高中必修一 · 第 9 课
浪下的机器 Machines Beneath the Waves
海洋科技课上，同学们设计深海机器人。原来解决海洋问题，需要工程师、生物学家和诗人的合作。
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海洋科技课上，同学们设计深海机器人。原来解决海洋问题，需要工程师、生物学家和诗人的合作。 读课文，先自己理解，再点 🔊 听朗读。
Machines Beneath the Waves
The marine technology unit began with an empty box and a wild idea: design a robot that could help the ocean. 'No limits on imagination,' Cozy teacher said. 'But remember: an idea without a mechanism is just a wish. And a mechanism without a purpose is just a machine. You need both.' The class divided into teams, and the engineering competition began.
海洋科技单元从一个空盒子和一个疯狂的想法开始：设计一台能帮助海洋的机器人。“想象力没有限制，”Cozy 老师说，“但记住：没有机制的想法只是愿望，没有目的的机制只是机器。两者都要。”全班分成小组，工程竞赛开始。
Jack's team designed a floating collector that could swallow plastic waste from the surface. 'The ocean currents bring the rubbish to us,' he explained, drawing a diagram. 'So the robot does not have to chase it. It just has to wait in the right place.' Lily pointed out a problem: 'What about the fish that get swallowed too?' Jack frowned, then added a sensor system. 'The robot will identify the plastic before it opens its mouth.'
Jack 的小组设计了一台能吞食水面塑料垃圾的漂浮收集器。“洋流会把垃圾带到我们面前，”他画着图解释说，“所以机器人不必追逐垃圾，只需在正确的地方等待。”Lily 指出一个问题：“被一起吞掉的鱼怎么办？”Jack 皱眉，然后加了一套传感器系统：“机器人会在张嘴前识别塑料。”
Han Mei's team designed a coral repair robot: a small machine that could plant baby corals on damaged reefs. 'Corals are the cities of the sea,' she said. 'A third of marine species live there. If the cities fall, the whole neighbourhood falls.' Her robot moved like a careful gardener, using a camera and a soft mechanical arm. 'It is like a nurse for the reef,' she said. 'Gentle, patient, and precise.'
Han Mei 的小组设计了一台珊瑚修复机器人：能在受损礁石上种植珊瑚幼苗的小机器。“珊瑚是海洋的城市，”她说，“三分之一的海洋物种住在那里。城市倒了，整个街区都倒。”她的机器人像细心的园丁，用摄像头和柔软的机械臂工作。“它就像珊瑚礁的护士，”她说，“温柔、耐心、精确。”
Li Lei's team surprised everyone by designing a listening robot: a device that could record whale songs across the ocean and translate the patterns into data. 'Whales talk more than we think,' Li Lei said. 'If we could understand their conversations, we might learn how to protect their routes. But first, we have to listen.' Jack, who had been sceptical, nodded slowly. 'Listening is a technology too,' he admitted.
李雷的小组让所有人惊讶：他们设计了一台聆听机器人——能记录海洋中鲸歌、并把声音模式转成数据的设备。“鲸鱼的交流比我们想象的多，”李雷说，“如果我们能听懂它们的对话，或许就能学会保护它们的迁徙路线。但首先，我们必须倾听。”一直持怀疑态度的 Jack 慢慢点头：“倾听也是一种技术。”他承认。
The judging day arrived, and each team presented its robot. The judges — two engineers, a marine biologist, and Cozy teacher — asked sharp questions. In the end, they gave the prize to Li Lei's listening robot. 'Most robots clean or build,' the head judge said. 'Yours listens. In a noisy world, the rarest technology is the one that pays attention. That is the technology we need most.'
评审日到了，每个小组展示自己的机器人。评委——两位工程师、一位海洋生物学家和 Cozy 老师——提出了尖锐的问题。最终，他们把奖颁给了李雷的聆听机器人。“大多数机器人要么清洁、要么建造，”主评委说，“你们的机器人在倾听。在一个嘈杂的世界里，最稀缺的技术就是专注于聆听的技术。这正是我们最需要的技术。”
That night, the class celebrated in the lab. Han Mei looked at her coral robot model and laughed: 'Our nurse lost to a pair of ears.' Li Lei smiled. 'No,' he said. 'The ocean needs all of us: the cleaners, the builders, the nurses — and yes, the listeners. The sea is not one problem. It is a thousand problems, and every good idea is one more tool in the box.' The machines sat quietly on the table, dreaming of the sea.
那天晚上，全班在实验室庆祝。Han Mei 看着自己的珊瑚机器人模型笑了：“我们的护士输给了一双耳朵。”李雷笑了：“不，”他说，“海洋需要我们所有人：清洁者、建造者、护士——还有，是的，倾听者。海洋不是一个问题，而是一千个问题，每个好点子都是工具箱里的一件新工具。”机器安静地摆在桌上，梦想着大海。
📖 读后理解（0/6）
1. What did the marine technology unit begin with?
2. What did Jack's team design?
3. What did Han Mei call corals?
4. What did Li Lei's listening robot do?
5. Why did the judges give the prize to the listening robot?
6. What did Li Lei say the ocean needs?
3语法小课堂：全语法综合（非谓语专题）
非谓语三大形式辨析
doing（主动进行） done（被动完成） to do（目的将来）
The robot cleaning the seabed is our design. （正在清理海床的机器人是我们的设计。）
The samples collected from the reef are being analysed. （从珊瑚礁采集的样本正在分析中。）
To protect the ocean, we must reduce plastic. （为了保护海洋，我们必须减少塑料。）
⚠️ 非谓语作定语：单个词前置，短语后置；看与名词的主被动关系。
非谓语作状语与补语
分词作状语 / have + 宾语 + done
Hearing the whale song, the team cheered. （听到鲸歌，团队欢呼起来。）
We had the robot repaired by an engineer. （我们请工程师修了机器人。）
Encouraged by the result, they designed a new model. （受到结果鼓舞，他们设计了新模型。）
⚠️ 宾语与补语被动用 done，主动用 doing；表“使被做”用 have sth done。
👨🏫Cozy 老师说：高中语法重在「在语境中理解」——多读课文里的例句，语法自然就活了。
4课后练习（0/13）
1. The robot ___ the seabed is our design.
2. The samples ___ from the reef are being analysed.
3. ___ the ocean, we must reduce plastic.
4. ___ the whale song, the team cheered.
5. We had the robot ___ by an engineer.
6. An idea without a ___ is just a wish.
7. The ocean currents bring the rubbish ___ us.
8. A third of marine ___ live on corals, said Han Mei.
9. Corals are the ___ of the sea.
10. Whales talk more than we ___ .
11. Listening is a ___ too, admitted Jack.
12. The rarest technology is the one that pays ___ .
13. ___ the reef, the nurse robot plants baby corals.