Ch.4 Summary
Detective Chen recalls the second murder case involving Madame Kong, who was found in her secluded apartment in old Taipei. Chen and Chief Lin find a photograph that reveals the identity of the old lady and her link with early controversial AI technology.
摘要
陳警探 回想起第二宗命案，受害者是孔夫人。 她被發現在老台北一棟偏僻的公寓。 陳和林局長 發現了一張照片，揭露了這位老婦人的身份以及她與早期備受爭議的人工智慧技術之間的關聯。
Zhāiyào
Chén jǐng tàn huíxiǎng qǐ dì èr zōng mìng’àn, shòuhàizhě shì Kǒng fūrén. Tā bèi fāxiàn zài lǎo Táiběi yī dòng piānpì de gōngyù. Chén hé Lín júzhǎng fāxiànle yī zhāng zhàopiàn, jiēlùle zhè wèi lǎo fùrén de shēnfèn yǐjí tā yǔ zǎoqí bèi shòu zhēngyì de réngōng zhìnéng jìshù zhī jiān de guānlián.
Prereading Vocabulary
SLL Learning Sequence:
- read summary
- preview vocabulary
- read the text
- listen to the video narration
- review vocabulary and study extra vocabulary and grammar
Prereading Vocab & practice
1. 她的住所位於老台北的____地帶。
– A. 邊陲 (Outskirts)
– B. 安詳 (Peaceful)
– C. 清剿 (Purge)
– D. 擬真人 (Android)
2. 藏身於一棟____的五層樓頂層。
– A. 破舊 (Dilapidated)
– B. 遺物 (Relic)
– C. 微笑 (Smile)
– D. 厭惡 (Disgust)
3. 一位老婦人的____安詳地躺在客廳地板上。
– A. 遺體 (Corpse)
– B. 茶几 (Tea table)
– C. 慈祥 (Kindly)
– D. 沉默 (Silence)
4. 看起來她正和一個____一起慶祝生日。
– A. 擬真人 (Android)
– B. 原型 (Prototype)
– C. 震驚 (Shocked)
– D. 慶祝 (Celebrate)
5. 還好我們____了那些怪物！
– A. 清剿 (Purge)
– B. 探究 (Investigate)
– C. 咒罵 (Curse)
– D. 遺忘 (Forget)
6. ____打破了沉默。
– A. 怒氣沖沖 (Angrily)
– B. 沉默 (Silence)
– C. 慶祝 (Celebrate)
– D. 慈祥 (Kindly)
7. 情感人工智能的____設計師。
– A. 原型 (Prototype)
– B. 茶几 (Tea table)
– C. 震驚 (Shocked)
– D. 遺物 (Relic)
8. 林局長的臉色立刻從____變成了震驚。
– A. 厭惡 (Disgust)
– B. 擬真人 (Android)
– C. 沉默 (Silence)
– D. 清剿 (Purge)
9. 「他媽的擬真人！」林局長____道。
– A. 咒罵 (Curse)
– B. 遺體 (Corpse)
– C. 微笑 (Smile)
– D. 遺忘 (Forget)
10. 還是刻意想要被____的地方？
– A. 遺忘 (Forget)
– B. 探究 (Investigate)
– C. 擬真人 (Android)
– D. 震驚 (Shocked)
Answers
1. A, 2. A, 3. A, 4. A, 5. A, 6. B, 7. A, 8. A, 9. A, 10. A
Story
Whispering circuit 004: Homicide 2 – Forgotten in the shadows
Taking a bite of piece of fried chicken, detective Chen called up the file on the second homicide. Madame Kong – prototype designer of sentient AI.
Her home was in the edges of old Taipei, nested on the top floor of a grungy five-story building. No neon lights here. And no elevator.
As Chen trudged up the stairwell, he noted cracks and paint peeling on its walls. A neglected and forgotten place.
Or a place that wanted to be forgotten?
The apartment was a relic from another age. No signs of modern convenience or technology. Just a clutter of old furniture and a lifetime of mementos.
An old lady’s body was lying peacefully on the living room floor, hands folded lovingly across her chest. A faint smile on her lips.
On the coffee table was a pot of tea and one cup. Both half full.
Interrupting Chen’s meditative contemplation, Chief Lin stormed in. “What’s the angle, Chen?” she yapped, her voice breaking the silence like scraping metal.
Chen, slightly irritated, was in no hurry to reply.
