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1997年，一台超级计算机击败了世界象棋冠军加里卡斯帕罗夫。这台电脑叫什么？

Professor Stephen Hawking has said recently that efforts to create thinking machines could put the human race in danger. This is the theme of Rob and Neil’s chat in this programme. Listen totheir ...

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1997年，一台超级计算机击败了世界象棋冠军加里卡斯帕罗夫。这台电脑叫什么？

Professor Stephen Hawking has said recently that efforts to create thinking machines could put the human race in danger. This is the theme of Rob and Neil’s chat in this programme. Listen totheir conversation and learn some new vocabulary.

This week's question:
A supercomputer defeated the World Chess Champion Gary Kasparov in 1997. What was the computer called? Was it:
a) Red Menace
b) Deep Blue
c) Silver Surfer
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary
1.you’ll need all your wits about you你必须想的很快
you will have to think very quickly
2.artificial人工的
man-made to look or behave like something natural
3.genius天才
someone very intelligent
4.synthetic人造的
something made artificially
5.threat威胁
something which can put us in danger
6.to surpass优于
to have superior abilities
7.in pursuit of their goals实现目标
trying to meet their objectives
​8.moral compass道德指南针
a natural perception(感知) people have about what is right and what is wrong

Link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-150219