10 THE ROUTINE

CHAPTER 10 THE ROUTINE Reader, I don't want to bore you with every detail of our robot's farm routine. Many of her tasks were incredibly dull; others were quite unpleasant. I'll just say that on any given day, Roz might have to be a mechanic or a veterinarian or a gardener or a plumber or a cleaner or a landscaper or a carpenter or an electrician, or all of the above. Farm life kept Roz very busy indeed. Of course, she did have help. You already know about some of the machines, but the entire farm was equipped with technology that made life easier for everyone. Doors and gates opened automatically. The cows wore electronic collars that kept track of their health automatically. When a cow's udders were full, she simply had to stroll into the parlor, where she'd be milked by gentle machines automatically. All that milk was piped into storage tanks, and cooled, and bottled, automatically. Once the milk truck was

第十章例行读者我不想用我们机器人农场例行工作的每一个细节来烦你。 她的许多任务都非常枯燥；其他人则相当不愉快。 我只想说，在任何一天，罗兹可能不得不成为一名机械师、兽医、园丁、水管工、清洁工、园林设计师、木匠或电工，或者以上所有的人。 农场生活确实使罗兹很忙。 当然，她确实得到了帮助。 你已经知道了一些机器，但整个农场都配备了技术，让每个人的生活都更轻松。 门和大门自动打开。 奶牛戴着电子项圈，可以自动跟踪它们的健康状况。 当奶牛的乳房满了，她只需要漫步到客厅，在那里她会被温柔的机器自动挤奶。 所有的牛奶都被输送到储罐中，冷却后自动装瓶。 曾经送奶车

loaded up, it drove away and made its deliveries automatically. Mr. Shareef managed the business side of the farm. He dealt with customers and handled money and ordered supplies. And he did it all from the comfort of his home office. Now that he had a robot to do all the farmwork, he hardly ever left the house. Roz was more content than she had ever expected to be. Most of her time was spent outdoors, with animals, under the wide-open sky. Even while laboring in the fields she could always stop to smell the flowers, look up at the clouds, feel the cool air drifting out from the trees. And yet Roz was living two lives. When she had the farm to herself she could play with the calves, or run through the grass, or chat with the wildlife. But whenever the Shareefs were near, Roz had to pretend to be a normal robot. She could never let them know who she really was.

装好货后，它就开走了，开始自动送货。 沙里夫负责农场的商业部分。 他与客户打交道，处理资金和订购物资。 他在舒适的家庭办公室里完成了这一切。 现在他有了一个机器人来做所有的农活，他几乎从不离开家。 罗兹比她想象的要满足得多。 她的大部分时间都是在户外，和动物们在开阔的天空下度过的。 即使在地里干活的时候，她也总能停下来闻闻花香，仰望白云，感受从树上飘来的凉风。 但罗兹却过着双重生活。 当她独自拥有农场时，她可以和小牛玩耍，或者在草地上奔跑，或者和野生动物聊天。 但是只要shareef一家在附近，Roz就必须假装自己是一个正常的机器人。 她永远不能让他们知道她的真实身份。