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Unit 4 A glimpse of the future
Understanding ideas
Learning objectives
After this class, you are expected to:
1. have a basic idea of AI;
2. know about the main idea and the structure of the
passage;
3. learn about the views of the three posters (发帖者)
and find relevant supporting sentences and key
words;
4. be able to treat AI technology objectively.
Artificial Intelligence:
A REAL THREAT(威胁)?
Warming up
Where can AI be used in our lives?
food delivered robot
vacuum cleaner
face recognition
smart phone
entertainment
(娱乐)
transportation
education
security(安全)
medicine
economy&finance
(经济金融)
...
tourism
Lead-in Watch a video about the facts of AI and answer the questions.
1. What can you learn from the video?
2. How do you think AI will develop in the future?
Pre-reading
Achievement? Or threat?
Development
Prediction
Task1 Skim the passage and predict the main idea.
While-reading
A. Three views on AI in
a forum(论坛)
B. The greatest human
achievement
C. The biggest threat
D. Self-driving cars
Reading for opinions:
Task 2 Read the passage. Then match the opinions with the posters.
While-reading
A. We all need to learn to live with AI technology whether we like it or are concerned about it. We cannot stop the march of progress.
B. I admit that more advanced AI could be helpful in solving the world’s problems, but there is a high level of risk involved.
C. I can’t understand why some people worry so much. I hope more breakthroughs in AI will be made soon, so that we can enjoy more and more convenience.
positive
negative
objective
Al might wipe out human beings.
4.____________________
5.____________________
if it falls into the wrong hands.
While-reading
Al can help us save time.
1. _____________________
2. _____________________
_____________________
3.____________________,
including those too challenging for Human experts.
V.S.
Reading for detailed informati