“A photograph,” he finally said, pointing towards the victim’s crossed arms embracing a framed photo.
“It’s an old photo of the victim. Looks like she was celebrating a birthday with a sim.”
“Fucking sims,” Chief Lin cursed. “Good thing we purged those monsters!”
Her voice betrayed a wound that never healed.
Lin also had things she wanted forgotten. Chen recalled how Lin’s husband left her for a “sim” just months before the purge.
Lin’s facade immediately changed from disgust to shock. “That’s Madame Kong! I thought she was killed during the sentient AI purge.”
Chen studied the photo. Kong and the sim looked really happy. He had almost forgotten what sentient AIs looked like.
Both Lin and Chen continued to look at the photo until Lin broke the silence. “I’ve got a bad feeling about this, Chen,” she murmured.
Chen closed the murder file and pushed the last piece of chicken in his mouth.
Madame Kong was celebrated as the mother of sentient AI, until the Human First movement put a bounty on her head. Is she connected to the first victim, Stone? Is the Echo android involved somehow?
He washed down the fried chicken with Taiwan draft beer and pulled up the case file for the third homicide, just 2 days after Madame Kong.
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竊竊私語的電路，第四章：命案二：隱沒暗影
Qiè sī yǔ de diànlù, dì sān zhāng: Mìng àn èr: Yǐn méi àn yǐng
啃了一口炸雞，警探 調出了第二宗謀殺案的檔案。 受害者是孔夫人 – 情感人工智慧的原型設計師。
她的住所位於老台北的邊陲地帶，藏身於一棟破舊的五層樓頂層。 這裡沒有霓虹燈，也沒有電梯。
爬上樓梯間時，警探注意到牆壁上佈滿裂縫和剝落的油漆。 這裡顯然被忽略和遺忘許久。
還是刻意想要被遺忘的地方？
公寓裡的一切就像是另一個時代的遺物。 沒有現代化便利設施或科技的痕跡，只有堆積如山的舊家具和一輩子的紀念品。
一位老婦人的遺體安詳地躺在客廳地板上，雙手慈祥地交疊在胸前。 嘴唇上帶著一抹淡淡的微笑。
茶几上放著一壺茶和一個杯子。 都只喝了一半。
就在警探沉思之際，林局長 怒氣沖沖地闖了進來。 「有什麼發現，警探？」她的聲音打破了寂靜，像是刮金屬般刺耳。
警探略微惱火，並不急於回答。
「一張照片，」他終於開口，指向受害者交叉的手臂裡緊握著的一張裱框照片。 「這是孔夫人的一張老照片。看起來她正和一個擬真人 一起慶祝生日。」
「他媽的擬真人！」林局長咒罵道。 「還好我們清剿了那些怪物！」
她的聲音暴露了從未癒合的傷口。
林局長也有想要忘記的東西。 警探記得，就在清剿行動前幾個月，林局長的丈夫為了一個「擬真人」離開了她。
林局長的臉色立刻從厭惡變成了震驚。 「那是孔夫人！我以為她在情感人工智能清剿行動中被殺死了。」
警探仔細研究了照片。 孔夫人和擬真人看起來非常開心。 他都快忘記情感人工智慧長什麼樣子了。
林局長和警探都繼續看著照片，直到林局長打破了沉默。 「我有一種不好的預感，警探，」她低聲說道。
警探合上案卷，把最後一塊炸雞塞進嘴裡。
孔夫人曾被譽為情感人工智慧之母，直到「人類至上」 運動懸賞追殺她。 她是否與第一位受害者史東先生
有關？ ECHO合成人 是否以某種方式參與其中？
他用台灣啤酒沖下炸雞，調出了第三宗謀殺案的案卷，就在孔夫人死後兩天發生。
Qiè sī yǔ de diànlù, dì sān zhāng: Mìng àn èr: Yǐn méi àn yǐng
Kěn le yī kǒu zhá jī, jǐng tàn tiáo chū le dì èr zòng móushā àn de dàng’àn. Shòuhàizhě shì Kǒng fūrén – qínggǎn réngōng zhìnéng de yuánxíng shèjì shī.
Tā de zhùsuǒ wèiyú lǎo táiběi de biān wèi dìdài, cángshēn yú yī dòng pòjiù de wǔ céng lóu dǐng céng. Zhèlǐ méiyǒu níhóngdēng, yě méiyǒu diàntī.
