1 Once advanced AI technology gets fast enough and efficient enough, people could start to see everyday objects get smarter, including kitchen appliances, cars, and even clothing. The automatic thermostat on the wall, for example, automatically adjusts a home’s temperature after learning when the people in the particular home want it warm or cool. 

2 The concept of an Internet of Things has been around for years, and it is just starting to become reality. It is the idea that the objects people own and use every day will gather data and then share that information through connections to the cloud or to other objects. The more information gets shared, the more data will be available to AI systems, and the smarter they will get. 

3 Cheaper sensor technology makes the Internet of Things possible. Sensors that detect temperature, position, and people’s faces will be able to constantly observe the world. This will give people access to much more data than ever before, in real time. Artificial intelligence systems will analyze this data and use it to accomplish tasks, learn, and communicate with people. For example, sensors in a farmer’s field could monitor the soil and weather, giving an AI system the data it needs to determine the best time to water or fertilize the crops. Eventually, all devices could learn to know what people need and want before they even ask. 

4 In the future, children may get ready to leave for school and have a car pull up to their home automatically. The car arrives on its own because it knows the children always leave at that time. Around lunchtime, before the children are even hungry, a device in their eyeglasses may suggest a few meal options and then automatically place an order for them. Later, a child may start to feel sick to her stomach. Tiny robots in her bloodstream may send information about her internal systems to a medical AI. The AI would then analyze the child’s symptoms and determine an appropriate treatment. 

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1. Once advanced AI technology gets fast enough and efficient enough, people could start to see everyday objects get smarter, including kitchen appliances, cars, and even clothing. 

先进的人工智能技术一旦发展速度足够快、效率足够高，人们就可能开始发现日常物品变得更加智能，包括厨房器具、汽车，甚至衣服。本句中的Once意思是As soon as，用来引导条件状语从句。此外，句中的everyday意为“每天的”， 作形容词使用，要与下文中的every day区别开来；every day常作时间状语，如：I go to school every day. 我每天都上学。 

2. The concept of an Internet of Things has been around for years, and it is just starting to become reality. 

物联网这个概念已经存在好些年了，但刚刚开始变成现实。本句中的be around意思是“存在”，又如：Mary isn’t around anymore. She has gone to Japan. 玛丽已经不在这里了。她去日本了。

3. It is the idea that the objects people own and use every day will gather data and then share that information through connections to the cloud or to other objects. 

这个概念就是，人们拥有和日常使用的物品会收集数据，然后通过连接到云端或与其他物品连接，实现信息共享。本句是对物联网概念作出进一步的解释，主语It就是 The concept of an Internet of Things。idea后面由that引导的是同位语从句。在这个同位语从句中，people own and use every day是修饰objects的定语从句。该从句省略了关系代词that或者which，因为它在定语从句中作宾语。但是，如果关系代词在定语从句中作主语，它就不可以省略，如下文中的这一句：Sensors that detect temperature, position, and people’s faces will be able to constantly observe the world. 另外，本句中的the cloud是the cloud technology，意为“云技术”。 

4. The more information gets shared, the more data will be available to AI systems, and the smarter they will get. 

共享的信息越多，人工智能系统能够得到的数据就越多，它们也就会变得更加智能。本句是“the more….., the more…...”句型，参见课后练习。 

5. This will give people access to much more data than ever before, in real time. 

这将让人们有机会比以前得到更多的实时数据。in real time是对前面句子所表示的事件在时间上的进一步说明。 

6. For example, sensors in a farmer’s field could monitor the soil and weather, giving an AI system the data it needs to determine the best time to water or fertilize the crops. 

比如说，农夫田里的探测设备可以监测土壤和天气，为人工智能系统提供所需的数据，以此决定给庄稼浇水或施肥的最佳时间。giving an AI system the data it needs to determine the best time to water or fertilize the crops是现在分词作结果状语，其中的it needs是the data的定语从句，to determine the best time to water or fertilize the crops是目的状语。

7. In the future, children may get ready to leave for school and have a car pull up to their home automatically. 

将来，可以有车自动停到准备好上学的孩子家门口。 

8. Later, a child may start to feel sick to her stomach. 

然后，一个孩子可能会开始觉得胃不舒服。feel sick to one’s stomach意思是“觉得胃不舒服，反胃”。