内容正文:
Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas — Comprehending
学习任务目标
1. 识记本课时的重要语言点;
2. 略读课文,获取课文主要信息,总结三位发帖人对人工智能的不同看法;
3. 观看视频,意识到未来充满无限可能,并对“未来”这一话题进行初步思考;
4. 观看电影海报及查找相关资料,了解并谈论四部科幻电影的内容,并基于科幻电影的主题和内容发表自己的看法,对探索科技和未来产生兴趣。
词汇互译
1. humanity n. 人类
2. assistant n. 助手,助理
3. potentially adv. 潜在地
4. analyse v. 分析
5. illegal adj. 非法的,违法的
6. immoral adj. 不道德的,道德败坏的
7. artificial adj. 人造的,人工的
8. victim n. 受害者
9. capacity n. 能力,才能
10. 自动化 n. automation
11. 控制,管理 v. regulate
12. 易受影响的 adj. susceptible
13. 剧变 n. leap
14. happen to 发生在……身上
15. so far 迄今为止
16. in contrast 与此相反;相比之下
17. speaking of 说到;谈到;至于……
18. on the whole 总体而言
19. lie in 在于
20. go away 消失;走开;离开
21. be capable of 能够
22. after all 毕竟;到底;终究
23. in the same way 以同样的方式
24. in the way of 妨碍;阻碍
25. agree on 同意
26. go wrong 出错;发生故障
27. 易受……影响 be susceptible to
28. 闲荡 hang out
29. 从长远来看 in the long run
30. 扫清;消灭;彻底摧毁 wipe out
表格填空
Parts
Main ideas
Details
Part 1 (Para. 1 — Para. 2)
The opinion of Millenniumbutterfly.
·Thanks1. to AI, I've got my own supersmart personal assistant built into my 2. phone , who always has an immediate answer for any question I 3. put to her.
·Selfdriving cars can drive in the same way that we do and make judgements based on 4. information so they are 5. a lot safer .
Part 2 (Para. 3 —
Para. 5)
The opinion of Popkid.
·Although AI can help us a lot, it can bring about risks. We would be seen as a “small” 6. inconvenience that's in the way of a solution to a bigger problem.
·Many people will lose 7. their jobs with AI emerging.
Part 3
(Para. 6 —
Para. 7)
The opinion of Pink_haze.
AI can solve problems that are too 8. challenging for human experts but if it goes wrong or falls into 9. the wrong hands , it could also be the most dangerous, so we have to embrace it and 10. regulate it.
Ⅰ. 根据课文内容选择正确答案
1. What can we conclude from the first two paragraphs?
A. Millenniumbutterfly is a boss or a manager.
B. Millenniumbutterfly cannot drive cars now.
C. Millenniumbutterfly