Pá shàng lóutī jiān shí, jǐng tàn zhùyì dào qiángbì shàng bùmǎn lièfèng hé bōluò de yóuqī. Zhèlǐ xiǎnrán bèi hūlüè hé yíwàng xǔjiǔ.
Háishì kèyì xiǎng yào bèi yíwàng de dìfāng?
Gōngyù lǐ de yīqiè jiù xiàng shì lìng yīgè shídài de yíwù. Méiyǒu xiàndàihuà biànlì shèshī huò kējì de hénjī, zhǐyǒu duījī rúshān de jiù jiājù hé yībèizi de jìniàn pǐn.
Yī wèi lǎo fùrén de yí tǐ ān xiáng de tǎng zài kètīng dìbǎn shàng, shuāngshǒu cíxiáng de jiāodié zài xiōngqián. Zuǐchún shàng dài zhe yī mō dàndàn de wéixiào.
Chájī shàng fàng zhe yī hú chá hé yīgè bēizi. Dōu zhǐ hēle yībàn.
Jiù zài jǐng tàn chénsī zhī jì, Lín júzhǎng nùqì chōng chōng de chuǎng le jìnlái. 「Yǒu shénme fāxiàn, jǐng tàn?」Tā de shēngyīn dǎpò le jìjìng, xiàng shì guā jīnshǔ bān cì ěr.
Jǐng tàn lièwēi nǎohuǒ, bìng bù jíyú huídá.
「Yī zhāng zhàopiàn,」tā zhōngyú kāikǒu, zhǐ xiàng shòuhàizhě jiāochā de shǒubì lǐ jǐn wò zhù de yī zhāng biǎo kuāng zhàopiàn. 「Zhè shì Kǒng fūrén de yī zhāng lǎo zhàopiàn. Kàn qǐlái tā zhèng hé yīgè nǐ zhēn rén yīqǐ qìngzhù shēngrì.」
「Tā mā de nǐ zhēn rén!」Lín júzhǎng zòumà dào. 「Hái hǎo wǒmen qīngjiǎo le nàxiē guàiwù!」
Tā de shēngyīn bàolùle cóngwèi yùhé de shāngkǒu.
Lín júzhǎng yě yǒu xiǎng yào wàngjì de dōngxī. Jǐng tàn jìdé, jiù zài qīngjiǎo xíngdòng qián jǐ gè yuè, Lín júzhǎng de zhàngfu wèile yīgè 「nǐ zhēn rén」líkāi le tā.
Lín júzhǎng de liǎnsè lìkè cóng yànwù biànchéngle zhènjīng. 「Nà shì Kǒng fūrén! Wǒ yǐwéi tā zài qínggǎn réngōng zhìnéng qīngjiǎo xíngdòng zhōng bèi shā sǐle.」
Jǐng tàn zìxì yánjiūle zhàopiàn. Kǒng fūrén hé nǐ zhēn rén kàn qǐlái fēicháng kāixīn. Tā dōu kuài wàngjì qínggǎn réngōng zhìhuì zhǎng shénme yàngzi le.
Lín júzhǎng hé jǐng tàn dōu jìxù kànzhe zhàopiàn, zhídào Lín júzhǎng dǎpòle chénmò. 「Wǒ yǒu yī zhǒng bù hǎo de yùgǎn, jǐng tàn,」tā dī shēng shuō dào.
Jǐng tàn hé shàng ànjuàn, bǎ zuìhòu yī kuài zhá jī sāi jìn zuǐ lǐ.
Kǒng fūrén céng bèi yù wéi qínggǎn réngōng zhìhuì zhī mǔ, zhídào 「rénlèi zhìshàng」 yùndòng xuánshǎng zhuīshā tā. Tā shìfǒu yǔ dì yī wèi shòuhàizhě Shí Zǒngcái yǒuguān? ECHO héchéng rén shìfǒu yǐ mǒu zhǒng fāngshì cānyù qízhōng?
Tā yòng táiwān píjiǔ chōng xià zhá jī, tiáo chūle dì sān zòng móushā àn de ànjuàn, jiù zài Kǒng fūrén sǐ hòu liǎng tiān fāshēng.
