日本人展望2025年的智能生活

　　A home computer conducts health checks and dispenses advice on the medications needed. Electric-powered vehicles glide on the streets and automatically avoid obstacles. Meanwhile, a talking robot completes household chores. This is part of what a government study group envisions for the average family in Japan in 2025.

　　一个会说话的机器人替你料理家务，一台智能电脑为你看病开药，可以自动绕开障碍物的电动汽车供你驾驶——这是日本一家政府组织为日本人描绘的2025年美好生活蓝图的一部分。

　　Innovation 25 Strategy Council described in an interim report how Japanese will be living two decades from now based on advances in a wide range of technologies.

　　据《朝日新闻》近日报道，日本“改革25战略委员会”在近日提交的一份临时报告中展望了日本人在20年后利用大规模的先进技术所能达到的生活状态。

　　The Innovation 25 Strategy Council's report featured the Inobe family: 77-year-old grandfather Ichiro; 74-year-old grandmother Masako, 50-year-old father Naoyuki; 51-year-old mother Yumiko; 22-year-old son and a university student Daiki; and 17-year-old daughter and a high school student Misaki.

　　The family also owns a 5-year-old robot called Inobee.

　　改革25战略委员会由日本学术会议（隶属日本内阁总理的学术机构）前会长黑川清领头，其它的7位成员均是来自科学届和实业界的名流。该委员会在报告中虚拟了2025年一个普通日本家庭的生活情况。这个家庭的成员为：77岁的爷爷、74岁的奶奶、50岁的爸爸、51岁的妈妈、还在读大学的22岁的儿子、17岁的高中生女儿和一个5岁的智能机器人。

　　After waking up, Ichiro and Masako check their medical conditions. If anything is wrong, a computer gives specific instructions. Ichiro goes to a local high school on an electric-powered bicycle to teach younger people about craftsmanship. Masako, who has Alzheimer's disease, is in good condition because of new drugs for the ailment. She walks to a flower arrangement class. At home, the talking robot Inobee cleans up and performs other chores. In the evening, Yumiko, who telecommutes, listens to Inobee's report on the tasks. The family members then gather in the living room where they can watch Misaki, who is studying in Beijing, on the 103-inch TV display.

　　每天早上醒来后，爷爷和奶奶先用电脑检查自己的身体状况，如果身体有异常，电脑将开出详细的药方。爷爷每天骑着电动自行车去一所技校教书。患有阿尔茨海默病的奶奶身体状况也不错，因为那时已经出现了医治这种疾病的良药，她每天可以步行去上插花课。在家中，会说话的机器人将房间收拾得井井有条，并向属于soho一族的妈妈汇报工作情况。晚上，一家人聚在客厅里通过103英寸的大电视收看远在北京读大学的儿子传回的视频图像。

　　The report gives examples of 20 prospective technologies for such a lifestyle, including oral capsules for medical checkups, vehicles that run on carbon dioxide and those that avoid crashes and collisions.(IHT/Asahi: February 28,2007)

　　改革25战略委员会提交的这份报告列举了达到这种智能生活所需的20多种先进技术，其中就包括电脑医生和躲避障碍的汽车等。改革25战略委员会同时呼吁科学、技术、人力资源等社会发展关键领域共同为这一美好生活努力。