Unit 4 Living with technology Welcome to the unit & Reading 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第二册

Unit 4 Living with technology Welcome to the unit & Reading 1 The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life. ---Bill Gates 2 Welcome to the unit PART 01 3 Science fiction becomes a reality with the development of science and technology. Watch the video and finish the following exercises. the moon computers 4 Do you think life in the video can become a reality? 5 When we talk about artificial intelligence, what adjectives come to your mind? useful helpful 6 When we talk about artificial intelligence, what adjectives come to your mind? terrifying 7 Reading PART 02 8 Before you read the article, think about the following questions: How is the author likely to organize the information on AI? Artificial Intelligence: friendly or frightening? main topic two aspects 9 AI is a branch of computer science AI has a long and rough history. AI has been applied in many fields. AI brings many concerns and fears. We should be careful to deal with AI. Read the popular science article and complete the chart below. A1 10 Reading for details（para.2） Read paragraph 2 and choose the correct answer. ●What does " deep learning” of Al refer to? A. It can enable a machine to create new things. B. It can enable a machine to learn from its previous actions. C. It can enable a machine to analyze a modest number of data. D. It can enable a machine to imitate some simple networks of the human brain. 11 Reading for details（para.2） (2) ________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ To develop computer intelligence capable of learning from experience, adjusting to new inputs and performing tasks like humans. (3) ________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ "Deep learning", which enables a machine to improve its own performance by learning from the results of its previous actions. (1) ________________________________ ___________________________________ A branch of computer science that aims to create intelligent machines. The definition of AI One essential aim of AI One approach to the aim 12 Reading for details（para.3） Read paragraph 3 and choose the correct answer. ●When did the turning point of Al technology come? A. In the mid-1950s. B. In the 1940s. C. In 1997. D. In 2017. 13 Time What happened Since the 1940s Years before the mid-1950s In the mid-1950s In 1997 In 2017 Reading for details（para.3） The development of computers has made the dream of AI a reality. The term “artificial intelligence” was coined. A major breakthrough in AI was made. A computer program AlphaGo defeated arguably the best human Go player. Alan Turing had explored the theory of AI. 14 Alan Turing, the famed code-breaking war hero, now considered the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, was criminally convicted and harshly treated under the U.K.'s homophobic laws. He is also the creator of the Turing Test. 15 Back 16 Reading for details（para.4-5） Read paragraph 4-5 and choose the correct answer. ●Which of the following proverbs can best summarize Al? A. A coin has two sides. B. Ill news travels fast. C. More haste, less speed. D. All that glitters is not gold. 17 Reading for details（para.4-5） Artificial intelligence Friendly Frightening AI is already being applied in many fields. People can use AI to help them drive vehicles. Write novels, translate foreign languages and do many other things. From this points of view, AI can be friends with humans. The benefits of AI also bring concerns and fears. Could machines really develop human-like intelligence? And what would happen if they did? Would thinking machines work alongside humans or threaten the existence of humans? How would they be punished if they committed crimes or even murdered humans? As we become more and more dependent on computers, we should think about the dangers posed by the advances in AI. Therefore, the development of AI could also be frightening. 18 Read the popular science article again carefully and answer the following questions. A2 1. How can a deep-learning machine improve its own performance? By learning from the results of its previous actions. 2. What events were considered as major breakthroughs in Al? Deep Blue beat the world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, and AlphaGo defeated Ke Jie, arguably the best human Go player, in 2017. 3. What are ordinary people using AI to do? To get instant translations of text in foreign languages. 4. What are we getting closer to according to the author? We are getting closer to the dividing line between humans and machines. 19 Read the popular science article again carefully and answer the following questions. A3 1. What is the author's attitude to artificial intelligence? Use details from the article to support your opinion. 2. In lines 44-46, Stephen Hawking is quoted as saying, “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race." Do you agree with him? Why or why not? 3. What do you think intelligent machines will be capable of doing in the future? 20 Vocabulary PART 04 21 threaten threaten sb with sth 用某事物威胁某人 threaten to do sth 威胁要做某事 threat n.威胁；凶兆；构成威胁的人或事物 be a threat to sb/sth 对某人/某物来说是一种威胁 under threat of... 面临……的威胁 threatening adj.威胁的；恐吓的 练习：This dispute ________ to split the party. threatened vt. 威胁；恐吓；预示 vi. 威胁；可能来临 22 demand demand to do sth要求做某事 demand that… 要求……（从句谓语用“should+动词原形”，should可以省略） a demand for... 对……的需求 satisfy/meet one's demands满足某人的需求 in demand 需求大；受欢迎 练习：Righting the economy will ________ major cuts in expenditure. demand vt. 要求；需要 n. 要求, 所需求之物 23 urge urge sb to do sth 催促/力劝某人做某事 urge sb on为某人加油；激励某人 have an urge to do sth 有做某事的冲动烈欲望 urgent adj.紧急的；急迫的 be in urgent need of… 急需…… urgency n.紧急；紧迫 练习：My lawyer has been ________ me to make a will. urging vt. 力劝；敦促；鼓励 24 Building your language PART 05 25 The passage below is about facial recognition technology. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below. B1 analyse networks to name but a few 26 The passage below is about facial recognition technology. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below. B1 pose warnings fall victim to 27 The passage below is about facial recognition technology. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below. B1 are urged/have been urged Apparently 28 SEE YOU NEXT TIME 29 Lavf58.29.100 Lavf57.71.100 Codec by Bilibili XCode Worker v4.4.41(fixed_gap:False) Lavf58.29.100 Bilibili VXCode Swarm Transcoder v0.7.31 $$