Unit 4 A Glimpse of the Future Understanding ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit 4 A glimpse of the future Understanding ideas 1 I Pre-reading 2 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Have you watched any of these films? What stories do they tell about the future of our world? In this film, Earth is coming to an end through disasters, famines and droughts. A team of astronauts board a spaceship, travelling through a newly discovered wormhole to find another planet that may have the right environment for humans to settle. Interstellar This film is set in the 22nd century. Earth is suffering a severe energy crisis. Scientists have found another planet called Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi. It is rich in natural resources, yet its atmosphere is poisonous to humans. To explore Pandora and exploit its resources, scientists use a new technology, creating “avatars” operated by genetically matched humans. Avatar Avatar Enjoy a filmlet of Avatar. This film is set in the year 2045, when the real world is a harsh place. Many people escape reality by spending their days in a virtual reality universe called OASIS, where one can go anywhere, do anything or be anyone. Ready Player One Enjoy a filmlet of Ready Player One. In this film, humans abandon Earth because there is too much rubbish on it, leaving behind some robots to do the cleaning up. Over time, the robots break down one by one, until WALL·E is the only robot left working on Earth. One day, he meets another robot from space which has returned to Earth. In the end, they find a way to save the planet. WALL·E With the great progress made in science and technology, Artificial Intelligence has been developed rapidly. With the great progress made in science and technology, Artificial Intelligence has been developed rapidly. Read the facts and answer the questions. the timeline P50 Milestones in Artificial Intelligence (AI) 1955 Mathematician and logician, Alan Turing devised(发明) the Turing Test, a test on the ability of machines to show human-like intelligence. Com