Unit 2 Looking into the Future Using Language Listening 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册

Using language - listening Make prediction about future change Unit 2 Looking into the future To learn to get speakers’ opinions in a dialogue. To learn to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of new technology. Lead-in What do these pictures show? Match the words with pictures. ② ③ ④ ⑤ ① ___ automation ___ nanobots ___ global warming ___ artificial intelligence(AI) ___ cloning ③ ② ⑤ ① ④ Lead-in Words explanation automation: the technique of making an apparatus(装置), a process, or a system operate automatically nanobots: a machine or robot built on the nanoscale(纳米级), still in the research-and-development stage, with potential applications in medicine and industry global warming: the increase in temperature of the earth’s atmosphere, that is caused by the increase of particular gases, especially carbon dioxide artificial intelligence: the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings cloning: the process of generating a genetically identical(相同的) copy of a cell or an organism(有机体) Lead-in Discuss these questions in groups. 1. How do you think these events or such technology might develop in the future? 3. What opportunities might they bring? 2. What challenges might they bring? Future development: Challenges: The AI is programmed to do something beneficial, but it may develop a destructive method for achieving its goal. Opportunities it may take: People can use the AI to do most of the daily chores. More and more people can be free to do work of creating new things. Lead-in suggested answers for the questions More nanobots will be created to help doctors to find out the root of a disease and make operations more accurately. New kinds of virus may appear and even nanobots can’t find out where they come from. The nanobots may bring more people’s life back. Future development: Challenges: Opportunities it may take: Lead-in suggested answers for the questions Lead-in suggested answers for the questions Future development: Challenges: Opportunities it may take: Work in factories will be more efficient. More labor force can be freed from working. More and more workers will be out of work. People will learn more about how to create a machine and how to operate it to help work. Lead-in suggested answers for the questions Future development: Challenges: Opportunities it may take: More animals even human beings will be cloned. Cloning may result in disorder on the earth. More lives will be saved and more diseases can be cured. Lead-in suggested answers for the questions Future development: Challenges: Opportunities it may takes: Air pollution will be decreasing. There will be glaciers again in the Arctic Ocean. There may be other threats to the Polar bears. People can live in harmony with the Polar bears. Listening Listen to the radio interview with Dr Han and Vincent Black giving their predictions about the future, and then fill in the table below. Name Occupation Prediction Dr Han Vincent Black computer scientist architect 1. Computers will be ________ than us in the future. 2. People will also be ____________ __________ to think like humans. 3. We’ll be programming them to not think in ways that may ______ _________. 4. We’ll also be _________ __________ to help people internally. There will be cities _________ ___ _______ and people could ______ ____ housing in cities that float. cleverer programming computers harm humans creating machines floating on water move into Listening Listen to the radio interview with Dr Han and Vincent Black giving their predictions about the future, and then fill in the table below. Listening target Dr’s Han’s prediction Vincent Black’s prediction Future events/prolems the world might face Future technologies /solutions to deal with the events/problems How these things will change the way we live Computers would be cleverer than humans. Nanobots will be put inside our bodies. Our abilities will be increased. The seal level will rise by many metres. Cities floating on water will be built. People don’t need to move away from the sea. Listening Listen to the radio again, and find the answers 1. What is name of the radio programme? 2. What is the radio host’s concern about smart computer? 3. According to Dr Han, how can this problem be avoided? Future Changes. Will smart computers be dangerous to humans? Scientists will be programming smart computers to not think in ways that may harm humans and they’ll be creating machines to help people internally. Listening Important word occupation n. a job or profession 工作，职业 the act of moving into a country, town, etc. and taking control of it using military force 占领 e.g. manual occupations 体力工作 The area is under occupation (=controlled by a foreign army). 这一地区已被占领。 Listening Word distinction 【辨析】 occupation 泛指任何一种工作，常用于正式文件。 profession 需要特别教育和训练的职业，如医生、律师、教师等。 career 多年甚至终生从事的职业。 job 任何有收益的工作，指为雇主工作。 Listening Important word 【词语积累】 occupy v. 使用, 占用; 侵占, 占领; 担任, 忙着(做某事) occupy oneself (in) doing sth./ with sth. 忙于做某事 occupied adj. 有人使用的；忙于……的；被占领的 be occupied in doing 忙于做…… be occupied with sth. 忙于(做)某事 Listening Exercises 【语境应用】单句填空 1) Please state your name, address and ___________ (occupy). 2) Jim occupied himself in _________ (play) his violin. 3) The workers _________ (occupy) the factory and refused to leave. 4) What are you occupied _________ this morning? 5) Writing _________ (occupy) most of my free time. occupies playing occupied with occupation Finish your conversation. $$