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Oxford Bookworms Library Level 5: I, Robot – Short Stories

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I, Robot – Short Stories

Isaac Asimov

22,500 words

人間は、やわで弱い生き物だ。常に空気、水、食料がなければならず、生涯の3分の1を眠って過ごさなければならない。気温が高過ぎても低過ぎても活動できなくなる。しかしロボットは強固な金属でできている。電気エネルギーを直接取り込むことができ、睡眠は不要で、どんな気温でも活動できる。人間よりも強く有能で、ときにより人間らしい。アイザック・アシモフはサイエンスフィクションの大作家の一人で、これらの作品で、忘れられない、恐るべき未来の姿を描いている。

A human being is a soft, weak creature. It needs constant supplies of air, water, and food; it has to spend a third of its life asleep, and it can't work if the temperature is too hot or too cold. But a robot is made of strong metal. It uses electrical energy directly, never sleeps, and can work in any temperature. It is stronger, more efficient - and sometimes more human than human beings. Isaac Asimov was one of the greatest science fiction writers, and these short stories give us an unforgettable and terrifying vision of the future.

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