I’d like to help but first could I do a quick check to see how this is affecting you? Option one – yes, sure; option two – maybe later.

我很想帮忙，但首先我能向你确认此事对你的影响有多大吗？选项一：好的，当然；选项二：稍后再说。

The founders say the year-old chatbot has 200,000 clients, who are using this app for free. The company behind the chatbot makes money from professional therapists and firms that use the app. 

该程序的创始人说，现有20万用户在免费使用这款问世一年的聊天机器人。创造它的公司从使用该程序的专业治疗师和公司赚钱。

Artificial intelligence-based counselling is a new field and there isn’t a clear consensus on how effective it is.

基于人工智能技术的咨询服务是一块全新的领域，人们还未对其有效性达成明确的共识。

词汇 depressed  

消沉的，抑郁的

open up  

畅所欲言

comfort  

安慰

counsellor 

咨询师、顾问

therapy

治疗方法

你知道吗？ The first mobile phone call was made on 3 April 1973. In 2017, a report carried out by the International Telecommunication Union found that there were six billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide. At the time, the global population was seven billion.

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