Unit 4 A glimpse of the future Understanding ideas语言点课件-2022-2023学年外研版高中英语选择性必修第三册

SB3U4 A glimpse of the future Artificial Intelligence: A Real Threat? (Language points) In the words of Professor Stephen Hawking, artificial Intelligence will be “either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity” . in the words of 用...的话说 artificial intelligence 人工智能 Translation 用斯蒂芬・霍金教授的话说，人工智能将是“人类有史以来最好或最坏的事情”。 Is it our greatest human achievement so far? Or is it the biggest threat to our existence? so far 到目前为止 threat to 对...的威胁 Translation 到目前为止,人工智能算是我们人类最伟大的成就，还是对我们生存的最大威胁呢? Thanks to Al, I've got my own super-smart personal assistant built into my phone. thanks to 多亏，由于 personal assistant私人助理 get sth. done 使某事被做 ◆assist v．协助；帮助 assist sb. to do sth.　 帮助某人做某事 assist sb. in/with sth. 帮助某人某事 ◆assistance n. 帮助；协助 come to one's assistance 援助某人 with the assistance/help of... 在……的帮助下 Thanks to Al, I've got my own super-smart personal assistant built into my phone. Translation 多亏了人工智能，我オ可以在手机中内置个人超级智能私人助手。 She always has an immediate answer for any question I put to her, and even uses my answers to learn more about my preferences. put a question to sb. 向某人提问 It used to feel like 50 per cent of my time was spent researching new restaurants. In contrast, my PA only needs a few seconds to find the right place. used to do sth. 过去常常做某事 be used to doing sth.习惯于做某事 in contrast (to/ with) =by contrast 相比之下 Every recommendation she gives me is great since she can predict if I will like a particular restaurant. Translation 因为她可以预测我是否会喜欢某一个餐厅，所以她给我的每一个建议都很棒。 And speaking of hanging out, I'm hoping that self-driving cars are available soon. speaking of 提及，谈到 hang out 闲逛，出去消遣 Self-driving cars can learn to drive in the same way that we do, and can make judgements  based on information. make judgements 做出判断 And as they wont be susceptible to human error, they'll certainly be a lot safer. The only thing is that there might be a few machine-learning problems when the first cars hit the market, so perhaps I’d better learn to drive first. be susce