属丝眼镜，蓄着胡须。

He lives with his wife and two basset hounds.

他和妻子以及两只猎犬住在一起。

But the people on the other side of the screen don't know that.

但是屏幕另一边的人并不知情。

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 introvert   

n.性格内向的人

参考例句：

• You are very much an introvert.你是一位地道的内向性格者。
• The same conversation that energizes the extravert also drains the introvert.同样的交谈能让外向者荣光焕发，却让内向者精神颓靡。

3 contractors   

n.（建筑、监造中的）承包人( contractor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》