Chinese Comprehension Questions
- 陳警探為什麼回到夜市？
– A. 尋找證物袋
– B. 思考案件
– C. 購物
– D. 會見受 害者
- 受害者的職業是什麼？
– A. 科技企業家
– B. 鑑識官
– C. 警探
– D. 市場攤販
- 受害者在哪裡被發現？
– A. 柏青哥技術城
– B. 夜市
– C. 東區市中心
– D. 下西區住宅區
- 證物中包含什麼訊息？
– A. 「竊竊私語的電路已經啟動。」
– B. 「歡迎來到夜市。」
– C. 「請小心破落區。」
– D. 「智慧手錶故障。」
- 「ECHO」和哪個線索有關？
– A. 智慧手錶
– B. 鑑識官
– C. 紙條
– D. 風衣
Answers 1. B, 2. A, 3. A, 4. A, 5. C
Grammar notes
1. Subject + Verb + 着 + Complement
Used to describe the state of something following an action.
– Lips carrying a faint smile. 嘴唇上帶著一抹淡淡的微笑
2. Adverbial Phrase + Verb + Object
– This pattern shows how an action is carried out, often including manner or place.
– 安詳地躺在客廳地板上 – “Peacefully lying on the living room floor.”
3. Interrogative Word + Verb
– This simple structure forms a question by placing the interrogative word at the beginning.
– 有什麼發現？ – “Any findings?”
Subject + 用 + Tool + Verb + Object**
– This structure indicates the use of an instrument or means to perform an action.
– 他用台灣啤酒沖下炸雞 – “He washed down the fried chicken with Taiwanese beer.”
使 + Subject + Verb/Adjective
– This structure indicates causation, showing
– 使我深感悲傷 – “Made me feel deeply sad.”
Extra Flashcards
Memories and emotions
Extra vocabulary
1. 懷舊, (huáijiù) – Nostalgia; The song filled me with XX for my high school days. – 這首歌讓我對高中時代充滿了XX之情。
2. 回憶, (huíyì) – Recall; I can barely XX his face now. –我現在幾乎記不清他的臉了。
3. 閃回, (shǎnhuí) – Flashback; The movie uses XX to reveal the character’s past. – 這部電影通過XX來揭示角色的過去。
4. 記憶, (jìyì) – Memory; My earliest XX is of my third birthday party. – 我最早的XX是我三歲生日派對。
5. 紀念品, (jìniànpǐn) – Souvenir; I bought a small statue as a XXX of my trip to Italy. – 我買了一個小雕像作為我意大利之行的XXX。
6. 反思, (fǎnsī) – Reflection; The incident led to some serious XX on her behavior. – 這件事引發了她對自己行為的嚴肅XX。
7. 紀念物, (jìniànwù) – Memento; I kept the concert ticket as a XXX of that amazing night. – 我保留了音樂會的票作為那個奇妙夜晚的XXX。
8. 創傷, (chuāngshāng) – Trauma; The accident caused both physical and psychological XX. – 那次事故造成了身體和心理上的XX。
9. 遺憾, (yíhàn) – Regret; I have no XX about leaving my job. – 我對離開我的工作沒有XX。
10. 悲傷, (bēishāng) – Sorrow; The news of his death filled me with deep XX. – 他去世的消息使我深感XX。
11. 內疚, (nèijiù) – Guilt; She felt a strong sense of XX for lying to her friend. – 她因為對朋友撒謊而感到強烈的XX。
12. 悲痛, (bēitòng) – Grief; His XX over his wife’s death was overwhelming. –他因妻子的去世而感到難以承受的XX。
13. 羞恥, (xiūchǐ) – Shame; He felt XX for not standing up for his friend. – 他因為沒有為朋友挺身而出而感到XX。
14. 痛苦, (tòngkǔ) – Anguish; She was in XX over the decision she had to make. – 她為不得不做出的決定感到XX。
15. 縈繞心頭, (yíngrào xīntóu) – Haunting; The melody was XXXX and stayed with me long after the concert. – 那旋律XXXX，在音樂會結束很久後仍留在我身邊。
16. 懊悔, (àohuǐ) – Remorse; He felt XX for the hurtful things he had said. – 他對自己說過的 傷人話語感到XX。
17. 怨恨, (yuànhèn) – Resentment; She harbored XX towards her colleague for years. – 她對她的同事懷有多年的XX。
18. 苦難, (kǔnàn) – Suffering; The war brought untold XX to the population. – 戰爭給人民帶來了難以言說的XX。
19. 心碎, (xīnsuì) – Heartbreak; The end of the relationship was a source of great XX. – 關係的結束是巨大XX的源頭。
20. 失望, (shīwàng) – Disappointment; His failure to win the race was a big XX. – 他未能贏得比賽是一個巨大的XX。
