Even simple things, such as reading signs and menus, asking directions or telling a cab driver where you want to go requires some knowledge of the language.

即使是简单的事情，比如读懂标志和菜单，问路或告诉出租车司机你想要去的地方，都需要一定的语言知识。

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Imagine that you are taking a walk in your local city park when a tourist approaches you asking for directions.

想象一下，当一位游客走近你问路时，你正在当地的城市公园里散步。

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Gone are the days of asking fellow humans for tedious turn-by-turn driving directions; you just plug the start and end addresses into one of these sites, and the online engine does the rest.

向路人询问那些无聊的七拐八拐的驾驶路线的日子已经一去不复返了；您只需在这些网站中输入起点和终点地址，在线引擎就会完成剩下的工作。

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Hiroshi Ishiguro, a robotocist at Osaka University, cites the example of asking directions.

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You, too, will island-hop from experience to experience, procuring supplies, asking for directions, falling into pit traps.

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