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Robots are coming to Sweden
Sweden’s famously generous social welfare system makes this a place not prone to fretting about automation — or much else, for that matter.
·fret：[fret] to worry about something, especially when there is no need 使烦躁，焦虑
·prone：[prəʊn] likely to do something or suffer from something, especially something bad or harmful 有倾向的，易于。。。的
瑞典是有名的高福利国家，因此加尔彭贝里矿区的人不会因为生产自动化的到来而坐卧不安，或者说担心自动化带来的其他诸多威胁。
Persson, 35, sits in front of four computer screens, one displaying the loader he steers as it lifts freshly blasted rock containing silver, zinc and lead. If he were down in the mine shaft operating the loader manually, he would be inhaling dust and exhaust fumes. Instead, he reclines in an office chair while using a joystick to control the machine.
·loader： ['ləʊdə] 装货的人；载入程序；装货设备；装填器
·steer：[stɪə] vt. to control the direction a vehicle is going, for example by turning a wheel 控制，引导
·shaft：[ʃɑːft] n. a passage which goes down through a building or down into the ground, so that someone or something can get in or out
·joystick：['dʒɔistik] n. an upright handle that you use to control something such as an aircraft or a computer game
35岁的佩尔松坐在四个电脑屏幕前，其中一个屏幕上显示着他操作的那台装载机正在搬运刚被炸开含银、锌和铅的矿石。如果下到矿井中，手工操作装载机，佩尔松就会吸入粉尘和废气。但现在，他斜靠着办公椅就能用操纵杆控制机器/ 他坐在办公室里就能惬意地操作装载机工作。
He is cognizant that robots are evolving by the day. Boliden is testing self-driving vehicles to replace truck drivers. But Persson assumes people will always be needed to keep the machines running. He has faith in the Swedish economic model and its protections against the torment of joblessness.
·cognizant：['kɒ(g)nɪz(ə)nt] adj. if someone is cognizant of something, they know about it and understand it 认知
·assume：[ə'sjuːm] vt. to think that something is true, although you do not have definite proof 假定
·torment：['tɔːment] n. severe mental or physical suffering
佩尔松知道，机器人技术的发展日新月异。博利登公司（注：瑞典矿产和基本金属制造商）正在进行测试，检验自动驾驶汽车是否能取代卡车司机。但佩尔松认为，机器操作的工作总得由人来做。他对瑞典的经济模式有信心，相信劳动者有保障不会遭受失业之苦。
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