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Smart shopping
cart
智能购物车
CNN
读前导读：
厌倦了排队？再等一会儿
，你可能就再也不用这样了。目前，从亚马逊到硅谷的初创企
业，都在努力消除零售店的
生产线。
一：高级实词荟萃
1.
line /la?n/ n.
2.
currently /?k?r(?)ntli/ adv.
3.
Silicon /?s?l?k?n/
4.
startup
/?stɑ?t?p/ n.
5.
eliminate /??l?m?ne?t/ v.
6.
retail /?ri?te?l/ n.
7.
artificial
/?ɑ?t??f??(?)l/ adj.
8.
intelligence
/?n?tel?d?(?)ns/ n.
9.
entirely /?n?ta??li/ adv.
10.
skip /sk?p/ v.
11.
checkout
/?t?eka?t/ n.
12.
sensor
/?sens?(r)/ n.
13.
place /ple?s/
v.
14.
built
-
in
15.
scale /ske?l/ n.
16.
exit /?eks?t/
v.
17.
indicate /??nd?ke?t/ v.
18.
turn /t??n/
v.
19.
employee /?m?pl??i?/ n.
20.
summon
/?s?m?n/ v.
二：高级词汇拓展
21.
entire /?n?ta??(r)/ adj.
22.
ceiling
/?si?l??/ n.
23.
retailer /?ri?te?l?(r)/ n.
24.
given /?ɡ?v(?)n/ prep.
25.
steady
/?stedi/ adj.
26.
expansion
/?k?sp?n?(?)n/ n.
27.
Seattle
/s???t?l/ n.
28.
force /f??s/ v.
29.
old
-
school
30.
unnamed
/?n?ne?md/ adj.
31.
talks /t??ks/
n.
32.
pilot /?pa?l?t/ n.
33.
scan /sk?n/
v.
34.
barcode /?bɑ?k??d/ n.
35.
scanner
/?sk?n?(r)/ n.
36.
process /?pr??ses/ n.
37.
identify
/a??dent?fa?/ v.
38.
anytime
/?enita?m/ adv.
39.
raise /re?z/
v.
40.
privacy /?pr?v?si/ n.
1.
currently
/?k?r(?)ntli/ adv.
现在
adj
_____________________
2.
eliminate /??l?m?ne?t/ v.
消除、根除
n
______________
3.
intelligence
/?n?tel?d?(?)ns/ n.
智力、智能
adj ______________
4.
entirely /?n?ta??li/ adv.
完全地
adj ______________
5.
sensor /?sens?(r)/ n.
传感器
adj ______________
6.
indicate
/??nd?ke?t/ v.
指出、指明
n.
______________
adj
______________
7.
entire
/?n?ta??(r)/ adj.
整个的
adv
______________
8.
rely /r??la?/
on
依靠
adj
reliable
adv
______________
9.
steady /?stedi/ adj.
平稳的、稳步的
adv ______________
10.
expansion
/?k?sp?n?(?)n/ n.
扩大、扩张
vt
______________
11.
scan /sk?n/
v.
扫描
n.
扫
描器、扫码器
______________
12.
identify
/a??dent?fa?/ v.
识别、辨认出
n______________
13.
privacy
/?pr?v?si/ n.
隐私
adj
______________
adv
______________
14.
retail
/?ri?te?l/ n.
零售
n.
零售商
______________
三：高级短语荟萃
1.
tired of
2.
eliminate lines in retail
stores
3.
an entirely different route
4.
skip the
checkout
5.
smart shopping carts.
6.
added cameras
and sensors to the carts
7.
a
built
-
in scale weighs
items
8.
in case
9.
pay by the
pound for an item
原汁文章思维能力提升训练
The
smart shopping cart
10.
credit card,
11.
steady
expansion
12.
old
-
school
thinking
13.
an unnamed Seattle retailer
14.
work out in
the technology
15.
artificial
intelligence and cameras
16.
customer
privacy and the impact on jobs
17.
real
-
time
coupons
Tired
of
standing
in
line?
Wait
a
bit
longer,
and
you
may
never
have
to
again.
Currently,
everyone from
Amazon to Silicon Valley startups are trying to
eliminate lines in retail stores.
Amazon has opened 24 Amazon Go stores,
which use cameras and artificial intelligence (AI)
to see what you've taken off shelves
and charge you as you walk out.
But others are trying an entirely
different route to skipping the checkout: smart
shopping carts.
These companies have
added cameras and sensors to the carts, and are
using AI to tell what you've
placed in
them. A built
-
in scale
weighs items, in case you have to pay by the pound
for an item.
Customers pay by entering
a credit card, or by using Apple Pay or Google
Pay.
When a customer exits
the store, a green light on the shopping cart
indicates that their order is
complete,
and they're charged. If something goes wrong, the
light turns red, and a store employee
is summoned.
