Unit 4 A glimpse of the future Understanding ideas 教案-2021-2022学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Teaching Design Learning contents Book 3 unit 4 understanding ideas - Artificial Intelligence:A real threat ? Analysis of the learning material The passage shows three posts from a forum concerning the topic that whether Artificial Intelligence is a threat to human. It gives the supporting evidence for each opinion, which demonstrates the main structure of an argumentation. Thus, it sets a good example for students to learn how to think critically. Learning Objectives Knowledge objectives 1. Understand the main idea of the passage 2. Get to know the key words and expressions of this passage. 3. Have a basic idea of Artificial Intelligence Ability objectives 1. Learn to think critically when discussing a controversial issue Emotional objective 2. Help students aware that nothing is definitely right and keep critical thinking in mind. Learning focus & Potential difficulty in learning Learning focus: 1. Understand the main idea of the passage. 2. Discuss the pros and cons. Potential diffi