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B5U4 Living with technology
Reading 2
Ⅰ. 词块记单词
1. an ancient ______ 一个古代的城堡
2. new ______ 新的输入
3. intellectual _________ 智力
4. _________amounts of data 大量数据
5. the complex __________of the human brain 人脑的复杂网络结构
6. ______a term 创造术语
7. a major ______________ 一项重要突破
8. ____________vehicles 自动驾驶车辆
castle
input
capacity
massive
networks
coin
breakthrough
autonomous
Review
9. __________robots 家用机器人
10. the fight against _______ 与犯罪活动的斗争
11. _________humans 谋杀人类
12. ______dangers 造成危险
13. _________one’s attention 需要某人的重视
14. fall _______to AI 沦为人工智能的受害者
15. in a __________ 在数据库里
16. ___________energy 替代能源
17. identity ______ 身份盗窃
domestic
crime
murder
pose
demand
victim
database
alternative
theft
Ⅱ. 互译记短语
1. ______________________(建)空中楼阁, 幻想, 空想
2. _________________ 略举几例
3. ____________ 受伤, 受损, 被害
4. __________ 强行闯入, 撬开; 突然开始(笑、唱等); 顺利打入
5. __________ 适应
(build) castles in the air
to name but a few
fall victim to
break into
adjust to
6. come true ______
7. put forward ______
8. in short ______
9. achieve one’s aim ________________
10. be capable of doing sth. ______________
实现
提出
总之
实现某人的目标
有能力做某事
1. It may seem like building castles 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. (given. . . 考虑到……)
build castles in the air 建空中楼阁,幻想,空想
at the rate of 以……速度
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given. prep. 考虑到……= considering= in view of
2. One of the essential aims of AI is to develop computer intelligence capable of learning from experience, adjusting to new inputs and performing tasks like humans.
be capable of (doing) sth. 有能力做某事
3. capacity n. 领悟(或理解、办事)能力; 容量, 容积; 职位, 职责; 生产量
(教材原句)Deep-learning AI has the capacity to analyse massive amounts of data through multiple layers, imitating the complex networks of the human brain.
have the capacity to do/for sth. 做某事的能力
be capable of (doing) sth. 有能力做某事
①He has a great capacity to learn languages. _________
②She worked here in her capacity as nurse. _________
③The airport to be completed next year will have a capacity of 500, 000. _________
④The company ______________ handling such a large order.
那家公司没有能力应付那么大的一笔订单。
is incapable of
能力
职位
容量
4.The dream of AI has been around for centuries, and the development of computers since the 1940s has finally made it a reality. (make 复合结构)
The dream of AI
5.A major breakthrough in AI came in 1997, when Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer, beat the world chess champion Garry Kasparov.
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6. Then in 2017, a computer program named AlphaGo defeated Ke Jie, arguably the best human Go player, which demonstrated a significant advance in deep-learning AI systems.
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=possibly 按理说,可以说
7. Ordinary people are now using AI to get instant translations of text in foreign languages, and machines can recognize fingerprints and even faces.
recognize v. 认出, 识别
be recognized to be/as. . . 被认为是……
It is recognized that. . . 人们公认……
recognition n. 识别, 认出; 承认, 认可; 赞誉, 赏识
beyond (all) recognition 认不出来
fingerprint/facial recognition 指纹识别,面部识别
①(应用文之环境保护)___________________environmental pollution has become one of the most serious problems. 人们公认, 环境污染已成为最严重的问题之一。
②(读后续写之人物描写)The teenager was brave enough to save the woman’s life and recognized ___ a hero.
as
It is recognized that
8. threaten vt. 危及; 对……构成威胁; 威胁; 恐吓
(教材原句)Would thinking machines work alongside humans or threaten the existence of humans?
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threaten to do sth. 威胁要做某事
threaten sb. with sth. 用……威胁某人
pose a threat to 对……构成威胁
①(读后续写之动作描写)The boss threatened __________(dismiss) him if he
continued to turn up late for work.
②(应用文之环境保护)Many species are now threatened _____ extinction.
③Drugs pose a major threat ___ our society.
to dismiss
with
to
9. commit vt. 犯(罪); 承诺, 保证; 花(钱或时间) vi. 全心全意投入, 忠于
(教材原句)How would they be punished if they committed crimes or even murdered humans?
(1) committed adj. 尽心尽力的; 坚信的; 坚定的
be committed to (doing) sth. 承诺/全身心地投入(做)某事
(2) commitment n. 承诺, 保证; 花费; 投入
make a commitment 作出承诺
①如果被接纳为志愿者, 我将投身于全运会。
→If admitted as a volunteer, __________________the National Games. (commit)
②(熟词生义)They will have to commit more money to the project if it’s to succeed. (commit v. ___________)
I will be committed to
调拨; 投入
10. urge vt. 敦促, 催促; 大力推荐, 竭力主张; 驱赶, 鞭策 n. 冲动, 强烈的欲望
(教材原句) As we become more and more dependent on computers, some scientists are urging us to think about the dangers posed by the advances in AI.
(1) urge sb. to do/into doing sth. 敦/催促某人做某事
(2) feel an urge to do sth. 有强烈的欲望做某事
(3) in urgent need of 急需
(4) urgency n. 紧迫; 急迫; 急事
①(应用文之新闻报道)There is an _______ (urge) need for food and water in the
flood-stricken area.
②It is a matter of the utmost _________(urge)to find out what has happened to these people.
urgent
urgency
【即学活用】一词多义/完成句子
A. v. 造成, 产生 B. v. 提出(问题)
C. v. 摆姿势 D. n. 姿势
①The delegates posed for a group photograph. _______
②We all know that nuclear weapons pose a threat to human security. _______
③The magazine posed a list of questions to each of the candidates. _______
④She adopted an elegant pose for the camera. _______
⑤This event ___________________his leadership.
这一事件对他的领导地位构成了挑战。
C
A
B
D
posed a challenge to
11. demand vt. 需要; 强烈要求 n. 要求, 所需之物; 需求, 需要
(教材原句)Apparently, such warnings demand our attention.
(1) be in (great) demand (迫切)需求
demand sth. of/from sb. 向某人要某物
demand of sb. to do sth. 要求某人做某事
demand to do sth. 要求做某事
(2)demanding adj. 高要求的; 要求严格的
12. We need to make sure that we will not fall victim to AI.
沦为……受害者
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