The
startups behind the smart carts, including Caper
and Veeve, say it's
much easier to add
technology to the shopping cart than to
an entire store. Amazon's Go stores rely on
hundreds of
cameras in the ceiling. The
shelves also include sensors to tell when an item
is removed.
Shariq
Siddiqui,
CEO
of
Veeve,
said
he's
finding
increased
interest
from
retailers
given
Amazon's steady expansion of Go since
opening the first store in Seattle in 2018.
happy when Amazon is doing something,
old
-
school
thinking.
Veeve is testing
several of its shopping carts in an unnamed
Seattle retailer. It's announcing a
larger
deployment
（部署）
in
early 2019, and Siddiqui says the company is in
talks with two of the
country's 10
largest retailers.
But there
are still
kinks
（
小问题）
to work out in the technology. Caper,
which has small pilots
in Canada and
New York City, is currently having customers scan
items on a barcode scanner built
into
the cart, before placing them in it. The process
helps to teach the AI system to identify the
store's items.
Anytime a business uses artificial
intelligence and cameras, it raises questions
about customer
privacy and the impact
on jobs. Ahmed Beshry,
co
-
founder of Caper, notes
that the cameras in his
shopping cart
point down into the cart, so only a customer's
hand and part of their arm will be
captured on camera.
Siddiqui said the shopping carts will
eventually offer customers
real
-
time
coupons
（优惠券）
.
When a
customer
puts,
say,
peanut
butter
in
their
cart, they
may
be
offered
a
10%
discount
on
jelly. He also envisioned grocery store
cashiers
（收银员）
shifting to roles where they freely
float
around stores and answer
customers' questions, a format similar to the
Apple Store.
1.
What is the
main idea of the passage?
does Amazon save the waiting time of
consumers ?
3:
What is the other better means of skipping the
checkout of consumers?
4. How do the smart cart charge
customers?
Siddiqui’s opinion, this smart cart is a good
thing or bad thing?
五：报刊复杂句式品鉴。
Caper,
which
has
small
pilots
in
Canada and New York
City,
is
currently
having
customers
scan items on a barcode scanner built
into the cart, before placing them in it.
翻译：
_____________
__________________________________________________
____
解析：这个长句子的主干为
__________________________________________________
__
本句中
which
has
small
pilots
in
Canada
and
New
York
City
为定语从句修饰先行词
_________________;
介词短语：
before placing them in it.
做句子的
__________________
语。
双语赏析
The smart
shopping cart
智能购物车
Tired
of
standing
in
line?
Wait
a
bit
longer,
and
you
may
never
have
to
again.
Currently,
everyone from
Amazon to Silicon Valley startups are trying to
eliminate lines in retail stores.
厌倦了
排队？再等一会儿，你可能就再也不用这样了。目前，从亚马逊到硅谷的初创企
业，都在
努力消除零售店的生产线。
Amazon has
opened 24 Amazon Go stores, which use cameras and
artificial intelligence (AI)
to see
what you've taken off shelves and charge you as
you walk out.
亚马逊已经开设了
24
家亚马逊
Go
商店，<
/p>
这些商店使用摄像头和人工智能来查看你下架
的商品，并在你走出
商店时向你收费。
But others are
trying an entirely different route to skipping the
checkout: smart shopping carts.
These
companies have added cameras and sensors to the
carts, and are using AI to tell what you've
placed in them. A
built
-
in scale weighs items,
in case you have to pay by the pound for an item.
Customers pay by entering a credit
card, or by using Apple Pay or Google
Pay.
但也有人尝试了一种完全不同的方式来跳过结账：智
能购物车。这些公司在手推车上增
加了摄像头和传感器，
并使用
人工智能来告诉你放了什么。
一个内置的秤称物品的重量，
以<
/p>
防你不得不为一件物品支付英镑。
客户通过输入信用卡或使用
Apple pay
或
Google
pay
进行
支付。
When a customer exits the store, a
green light on the shopping cart indicates that
their order is
complete, and they're
charged. If something goes wrong, the light turns
red, and a store employee
is
summoned.
当顾客离开商店时，购物车上的绿灯指示
他们的订单已经完成，并且被收取费用。如果
出了什么问题，灯就会变红，然后会召唤一
名商店员工。
The startups behind
the smart carts, including Caper and Veeve, say
it's
much easier to add
technology to the shopping cart than to
an entire store. Amazon's Go stores rely on
hundreds of
cameras in the ceiling. The
shelves also include sensors to tell when an item
is removed.
包括
Cap
er
和
Veeve
在内的智能购物车背
后的初创企业表示，将技术添加到购物车上比
添加到整个商店要容易得多。亚马逊的
Go
商店依靠天花板上的数百个摄像头。架子上还装
有传感器，可以判断物品何时被移走。
Shariq
Siddiqui,
CEO
of
Veeve,
said
he's
finding
increased
interest
from
retailers
given
Amazon's steady expansion of Go since
opening the first store in Seattle in 2018.
happy when Amazon is doing something,
old
-
school
thinking.
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