Chinese · Episode 14
A Robot in the Crowd
Spoken by 晓星
Tourists photographing the garden while she is trying to get a robot through their legs.
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今天花园里来了好几个游客,站在路中间拍树, Today several tourists came to the garden, standing in the middle of the path photographing the trees,
包也放在脚边。 bags set down by their feet.
我正带着一个送土的机器人去找王奶奶, I was taking a soil-delivery robot to find Grandma Wang,
走到他们后面,就过不去了。 and when I got behind them, I couldn't get past.
机器人脸上还没画东西,没人看它, The robot's face still wasn't painted, so nobody looked at it,
都在抬头拍圆顶。 they were all looking up photographing the dome.
它往前试了一下,又停下来转, It tried moving forward a bit, then stopped and turned,
我左手皮肤下面也跟着热了一点。 and under the skin of my left hand heated up a little too.
我说:“不好意思,借过一下, I said, "Excuse me, could I get past,
它要把土送到前面。” it needs to deliver the soil up ahead."
有个人转过来,还以为我要一起拍照, Someone turned around, thinking I wanted to take a photo too,
笑着把镜头对准我。 and smilingly aimed the camera at me.
我赶快指了指下面:“是它要过去, I quickly pointed down: "It's the one that needs to get past,
能把包拿一下吗?” could you pick up the bag?"
旁边的人挪了挪,路却还是不够宽。 The people beside them shifted a little, but the path still wasn't wide enough.
机器人刚往前走,又碰到了鞋边。 The robot had just started forward when it bumped a shoe edge again.
我只好让它停住,等大家把脚和包都移开, I had to stop it and wait for everyone to move their feet and bags,
再慢慢带它过去。 then slowly lead it through.
小美在那头看见,喊着说我刚才也被拍进去了。 Xiaomei saw from over there and called out that I'd just been photographed too.
我没空看照片,一直盯着轮子,怕又碰到谁的脚。 I didn't have time to look at the photos; I kept watching the wheels, afraid of hitting someone's feet again.
好不容易过去,路一空,机器人就自己走起来了, Once we finally got through and the path cleared, the robot started walking on its own,
左手也不热了。 and my left hand stopped heating up.
王奶奶看我们来得晚,问今天是不是人很多。 Grandma Wang saw we were late and asked if there were a lot of people today.
我说:“人是挺多的,不过我刚才光看见腿了。” I said, "There were quite a few, but just now all I saw were legs."
她笑着接过土,我这才有空回头看看。 She smiled and took the soil, and only then did I have time to look back.
游客还在拍那些树。我每天从这里过, The tourists were still photographing those trees. I pass through here every day,
倒很少像他们那样抬头看这么久。 but I rarely look up at them that long the way they do.