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

Unit 2 Look into the Future P18 Listening Leaning objectives By the end of this period, you will be able to… Learn to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of new technology. Learn to get speakers’ opinions in a dialogue. Master some listening skills. What do these pictures show? Match the words with pictures. ___ automation ___ nanobots ___ global warming ___ artificial intelligence (AI) ___ cloning ② ③ ④ ⑤ ③ ② ⑤ ① ④ ① 自动化 纳米/微型机器人 克隆技术 Discuss these questions in groups. 1. How do you think these events or such technology might develop in the future? 2. What challenges might they bring? 3. What opportunities might they bring? How do you think these events or such technology might develop in the future? 2. What challenges might they bring? 3. What opportunities might they bring? No doubt, AI will develop to the point that humans and computers will be able to interface effortlessly. With the development of AI, there may come a time when it becomes a real issue as to whether a computer or machine has in fact achieved consciousness, and whether, as a conscious being, it deserves the same rights as a human being. AI may help us solve problems that are currently too big and overwhelming for us to solve on our own. For example, complex AI models may be able to use given data to develop a workable solution to global warming. Listen for predictions When listening for predictions, you should listen for the use of the future tense, in particular the future tense with will or will be doing. Words such as predict, prediction and forecast, are also used quite often when making predictions. Listen to the radio interview with Dr Han and Vincent Black giving their predictions about the future, and then fill in the table below. 课本P19改编 Name Occupation Prediction Dr Han 1. Computers will be _______ _ than us in the future. 2. People will also be _ ___________ _________ to think like humans. 3. We’ll be programming them to not think in ways that ma