内容正文:
SPACE EXPLORATION
1
observe the sentences
on the left
①Many people suffer from mental illness at some point in their
lives.
②Remianing so unbalanced between work and life won't be good for your mental state in the long run.
mental
[ˈmentl]
adj. 精神的;思想的;
拓展 : mentally adv. 精神上;精神地
physical adj. ---- physically adv. 身体的;物理的
2.(P39) First of all,you must be intelligent enough to get a related college degree.
intelligence n. 智力;才智;智慧
intelligent software/systems
a highly intelligent student
a person of high/low intelligence
artificial intelligence (AI)
同义词:
clever: adj. 聪明的; 灵巧的;
bright: adj. 聪明的; 明亮的
wise: adj. 明智的; 英明的
smart: adj. 聪明的; 精明的
Sam Altman, CEO of the San Francisco startup OpenAI that developed ChatGPT, his company's chatbot tool, on Tuesday urged US lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence.
"My worst fears are that we cause significant — we, the field, the technology industry — cause significant harm to the world," Altman said.
(P40) However,some
scientists were determined
to help humans realise their
dream to epxlore space.
① (2019·天津高考)Driven by heaven-knows-what motives, he determines to write a book.
②是宇航员的决心和耐心让他完成一系列目标。
3.determine [dɪ'tɜːmɪn]:
v. 查明;
确定;决定
determination
It is the astronaut's determination and patience
that have enabled him to achieve a series of goals.
③________________to live here , he carried all his luggage
here yesterday.
Determined
be determined to do 决心/决意要做某事
determine to do 决定/做某事
determine on/upon sth 决定/决心做某事
4.launch
The founder of two tech companies, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is
bringing electric vehicles to mass market and enabling humans to live
on other planets. After the Dragon spacecrafts were launched successfully
many times,Space X launched an advertisement campaign :
the new model will be launched in two months.
①(航天器等)发射
②发起;发动(活动)
③(新产品、新书等)推出;上市;发行
vt./n. 发射;
发起;
上市
5.disa