perform many tasks 做很多事情

　　look after the sick and elderly 照顾病人和老人

　　Robots can perform many tasks, but they're now being introduced in social care to operate as carers, to look after the sick and elderly.机器人能做很多事情，不过现在，机器人被引入了社会服务行业，成为了照顾病人和老人的护理人员。

　　too old or too unwell to look after themselves高龄或者身体不健康难以自理的

　　Traditionally, it's humans working as nurses or carers who take care of elderly people-those people who are too old or too unwell to look after themselves.

　　一般来说，是护士或者护理人员来照顾那些高龄或者身体不健康难以自理的老人。

　　robot carer 护理机器人

　　empathy/ˈempəθi/同理心

　　Well, robot carers are being developed but can they really learn enough empathy to take care of the elderly and unwell?

　　唔，护理机器人的确越来越先进了，但是他们真的能够习得照顾老人和病人的同理心吗？

　　a companion 一名伴侣

　　to converse with 交谈

　　We're more interested to see how it works as a companion - having something there to talk to, to converse with, to interact with.我们更感兴趣的地方在于如何让它成为一名伴侣,也就是可以倾诉、交谈以及互动的对象。

　　stop people getting lonely 消除人们的孤独感

　　Well, having a companion is a good way to stop people getting lonely, but surely a human is better for that - surely they understand you better than a robot ever can?唔，伴侣能够很好地消除人们的孤独感，不过换做人类肯定更好吧，因为人类永远都比机器人更理解你。

　　be abandoned to robots 被丢给机器人护理

　　People might be abandoned to robots.人类就有可能被丢给机器人护理。

　　end up being forgotten 结局是遭到遗忘

　　It might be possible that someone ends up being forgotten and only having a robot to care for them.可能有些人的结局是遭到遗忘，身边只有机器人照顾。