Unit 2 Looking into the Future Using Language (I) 课件 -2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 2 Period 3 Using Language (I) Make predictions about future changes 新 课 导 入 Let's talk Imagine life in the future. How do you think technology will change our lives? We will be living in smart homes. Robots will do almost everything. Time travel will come true. … 1.能听懂并理解预测未来科技和生活的访谈，学会获取 预测未来变化的关键信息； 2.能学会谈论你未来的工作和预测。 新知讲授 课堂总结 学习目标 Pre-listening 课 堂 学 习 What do these pictures show? Match the words with the pictures. 1 ____ automation ____ nanobots ____ global warming ____ artificial intelligence (AI) ____ cloning ① ② ④ ⑤ ③ 3 2 5 1 4 新知讲授 课堂总结 学习目标 Discuss these questions in groups. 1. How do you think these events or such technology might develop in the future? No doubt, AI will develop to the point that humans and computers will be able to interface(communicate) effortlessly. 2. What challenges might they bring? With the development of AI, there may come a time when it becomes a real issue as to (about) 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. 新知讲授 课堂总结 学习目标 3. What opportunities might they bring? AI may help us solve problems that are currently too big 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. 新知讲授 课堂总结 学习目标 Listen and answer. 1. Where does this conversation take place? 2. Who are the speakers? 3. What is the topic of the conversation? In a studio. The interviewer and the guests of a program— two experts from different fields. It’s about their predictions about the future. While-listening 新知讲授 课堂总结 学习目标 Listen to a radio interview with Dr Han and Vincent Black giving their predictions about the future, and then fill in the table below. 3 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