AI Opens 2,000-Year-Old Secrets

AI Opens 2,000-Year-Old Secrets Two thousand years ago, a volcano erupted in Italy. Towns were destroyed. Many people and things were lost. Scrolls were also lost. 兩千多年前，義大利火山爆發，摧毀了附近的城鎮，很多人跟東西都遭到掩埋，有很多卷軸也不見了。 People wrote important thoughts and information on these long papers. Then they rolled the scrolls. 卷軸是一張長長的紙，人們在紙上寫下重要的想法跟訊息，再把它捲起來。 Three hundred years ago, many scrolls were found. They were in a house destroyed by the volcano. 300年前，一棟被火山摧毀的房屋裡面，發現了很多卷軸。 But the scrolls were burned black. Unrolling the scrolls destroys them. Scientists have tried many ways to read them. What secrets are written on the scrolls? 但是那些卷軸都被燒得焦黑，攤開來會破壞卷軸。科學家試了很多方法來讀上面的文字。卷軸裡面有什麼祕密呢? Last year, some people had a contest. Who could find a way to read one scroll? 去年有人舉辦了比賽，看誰能找到讀卷軸的方法。 This year, three students won the contest together. They made an AI program. 今年有三位學生贏得這場比賽，他們開發了一個人工智慧 AI程式。 It worked! AI read a small part of the scroll. This part is great! It's about enjoying life, music, and food! And the writer thought about a question: When there isn't much of something, do we enjoy it more? 那個AI程式成功讀到了卷軸上的一小部分，上面寫到要享受人生、音樂跟食物。作者還想到一個問題，東西越少，我們是不是越欣賞它們? For 300 years, scientists tried to find a way to read the scrolls. Now AI is opening the 2,000-year-old secrets of the scrolls! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 人工智慧也許可以解開兩千年前，手寫紀錄的秘密。 1. secret 秘密 Hey, Jane, would you like to join a secret contest? 你想參加秘密比賽嗎? Sounds exciting! 聽起來很有趣! What’s it about? 什麼樣的比賽? It’s a treasure hunt. 尋寶大賽。 2. house 房子 We need to find things hidden in a house. 我們得找到藏在房子裡的東西。 Where is this house? 這個房子在哪兒? In Tamsui, New Taipei. 在新北市的淡水。 3. win 贏得 And how do we win? 我們要怎麼贏呢? Simple. We work together. 很簡單，我們合作。 4. information 資訊 You read all the information.你讀所有的資訊。 And what will you do? 你做什麼呢? I’ll see what other people have found. 我去看看別人發現了什麼。 今天我們學到哪些單字? secret秘密 house房子 win贏得 information資訊 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. Why are the scrolls hard to read? a. They were burned. b. They have secrets. c. They were lost. 2. What did the students use to read the scrolls? a. Glasses b. AI c. Lasers 3. What did someone write about on a scroll? a. Music b. Dance c. Money Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. a -- Hosting provided by SoundOn