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【今日句子】
But hard disk drives(HDDs) becomes more expensive with time and scale, Brume adds, making its use a pricey hassle with systems that continuously pump out large batches of data, like autonomous vehicles. The average driverless car system will generate upwards of 400 terabytes a year: If you have millions of cars all doing the same, then companies will easily get crushed by HDDs. Across the industry, the total cost to store a terabyte of data on HDD deep density storage (including infrastructure operations costs) ranges from approximately $0.70 to approximately $0.80 per month, according to Brume.
思考题：
It can be learned from the text that___.
A.hard disk drives are popular in car industry
B.deep density storage cost more than usual
C.autonomous vehicles produce a lot of data
D.Brume favor HDD as a means of storage
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【句子解析】
第一句：
But hard disk drives(HDDs) becomes more expensive with time and scale, Brume adds, making its use a pricey hassle with systems that continuously pump out large batches of data, like autonomous vehicles.
参考译文：布鲁姆补充道，但是硬盘驱动器（HDD）会随着规模和时间的增加而变得昂贵，对于那些不断产出大量数据的系统（如自动驾驶汽车）而言，使用硬盘是件费钱的麻烦事。
第二句：
The average driverless car system will generate upwards of 400 terabytes a year: If you have millions of cars all doing the same, then companies will easily get crushed by HDDs.
参考译文：无人驾驶汽车系统平均每年会生成超过400 TB的数据：如果有数百万辆汽车都在做同样的事，那么企业很容易就被硬盘压垮了。
第三句：
Across the industry, the total cost to store a terabyte of data on HDD deep density storage (including infrastructure operations costs) ranges from approximately $0.70 to approximately $0.80 per month, according to Brume.
参考译文：根据布鲁姆的说法，在整个行业中，在高存储密度硬盘上存储1 TB数据的总成本（包括基础设施运营成本）从每月约0.7美元到0.8美元不等。
【答案及解析】
It can be learned from the text that___.
从文中可以得知___。
A. hard disk drives are popular in car industry
（硬盘驱动器在汽车行业很流行）
B. deep density storage cost more than usual
（高密度存储比以往花费更高）
C. autonomous vehicles produce a lot of data
（自动驾驶汽车会产生大量数据）
D. Brume favor HDD as a means of storage
（布鲁姆偏爱硬盘驱动器作为存储手段）
答案选C。
正确答案比较简单，第一句话很直接的就说了“that continuously pump out large batches of data, like autonomous vehicles.” 自动驾驶汽车会产生大量数据，甚至都不需要你转换什么逻辑，很直白的就告诉你了。
A选项，只是说使用起来昂贵，没有谈到是否流行的问题；
B选项，这是一个强干扰选项，因为全文都在说贵贵贵，但是它又确实没有和以往进行比较，所以还是不能选；
D选项，布鲁斯没有谈到自己的喜好。
【词汇总结】
hard disk drives 硬盘驱动器(HDD)
pricey adj. 昂贵的
hassle n. 麻烦
continuously adv. 不断地
pump out 泵出
batches of 很多批次
autonomous vehicles 自动驾驶汽车
driverless adj. 无人驾驶的
generate v. 产生
upwards of 超过
terabytes n. 太字节(TB)
get crushed 被压碎
HDD deep density storage HDD 深密度存储
infrastructure n. 基础设施
operations n. 操作
ranges from…to… 范围从…到…
approximately adv. 大约
熟词生义：
store v. 贮存
【文章背景】
机器一旦过时，那它们承载的数据也将遗失。硬件和软件都可能随着新的产品和服务的出现而渐渐不再通用。这也是技术师和档案师们在试图长期保管信息的过程中常常遇到的路障之一。专家称，目前还没有哪种存储设备能永远地保存数据。磁带、蓝光碟，甚至是DNA都能充当稳定却暂时的存储载体；数据可在里面“存活”，静待更好的技术面市。然而，这些选项都各有不足，没有哪种能同时在容量和耐久度上达到完美。美国国会图书馆将其大多数数据都存在一种可以说已经通过有数十年历史考验的媒体——简易又实惠的磁带。磁带从密度、数据写入速度和成本来说都是非常合适的选择。但从编辑和修改的角度来说，磁带就不那么理想，一个小的变动都需要抹去整个卡带并进行重录。相较来说，硬盘驱动器对于内容编辑就非常友好，迪士尼就将《星球大战》的所有原始镜头都保存在硬盘中。硬盘的缺点是成本高昂，不适合会持续产生大量数据的业务。
原文标题：
Can we store data forever?（我们能永远存储数据么？）
Source:
https://www.popsci.com/technology/long-term-data-storage/#:~:text=Right%20now%2C%20experts%20say%20there%20is%20no%20one,better%20technologies%20are%20tested%20and%20brought%20to%20market.
【每日预习】
ChatGPT usage has also led to data privacy scandals involving the leak of confidential company data, along with ChatGPT users being able to see other people’s chat histories and personal payment information. Artists and photographers have raised additional concerns about AI-generated artwork threatening their professional livelihoods, all while some companies train generative AIs on the work of those artists and photographers without compensating them. AI-generated imagery can also lead to mass misinformation, as demonstrated by fake AI-created pictures of US president Donald Trump being arrested and Pope Francis wearing a stylish white puffer jacket, both of which went viral.
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