Unit 4 Section Ⅱ Welcome to the unit and Reading—Language Points（Word教参）-【优化指导】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册（译林版2020）

Section Ⅱ　Welcome to the unit and Reading—Language Points [对应学生用书P81] 难词注解 教材原文 课文翻译 ①castle n．城堡 (build) castles in the air (建)空中楼阁，幻想，空想 ②input n．输入的信息；投入vt. (input, input)输入(信息) ③capacity n．领悟(或理解、办事)能力；容量，容积；职位，职责；生产量 ④analyse (AmE analyze) vt.分析 analysis n．分析→pl. analyses ⑤massive adj.巨大的，大而重的；非常严重的 ⑥network n．网络，网状系统；关系网，人际网；(互联)网络 ⑦coin vt.创造(新词语) ⑧breakthrough n．重大进展，突破adj.突破性的 ⑨finance n．财政，金融；资金；财力，财务管理vt.提供资金 ⑩to name but a few略举几例 ⑪autonomous adj.自主的，有自主权的；自治的 ⑫domestic adj.家庭的，家用的；本国的，国内的 ⑬threaten vt.危及，对……构成威胁；威胁，恐吓 ⑭crime n．罪，罪行；犯罪活动 ⑮murder vt.& n．谋杀，凶杀 ⑯urge vt.敦促，催促；大力推荐，竭力主张；驱赶，鞭策 ⑰pose vt.造成，产生；提问，质询 vi. 摆好姿势 n．姿势 ⑱apparently adv.显然，可见 ⑲warning n．警告，先兆；警戒 ⑳demand vt.需要；强烈要求 n．要求，所需之物；需求，需要 victim n．受害者，牺牲品；受骗者；祭品 fall victim to受伤，受损，被害 greedy adj.贪心的，贪婪的 Artificial intelligence: friendly or frightening? Imagine waking up one morning with the option of staying in bed and pressing a button to send a robot to do all the work for you. How cool that would be! It may seem like building castles① in the air, but given the rate at which artificial intelligence, or AI, is being developed, in the future such dreams may actually come true. 句中given用作介词，意为“考虑到”，相当于considering/in view of；at which artificial intelligence, or AI, is being developed为定语从句。 At the basic level, artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science that aims to create intelligent machines. One of the essential aims of AI is to develop computer intelligence capable of learning from experience, adjusting to new inputs② and performing tasks like humans. To achieve this aim, many approaches to creating true AI have been put forward, including “deep learning”， which enables a machine to improve its own performance by learning from the results of its previous actions. Deep­learning AI has the capacity③ to analyse④ massive⑤ amounts of data through multiple layers, imitating the complex networks⑥ of the human brain. 句中At the basic level为介词短语作状语；that aims to create intell