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Robots are playing an important role in our lives. They can help people do lots of boring and dangerous work. They’re useful because they never get tired or bored and can’t feel any pain（疼痛）. But these days，some scientists believe it’s a good idea to make robots feel pain. Scientists from Germany are working on teaching robots how to feel pain. “Pain is a system that protects us humans，”said Johannes Kuehn，one of the scientists. “When we stay away from things that could cause us pain，we won’t get hurt.”
How dangerous it would be if we couldn’t feel pain. Although pain hurts，it helps us keep away from dangerous things. The same will be true for robots. As a greater number of people work closely with robots，robots need to be smarter to protect themselves. Johannes believes that if humans protect robots，robots will protect humans as well.
Some Japanese scientists developed a robot which can detect（检测到）pain on human faces. Robots will be very useful in everyday life if they can detect pain on human faces. For example，if robots can detect pain on human faces，they’ll be able to care for old people.
It’s clear that robots are becoming more and more like humans. Maybe in the future，robots will think and talk like humans. Do you agree？
1. What are scientists from Germany doing？
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2. How would it be if we couldn’t feel pain？
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3. What kind of robots did some Japanese scientists make？
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4. Do you think we should make robots feel pain？Why or why not？
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5. 将短文中画线句子翻译成中文。
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答案： 1. They are working on teaching robots how to feel pain. 2. It would be dangerous. 3. A robot which can detect pain on human faces. 4. Yes, I do. If robots can feel pain, they’ll be able to protect themselves and humans.（主观题，言之有理即可） 5. 机器人在我们的生活中扮演着重要角色。