在华盛顿特区,有一个地方叫Georgetown,在南方有一楝无人建筑物叫做"McClellan Family Townhouse”。屋内有一部终端和一个机器人。打开终端后,里面有五个选项:
1. 关闭机器人
2. 遛狗
3. 购买食材
4. 给孩子朗读诗歌
5. 启动保安模式
如果你选4的话,机器人会进入空无一人的孩子房间,并朗读诗人Sara Teasdale的诗歌"There Will Come Soft Rains”:
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
细雨即将来临 大地的气息
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
闪烁出声响 伴着雨燕翱翔
And frogs in the pool singing at night,
池中的青蛙 将在夜晚鸣唱
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;
野柏树 瑟缩在白光中
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
知更鸟披着轻盈的火
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
在低篱上倾诉它的愿望
And not one will know of the war, not one will care at last when it is done.
当战争成为现实 没有人知道 没有人忧伤
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, if mankind perished utterly;
如果人类悲哀地死去 没有人在意 甚至鸟和树也是这样
And Spring herself when she woke at dawn
春天她自己 却在黎明苏醒
Would scarcely know that we were gone.
她并不知道我们已灭亡