猪肠衣职称英语综合类阅读理解第三十一篇 Pool Watch逐句翻译

2021年1月22日发(作者：修罗场)
第三十一篇




Pool Watch
泳池监护

Swimmers
can
drown
in
busy
swimming
pools
when
lifeguards fail to notice that they are in trouble.
如果救生员没
有注意到游泳者遇到了麻烦，那么他们可能会在人多的游泳< br>池里淹死。
The
Royal
Society
for
the
Prevention
of
Accidents
says that on average 15 people drown in British pools each year,
but many more suffer major injury after getting into difficulties.
防止事故皇家协会说每年平均有
15
个人在英国的游泳池里
被淹死。但是更多的人在遇 到麻烦后受到了重伤。
Now
a
French company has developed an artificial intelligence system
called Poseidon that sounds the alarm when it sees someone in
danger of drowning.
现在，
一个法国公司开发了一种人工智能
系统，叫做波塞冬，当它发现有人有被淹死的危险时就会发
出 警报。

When
a
swimmer
sinks
towards
the
bottom
of
the
pool,
the new system sends an alarm signal to a poolside monitoring
station and a lifeguard's pager.
当一个游泳者要沉到池底时，
新
的系统就会给 池边的监视站和救生员的呼机发出警告信号。

In
trials
at
a
pool
in
Ancenis,
it
saved
a
life
within
just
a
few
months,
says
Alistai
McQuade,
a
spokesman
for
its
maker,
Poseidon Technologies.
这个系统的制造商，
波塞冬科技的发言
人
Alistair
McQuade
说，在昂斯 尼市的一个游泳池对这个系
统进行了试验，它在几个月内就救了一条人命。

Poseidon
keeps
watch
through
a
network
of
underwater
and overhead video cameras.
波塞冬通过水下的网络和头上的
摄像机进行监视。

AI software analyses the images to work out
swimmers' trajectories. AI
软件分析图像得出游泳者的轨迹。
To
do
this
reliably,
it
has
to
tell
the
difference
between
a
swimmer
and
the
shadow
of
someone
being
cast
onto
the
bottom or side of the pool.
为了可靠地做到这些，它（人工智
能软件）必须能区分一个游泳的人与投射到池底或池壁的某
个人的影子。


one,
with
many
shadows
and
reflections

dancing
around
says e
说：
“水下的环境是动态的，晃动着
许多投影和倒影。
”

The software does this by
view onto an image of the far wall of the pool.
这个软件做到这
些 是通过把它视野内的形状投射到游泳池远处的池壁的图
像上。
It
does
the
same
with
an
image
from
another
camera
viewing the shape from a different angle.
它对另一个从不同角
度看到这 个形状的摄像机上的图像做了同样的处理。
If
the
two projections are in the same position, the shape is identified
as a shadow and is ignored.
如果这两 个投影在同一位置，
这个
形状就被认做是阴影而被忽略掉。

But
if
they
are
different,
the shape is a swimmer and so the system follows its t rajectory.
但是如果它们是不同的，这个形状就是一个游泳者，这个系
统就会跟踪它 的轨迹。

To pick out potential drowning victims, anyone in the water
who
starts
to
descend
slowly
is
added
to
the
software's


says e< br>说，
为了找到潜在的
被淹的受害者，水中任何一个开始缓慢下沉的人都会进入软
件的
“预警”
名单。

Swimmers who then stay immobile on the
pool bottom for 5 seconds or more are considered in danger of
drowning.
那些在池底停止不动五秒钟以上的游泳者会被认
为有溺水的危险。

Poseidon
double-checks
that
the
image
really
is
of
a
swimmer,

not
a
shadow,
by
seeing
whether
it
obscures the pool's floor texture when viewed from overhead.
波塞冬通过从头上看它是 否使游泳池地面的纹理变模糊，来
双重确定图像是真正的游泳者，
而不是阴影。
If so, it alerts the
lifeguard, showing the swimmer's location on a poolside screen.
假如是这样，它就会提醒救生员，在池边的屏幕上显示游泳
者的位置。

The first full-scale Poseidon system will be officially opened
next
week
at
a
pool
in
High
Wycombe,
Buckingh amshire.
第一
个完整的波塞冬系统在下个星期将在白金汗郡海威科姆镇
的一个 游泳池正式开放。

One man who is impressed with the
idea is Travor Baylis, inventor of the clockwork radio.
对这个想
法印象深刻的一个人是
Travor
Baylis
，时钟收音机的发明者。

Baylis
runs
a
company
that
installs
swimming
pools
-
and
he
was once an underwater escapologist with a circus. Baylis
经营
一家安装游泳池的公司——他曾经是马戏团一个水下表演< br>脱身术的人。
“
I
say
full
marks
to
them
if
this
works
and
can
save lives
他说：
“如果这个系统有效并且可以救人命，那我会给它们满分。
”
But he adds that any local authority
spending
~30,000
-
plus
on
a
Poseidon
system
ought
to
be
investing similar amounts in teaching children to swim.
但是他
又说，任何一个花
3
万多英镑买波塞冬系统的地方政府都应
该花同样的钱教孩子们游泳。


注释：

pre-alert
：预先警戒的。
the
software's
“
pre
-alert
”
list
：
软件的“预警”名单。
pre-
：是前缀，意思是先于；预先。
又 如：
preadult
：
成年前的；
precancerous
：< br>癌症前期的。
alert
：
警戒的，警觉的。

练习
:
1.

AI means the same as _








.
A) an image
B) an idea