UNIT 4 Section Ⅰ Welcome to the unit & Reading-【金版新学案】2023-2024学年新教材高二英语选择性必修第二册同步课堂高效讲义教师用书（译林版2020）

背话题金句，写高分文章 1．Mobile phones are everywhere，which sometimes can be very annoying. 到处都是手机，有时它们会很烦人。 2．It is universally acknowledged that sharenting is becoming more and more popular. 众所周知，网上“晒娃”越来越流行。 3．With the development of the Internet，shopping online is becoming more and more popular. 随着因特网的发展，网上购物越来越流行。 4．On arriving there，we set out to clean their houses，play games and teach them how to use apps on smartphones. 一到那里，我们就开始打扫他们的房子，玩游戏，并教他们如何使用智能手机上的应用程序。 5．There is no doubt that modern technology brings us convenience and comfort in life. 毫无疑问，现代科技给我们的生活带来方便和舒适。 单元话题导入 This Is What an AI­powered Future Looks Like A child born in the year 2030 will not understand why his or her parents once had to manually① turn on the lights in the living room.In the future, the smart home will know people's needs, wants and habits before they take any action. Amazon, Apple, Google and to some extent②Microsoft understand that the future of computing is voice input，powered③ by artificial④ intelligence (AI).Children of the future will grow up in a world powered by AI. The design of this child's world will be different from our world today，as the child will learn how to communicate with a machine by the time they're two years old. As a child's vocabulary grows into full sentences，their personal AI engine⑤ will grow up with them. These children will grow up in a world of AI where they will interact with⑥everything using their voice. The popularity of the garage⑦in the United States started around 1925. Today, the necessity to design a garage for the smart home of the future is lessened as a majority⑧ of individuals⑨ will make use of⑩an autonomous vehicle⑪ brand⑫ instead of owning a vehicle. When you make use of a vehicle，95 percent of the time you will not need to garage the vehicle when it is not in use.The autonomous vehicle will drop you off at your front door. Upon entry⑬，the house will be set the way you prefer with lighting，temperature and music depending on the time of day