每天三分鐘學英語 第563期:[疑犯追蹤401]某個人工智能已經悄然來臨

趁着本劇開播8週年之際來回顧一下第4季的開場
Novak: Oh, it's here. I think an AI slipped into the world unannounced, then set out to strangle its rivals in the crib. And I know I'm on to something, because my sources keep disappearing.
當然存在。我認爲某個人工智能已經悄然來臨，然後試圖把所有的競爭對手都扼殺在搖籃裏。我知道我肯定是發現了什麼，因爲我的線人一個接一個的消失了。

slip into … unannounced
偷偷潛入／進入……
Hector must have slipped into this party unannounced because I didn't see him until I was leaving.
Hector一定是頭頭溜進這個派對到，因爲我到離開的時候才注意到他。

set out to to
打算
I'm going to this school because I set out to be the best filmmaker ever.
我來這所學校是因爲我打算成爲最優秀的電影製作人。
be on to something.
發現了什麼／即將發現什麼
Francine's on to something. She just showed me her results from the her experiments.
Francine發現了些什麼，她剛把實驗數據給我看了。

男人繼續說人工智能的問題
Novak: My editor got reassigned. And now my job's gone. More and more, it just feels like I was the only one investigating the story. I'm sorry. I'm sure I sound like a real conspiracy nut.
我的編輯被調走了。現在我連工作都沒了。我漸漸感覺，我是世界上唯一一個在調查此事的人了。抱歉，我知道我聽起來肯定像個陰謀論的瘋子。

reassign
再次指派職務
The company's reassigning me to the New York branch.
公司把我重新委派到了紐約分公司。

More and more, it just feels like…
越來越感覺像……
First, Jackie ignores me and now Jack's not responding. More and more, it just feels like no body else cares about finishing this project.
首先Jackie不理我，現在Jack又不回話。我越來越感覺沒人在意是否完成這個項目了。
conspiracy
陰謀論

美女貌似很善解人意
Martine: No, I understand. You're saying an artificial intelligence bought your paper so you'd lose your job and your flight would be canceled. And you'd end up back at this bar where the only security camera would go out. And the bartender would have to leave suddenly after getting an emergency text.
不，我理解，你的意思是有個人工智能買下了你工作的報社，所以你丟了工作，然後你的航班還被取消了。你只得來到這間酒吧，酒吧裏唯一的監控還壞了。突然間，酒保因爲收到了一條緊急短信而必須馬上離開。

artificial intelligence
人工智能

end up
最後……
Why are we even talking about this? We always just end up fighting.
我們爲什麼要爭論這件事？我們最後總是吵架。

go out
熄滅，（電子產品等）不工作了
The internet went out. Can you restart the router?
網絡斷了，你能重啓一下路由器嗎？

emergency text
緊急短信