It's designed to make you feel closer to the person you are talking to。

　　据说这样的设计会让使用者与通话人有更近距离接触的感受。

　　But speaking into this human-shaped mobile phone may prove far more of an alienating experience instead。

　　不过要对着这样一个人形手机讲电话，不仅可能并没有亲近感，反而会身边的人更加疏远。

　　Japanese scientists created the strange rubbery gadget in an attempt to bridge the gap in long-distance relationships。

　　日本科学家所研制出来的外形怪异的香蕉数码产品是为了一解有情人分隔两地之苦。

　　It was shown off to the public in Tokyo by researcher Takashi Minato, from the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)。

　　日本国际电气通信基础技术研究所研究员港隆史在东京对该产品进行了公众展示。

　　It has an outer-layer that apparently feels like human skin and heats and cools in a similar way

　　手机的表面包裹着一层类似人皮肤触感的材质，并可以像人一样感受冷暖。

　　'The mobile phone may feel like the person you are talking to,' an ATR spokesman said。

　　ATR的发言人说：“使用这款手机能让你正与某人进行亲身交谈的感觉。”

　　The prototype is slightly bigger than the size of a palm. A speaker is installed in the head of the doll-like gadget and a light-emitting diode in its chest turns blue when the phone is in use and red when it is in standby mode。

　　手机的体积要比人的手掌大一些，扬声器位于人形的头部，在胸部安装有一个发光的二极管，在通话时会发出蓝色光芒，而在待机状态下则是同色。

　　The body resembles a human being but its design is so blurred that it could be taken as either male or female and young or old。

　　手机的外形与人体极其相似，不过却忽略了性别年龄之分。

　　However, without any number keys it remains unclear how you would use it to dial your friends。

　　手机上却没有任何按键，这不禁让人纳闷，到底要怎么样拨电话。

　　It was developed by a team including scientists from Osaka University and the mobile telephone operator NTT DoCoMo who described it as a 'revolutionary telecom medium.'

　　大阪大学的科学家和o手机运营商NTT DoCoM共同研制这款手机，NTT DoCoMo称这款手机是“革命性电信媒介”。

　　They say they hope to add image and voice recognition functions and put it into commercial production within five years。

　　他们称，有望未来五年内能为其加入图像和语音功能，并使其投入商业生产。