▸ 这个月zhè ge yuè，北京běi jīng有yǒu一个yī ge很hěn特别tè bié的de运动会yùn dòng huì。

This month, Beijing has a very special sports meet.

▸ 运动员yùn dòng yuán不是bù shì人rén，是shì机器人jī qì rén！

The athletes are not people — they are robots!

▸ 八月bā yuè二十èr shí二èr号hào，比赛bǐ sài开始kāi shǐ。

On August 22, the games begin.

▸ 有yǒu两liǎng千qiān多个duō ge机器人jī qì rén来lái比赛bǐ sài。

More than two thousand robots are coming to compete.

▸ 它们tā men来自lái zì十六shí liù个gè国家guó jiā。

They come from sixteen countries.

▸ 机器人jī qì rén会huì跑步pǎo bù，会huì踢tī足球zú qiú，还hái会huì跳舞tiào wǔ。

The robots can run, play soccer, and even dance.

▸ 今年jīn nián，跑步pǎo bù比赛bǐ sài里lǐ没有méi yǒu人rén帮bāng它们tā men。

This year, no humans help them in the running race.

▸ 机器人jī qì rén自己zì jǐ想xiǎng，自己zì jǐ跑pǎo。

The robots think for themselves and run by themselves.

▸ 有的yǒu de机器人jī qì rén跑pǎo得很de hěn快kuài，有的yǒu de会huì摔倒shuāi dǎo。

Some robots run very fast; some fall down.

▸ 摔倒shuāi dǎo的de时候shí hou，大家dà jiā都dōu笑了xiào le。

When they fall, everyone laughs.

▸ 但是dàn shì机器人jī qì rén会huì再zài站起来zhàn qǐ lai，跑pǎo完wán比赛bǐ sài。

But the robots stand up again and finish the race.

▸ 看kàn比赛bǐ sài的de人rén说shuō：机器人jī qì rén越来越yuè lái yuè聪明cōng ming了le。

People watching say: robots are getting smarter and smarter.

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