tedious tasks 单调乏味的任务

　　If you’re in a job performing tedious tasks, you might think that a robot could do the work instead.如果你在工作中做单调乏味的任务，你也许会想，机器人代替你可以做这份工作。

　　underestimate 低估

　　But perhaps we underestimate how much technology already helps with the activities that we would otherwise have to do.但是我们也许低估了科技已经在本来我们得做的工作上帮了我们多少。?

　　provide a helping hand for businesses 助企业一臂之力

　　For now, robotic technology is providing a helping hand for businesses, particularly in manufacturing, assisting humans in performing work more efficiently and sometimes more accurately. 目前，机器人技术正在助企业一臂之力，尤其是在制造业，机器人技术帮助人们更有效地、有时也更准确地完成工作。

　　sort and move millions of objects 分拣和移动

　　pick and distribute the goods 挑选和分送商品

　　They sort and move millions of objects of all different shapes and sizes, although humans are still needed to pick and distribute the goods.它们对数百万各种各样形状和大小的物品进行分拣和移动，尽管挑选和分送商品仍然需要人来进行。

　　eliminate boring, repetitive jobs 消除枯燥的、重复性的工作

　　The technology will eliminate boring, repetitive jobs that humans don't like and aren't very good at, and also create new ones that are likely to replace them.这种科技会消除人不喜欢也不是很擅长的枯燥的、重复性的工作，也创造出很可能代替他们的新工作。

　　be worried by the rise of the machines 担心机器的崛起

　　It seems inevitable that robots will eventually be able to do more and more of the jobs that are currently performed by humans, so should we be worried by the rise of the machines?似乎不可避免的是，机器人最终能够做越来越多人类正在做的工作，所以我们应该担心机器的崛起吗?

　　is some way off 尚未到来

　　work side-by-side with our robot colleagues 和我们的机器人同事并肩工作

　　kick us out of the door 把我们扫地出门

　　get along with them 与它们好好相处

　　But as complete automation is some way off, for now we’ll have to work side-by-side with our robot colleagues?- and manage to get along with them before they learn to kick us out of the door!但是由于完全自动化尚未到来，眼下我们得和我们的机器人同事并肩工作，并在它们学会把我们扫地出门前，设法与它们好好相处!