实用口语:Big Bang之Sheldon是机器人吗？(1)

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　　Howard:Sheldon, if you were a robot, and I knew and you didn't... ...would
you want me to tell you?
        　　Sheldon :That depends. When I learn that I'm a robot... will I be able to
handle it?
        　　Howard:Maybe-- although the history of science fiction is not on your
side(1).
        　　Sheldon :Okay, let me ask you this-- when I learn that I'm a robot, would I
be bound by(2) Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics(3)?
        　　Raj:You might be bound by them right now.
        　　Howard:That's true.Have you ever harmed a human being or through
inaction(4) allowed a human being to come to harm?
        　　Sheldon :Of course not.
        　　Howard:Have you ever harmed yourself or allowed yourself to be harmed
except in cases where a human being would have been endangered?
        　　Sheldon : Well, no.
        　　Howard:I smell robot.
        　　1. be on one's side
        　　【释】支持某人(的观点)(改编自海词，下同)
        　　【例】I was not on his side in the discussion.
        　　在讨论中，我不支持他的观点。
        　　2.be bound by
        　　【释】受...约束(海词，下同)
        　　【例】But if we are bound by the past , we will never move forward .
        　　但我们若甘于被过去束缚，就永远无法前进。
        　　3.Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
        　　【释】阿西莫夫的机器人三定律
        　　4.inaction
        　　【释】不活动，无为，怠惰。(海词)这里译为袖手旁观
        　　【例】The police were accused of inaction in the face of a possible
attack.(牛津高阶)
        　　警察被指控在面对一个可能的攻击时袖手旁观。