Unit 2 Using Language Listening and Speaking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 2 Looking Into The Future Listening and Speaking Making predictions about future changes Warm-up Imagine life in the future. How do you think technology will change our lives? We will be living in smart homes. Robots will do almost everything. Time travel will come true. … 2 ___ automation 自动化 ___ nanobots 纳米机器人 ___ global warming 全球变暖 ___ artificial intelligence (AI) 人工智能 ___ cloning 克隆 What do these pictures show? Match the words with the pictures. Before-listening ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ 3 Artificial intelligence It's the use of machines to do work that was previously done by people . Nanobots（纳米机器人）= nanometre + robot A nanobot is an extremely small robot. While they are still in the development stage, it is thought that nanobots can be used within the human body to deliver medicine to areas in the body that need them and to repair human tissues and cells(人体组织和细胞). Cloning The two monkeys are Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, which were produced by the Chinese Academy of Science in Shanghai through cloning. They were the first successfully cloned primates.(灵长类动物) Automation（自动化）: A robot arm A robot arm is used to assemble(组装) parts in a factory, which promotes the automation of manufacturing(自动化生产). While most often when people think of a robot, they think of the android (human-like robot) in Picture 1, actually the vast majority of robots are like that in Picture 3, which is a robot arm used to assemble (组装) parts in a factory. In this activity, the robot arm in Picture 3 represents automation. Since an android is meant to be like a human Global warming The polar bear suffers hunger and loss on habitat caused by global warming. Name Occupation Prediction Dr. Han Vincent Black Listen to the radio interview（电台采访） with Dr Han and Vincent Black giving their predictions about the future, and then fill in the table below. Tip for listening comprehension Listen for predictions When listening for