It is the year 2374 and the machines have taken over.
这是2373年,机器接管了地球.
The earth is ruled by a great computer named Q12 that uses robots to make people work for it.
一座叫做Q12的大型机器统治着整个星球,并命令机器人促使人类为他们工作.
It is not a happy world.
这并不是个快乐的世界.
The few surviving human beings are being used in the way that we use machines today:
幸存的人类就像我们现在用机器那样被机器使用着
they have to make electricity for the machines,repair them when they brdak down,and do everything Q12 tells them to.
他们必须为机器发电,如果机器坏了还得负责修理.Q12叫他们做什么,他们就得服从.
Once,the earth was a beautiful blue planet where people lived happily among trees and animals.
曾经的地球是个美丽的蔚蓝色星球,人和动物幸福地居住在这里.
Now,the world is dark and dirty,with no room for happiness and fun.
而现在,它变得又脏又暗,再也没有幸福与快乐.
But there is still hope.
但是希望仍然存在.
The human beings have been able to keep a small,secret school open since the machines took over.
在机器统治地球之后,人类幸而得以保存了一座小小的秘密学校.
In this school,the students still learn about all the wonders of the world一science,art,history,culture一and they are still allowed to dream about a better future.
在这里,学生们仍可以学习到一切世界的奇妙--而且他们也允许期望着更好的未来.
The leader of the humans has decided that it is time to do something to stop Q12,bring the machines and people back together,and make the world beautiful again.
人类的领袖决定在此时做些什么来阻止Q12,让人们重新回到一起,让世界恢复原来的美丽.
A group of experts were asked to solve the problem,but they failed.
一个专家小组被任命来解决这个问题,可他们失败了.
Now,the leader has asked a group of students to do what they can to save the earth.
现在,领导叫一队学生为拯救地球做出自己的贡献.
Q12 cannot be defeated by force.
Q12并不能被武力打倒.
It is too strong and no one believes that fighting a war can solve the problem.
它太强大了,没人相信用暴力能够解决问题.
Instead,the students have decided to come up with a peaceful solution.
于是,学生们想出了一个替代的方法--用和平解决问题.
They will try to teach Q12 about love and friendship.
他们试着教Q12,什么是爱,什么是友谊.
If they succeed,they believe that humans and machines can live together like friends in the future.
如果他们成功了,他们相信人类和机器就会在以后和平相处,像朋友一样.
Imagine that you are one of the students chosen to solve the problem.
想象一下,如果你是其中的一名学生.
Write a letter to Q12 in which you explain love and friendship.
写一封给Q12的信,在信中,你要向它阐述爱与友情.
Remember that Q12 is a computer that does not understand how human beings feel and what human life is like.
不过别忘了Q12只是台机器,它不懂得人类的情感,也不知道人类的生活是什么样的.
Tell Q12 about how we think,how we feel about each other,and try to give examples of love and friendship.
告诉Q12,我们是怎样思考的,怎样互相感觉,试着用例子告诉它关于爱和友情.
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